by Luci | Apr 5, 2023 | Default
The price of a unit under The Emissions Trading Scheme is continuing to plummet. It has now dropped about $30 in just three months and Finance Minister Grant Robertson is seeking advice on how the scheme is functioning. The ETS units were trading above $70 for more...
by Luci | Apr 5, 2023 | Default
Embattled fishing company Takitimu Seafoods is closing down with the loss of 33 jobs. Owned by Ngāti Kahungunu the company has lost $14.9 million over the past three years. Holdings Company chair Trevor Moeke said Takitimu’s financial coupled with an enforced six-week...
by Luci | Apr 5, 2023 | Default
It is nearing two months since the big storms and the endless recovery work continues. During the crisis a kind of hub was set up in Gisborne where people could go for a coffee and things like fencing supplies could be dropped off. Organizing it is Gisborne farmer and...
by Luci | Apr 4, 2023 | Default
Former rural banker head and now Te Awamutu dairy farmer Ian Farelly is urging Reserve bank Governor Adrian Orr not to raise the official cash rate. Analysts are predicting another rise of 25 basis points to try and halt inflation but Mr Farelly says that along with...
by Luci | Apr 4, 2023 | Default
Organisers of the 125th Mackenzie A&P Highland Show are calling on the community to come out and support the show after a two year absence. The show, considered the largest one-day event of its type in New Zealand, is held annually on Easter Monday in Fairlie and...
by Luci | Apr 4, 2023 | Default
Weather Watch has released its predictions for Autumn. Chief forecaster Philip Duncan says La Nina is gone and now we’re in a neutral period which means Autumn is Autumn, without any major climate driver changing things. So in the coming month New Zealand and...
