Rural News

Fonterra takes out the top spot as the country's largest greenhouse gas emitter for the third year in a row.

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A rural school principal says staff shortages, remote locations and poor access to educational providers are challenges for all rural schools.

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A sheep milk exporter says changing rules around the export dairy quota allocation system will let the fledgling industry expand more easily. 

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Massey University is proposing reducing staff in food technology and plant and natural sciences by 60 percent with more than 100 jobs expected to go. 

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Dairy giant Fonterra has increased its milk forecast payout for this 2023/24 season by 50 cents.

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Thousands of voters could miss out on their right to vote in next week's general election (Saturday October 14) as hundreds of polling booths - especially in remote locations - will be closed on… Read more Audio