Eric Frykberg
Midday Rural News for 6 November 2018
There will soon be more temporary workers from the Pacific Islands in New Zealand. Audio
Midday Rural News for 5 November 2018
Government and hunters say Himalayan Tahr in the Southern Alps have already begun breeding, making a difficult conservation task still harder. Audio
Midday Rural News for 2 November 2018
Farmers and other stakeholders are being asked to have their say on legislation governing the 17-billion-dollar diary industry. Audio
Midday Rural News for 31 October 2018
The Government says the benefits of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership will start to apply from December 30, after Canada and Australia joined Mexico, Japan, Singapore and New… Audio
Midday Rural News for 30 October 2018
The A2 Milk Company says it is disappointed, but not surprised, at a legal challenge to its marketing in the United States. Audio
Midday Rural News for 26 October 2018
Forest owners fear they could be stopped from cutting down their trees because of the draft National Policy Statement on Indigenous Biodiversity, which came out yesterday. Audio
Midday Rural News for 25 October 2018
The Ministry for Primary Industries has taken a first step to try to patch up its relations with a fruit tree facility in the United States, whose errors cost New Zealand growers millions of dollars. Audio
Midday Rural News for 24 October 2018
Research shows people overseas are often ignorant about or indifferent to the quality of New Zealand cuisine. Audio
Midday Rural News for 23 October 2018
The Government has come to the rescue of a New Zealand First initiative aimed to help indebted farmers. Audio
Midday Rural News for 19 October 2018
The Government admits the rebate mechanism for Auckland's regional fuel tax is flawed. Audio
Midday Rural News for 18 October 2018
Horticulture New Zealand says consumers should soon have a much better idea about where their food comes from, with mandatory country of origin labelling expected to be in place early next year. Audio
Midday Rural News for 17 October 2018
New Zealand's largest kiwifruit grower, Seeka, says it's unclear how some of it's kiwifruit vines in Australia became infected with the vine-killing disease PSA. Audio