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100 Years of Correspondence School
The Correspondence School Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu is celebrating its centenary with a new book tracking its rich and colourful history. The school which began in 1922 with only a few dozen students… Audio
Dairy NZ stands firm on call to change emissions pricing scheme
Dairy NZ is standing it's ground and asking for a major shake-up of the government's proposed emissions pricing scheme.
The policy was released for consultation last month following input from He… Audio
Morning Rural News for 18 November 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Groundswell group delivers petition calling for stop to farm-level emissions scheme
A petition calling on the government to stop its farm-level emissions pricing scheme has been delivered to Parliament. But a minister who received it says its aims are at odds with the sectors own…
Groundswell delivers petition to Ministers
Groundswell has delivered a petition to stop the government's proposed agricultural emissions framework to MPs and ministers at parliament today.
Organiser Bryce McKenzie spoke to Max Towle. Audio
Midday Rural News for 17 November 2022
News from the rural farming sector Audio
Morning Rural News for 17 November 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Midday Rural News for Wednesday 16 November 2022
News from the rural farming sector Audio
Midday Rural News for Wednesday 16 November 2022
News from the rural farming sector Audio
Federated Farmers on proposed RMA replacement
Federated Farmers say changes to the RMA will have a big impact on them.
It says the proposed replacement resource management legislation focuses only on streamlining urban development and will make… Audio
Morning Rural News for Wednesday 16 November 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Midday Rural News for Tuesday 15 November 2022
News from the rural farming sector Audio
Morning Rural News for Tuesday 15 November 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Kiwifruit growers fear 'zero income' next year after severe frost
Some Waikato kiwifruit growers will have no income next year and others will have crops that will not cover the cost of production, following a heavy frost.
Midday Rural News for 14 November 2022
News from the rural farming sector Audio
Morning Rural News for 14 November 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Tough growing season drives eye-watering onion prices
One retailer says the humble brown onion has gone up 200 percent as difficult conditions and the increased prices of fertiliser and diesel impact growers.
Farmers proud to be guardians of ancient drawings
There are hundreds of drawings on limestone rock, some of which could be up to 1000 years old, in South Canterbury. Peter Evans believes it was his grandfather who discovered the ancient drawings on… Audio
Massive Anzac carving stands tall in Rissington
Two First World War soldiers have emerged from the remnants of a dying redwood at a fork in the road in rural Hawkes Bay. The massive sculpture is a tribute not just to those who went to war from… Audio
25 Years of Country Life - The Leatherman Inventor
Back in 2002, in this interview from the archives, Tim Leatherman recounts how he came up with the nifty gadget known as the Leatherman. Audio