The days when the word “food” was sufficient to describe what we ate for breakfast have long gone – at least in the scientific world. Now, it subdivides and categorises with terms such as functional foods, nutraceuticals, and more recently pharma foods. Despite increasing usage, these new ways of describing food are commonly misused and misunderstood. So let’s start with some clear definitions to help us navigate the current and future role of dairy in a healthy diet.

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Accounting software company MYOB’s first-half results due on Thursday are likely to be overshadowed by speculation about whether its major shareholder, Bain Capital, will sell its shares.

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Although the Rio Olympic Games have now come to an end, the heated row over what constitutes "fair dealing" under New Zealand copyright law will continue to bubble away for some time.

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Last week’s strong GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) result seems to have been the shot in the arm the dairy industry needed, with New Zealand’s biggest bank now seeing dairy risks to the economy beginning to diminish.

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Telco Spark's full-year result, though pallid, reveals some big ambitions – including total control.

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New figures from Moody’s reveal New Zealand’s expected economic growth is more than double the average GDP growth rate for G20 advanced economies in 2016.

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Craigs' Mark Lister on the New Zealand dollar remaining stubbornly high.

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Michael Hill International [NZX:MHJ] has lifted annual earnings although after-tax profit declined after being hit with the costs of settling a long-running tax dispute and moving its primary listing to Australia.

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"The charter schools are revealing the teacher unions as the disgrace that they are. They have no concern for education. They don’t care for their members. Their only drive is power and their warped and twisted ideology."

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"If you’re wondering what ‘xDrive’ entails, it’s not generally anything to do with ‘extreme’ driving, no matter what BMW’s marketing bumpf might suggest – although in this case, it is rather appropriate. In fact, I’m finding it hard to remember any driving scenario I’ve found myself in that’s more extreme."

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