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Comfort in suicide decline but 'a very long way to go'
The overall suicide suicide rate has declined to its lowest rate in three years in New Zealand, but deaths among Asians and the elderly are increasing. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 21 August 2020
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Wairarapa rates arrears may indicate financial hardship
Rates arrears in Wairarapa are growing, its district councils have revealed, which experts say is a telling sign of financial hardship in the area.
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Midday Rural News for 20 August 2020
The listed kiwifruit producer Seeka has reported a lift in its six month earnings, in spite of what it's describing as a very challenging operating environment. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 20 August 2020
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Real Country goes from tourism to female farm training
A new farm training institute is set to open its gates in Southland next year. Prior to the Covid-19 Pandemic, Laura Douglas from Real Country in Kingston, had bus loads of tourists turn up to her… Audio
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Midday Rural News for 19 August 2020
The ramping up of New Zealand's dairy season in the face of a global market still troubled by Covid-19 appears to have weighed on prices at the global dairy auction overnight. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 19 August 2020
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Opportunity for affordable homes 'squandered' - businessman
Masterton's best chance to help fix the housing crisis has been "squandered" by a recent resource consent decision, a Wairarapa businessman says.
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Northern Waikato locals forced to cross border for shopping
Some residents in northern Waikato are being forced to break Covid-19 border restrictions in order to buy food at a supermarket.
The rural townships of Otaua and Aka Aka are surrounded in the south… Audio
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Midday Rural News for 18 August 2020
Horticulture New Zealand says it's in hourly contact with government officials about the disruption covid checkpoints are having on vegetable production. Audio
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Midday News for 18 August 2020
Audio 18 Aug 2020Some rural communities in north Waikato are cut off from food and medical supplies, by Auckland's coronavirus movement restrictions. A construction worker being turned back at the checkpoint at the… Audio
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Morning Rural News for 18 August 2020
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Midday Rural News for 17 August 2020
Covid checkpoints around Auckland are causing major disruptions for vegetable growers.
Maja Burry has the Rural News. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 17 August 2020
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Covid-19: key developments on Saturday 15 August
Health bosses are once again condemning online abuse of Covid-positive people; staff at a cool store are anxious and TV learning for locked down children is back.
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Midday Rural News for 14 August 2020
Federated Farmers estimates there are about 500 farmers in the Tāmaki Makaurau region affected by the current level three lockdown measures.
Maja Burry has the rural news. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 14 August 2020
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Mental health study on young people shows they don't feel heard
A new study is shedding light on the state of mental health and wellbeing among New Zealand youth - which is continuing to deteriorate.
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Midday Rural News for 13 August 2020
The Government has rebuffed requests for greengrocers to be exempt from the Level Three lockdown in Auckland.
Eric Frykberg has the rural news. Audio
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Rural News for 13 August 2020
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Horticulture NZ: independent green grocers should be open
Horticulture New Zealand is frustrated independent greengrocers in Auckland are being forced to close under the level three lockdown. The industry fought hard last lockdown to try to get Government… Audio
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No 'farming versus forestry approach' for northern Hawke's Bay
The Hawke's Bay Regional Council insists it's not pursuing a "farming versus forestry" strategy, as a Wairoa farmer fears a report commissioned by the council is a nail in the coffin.
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Midday Rural News for 12 August 2020
The meat processing industry is dusting off its procedures as Covid-19 preparations ramp up in New Zealand.
Eric Frykberg has the rural news. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 12 August 2020
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
