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Midday Rural News for 4 December 2023
National's Todd McClay is meeting with industry leaders and officials this week to fine tune policies and to plan how they'll be rolled out.
Monique Steele has the rural news. Audio
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Celebrating traditional Fijian hair practice from a Wairarapa farm
3 Dec 2023The buiniga is a traditional Fijian unisex hairstyle. Similar to the afro, but more sculpted, it’s become a source of national pride. Increasingly young women… Audio
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Building a wetland on farm
2 Dec 2023A wetland at the bottom of a dairy farm in South Wairarapa is reducing most of the nitrates being drained from the paddocks. The project at Kaiwaiwai Dairies is… Audio
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Working horses adjust to new life off the track
1 Dec 2023Chanelle Dickie has taken dozens of retired racehorses under her wing. She's part of a rehoming and re-educating programme that cares for standardbreds that… Audio
Midday Rural News for 4 December 2023
National's Todd McClay is meeting with industry leaders and officials this week to fine tune policies and to plan how they'll be rolled out.
Monique Steele has the rural news. Audio
Celebrating traditional Fijian hair practice from a Wairarapa farm
The buiniga is a traditional Fijian unisex hairstyle. Similar to the afro, but more sculpted, it’s become a source of national pride. Increasingly young women in Fiji are bucking Western trends and… Audio
Building a wetland on farm
A wetland at the bottom of a dairy farm in South Wairarapa is reducing most of the nitrates being drained from the paddocks. The project at Kaiwaiwai Dairies is nearly a decade old and one of the… Audio
Working horses adjust to new life off the track
Chanelle Dickie has taken dozens of retired racehorses under her wing. She's part of a rehoming and re-educating programme that cares for standardbreds that have fallen off the pace. Audio
Finding Frank - a true deer hunting legend
Frank Erceg was victim of New Zealand's first helicopter hunting accident, but now his story, and that of the deer culling industry has come to life through his niece, Louise Maich. Audio
A show stopper for Christmas cake lovers
Cake convener Christine Beaton has a tip for fruitcake bakers at the New Zealand Agricultural Show, "you don't really cook a Christmas cake, you dry it out." Audio
On the Farm - a wrap of conditions around the country
Changeable weather has prevailed in Pukekohe. Farmers in Otago are busy marking lambs and bulls are going out to the cows Audio
Country Life for Friday 1 December 2023
Christmas cakes, a deer hunting legend, rehoming racehorses and building a wetland on farm Audio
Cost of living means slow start to Xmas tree season - grower
Christmas tree nurseries are gearing up for the festive season with the first week of selling trees underway.
Midday Rural News for 1 December 2023
From May next year China will stop accepting frozen velvet imports bound for its traditional medicinal market - deciding to use dried velvet only.
Sally Murphy has the rural news. Audio
Deer industry in limbo after China changes import rules
New Zealand's deer industry is waiting on more details from officials in China about the future of sending frozen velvet there.
Morning Rural News for 1 December 2023
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
Midday Rural News for 30 November 2023
Far North Solar Farm wants to install enough solar panels to power a hundred thousand homes on 670 hectares of land that's currently used for dairy farming.
Sally Murphy has the rural news.
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Morning Rural News for 30 November 2023
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
Convoy of free farm fencing en route for flood-hit Wellsford
A charity donating truckloads of free farm fencing hopes to bring "mighty big smiles" to storm-hit farmers in the upper north Island. Audio
Solar farm a waste of elite soil – Edgecumbe farmers
Edgecumbe farmers say large-scale solar farms on some of the Rangitaiki Plains' most elite soil is short-sighted.
Midday Rural News for 29 November 2023
The Livestock Improvement Corporation's is paying farmers over $2 million over semen quality issues.
Sally Murphy has the rural news. Audio
Morning Rural News for 29 November 2023
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
Hundreds of Wellsford farmers to get free fencing materials
Auckland traffic is bad most days, but if things are a bit slower than usual on Wednesday morning - at least some if it can be put down to a good cause. Eight trucks with 90kms of free fencing will be… Audio
Lawyer expects support for reining in ministerial powers on foreign investments
A corporate lawyer believes foreign investors will be pleased to see a proposal to limit ministerial decision-making powers for overseas investment decisions.