Rural News

A new study published in the New Zealand Medical Journal has found heart attack patients presenting at urban hospitals receive more timely care than those at rural or smaller urban hospitals.

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Dairy giant Fonterra wants a 30 percent intensity reduction in on-farm emissions by 2030.

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East Coast farmers are facing more heavy rain, but no reports of any major damage so far, after the heavy deluge around Wairoa overnight - although there are reports farmland has slipped and some… Read more Audio

Zespri board advisor and former prime minister Sir John Key met with China's foreign minister today where he brought up illegal plantings of gold kiwifruit.

Monique Steele has the business news. Read more Audio

 Lamb prices have dropped to levels not seen for six years taking more than 20 percent off sheep farmers' incomes.

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Beef and Lamb has hit back at a US lobby group which is calling for the government there to limit imports of New Zealand sheep meat.

Sally Murphy has the rural news. Read more Audio