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Training up for another career in agriculture sector
Many workers from industries decimated by Covid-19 have changed their career paths entirely, with some finding jobs in areas that would have seemed inconceivable at the start of the year. Due to a… Audio
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Rates debt continues to climb in Whakatāne
Covid-19 appears to be hitting the community with fewer people managing to pay their rates on time this quarter.
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Midday Rural News for 29 October 2020
Shearing is the latest sector asking for more overseas workers.
Maja Burry has nga korero e pa ana ki te taiwhenua. Audio
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New service encourages students to get into fruit picking
A new online job service hopes to get students into summer fruit picking work as growers continue to warn of a dire shortage of pickers.
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Rural News for 29 October 2020
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Animal welfare at risk with lack of livestock veterinarians
Federated Farmers is worried that animal welfare could be put at risk if more Class Border Exemptions aren't granted for the agriculture sector. Last month, the Minister announced that up to 30 class… Audio
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Midday Rural News for 28 October 2020
Global demand for New Zealand wine is continuing to rise, bucking the global trend, according a new Rabobank report.
Maja Burry has nga korero e pa ana ki te taiwhenua. Audio
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Agrochemicals air quality study planned for Marlborough
Are pesticides degrading air quality in rural areas? It's a question researchers have begun investigating in New Zealand's largest wine region.
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Northland shooting: Incident would've been terrifying due to remote location - local
A Northland woman says the remote location where a police officer was shot at would have made the ordeal even more terrifying.
The police say early on Tuesday morning two men with guns approached a… Audio
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Rural News for 28 Oct 20
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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West Coast council leaders call for a Labour Conservation Minister
West Coast council leaders are hoping a new minister will be drawn from Labour's own ranks this term - and take a more pro-industry approach to the use of conservation land.
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Midday Rural News for 27 October 2020
The Veterinary Association says a critical labour shortage has left vets feeling extremely stressed and burnt out.
Maja Burry has mo nga korero e pa ana ki te taiwhenua. Audio
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Fears West Coast could be closed to whitebaiting
West Coasters are worried their rivers may be closed to whitebaiting as part of a proposal about to go to the incoming Minister of Conservation.
New research sent to the Department of Conservation… Audio
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Rural News for 27 Oct 20
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Melbourne lockdown restrictions to be eased
Melbourne's lockdown will be eased after it had gone 24 hours without any new infections for the first time in four months, Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews said.
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Man dies after accident on Central Otago farm
A man has died in Dunedin Hospital after suffering critical injuries when the truck he was driving rolled on a Central Otago farm late last week.
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On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ
Grass is bolting and tractors are humming in the North Island but farmers could still do with more rain. On the West Coast farmers are still waiting for paddocks to dry out enough to plant next… Audio
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Midday Rural News for 23 October 2020
There will be tougher rules for livestock exports following an independent review.
Maja Burry has mo nga korero e pa ana ki te taiwhenua.
Audio
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Rural News for 23 October 2020
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Midday Rural News for 22 October 2020
New Zealand cheese producers have been urged to give up the claim to European place names in their products once and for all.
Eric Frykberg has nga korero e pa ana ki te taiwhenua Audio
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Rural News for 22 October 2020
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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RNZ ordered to hand documents to SPCA over suspected animal welfare offences by dog breeder
A Hawke's Bay woman continued to breed puppies on her farm, despite the discovery of a highly contagious and potentially fatal parvovirus just months earlier.
The revelation is part of a Checkpoint… Video, Audio
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Midday Rural News for 21 October 2020
A big drop in profitability is being forecast by Beef and Lamb NZ.
Eric Frykberg has te pūrongo taiwhenua. Audio
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Farmers claim crops won't be harvested due to work shortage
Agricultural contractors fear maize, sileage and other crops might go unharvested because of bureaucratic delays in Wellington.
They say people who drive complex machinery like combine harvesters are… Audio
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Rural News for 21 October 2020
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
