by Luci | May 2, 2023 | Default
The Hawke’s Bay Horticulture Growers’ Taskforce is frustrated with the lack of response to a simple equation it put to the Government – give us $750 million and save the region $3.5 billion. The taskforce, which is made up of industry and iwi leaders and backed...
by Luci | May 2, 2023 | Default
An apparent council bungle has meant the owner of two roaming lamb-killing dogs escaped prosecution, and the North Otago farmer involved is “livid” over what he describes as the organization’s incompetence. Bill Malcolm was told yesterday the time limit for...
by Luci | May 2, 2023 | Default
The price of avocados has shot up at a time of year when they should be plentiful and cheap. So once again it goes back to the impact of a terrible summer of survival for many of our growers and a lot of fruit and vegetables. Angus Simms co founded Wonky Box who take...
by Luci | May 1, 2023 | Default
The Ministerial Inquiry into forestry slash and sediment in Tairāwhiti/Gisborne and Wairoa has been given a 12-day extension. The three-member panel for the Inquiry asked for more time due to the number and substance of the submissions received. They received 313...
by Luci | May 1, 2023 | Default
The first weekend in May is a celebration of coming together for the duck shooting season … but it has now become a significant part of our Kiwi culture and heritage. Fish & Game New Zealand is expecting well over 65,000 hunters to turn out for what is widely...
by Luci | May 1, 2023 | Default
While there are currently no known cases of M. bovis in New Zealand, it does not mean the disease is eradicated. MPIs M. bovis programme director Simon Andrew says they are now hunting down the last bits of infection. The last active confirmed farm in Banks Peninsula...
