by Luci | May 4, 2023 | Default
The Feds say Greenpeace is spreading harmful misinformation that there is a link between nitrates in water and colorectal cancer and Vice President Wayne Langford is pretty annoyed. He regards it as a new low for Greenpeace, using misinformation about a human health...
by Luci | May 3, 2023 | Default
The Government is stumping up with more money to remove sediment and debris in the Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti Gisborne regions. $133.2 million has been allocated for Hawke’s Bay and $38.8 million for Gisborne and Associate Minister for Cyclone Recovery Barbara Edmonds...
by Luci | May 3, 2023 | Default
The Reserve Bank says falling dairy prices and rising costs are putting pressure on farmers’ profit margins. In its latest Financial Stability Report, the bank singled out increasing farm debt servicing costs as a concern. The bank says falling dairy prices over the...
by Luci | May 3, 2023 | Default
There’s a need for 150 vets in the country and the hardest positions to fill are often in rural areas. Vet Staff Recruitment Agency founder Julie South a few tweaks in the working holiday visa rules could make the world of difference. She says currently those visas...
by Luci | May 3, 2023 | Default
The numbers are stacking up as to the impact of that 12 hours in February when the Cyclone struck the East Coast. It will cost billions and have an economic impact stretching down the years. Hawkes Bay Regional Councillor Will Foley joins Mark Leishman on Round...
by Luci | May 2, 2023 | Default
Kiwi fruit growers are finding this season is as challenging as the last and quality issues in sungold fruit particularly are seeing a lot of that fruit heading to domestic supply, juice or cattle feed. East Pack director David Jensen says wet weather this week has...
