New Zealands average income, defined as GDP per capita, is now three quarters that of Australia and even lower than in … Australias poorest state, Tasmania. Over the last seven years, New Zealand has grown slightly faster than Australia, but at these … rates, it would still take 140 years to close the trans-Tasman income gap. To catch up with Australia in five to 10 years …

New Zealand’s average income, defined as GDP per capita, is now three quarters that of Australia and even lower than in … Australia’s poorest state, Tasmania. Over the last seven years, New Zealand has grown slightly faster than Australia,but at … these rates, it would still take 140 years to close the trans-Tasman incomegap. To catch up with Australia in five to 10 …

farmers with the objective of supporting government policies for sustainable agriculture. Detailed interviews with scientists …

's agriculture sector. Agricultural and trade reform has led to increased competition and has led to substantial changes in … innovation in the commercial agriculture sector such as wine, fruit, livestock and dairy leading to a large change in composition …

international markets due to low productivity. Using a panel dataset of 88,752 New Zealand agriculture and forestry sector firms …

agriculture from 1926-27 to 2000-01 was 1.8%. We find evidence that this rate has been increasing especially since the reforms of …

agriculture and rural communities in the Central North Island. The observed trends from this research suggested that: (i) long and … short cycles of change affecting the rural sector are promoting greater diversity in agriculture-community relations; (ii …-linking of agriculture and the broader rural community. This paper explores further the ambiguity encountered in the earlier …

This paper looks at the impact on Australia’s trade in crops (non-wheat grains and oilseeds) where GM technology has … regulatory costs for Australia and its major trading partners. The modelling work shows that, under current market conditions …, the introduction of GM technology into the non-wheat grains and oilseeds sectors will have minimum impact on Australia …