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· August 27, 2025
Source: New Zealand Government Funding of $24.62 million from the Regional Infrastructure Fund will turbo-charge horticulture expansion in Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti through water storage, flood resilience and whenua Māori...
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· August 26, 2025
Source: New Zealand Government The Government has taken action to ban the prolonged tethering of dogs, with new regulations targeting owners who fail to properly care for their dogs coming...
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· August 25, 2025
Source: Federated Farmers Federated Farmers says the Reserve Bank’s decision to review bank capital rules is the first step towards lower interest rates and fairer access to finance for farmers. “These...
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· August 22, 2025
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries New Zealand Food Safety is supporting ANZ Pharma Wholesalers Ltd to recall Fruitae brand Lemon Flavour Sorbet due to the presence on an undeclared...
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· August 22, 2025
Source: Federated Farmers A live interview on RNZ’s Nine to Noon this morning has added weight to Federated Farmers’ concerns about poor rural connectivity and Chorus’s phasing out of copper lines....
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· August 22, 2025
Source: Federated Farmers Federated Farmers is calling the final report into banking competition a major step forward for rural New Zealand – and a vindication of the farming sector’s concerns. “This...
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· August 22, 2025
Source: Fontera Fonterra has agreed to sell its Consumer and associated businesses to Lactalis for $3.845 billion NZD Sale is subject to certain conditions, including Fonterra farmer shareholder approval, separation...
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· August 22, 2025
Source: New Zealand Government Agriculture, Trade and Investment Minister Todd McClay met with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, in Washington this week to express...
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· August 21, 2025
Source: Media Outreach The Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm has begun commercial operation at its design capacity of 640MW. The project’s 80 wind turbine generators lift Taiwan’s installed total offshore wind...
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· August 21, 2025
Source: Media Outreach Refined tented retreat offers immersive local experiences and meaningful social impact. BANGKOK, THAILAND – Media OutReach Newswire – 21 August 2025 – Dusit International, one of Thailand’s...
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· August 21, 2025
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries A farm owner and 2 former Waikato contract milkers have been fined $27,000 over a lack of feed for 230 cattle and a lack...
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· August 21, 2025
Source: Federated Farmers Federated Farmers meat & wool chair Richard Dawkins joins other farming and wool industry leaders at strong wool workshops in Otago and Southland next week. Richard writes there’s...
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· August 21, 2025
Source: Fonterra Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd has today increased the 2024/25 season forecast Farmgate Milk Price from $10.00 per kgMS to $10.15 per kgMS, with the range narrowing from $9.70 –...
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· August 20, 2025
Source: Federated Farmers Federated Farmers says the Government’s proposed rules to limit whole-farm conversions to carbon forestry are far too weak to stop the damage being done to rural New Zealand....
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· August 20, 2025
Source: New Zealand Government The Government has made significant improvements to the freshwater farm plan system through the Resource Management (Consenting and Other System Changes) Amendment Act which has now...
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· August 20, 2025
Source: Federated Farmers Federated Farmers is throwing its support behind a new Member’s Bill that could bring much-needed clarity to New Zealand’s climate change laws – and save millions in legal...
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· August 19, 2025
Source: Federated Farmers Federated Farmers Statement: Greenpeace is once again manufacturing outrage and trying to scare New Zealanders with alarmist headlines that have no basis in science, Federated Farmers says. “This time,...
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· August 19, 2025
Source: Federated Farmers North Canterbury may have grabbed most of the headlines so far for speaking up about proposed police cuts – but farmers further south are just as concerned. Federated...
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· August 18, 2025
Source: Open Country Open Country has entered into a conditional agreement with the shareholders of Mataura Valley Milk to acquire the business. Mataura Valley Milk, located near Gore, is...
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· August 18, 2025
Source: SAFE For Animals SAFE is condemning Lincoln University after footage from its own dairy demonstration farm, filmed between 11-13 August, reveals animal suffering and squalid winter conditions at what is touted as...
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· August 16, 2025
Source: New Zealand Government Agriculture, Trade and Investment Minister Todd McClay will travel to Saudi Arabia and then to the United States (US) next week to meet with his trade...
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· August 15, 2025
Source: Sensible Sentencing Trust 15 August 2025 – The Sensible Sentencing Trust has today called on the Government to refresh its recent Cowards Punch law announcement with meaningful reform as...
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· August 14, 2025
Source: New Zealand Government The Government’s second RMA Amendment Bill has passed into law, bringing in sweeping changes to many of the handbrakes on New Zealanders’ lives, helping to drive...
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· August 14, 2025
Source: Tom Kay, Choose Clean Water The Government’s attempt to justify last-minute changes to the Resource Management Act appear to contradict New Zealand’s commitments under our Free Trade Agreement with the...
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· August 14, 2025
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries The Seafood Sustainability and Innovation Award finalists highlight the wide range of great work under way to keep our seafood sector productive and fisheries...
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· August 14, 2025
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries New Zealand Food Safety is supporting PNP Farms’ Butchery in its recall of its Pure Angus Beef Sausage as the product may contain glass....
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· August 13, 2025
Source: Federated Farmers Federated Farmers says a report back to Parliament on the so-called ‘ban on carbon forestry’ doesn’t go far enough to stop the march of pines across New Zealand’s...