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Question Time for 29 April 2020
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KIRITAPU ALLAN to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the Government’s economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic?
Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by…
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Midday Rural News for 29 April 2020
Fonterra has announced it will start paying its farmers earlier from next dairy season.
Maja Burry has the rural news. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 29 April 2020
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Midday Rural News for 28 April 2020
Two big farming groups are urging the Climate Change Commission to align domestic policy with its international promises.
Maja Burry has the rural news. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 28 April 2020
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Whangārei Council considers $6m rate cut from budget
Whangārei District Council will meet next week to likely pare back a 5.2 percent rates rise because of the recession brought about by Covid-19.
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Midday Rural News for 24 April 2020
Level four distancing and hygiene requirements have been seriously slowing down processing capacity at meat works.
Maja Burry has the rural news. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 24 April 2020
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Iwi checkpoints credited for zero Covid-19 cases
Te Whānau a Apanui have no Covid-19 cases within their rohe and iwi-led checkpoints are being credited for the result.
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Rates drop likely for some Ōpōtiki property owners
Some of Ōpōtiki's rural ratepayers can look forward to a small drop, but town-dwellers may be in for a rise.
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Midday Rural News for 23 April 2020
The Forestry Minister will this afternoon tell overseas owners of New Zealand forests that they'll have to do more for local employment than they have in the past.
Maja Burry has the rural news. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 23 April 2020
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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China's crackdown on wild meat bad news for NZ venison
New Zealand venison farmers are being caught out by the Chinese government moves to crack down on the trade of wild meat.
The confusion has prompted some processors here to hold off shipping venison… Audio
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Mayor: Calls to cut pay and rates 'irresponsible'
South Wairarapa's mayor says staff and councillor pay cuts and rates freezes are unrealistic for rural councils.
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Midday Rural News for 22 April 2020
Fonterra says the latest drop in global dairy prices isn't surprising.
Susan Murray has the rural news. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 22 April 2020
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Fears for farmers' mental health facing drought, Covid-19
There are fears for farmers' mental health as the sector battles with the impacts of drought and Covid-19.
Farming leaders say lockdown has magnified the challenges that isolation presents in rural… Audio
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Covid-19: Rotorua councillor wants ‘reinstatement of local democracy’
A Rotorua councillor has written an open letter of complaint to the Rotorua Lakes Council calling for the "reinstatement of local democracy".
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'Smart' bins pulled after expected tourism drop in Marlborough
Rubbish bins that never overflow will be scrapped as the Covid-19 coronavirus triggers a nationwide drop in tourism.
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Vanuatu's north desperately need emergency medical personnel
A ni-Vanuatu doctor stationed in the country's cyclone devastated north says they are in desperate need of more emergency response medical personnel.
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Midday Rural News for 21 April 2020
A Central North Island farm consultant says the drought and Covid19 are pushing a number of farmers to the brink and that stress is often unidentified.
Susan Murray has the rural news. Audio
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Far North iwi want region to stay at alert level 4
Iwi in the Far North have joined forces to declare they do not want their region to move into a level 3 lockdown next week.
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Morning Rural News for 21 April 2020
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Gunman dressed as police kills at least 16 in rural Canada
A suspected gunman who dressed as a policeman killed at least 16 people, including a police officer, in Nova Scotia, Canadian police say.
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Midday Rural News for 20 April 2020
The honey producer and exporter Comvita is expecting a better financial result this year following last year's nearly 28-million dollar loss.
Susan Murray has the rural news. Audio
