February

Defence expert to study national security in US

Facebook CIO is keynote speaker at CIO Summit in June

More U.S. Publicity For New Zealand Products

F&P Healthcare extends US distribution deal with CareFusion

Tenon to distribute Eastman’s long-life wooden decking in US

2degrees boosts customer numbers

New Zealand Entrepreneur Launches Amphibious Trucks in Washington

Coke puts $29m into quake-hit Christchurch

Harvard’s NZ dairy farms post profit after buying Big Sky

Qantas Takes the Rugby Sevens Excitement to Vegas!

OIO approves $200m geothermal investment

Christchurch company secures major international contract with USA

Pacific Edge brings Cancer Detection Test, Jobs to Hershey

January

Watch out USA. JUCY’s coming ready or not!

New Zealand health technology sector launches global talent attraction project

Six make the cut for Webstock Startup Alley - Finalists have a chance to get time in the Landing Pad in San Francisco

Young entrepreneur hits US

Export push for Roleplay

Victoria's Heinz factory closes as production moves to NZ

Google, Pepsico Execs To Speak In NZ At Conference

Kiwi pimple cream bursts into US market

Biggest Loser Auckland episode wins Directors Guild of America Award

Icebreaker to open second New York store

December

Wine JV proves success of collaborating onshore to compete offshore

Wellington blog scopped by US company

NZ govt social media policy best in the world, Gartner

Expats hunting NZ jobs

NZ named as one of the world's top film locations

Restaurant Brands adds Carl’s Jr. fast food brand

Wharekauhau Country Estate Voted Best in the World

Auckland Film Studios to be NZ base for US movie

Enjoy Christmas at the Pullman Auckland

LanzaTech Gets US$3m FAA Contract for Alcohol to Jet project

November

Kiwis say Kia Ora USA

Kiwi tech firms pitch to VC billionaire

Flash idea just the start for photo business

K9 Natural hunts $2.5m - US private equity is flowing into the petfood industry, says K9 CEO Calvin Smith.

Solo Cycle Clothing Bound For the USA

KiwiNet and Texas A&M strike commercialisation agreement

Fisher & Paykel focuses on Auckland plant - capital put into Auckland plant as F&P backs out of big US retail stores.

Icehouse secures global incubation award

2degrees shareholders dip into their pockets again

P&G announces first ever NZ corporate brand campaign

International business incubation conference comes to NZ

Ford gets behind Kiwi businesses

New Zealand set for major profile boost in North America

Cooney Lees Morgan awarded Mid-Size Law Firm of the Year

Third Law Awards win for James & Wells Intellectual Property

Westpac crowned 2011 NZI Sustainable Business of the Year

Investment Challenge finalist takes Student Entrepreneur prize

Expats keen to invest in NZ - survey

IRL to become high-tech HQ for New Zealand

DLA Phillips Fox Wins Prestigious Insurance Brokers’ Award

Software entrepreneur turns hand to all-terrain walker

US Stop Online Piracy Act: 101

2011 CEOs Uncovered: the Collective takes on the world

NZ gaming industry boosts employment numbers

25 New Zealand artists will show in New York City in 2012

Kiwi Provoke takes flight

US 'super angel' to headline NZ summit

Kathmandu eyes web shoppers in US, Japan and Canada

Magic Memories expands in the US

October

Kiwi music helps hook US clients

New Software Enables Access to US TV

Wellington Drive taps Greg Allen as new CEO

Kiwi philanthropist is awarded CPA Australia’s highest honor

US flying school looking at NZ

Learning Media focuses on future growth in a year of change

Blackstone bites into Burger King in first NZ buy

Harvard reports good return from NZ forest investments

Mako Networks Receives Product Design Award

Jucy keen to hit road in US

Patent removal regretted, but search firm pushes on

NZ tech export sector revenue passes $7 billion

New US bill targets websites enabling copyright infringement

RimPro Tech secures USA deal

NZ ranked easiest place to start a business

Armstrong Expands Its Digital Control Offering (Emech)

Orion Health inks deal with Microsoft

Wellington Startup Weekend secures US gaming entrepreneur

Kiwis and Aussies united for good of SKA

Cleantech venture capitalist heading to NZ

Forbes ranks New Zealand #2 for business

US sales surge for Michael Hill

Endace forecasts 37 percent rise in revenue

US tax law bites local banks

IP in the US: Bigger than Texas

US business groups praise NZ, US and six other countries for signing ACTA

September

Biomatters opens North American offices

Craig Wireless Enters into Acquisition Agreements for Secured Advances, Shares and Spectrum Rights of Woosh Wireless Limited in New Zealand

Izon Science Opens New US Headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Kiwi Winery Group Moves Fast into United States

Helen Clark, Bill English tour solar Kiwi bach in US capital

2degrees shareholders still pumping in funds

Compac scores sweet US deal

Lanzatech snares U.S. govt funding for drop-in jet fuel

RedZone Robotics Announces Acquisition of Cleanflow Systems

Audioscribe gets kickstart with winning weekend

Universal And Paramount Renew Home Entertainment Distribution Deal In New Zealand

Orion growth means 100 extra jobs

Im-Able wins US investor's backing

August

Food maker takes big bite out of US market

Unisys NZ revenue and profit down

Regional MSI funding to open global markets

Sealegs anchors US Market with Boston Showroom

Film studio planned for Upper Hutt

Kiwi campervans making big inroads in the US 

Christchurch mouse joins giant US retailer

Cavotec to buy US-based INET Airport Systems for up to $30M

San Francisco Beckons for BoosterSeat2011 Winner IntuitionHQ

Regional MSI funding to open global markets - Manawatu entrepreneur will use investment to develop new precision seeding technology.

Cloud Sherpas pledges 20 jobs

Kiwi company unlocks the US online market

Lanzatech snares U.S. govt funding for drop-in jet fuel

US giant GE keen to make more NZ acquisitions

All Black vs robot in Cup challenge

Biofuel firm lands US deal

Big-name investors back Booktrack - Kiwi e-book technology launches in New York.

July

Local web acceleration specialist snapped up by US giant

Dell to power New Zealand's America's Cup bid

Air New Zealand signs 10-year deal with IBMMarine market in the US

Superstar's ex-husband boosts his southern holdings

Cloud Sherpas expands APAC business through acquisition of New Zealand reseller

US $10m investment in forestry to create up to 200 jobs

Pacific Fibre contracts US based firm TE Subcom to supply cable system

Marine market in the US

Top Ten Long Term Trends of Cleantech in the United States

IBM Study Identifies New Generation of Connected Health Devices

 Handley scoops Sir Peter Blake Leadership award

Survey Finds ‘Grown in the USA’ Surging in Popularity, Right Behind ‘Natural’ and ‘Organic’

Bottom's Up! A Look at America's Drinking Habits

Flavours of New Zealand wow New York

NZ needs new ideas to compete globally: Thiel

Armed with an effective weapon to combat the Argentine ant, Flybusters Antiants is inching towards US success.

US Landing Pad taking off

Prime Minister talks technical with legendary Facebook boss

Key will 'gong' $5m quake donor

Ambassador Kirk and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key Discuss Job-Supporting Trade Issues

Big step forward for NZ-Aust SKA telescope network

Burger chain setting up shop in New Zealand

DairyAmerica to sell milk products on Fonterra platform

Pacific Edge to raise $21M for US laboratory, market push

June

• NZ company secures multi-million dollar deal

• ASB Bank, Potentia and Hairy Lemon pick up 2011 CIO awards

• Taco Bell would have 'legs' in NZ, Restaurant Brands says

• Hawaiian Airlines stays with Air NZ for heavy maintenance

• Lanzatech lands US defense agency deal

• Tenon signs $US57.5m debt financing facility

• U.S. Is Falling Behind in the Business of ‘Green’

• Private-Label Purchasing Is Here to Stay, According to AlixPartners Survey

• 'WindMade' label proposed for U.S.

• Datasquirt signs up US customer, but posts loss

• United States calls for secure online-identity system

• Success in the United States – different sectors, same formula

• Kiwis strike gold in tech boom

• Corporates grabbing long-term US funds

• DNA decoding firm signs American deal

• Altitude wins contract for luxury fitout of Boeing

• Rayonier seeks clearance to buy Canterbury forests

• Endeavour Capital signs $20 million funding deal in USA

  May

• BCS secures Honolulu Airport contract

• IBM’s $80 million bet on cloud computing opens in Auckland

• Heinz Watties to move some production to NZ

• Online buzz a platform for success – Entrepreneur uses the internet to pave the way for Orbis photography products’ US entry

• Goodbye, Mr Chips – US french fry giant gets nod for buy-out

• GE Capital buys half of SCF’s Face Finance loan book

• Baggage Handling Specialist Consolidates US Operations

• Hilton Hotels & Resorts Enters New Zealand’s South Island

• Powerco taps U.S. market to refinance bank debt

• Mesynthes eyes US, Europe – Wellington Gold supreme winner gears up for lucrative export markets.

• Partners spur water watchers’ growth – Smart metering company’s markets include Australia, the US and Africa.

• US hears siren call of Kiwi software

• Hollywood Chamber of Commerce threatens legal action over ‘Wellywood’

• IBM New Zealand posts flat results

• California’s Foley Family Wines to acquire Te Kairanga Wines Ltd

• Tracplus Global Wins Major International Security Award

April

• Hawaii’s IDG Tapped for Major NZ Geothermal Project

• Obamas thank NZ company for coiny gift

• Kiwi exporters to benefit at United States border

• IBM donates tech to university to boost NZ telescope project bid

• United States consumers opting for supermarket private labels

• North America forest resources edge higher

March

• Hillary Clinton Honours Anzac Spirit

• Phil Keoghan-helps-raise-200-000-for-Christchurch at the New Zealand Embassy in Washington, DC.

• Coca-Cola investment vote of confidence in ChCh

• Learning Media builds education services leadership

• NZ wineries set up their own business in the USA

• American Giant Signs Sponsorship Deal With Crusaders

• US based Futurestep announces re-engagement with Fonterra for RPO and consulting services

• Christchurch mobile networks more damaged by quake than Haiti ones: 2degrees owner

• 2degrees announces 580,112 customers

• Imarda gets top dollars from US freight company

• Tribal Fusion Opens Office in New Zealand

• OIO clears US firm’s NZ $184m hotel deal

• Hertz NZ signs deal with Unisys for data protection – First time the product, which is designed is protect credit card information, is sold outside US

• Xero sales operations breaking even, CTO to relocate to US

• HP announces new $60m datacentre south of Auckland

February

• Hertz Enters Low Cost Market in Australasia by Acquiring Ace Rental Cars

• Award-winning NZ tech company sells to US partner

• Auckland software company sells to US giant

• Kea Petroleum testing new prospects

• Hyperfactory US Scholarship applications open – even to the aged

• Kiwi corporates eye potential NZ$1 billion worth of bond issues in US private placement market

• US to drive wine growth for 20 years

• US food companies vow healthier school lunches

• Media Design School joins Laureate International Universities network

• NZ company offers cheap surgery to Americans

• 2degrees unveils $100m network expansion

January

• NZ professional named top Oracle director

• Hyperfactory leaves for the US

• Smartfoods’ breakfast cereals make first push into American market

• Pacific Fibre secures new investors

• Macro future for NZ microchip firm

• Gold star in Lone Star state

• Xero adds automatic feeds to North American offering

• Hilton to open its first South Island hotels

• Versacold sells off NZ chain

December

• Buggy maker sells roof-rack business to US firm

• Icebreaker continues expansion in key markets – Iconic Kiwi label experiences retail growth in both US and NZ

• NZ$5.28 million grant recognises R&D potential

• EMC wins backup and storage deal at NZ Defence Force

• Oracle NZ reports 42 per cent revenue increase – Buy of Sun Microsystems boosts results for local subsidiary

• Americans snap up six NZ resort hotels

• MBA course offers Vista novel way to US strategy

• Russell Investments expands New Zealand operations

• Tourism Holdings enters RV market in US, buys JJ Motorcars’ 450-vehicle Road Bear

• Hyperfactory offers marketers two-week US jaunt

• Pacific Channel start-up company sold to New Image Group

• Aquaflow signs agreement with Impulse Devices USA

November

• UN and US military sign up to Kiwi SaaS product

• NZ Space Company Rocket Lab Secures Major US Contract

• Omnilab Media, Oktobor Open Animation Studio

• NHNZ’s New Production Facilities Officially Opened

• “Sweet spot” for NZ software

• Hart’s Rank Group gets into U.S. car parts

• First Time that NZ Farmers Take Finished Product to USA

• Books In Homes Programme Expands in USA with Grant from AT&T

• Online sales trainers move into US and Aus markets

• New US distributor targets “sweet spot” for NZ software in post-recession American market

• Harcourts opens doors in the US

• US Expansion, Domestic Growth for Hamilton’s Business Edge

• DuPont Innovation Awards seeks Kiwi entries

• Students to build a sustainable Kiwi bach for US competition

• Kiwi companies urged to think globally

• Xero has sights set on US market

• Auckland Airport tests US investor sentiment

• Linden Leaves chosen as official gift for Clinton

• Untouched World resumes links with the Clintons

• MightyRiverPower raises US$200M in US placement

October

• Tim Alpe named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for 2010.

• US based leading global technology Media Company TechTarget Inc acquires three websites dedicated to information technology buyers in Australia and New Zealand

• NZ biotech duo among top 100

• Pacific Fibre goes on recruitment drive

• NZ company designs for Starbucks

• Zeacom dials up growth target

• American Air deal for Jetstar

• Windflow Secures US Demonstration Site

• US university buys $28m dairy farm

• A2 Corporation takes full control of US marketing arm

• New Zealand based software firm Orasphere acquired by US based CurveDental

September

• NZ gets chance to snuggle up to US

• NZ wave power project secures US funding

• One Square Meal signs IMG as USA agent

• Vector raises US$182 mln in bond sale to Americans

• Buy New Zealand cheap (but only in America)

• Harvard endowment fund keen on natural resources

• Pye eyes US literacy market

• Disney picks up NZ wines

• US billionaire in deal to buy $24m Kiwi resort

• Orion Health lands $US4.2m Maine project

• Emmy movie features local animation software

• ecostore’s global expansion gets a boost in US

August

• Entrepreneurial consultant wins top US scholarship

• Hart borrows billions for Pactiv takeover

• Export Credit Office, BNZ help K9 Natural Foods fund US deal

• Research project opportunities with Homeland Security

• Start-up geotags cellphone photos – NZ founders plan to shift company to New York

• Business IQ Limited Announces New Partner Appointment and North American Connection

• NZ investor plans to upgrade US ski resort

• Author tipped for top position

July

• Visit from top US union boss cancelled over labour dispute

• Getting to grips with US culture

• US wine market to swell by 2030

• Ten top tips for breaking into the US

• Win puts Lower Hutt company on US fast-track

• Port of Guam to get $US50 million upgrade

• Average house size declines in US

• Winning New Zealand tissue substitute gives US hospitals a new option

• Emendo In Top Three NZ Health IT Firms in US

• US giant completes buyout of NZ’s The Hyperfactory

• NZ’s largest CG animation studio opens in Auckland

• New Compuware country manager

• Right Hemisphere extends partnership with SAP

June

• Getting social in the US market

• Big names get in behind fibre link to US

• Harvard fund bids for Otago farm

• JMP Engineering wins international accolades

• Kiwi business stars earn their stripes in the US

• Frigate visit first to US in 25 years

• Preformed Line Products granted clearance to buy Electropar

• NZ software exporter wins injunction against rival in California court

• Magoo’s goes from Masterton to take on world

• Fuji Xerox New Zealand announces record revenue

• Harcourts announces expansion into the USA

• Krispy Kreme gets taste for NZ

• NZ now tier one with Microsoft

• FedEx inspires next-gen entrepreneurs

• Michael Hill shutters half its U.S. stores

• Maritime NZ staff assist in US oil cleanup

May

• NZ trade mission seeks slice of US military pie

• Yoke Har Lee: Long courtship wins US sales

• Dream deal for Auckland Airport

• Finzsoft takes first step into US market; SaaS apps to be sold

• Fonterra buys into US cheese business

• NZ scientists work with Nasa

• Hart spends $75m upgrading US paper mill

• ZyGEM acquires U.S.-based MicroLab Diagnostics, offers faster DNA testing

• Mayor welcomes US/NZ Partnership Forum to Christchurch

• Fourth US NZ Partnership Forum to Be Held in Christchurch

• Izon and BridgePath sign US distribution agreement

• Kiwi clean tech company in demand

• Meridian commissions US solar power plant

• Local Helicopter Company Awarded ‘Top 10’ for US Travellers.

• Winds of fortune blow Turningpoint’s way

• MRP takes on US geothermal project

• High flyer swaps Barbie for winter woollies

• Wellington Drive makes US breakthrough

• Chch firm grabs $4.2m US contract

• Des Grayon dies after short illness

• Continental Airlines Code Share Tourism Boost

April

• NZ earned place at nuclear summit, Obama tells Key

• Groser Welcomes Release of ACTA Negotiating Text

• The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Releases Statement on Upcoming ACTA Negotiating Round In New Zealand

• Marketing Partnership Set to Boost Tourism from US

• NZ publisher signs with New York’s Blooming Twig

• US military’s number two pops in on a ‘close friend’

• NZ Navy visit marks warmer US relations

• Natural health business to announce export deal – wins leading US supplements deal

• Elders Primary Wool secures US contract

March

• GE Capital brings insurance premium funder to NZ

• NZ-US army exercises to resume after 23-year freeze

• Minister accepts Eisenhower Fellowship

• Aquaflow breaks into US market

• Pumpkin Patch should see gain from smaller US presence

• Ecostore hits the big time in the Big Apple

• Lockheed gets US$100 million NZ army contract

• Navman Wireless bonds with Google

• International investors could bypass NZ unless red tape sorted out

• US backing for oil and gas exploration

February

• McCully names new Ambassador to the United States

• Pennsylvania Trade Mission to NZ