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NZ ramps up trade dispute with Canada
The two countries have locked horns for years over NZ dairy exporters' access to the Canadian market. Audio
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Hundreds of meatworkers brace for bad news this morning
18 Oct 2024South Canterbury man Ray Bowman did not muck around when he learned that he - like hundreds others at Smithfield - was facing probable redundancy.
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Public wants fast rivers clean-up but farmers call for handbrake
17 Oct 2024Two months of talking to Taranaki people has exposed the split between the farming industry and the rest of the region over polluted rivers.
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'Absolutely devastating': 21 school bus routes axed
14 Oct 2024Rural groups are raising the alarm over the review and cancellation of school bus routes.
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New measures help reduce seal deaths while fishing - Sealord
11 Oct 2024The company's boats caught 49 seals in the 2023-24 season.
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What's in Section 70 of the RMA? A council wants it urgently changed
10 Oct 2024A "legal technicality" will cost farmers and add another layer of bureaucracy, Southland's regional council says.
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Plane hits fence, helicopter strikes wires in spate of aviation accidents
A spate of accidents in recent weeks is a wake up call for pilots in the industry, the New Zealand Agricultural Aviation Association says.
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Tasmania's largest farm goes up for sale
Rushy Lagoon - owned by the late New Zealand 'Spud King' Allan Pye - is expected to fetch offers of more than A$100 million.
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Seven aquaculture projects on Fast-track Approvals Bill
7 Oct 2024Aquaculture New Zealand says the fast tracking of seven projects will create jobs in the regions and boost exports.
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Cattle disease detection invention takes students to Paris
7 Oct 2024A team of students is heading to the world stage with a device they've invented to help with faster detection of a disease common in dairy cattle.
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Digging up skills to grow food
4 Oct 2024Agriculture classes at school sometimes get a bad rap, but the Grow Hub is turning that around.
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Country Life: Whale watching while picking winter-grown greens
4 Oct 2024Ocean views makes harvesting of iceberg lettuce and broccoli a lot more pleasant for Ben Scott and his staff at Claverley Farm in North Canterbury.
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Country Life: Huntaway pup still a rookie on farm
7 Oct 2024We check back in with Miley the Huntaway pup and her trainer Chris Shaw to see her progress over the last few months.
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Should councils be helping more with wild rabbits?
4 Oct 2024It's spring - and wild rabbits are doing what they excel at - breeding.
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EU's deforestation delay good news for NZ meat sector
The red meat sector has welcomed news the EU is delaying its deforestation regulation by 12 months.
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Geothermal power emissions used to create livestock feed
30 Sep 2024A new project is looking at creating animal feed from the greenhouse gas emissions that come from geothermal power stations.
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Forestry not to blame for Smithfield meatworks closure, industry says
Federated Farmers earlier said land use change was to blame, with farms being converted into carbon forests at alarming rates.
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Off the beaten track, tourism sustains two generations of sheep farmers
27 Sep 2024Dome glamping, farm tours and jetting up the Hurunui River supplements income and highlights cultural heritage at a traditional sheep farm.
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Country Life: Discovering a sweet spot for grapevines in the Bay of Islands
27 Sep 2024Old grape vines clambering over a tumbledown shed were the start of Jake Dromgool's wine-growing venture. He's grown a dizzying array of varieties on the volcanic soils outside Kerikeri.
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'We don't want to see regional NZ hollowed out' - Rural Communities Minister
Mark Patterson says a proposal to close the Alliance Group's meatworks is "pretty foreboding" for Timaru and the surrounding districts Audio
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Horizon widens for NZ blueberry growers
2 Oct 2024Minister for Trade and Agriculture Todd McClay has unveiled a long-awaited duty free agreement.
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The first place kūmara was grown in NZ
27 Sep 2024New research has uncovered the unlikely location of one of the earliest securely dated sites of kūmara cultivation in Polynesia.
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Transitioning Tai Rāwhiti away from forestry
Experts are urging the government to put more effort into helping the region transition to more sustainable land use and other economic opportunities. Audio
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'People are on the brink': Region struggles amid forestry decline
1 Oct 2024Gisborne businesses are struggling and many may close as the region grapples with a decline in forestry and lower export prices.
