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Midday Rural News for 5 April 2024
Gisborne fishers are taking extra steps to protect Rock Lobster populations in a bid to protect the future of the fishery between Mahia, north to Gisborne and the East Cape - which was left battered… Audio
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Morning Rural News for 5 April 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
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Midday Rural News for 4 April 2024
A leading sheep farming is giving up selling through wool auctions.
Monique Steele has the rural news. Audio
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'We simply cannot afford to': Hawke's Bay leaders desperate for road and bridge fixes
WIthout it, they fear it could take decades to restore the region's economy and years of crippling rate hikes. Audio
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Piggery effluent lands Canterbury farm $29,000 fine
A mid-Canterbury farm has been fined for discharging piggery effluent.
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Morning Rural News for 4 April 2024
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Double drowning death in Gold Coast pool 'unusual'
The drowning of two men who jumped into a Gold Coast pool to save a toddler is being described as "extremely tragic" and "unusual".
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Midday Rural News for 3 April 2024
Dairy giant Fonterra claims it has a strong pipeline of suppliers from its competitor Synlait wanting to return to the co-op - amid turbulent financial times for the specialty milk producer.
Monique… Audio
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Morning Rural News for 3 April 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
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New Zealand at 'electrifcation tipping point'
New Zealand is at the 'electrification tipping point', according to a new report from non-profit Rewiring Aotearoa. Rewiring Aotearoa's aims to boost knowledge of electronificaiton. CEO Mike Casey… Audio
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Midday Rural News for 2 April 2024
The country's largest meat processor and marketer, Silver Fern Farms, has just reported a net loss after tax of $24.4 million for the 2023 financial year.
Monique Steele has the rural news. Audio
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Easter weekend toll: 'More frustration, anger' on roads
Seven people died in crashes over the weekend, the highest toll since 2021. Audio
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Kaikōura ratepayers face 14.5 percent rates hike
The Kaikōura District Council is proposing an average 14.5 percent rates rise in its draft 2024/34 Long Term Plan.
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Morning Rural News for 2 April 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
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Where workers are exploited to harvest an everyday ingredient
Brazilian workers face degrading conditions to harvest carnauba palm wax used in sweets, pills and lipstick.
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'A living hell': Call for more awareness of psychedelics disorder
HPPD can be triggered by the use of psychedelic drugs and has been described as the "trip that never ends".
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Sighting of second 'bolshy' myna bird sparks hunt
A hunt will soon get under way in Christchurch's red zone for a pair of invasive myna birds.
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Rural News Wrap
A round-up of the week's agricultural news with RNZ rural news reporter Sally Murphy. Audio
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Police back at the scene of Auckland death
Buses are being diverted around the cordoned-off area as police return to the scene where where one person died.
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Person seriously injured, another dead after Browns Bay assault
The offender died at the scene, police say.
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Midday Rural News for 28 March 2024
An over-reliance on supplying logs for China's once booming construction sector is biting, as demand dries up - pulling prices down as forestry exports are forecast to drop 9 percent.
Sally Murphy… Audio
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Morning Rural News for 28 March 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
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Authorities investigate allegations Gloriavale women trafficked to India
A lawyer says she has written to the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment and police who are taking the allegations "very seriously". Audio
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Midday Rural News for 27 March 2024
Farmers spending less is having flow-on effects in the regions, and it's been especially tough in Southland where some businesses have had to close down due to the economic downturn.
Sally Murphy has… Audio
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Morning Rural News for 27 March 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
