In 1991, the New Zealand government enacted the Resource Management Act (RMA). The RMA directs councils to write planning rules for their district based on the effects of activities on the environment. This study is concerned ...

Numerous studies have explored the relationship between corporate governance and corporate financial performance - see Zahra and Pearce (1989) for a review. In contrast, only a few studies have looked at corporate governance ...

When an advance party from the New Zealand Defence Force arrived on the island of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea in late November, 1997, it might have been assumed that this fell into the pattern of contribution to ...

This paper presents a simple application of the travel cost method conducted using geographical information system software. This permits analysis of the impact of various assumptions concerning the definition of visitor ...

In the 1990's the Diary Industry entered into an area of rapid change, and legislative reviews that altered the relationship between the NZ Dairy Board and the Dairy Companies. Bay Milk Products (BMP) endeavoured to manage ...

Sharemilking is unique to dairy farming in New Zealand. It is an excellent form of employment for less experienced dairy farmers with the main objective of building up a strong asset base relatively quickly while not ...

Even though that most countries claim the positive correlation between economic growth and the social well being and standards of living, the limited incorporation of social indicators and high degree of top-down approach ...

The New Zealand dairying industry is about efficiently converting feed into profit. "Efficiency of milk production is the New Zealand dairy industry's key strategic advantage as it competes against subsidised milk products ...

This project was undertaken with the aim of analysing the kiwifruit industry, putting it's historical and political events into order and from there drawing a definitive conclusion as to how the industry will evolve and ...

Recent media reports suggest that farmers should target market opportunities by adding substance and accountability to New Zealand's "clean green" image and adopting recognised environmental performance standards. ISO 14000 ...