Maja Burry
Midday Rural News for 29 August 2018
The Ministry for Primary Industries is standing by its crackdown on an international supplier of apple and summer fruit trees, despite the industry here saying it could cost them over a billion… Audio
Midday Rural News for 28 August 2018
Tasman District Council has failed to decide what to do about its controversial Waimea dam proposal, after debating the matter all morning. Audio
Midday Rural News for 27 August 2018
Fonterra has started producing cream cheese at a new 100 million dollar plant in Canterbury. Audio
Insight: Farmland - not so free to roam
Visitor numbers are increasing but how much public access should trampers, hunters and tourists be given or expect over farm land? Maja Burry has visited High Country Stations in the South Island to… Audio
Farming in a fishbowl: The impact of open tracks and tourism
After the stoush over demands for greater access over a farm owned by American TV personality, Matt Lauer, farmers say the surge in visitors wanting to roam across their land is making them feel like… Video, Audio
Calls for compensation for walking track property owners
A high country farmer who has up to 100,000 people walking through his property each year says there should be compensation for landholders affected by increasing visitor numbers. A draft report… Audio
Midday Rural News for 10 August 2018
Fonterra is cutting five cents off the amount it intends paying farmers for the milk season just ended. Audio
Midday Rural News for 9 August 2018
Five nurseries and orchards are taking the Ministry for Primary Industries to court over an order to secure or destroy 48 thousand cuttings and seedlings. Audio
Midday Rural News for 8 August 2018
Backers of a big water project in North Canterbury are vowing to press on, despite a shortfall in getting commercial backers for their scheme. Audio
Midday Rural News for 7 August 2018
A battle is intensifying between some Kiwifruit growers and the Crown over the vine disease PSA. Audio
Midday Rural News for 6 August 2018
New Zealand's largest farmer says it is cutting down on the number of cows it stocks on each of six Canterbury farms it runs. Audio
Midday Rural News for 31 July 2018
Nurseries caught up in a possible contamination scare have been told they must isolate seized seedlings from all contact with the public or destroy them. Audio
NZ meat companies fight EU tariff changes
New Zealand meat companies are fighting back against proposed tariff changes in Europe which could undermine meat exports worth $1.8 billion. Britain and the European Union have notified the World… Audio