by Luci | Oct 2, 2023 | Default
The free trade agreement with the United Kingdom is already paying dividends for red meat exporters according to Meat Industry Association chief executive Sirma Karapeeva. Ms Karapeeva says over the past three months, New Zealand has exported 650 tonnes of beef worth...
by Luci | Oct 2, 2023 | Default
Northland kūmara growers are looking ahead with hope that they will rebound from a dismal season as planting for new-season crops gets under way. More than 70% of the about-to-be-harvested kūmara crop was either destroyed in Cyclone Gabrielle in February, or wasn’t...
by Luci | Oct 2, 2023 | Default
State Highway 1 south of Taupō will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday this week while a truck wreck is emptied of its cargo by hand. The truck crashed six days ago leaving it in a perilous position above the lake at notorious trouble spot Te Pōporo – Bulli Pt. A...
by Luci | Sep 29, 2023 | Default
A Swiss company has been denied the chance to buy an Otago sheep farm and convert it to forestry. This is one of the first decisions to be made under the benefit test for the conversion of farm land to forestry after a change in the Overseas Investment Act last year....
by Luci | Sep 29, 2023 | Default
The Government has approved $8.9m of funding to boost resilience and reduce the risk of major flood damage in Northland. The bulk of it, $4.2m, will go toward reducing the risk of flooding in Kawakawa, Moerewa, Kāeo, Whirinaki, Punaruku, and include marae often...
by Luci | Sep 29, 2023 | Default
New Zealand’s overall food waste has continued to climb, and is now valued at $3.2 billion, the equivalent cost of feeding 688,000 Kiwis for a year. This has been revealed by the 2023 Rabobank – KiwiHarvest Food Waste survey. Rabobank NZ head of sustainable...
