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Midday Rural News for 12 March 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Lake Opuha only has a week's worth of water left. The dam near Fairlie which generates electricity for the national grid and supplies water to 16-thousand hectares… Audio
Is Tonga's taxing of unhealthy foods having an impact?
It's ten years since Tonga moved to tax some unhealthy food and make other healthier food more affordable. Audio
Morning Rural News for 12 March 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
Midday Rural News for 11 March 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
Creating plant-based drinks for tiny tastebuds
Ten percent of infants have a food allergy by the age of one - and one of the most common is to dairy. Audio
Farmers Markets celebrate success
At the weekend, tens-of-thousands of New Zealanders supported their local growers at the country's 25-or-so Farmers Markets.
The markets, which comprise more than 1000 small food businesses, have… Audio
Morning Rural News for 11 March 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
To the produce markets now - Glenn Forsyth is our Minister of Fruit and Veggies. Audio
Pappardelle with Pronto Rosso Paste
Jacqui Dixon, together with her husband Philip, founded the company Sabato, which imports food products from Italy, Spain and France. Today Jacqui shares a recipe for a simple pasta dish for two with… Audio
Growers eye sweet spot in the market for locally-grown bananas
A Northland horticulturist hopes consumers will soon be able to buy locally-grown bananas in New Zealand.
Bluff gin distillery part of rejuvenation project
Investment in a new tourism hub and aquaculture park is rejuvenating tourism in Bluff. One of the projects is a multi-million dollar investment in the Bluff Distillery Gin, which opens today at the… Audio
Midday Rural News for 8 March 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
Morning Rural News for 8 March 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
That music plays everywhere this man goes - it's time to talk fresh produce with our Minister of Fruit and Veggies Glenn Forsyth. Fruit of the Week: NZ red fleshed Kiwifruit Audio
A forager's guide to mushroom season
With the arrival of March, the nights are getting colder and the mornings are getting rainier: the perfect breeding ground for mushrooms. Audio
Midday Rural News for 7 March 2024
Despite sales of New Zealand-made infant formula remaining strong to our main market of China - producers are being warned against relying on just one market.
Monique Steele has the rural news. Audio
'Sensible' for infant formula producers to look beyond China for sales
The advice comes as China increases its own domestic dairy production and birth rates remain low.
Reasoning behind cutting free lunches - Jan Tinetti
To politics now and the coalition government is looking at cutting the free lunches in schools programme by up to 50 percent. The government said Labour did not set aside enough money to fund the… Audio
Another speciality milk sector in turmoil
This time, it's dairy goat milk suppliers.
Heading Off: The Crispy Couple
When Kiwi Daniella Elwood met her Irish partner Sean Ohare at a crossfit gym in Wellington, the pair dated for two months before heading off around the world together. Both were experienced solo… Audio
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