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‘Pain’ ahead for dairy farmers as prices ease
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King Farmers are being warned to brace for a challenging next season after prices eased at the latest global dairy trade (GDT) auction....
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Groundbreaking Southland urea fertiliser project to support New Zealand agriculture
Source: Victorian Hydrogen A major new 1.5 million tonne per year urea fertiliser project is set to be developed in Southland, offering an environmentally innovative and strategically significant alternative to...
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Global dairy prices fall again amid geopolitical tensions
Source: Radio New Zealand The average price at the latest global dairy auction fell 2.7 percent. AFP / William West Global dairy prices have fallen again amid ongoing geopolitical tensions....
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Heavy deluge turns Hawke’s Bay valley into an ‘ocean’
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooding in Omakere. SARAH KINGSTON / SUPPLIED A heavy deluge in the early hours of Tuesday morning caught Central Hawke’s Bay residents by surprise, flooding roads...
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Federated Farmers applauds fuel support for rural schools
Source: Federated Farmers Extra support for small, rural and isolated schools to help them manage fuel cost pressures is timely and very welcome, Federated Farmers says. “The huge spike in fuel...
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Seventh Fast-track housing development approved
Source: New Zealand Government The Ashbourne project in Waikato, which will enable the development of 518 new homes and two solar farms, has been consented through Fast-track, Infrastructure Minister Chris...
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Northland milk company closes down due to soaring fuel prices
Source: Radio New Zealand Bella Vacca Jerseys co-founder Gavin Hogarth shows Daisy the dairy cow the end product of her efforts. Peter de Graaf A Northland business leading the way...
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New Zealand First’s Shane Jones defends comparing India FTA to ‘butter chicken tsunami’
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand First deputy leader Shane Jones. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Shane Jones says his parliamentary colleagues have told him to tone down his language but...
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Northland milk company stops deliveries over soaring fuel prices
Source: Radio New Zealand Bella Vacca Jerseys co-founder Gavin Hogarth shows Daisy the dairy cow the end product of her efforts. Peter de Graaf A Northland business leading the way...
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Indian community welcomes ‘momentous’ free trade deal
Source: Radio New Zealand Christopher Luxon visits Swaminarayan Akshardham temple in New Delhi, India, in March 2025. RNZ / Marika Khabazi New Zealand’s Indian community has welcomed the government’s decision...
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Total exports rise in March – Overseas merchandise trade: March 2026 – Stats NZ news story and information release
Source: Statistics New Zealand Total exports rise in March – news story 20 April 2026 Total exports were valued at $7.9 billion, a rise of $542 million (7.3 percent) in March...
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Jollibee Group Delivers Record Q4 Results and Strong Full Year 2025 Finish
Source: Media Outreach Q4 Operating Income Sets New Fourth-Quarter Record, Surging 42%, Accelerating Full-Year Growth METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Media OutReach Newswire – 20 April 2026 – Jollibee Foods Corporation...
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‘Alarmist’ – Prime Minister criticises Shane Jones’ ‘butter chicken’ comments
Source: Radio New Zealand The Prime Minister says comments from Shane Jones warning of a “butter chicken tsunami” coming to New Zealand after the signing of the free trade agreement...
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Farmers cleaning up after torrential rain, stock lost
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooding on farmland at the base of the Awakino Gorge in October 2025. Supplied / Bree Joyce Farmers are facing their second major clean up in...
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Ōhura remains cut off to all but emergency services
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooded farmland in Ōhura. Supplied/ Ross Perry The remote King County settlement of Ōhura remains cut off to all but emergency services following the weekend deluge....
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Consultation opens on draft ACOPs for agriculture
Source: Worksafe New Zealand WorkSafe New Zealand is seeking feedback on and input into draft content for two approved codes of practice (ACOP) for agriculture. ACOPs are a recognised, practical...
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New AI screening tool for telehealth to help deal with rise in calls
Source: Radio New Zealand A telehealth service says AI will help reassure people while they wait to speak to a counsellor. 123rf.com A telehealth service is bringing in an artificial...
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Night-time escapes from floodwaters: Mayor says better warnings needed
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooding at the old garage in Ōhura’s town centre on Sunday. A local resident said by the time this photo was taken, the water had gone...
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The House: Victorian Parliament: amid slum, disease, fires and illegal demolition
Source: Radio New Zealand View of 1860s Wellington showing the northern end of Lambton Quay at Pipitea. The intersection with Charlotte Street (now Molesworth Street) is near the centre of...
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Country Life: Dragon fruit a sweet choice for storm-scarred Northland?
Source: Radio New Zealand One of the new varieties of dragon fruit being grown at the Bioeconomy Science Institute orchard in Kerikeri RNZ/Sally Round Move over satsumas and kiwifruit, a...
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Country Life: Why Canterbury’s crop farmers are leaving the industry
Source: Radio New Zealand David Clark inspects his radish seed crop. RNZ/Anisha Satya This year’s carrot seed crop should have been David and Jayne Clark’s money-maker. “Establishment was very good,”...
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Fast-tracked hydro to boost West Coast resilience
Source: New Zealand Government A fast-tracked renewable energy project on the West Coast will strengthen regional electricity supply and improve resilience, Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop and Regional Development Minister Shane...
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Super Rugby Pacific: Defining weekend for Moana Pasifika and Fijian Drua
Source: Radio New Zealand Moana Pasifika will face the Waratahs in Sydney on Friday night, while the Fijian Drua will take on the Brumbies at GIO Stadium in Canberra on...
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Mainfreight CEO frustrated with KiwiRail, AT for not offering additional services
Source: Radio New Zealand Mainfreight’s Ōtāhuhu depot Alistair Guthrie Mainfreight’s chief executive says he is “frustrated” at KiwiRail and Auckland Transport, and that the agencies could be doing more as...
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Search for missing New Zealand-born monk ongoing, Scottish police say
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand-born monk Justin Evans. Supplied / Scotland Police Scottish police say they are still working to trace missing New Zealand-born monk Justin Evans. The 24-year-old...
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Allan Titford again denied parole, but may be released later this year
Source: Radio New Zealand Allan Titford was found guilty of 39 charges in a trial in 2013. RNZ A Northland man sentenced to 24 years’ jail after being convicted on...
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NZ’s medicinal cannabis ecosystem hopes to harvest value-add opportunities
Source: Radio New Zealand Southern Medicinal has converted the old Mataura paper mill into a medicinal cannabis and hemp growing, testing and processing facility. Supplied / Southern Medicinal The budding...