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Lou Lou the cow whisperer: 'The cows look at me strange'
Country Life - Cows are Laura Murdoch's passion. She shares her everyday interactions with them on Facebook and Tiktok and some of her Cow Whisperer videos have racked up quite a few views. Audio
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Mental health funding to boost support in flood-hit Hawke's Bay
3 Mar 2023The government is investing $3.25 million to expand existing mental health support in Hawke's Bay after Cyclone Gabrielle.
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'It's pretty bad down here': Otago farmers grapple with feed supply woes as dry conditions continue
3 Mar 2023NIWA's latest Hotspot Watch shows there are dry to extremely dry conditions in large portions of the northwestern and lower South Island.
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Isolated farmers worry for animals' welfare heading into winter
3 Mar 2023About 150 residents from the isolated Hawke's Bay region around Tūtira and Pūtōrino are trying to figure out how they are going to reconnect with the rest of the world. Audio
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Cost of some vegetables skyrocket after Cyclone Gabrielle
1 Mar 2023The price of some vegetables like kūmara and broccoli have doubled since Cyclone Gabrielle swept through New Zealand and decimated vast areas of crops. Audio
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Growers pin hopes on stable autumn as weather sends produce prices soaring
The already high prices we pay for fruit and veges could be about to go even higher on the back of Cyclone Gabrielle. Audio
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Golden Shears international champs back after two years of cancellations
2 Mar 2023This year's competition features 22 categories across the shearing sports, as the event bounces back after Covid-related cancellations.
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'It's going to become an animal welfare risk': Hawke's Bay station remains cut off after cyclone
2 Mar 2023Families on a Hawke's Bay station are adjusting to their new normal as they remain cut off from the outside world and without power.
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Forestry contractors left without work to be relocated
2 Mar 2023Forestry estates in Tai Rāwhiti and Hawke's Bay have suffered significant damage.
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Growers tell Prime Minister more support needed
1 Mar 2023Hawke's Bay growers have pleaded with Prime Minister Chris Hipkins for more help to deal with their devastating losses from Cyclone Gabrielle.
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$9m research funding to probe ways of reducing agricultural emissions
Part of the new fund will support up to 15 PhD students and 12 post-doctoral students, over six years.
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Vineyards may turn to hand-picking grapes in flood-hit regions
28 Feb 2023Wine producers are looking at whether they can get crews to harvest grapes by hand in flood-hit Tai Rāwhiti and Hawke's Bay.
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'We need more diggers, more resources, more money', say angry Esk Valley locals
27 Feb 2023Some residents in the area say the limited help they've received from the council and government in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle is not good enough.
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Kiwifruit exporter Zespri expecting 40 percent dive in profits this year
27 Feb 2023The massive dive in profits comes after serious fruit quality issues, costing the exporter millions and threatening its reputation.
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Farmer says community still in limbo
27 Feb 2023Nearly two weeks on from Cyclone Gabrielle a Hawke's Bay farmer says without access and power, his cut-off community is treading water.
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Orchardists struggle to clear silt
Hawke's Bay orchardists working to clear silt from their properties have gone from fighting the dust to fighting the mud, with rain now hampering clean-up efforts.
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Shearing contractor forced to reassess whole business
A shearing contractor says he is having to reassess his whole business after Cyclone Gabrielle swept through.
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Fighting spirit from Tai Rāwhiti farmers: 'We will make something better'
24 Feb 2023One farmer says his farm got "smoked" but it will be a chance to build back in a more environmentally sustainable way.
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Devastated farmer finds some cows got stuck swimming to safety
24 Feb 2023A Gisborne farmer is counting the loss to his livestock after several of his cows died as they tried to escape floodwaters. Audio
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Hokitika River risk of flooding threatens West Coast's dairy industry
24 Feb 2023A billion-dollar business that underpins the West Coast economy is under threat for want of better flood protection on the Hokitika River.
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Ahuwhenua Trophy: Top Māori horticulturalists announced as finalists
23 Feb 2023Three top Māori horticulturalists in the North Island are finalists in this year's Ahuwhenua Trophy competition.
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Is honey from the Chatham Islands special?
22 Feb 2023Scientists at the University of Waikato are testing honey from the Chatham Islands to see if it has unique properties.
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Dry conditions have South Island farms already using winter feed
South Island paddocks have been described as looking like they have "just been sprayed with glyphosate". Audio
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Dairy prices fall 1.5 percent overnight
22 Feb 2023Dairy prices have been sitting around two-years lows amid oversupply and reduced demand since peaking at record highs in March last year.
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