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Clock ticking for farmers trapped by cyclone to move stock
The clock is ticking for farmers who need to get stock off their land of ahead winter, but cannot because cyclone damage has them penned in.
Some small rural communities are still completely cut off… Video, Audio
Midday Rural News for 7 March 2023
News from the rural farming sector.
Susan Murray has the rural news. Audio
Fruit and vegetable growers say more cyclone funding needed
Fruit and vegetable growers trying to get back on their feet after Cyclone Gabrielle say more government funding is still just a start and much more is needed.
The Government has added another $26… Audio
Farmers want more cyclone relief funding
Cyclone-hit farmers want more Government money in order to recover from the disaster.
The government has doubled its fund for cyclone-affected farmers and growers, with another $26 million added to… Audio
Wairoa says it should not be forgotten as flood clean up drags on
Wairoa is demanding the town not be forgotten, as it starts to grapple with tough questions about its future.
Three weeks on from Cyclone Gabrielle, the northern Hawke's Bay town remains cut off in… Audio
Morning Rural News for 7 March 2023
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Tai Rāwhiti farmers want more cyclone relief funding
The Government is more than doubling the size of its fund for farmers and growers injecting another $26 million into the immediate clean-up.
But cyclone-hit farmers want even more Government money… Audio
Cut-off farmers in Hawke's Bay set up alternative system to get stock to market
Farmers in Patoka are are appealing for help sourcing one final piece of equipment to get the job done.
Morning Rural News for 6 March 2023
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
US-made cheese can also be called 'gruyere', court rules
The name "gruyere" can now be used to label cheeses from outside of the Gruyère region of Switzerland and France, a US appeals court has ruled.
Lou Lou the Cow Whisperer
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
Stubbs Farm protecting the future through windows to the past
With over 800 acres of protected land on the farm, Ben Stubbs shares the hidden treasures deep in caves that motivate him to never make the same mistake. Audio
Mad about Mahinga Kai
Karl Russell has been gathering food from local rivers all his life and has witnessed the decline in water quality. Now he educates farm leaders on the importance of protecting the waterways for… Audio
Country Life for 3 March 2023
On Country life this week, a Southland farmer who has a knack of bonding with cows, the hidden treasures in caves on a Waitomo farm, a kaumātua who educates farm leaders on the importance of… Audio
On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ
The effects of cyclones are still being felt, while the added rain in summer has grass growing berserk across the North Island. However, the south could do with a bit more and more supplementary feed… Audio
Heartbreak of a rotten harvest for kumara growers
Kumara growers are facing a double whammy, covering the cost of harvesting already rotten crops and the risk any salvaged vegetables could go the same way.
The exact losses across the industry aren't… Video, Audio
Mental health funding to boost support in flood-hit Hawke's Bay
The government is investing $3.25 million to expand existing mental health support in Hawke's Bay after Cyclone Gabrielle.
'It's pretty bad down here': Otago farmers grapple with feed supply woes as dry conditions continue
NIWA's latest Hotspot Watch shows there are dry to extremely dry conditions in large portions of the northwestern and lower South Island.
