SEEKING AN outcome to the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, consistent with the vision agreed in the 2011 Honolulu statements, will be a top priority for the Government this year, Prime Minister John Key told Parliament yesterday.

ADVERSITY MAKES you struggle, so think and look for answers, say horticulture industry pioneers and innovators Fay and Joe Gock.

Construction of Fonterra's new $126 million UHT milk processing plant in Waitoa has taken another step forward with the site's blessing attended by Prime Minister John Key.

TWO YEARS ago the Te Aroha, Waikato, meat processing plant burned down, a major tragedy for a small town in a productive farming area.

Prime Minister John Key has opened Fonterra's new $200 million Darfield site in Christchurch.

FOR THE most part, New Zealand's growth over the next year has already been set in train, and any stabilisation is the job of the Reserve Bank.

John Key says there needs to be a balance between encouraging agricultural production and protecting the environment.