Shift to proportionate liability needs to be mandated, or ratepayers will continue to foot the bill.
Co-op not affected by shipping congestion so far.
The firm has produced two non-compliant audit files in the past three years.
A ship is offloading 1300 containers at Northport, destined for road transport to Auckland.
First-quarter earnings up 40% on a normalised basis.
Yealands Group CEO says the sale has nothing to do with being unable to pay dividend this year.
Productivity Commission points to Sweden, Israel and Singapore as inspiration.
Industry says if NZ matched Australian incentives, sector could take off.
Optimism for year ahead despite the Covid-19 impact.
Volume and value are up for the sector but supply can constrain growth.