Maja Burry

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The Minister of Conservation says the number of Himalayan Tahr to be culled has been lowered, but long term, there should still be a serious reduction in numbers. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The Ministry for Primary Industries has released a report detailing it's plan to eradicate Mycoplasma bovis, and the scenarios which could hinder the programme's success. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The Government could be taken to court over plans to kill 10 thousand Himalayan Tahr. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The Ministry for Primary Industries thinks compensation for growers caught up in a huge biosecurity scare will fall well short of the 1.5 billion figure quoted in court. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

Consumers might have to pay more for some vegetables because of a very wet winter. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

New Zealand strawberry growers are considering tighter security this season, after a punnet of Australian strawberries were found to be contaminated with needles in Auckland yesterday. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The irrigation industry says the Tax Working Group has got it wrong in saying a water tax would improve efficiency. Audio

Any introduction of a capital gains tax in New Zealand would have to include farmland, according to the Tax Working Group. Audio

Strawberry growers in New Zealand say they are grateful there has been no sabotage of their product of the sort perpetrated in Australia. Audio