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Midday Rural News for 8 December 2020
Farmer confidence has risen to its highest level since late 2019 according to Rabobank's latest quarterly rural confidence survey.
Eric Frykberg has mo nga kōrero e pa ana ki te taiwhenua. Audio
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Carterton District Council plans for population growth
A plan to accommodate 1000 new homes in Carterton's east has been put to townsfolk.
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Push for farmers to get on board surf initiative
Southland Rural Support Trust is asking farmers to spare a few hours and join others in testing out the waves. Audio
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Push to get Southland farmers into the surf
The water might be a little cold in Southland, but the push is on to get farmers off the farm for a few hours and on to surf boards.
The Surfing for Farmers programme started in Gisborne and is now… Audio
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Rural News for 8 December 2020
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Livestock on Gisborne state highway 70 times in one month
Rural councillor Bill Burdett raised the issue at the council's regional transport committee meeting last week, saying he had driven past an accident caused by a car hitting stock in October.
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Midday Rural News for 7 December 2020
New research shows nitrogen loads exceed current regulations in nine regions - but on-farm action can reduce the load by more than a third.
Eric Frykberg has mo nga kōrero e pa ana ki te taiwhenua.
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Lack of NZ workers an issue for orchardists with Covid restrictions
An apple exporter in the Hawke's Bay has told the government an advertising campaign to attract 300 New Zealand workers received more than 200 applications, but only 55 people got jobs.
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Rural schools struggling to hire teachers
Rural schools that are hard to staff are finding it harder than ever to recruit enough teachers for next year.
Principals say it's already difficult to attract New Zealand teachers to jobs in the… Audio
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Rural News for 7 December 2020
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Midday Rural News for 4 December 2020
Fonterra's 10,000 farmer shareholders look to be doing better this year, with the company revising up their payout.
Eric Frykberg has mo ngā kōrero e pa ana ki te taiwhenua. Audio
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Surgeon resigns from Greymouth Hospital in protest
An American surgeon working in Greymouth has resigned, saying the people of the West Coast deserve better than a hospital essentially run by GPs.
The West Coast and Canterbury district health boards… Audio
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Rural News for 4 December 2020
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Departing surgeon says DHB not giving West Coasters the care they deserve
An American surgeon working in Greymouth has resigned, saying the people of the West Coast deserve better than a hospital essentially run by GPs.
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Midday Rural News for 3 December 2020
Dairy experts at the stock exchange have once again pushed up the price they think farmers will get get for their output this year.
Eric Frykberg has mo nga kōrero e pa ana ki te taiwhenua. Audio
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Rural News for 3 December 2020
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Northland mayor says recent gun attacks legacy of neglect and deprivation
A trend of drug-related gun violence against police cannot be addressed without also confronting decades of social neglect in Northland, one of its mayors says.
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Midday Rural News for 2 December 2020
Prices have risen in the global dairy auction overnight and are now roughly back to where they started pre-covid.
Eric Frykberg has mo ngā korero e pa ana ki te taiwhenua. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 2 December 2020
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Māori wards 'best for our democracy' - Kiri Allan
The law around Māori wards is discriminatory, East Coast MP Kiri Allan says, as activists petition the government for an urgent change in legislation.
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Midday Rural News for 1 December 2020
New research finds big horticulture possibilities in Taranaki.
Eric Frykberg has mo nga korero e pa ana ki te taiwhenua. Audio
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Police shoot man in Northland, police dog wounded
A man has been shot by police in Northland this morning after shooting a police dog.
Emergency services were called to Tangowahine, a rural town near Dargaville, shortly after 9am.
The man is being… Audio
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Morning Rural News for 1 December 2020
News from the rural and farming sectors. Audio
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Wairarapa joblessness fears realised in benefit numbers
Recent government statistics bore out fears over Wairarapa's economy expressed in a recent district council survey.
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Faith-based abuse: Voices of the abandoned to be heard again
Opinion - History repeats itself as the Royal Commission of Inquiry prepares to hear the testimony of survivors of faith-based abuse, but hopefully this time the lessons won't be forgotten, David…
