by Luci | Aug 3, 2023 | Default
An independent panel has declined a resource consent application from Ngāi Tahu Seafood to construct and operate an open ocean salmon farm off the north-eastern coast of Stewart Island/Rakiura. The panel declined the consent for Ngāi Tahu Seafood’s Hananui Aquaculture...
by Luci | Aug 3, 2023 | Default
Environment Southland has cancelled the cease and desist notices it issued to farmers for breaching the winter grazing rules. Last month the regional council issued abatement notices to several farmers after it deemed rules were being broken. The notices told farmers...
by Luci | Aug 3, 2023 | Default
Rogue growing in China of licensed New Zealand gold kiwifruit is headed to a Chinese court. Global marketer Zespri has filed a civil case in the Intellectual Property Court in Nanjing, China, against two parties it says are involved in the unauthorised production,...
by Luci | Aug 2, 2023 | Default
As Winter throws its worst weather at us life continues on the East Coast recovery with most people exhausted and simply putting one foot ahead of the other. Federated Farmers National Board member Sandra Faulkner has been at the heart of it and joins Mark Leishman on...
by Luci | Aug 2, 2023 | Default
New Zealand now has no farms infected with the cattle disease Mycoplasma Bovis as the joint Government and primary sector eradication effort moves into its next phase. Biosecurity and Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says the milestone as New Zealand moves closer...
by Luci | Aug 2, 2023 | Default
A 10-year study has found no significant negative impact of 1080 poison on bird and insect populations in the Wairarapa. The study conducted by Victoria University of Wellington tracked the populations of 12 bird species in Remutaka and Aorangi before, during, and...
