Anger at collapse of NZ dairy merger

28 March 2000



Anger at collapse of NZ dairy merger

THE New Zealand government and the farmers have criticised the failure of plans to create a united diary industry to promote exports.

It had been planned to merge the New Zealand Dairy Board with the two biggest farmer-owned co-operatives, the New Zealand Dairy Group and Kiwi Dairies.

This would have handled most of the countrys 1.7bn export trade.

• Financial Times 28/03/2000 page 14