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Record fine for piggery's effluent breaches
The $437,000 fine will be the largest imposed under the Resource Management Act in its 34-year history. Video
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Hoggard denies conflict of interest
10:20 am todaySAFE has made a complaint to the prime minister after the decision to allow the continued use of farrowing crates and mating stalls.
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Kelmarna Community Farm celebrates 40 years with new book
39 minutes agoThe 4 and a half acre block of land is nestled between the Auckland suburbs of Ponsonby and Herne Bay, the last place you'd expect to find a farm. Audio
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'I never thought I'd be called a poo hunter': Inside facial eczema study
22 Nov 2025Wairarapa sheep farmer Paul Crick is one of hundreds out collecting poo samples from his flock as part of a national study.
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Farmer flying high with agri drone venture
22 Nov 2025Te Kuiti farmer Mitchel Hoare has a new side hustle, operating a drone to help other farmers improve the land.
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Weakening trend sees ANZ Bank cuts its farmgate milk price
21 Nov 2025The big banks are responding to an ongoing drop in global dairy prices.
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Activists, minister at odds over pig crates amid undercover footage release
21 Nov 2025Animal welfare activists, public submitters and the associate agriculture minister are still at odds around the use of farrowing crates and mating stalls at pig farms. Audio
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Inside the 25-year journey to the perfect kiwifruit
22 Nov 2025It's a long game developing the kiwifruit of the future - up to 25 years from concept to shop shelf. Fruit that thrive in a wetter, warmer climate and with less chemical input are among those in…
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The cost of cheap fruit and vege imports on NZ production
20 Nov 2025The hunt for the cheapest fruit and vegetables by both supermarkets and shoppers is putting pressure on locally produced crops in New Zealand.
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Oversupply putting dairy farmers under pressure
19 Nov 2025ASB senior economist Chris Tennent-Brown says a price fall was not unexpected.
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Dairy prices fall for seventh time in row
Butter prices fell more than 7.6 percent, while cheddar prices fell 2.7 percent, and skim milk powder fell 0.6 percent.
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Healing power of trout fishing helps men with cancer
A global trout-fishing movement is providing relief for Kiwi men on the Tongariro River.
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Growing future farmers: Taranaki students run their own farm
A Taranaki high school is training the next generation of primary industry workers.
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Comvita takeover bid fails
17 Nov 2025The honey exporter's board had vigorously pushed shareholders to vote in favour of a $56 million deal with Florenz.
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A look inside Massey University's 'outdoor farm classroom'
15 Nov 2025Set on 40 hectares near the university's Palmerston North campus, the Large Animal Teaching Unit, is home to a menagerie of animals for veterinary students to work with.
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Romance meets reality - farming the high country
15 Nov 2025There's romance attached to living in the Mackenzie High Country, but is that still the case? Growing up in the region's harsh winters and hot summers, it's the only life Simon Williamson has known…
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Jefferson Fellow Kate Green on the future of food security
15 Nov 2025RNZ reporter Kate Green has recently returned from parts of Southeast Asia as part of a Jefferson Fellowship exploring food security issues across the region.
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The women who inseminate cows to make money for Christmas
13 Nov 2025Artificial breeding technicians play a crucial role in keeping New Zealand's dairy industry flowing. Increasingly, women are being drawn to the job.
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Canterbury A&P show returns with royal status
13 Nov 2025The show's organisers are promising a strong return after last year's downscaled format.
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Natives tree nectar highest on east coast - study
10 Nov 2025Over two years, researchers measured nectar from more than 4200 flowers off eight native trees in a number of regions nationwide.
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How a rural bootcamp is boosting mental health
10 Nov 2025"When we first started, they were quite awkward. Some of these fellas, they wouldn't even shake your hands, but now a hug is a normal thing." Audio
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Foodie delight under mountain signals new lease of life
A foodie haven serving flat whites in a rustic railway station flanked by Mt Ruapehu hopes it is part of a pick-up for an economically hit region.
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Saving seeds, saving stories
8 Nov 2025There's a story to many of the heritage seedlings which Jemma Ostenfeld grows on a patch of borrowed land in the eastern Bay of Plenty.
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A Southlander inside the mega dairies of China and Russia
8 Nov 2025Berwick Settle has worked on some of the biggest dairy farms in the world, where cows never go outside the barn and must take regular showers to stay cool and keep the milk flowing.
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Farmers urged to install crush or rollover protection after quad bike death
7 Nov 2025Farm vehicle incidents are one of the top two causes of workplace deaths in New Zealand.
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The most expensive honey in the world has a 'Taranaki tang'
A New Zealand company has created what's believed to be the world's most expensive honey. The Eternal Gold collection by Taranaki-based Naki Honey was inspired by archaeologists' discovery of…
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Auckland BioSciences expands animal blood operation to Uruguay
7 Nov 2025Animal-derived serum and plasma from mostly cattle and pig carcasses is used in medical and life science research, including for veterinary vaccines.
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This high-country station could be yours, if you have $50 million
6 Nov 2025Offers of $50 million or more are being sought for Mt Algidus Station, a 22,120-hectare property in the Southern Alps.
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- Waikato pig farm faces record $437k fine for discharging effluent to land, water
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