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Jun 14
Cutting red tape and streamlining rules could boost food production, lower costs and help ease pressure at the checkout, writes Federated Farmers national president Wayne Langford.
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Jun 11
A multimillion-dollar city centre revitalisation plan by Gisborne District Council is going to a four-week community consultation stage, starting on Saturday at the Farmers’ Market.
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Jun 10
Three men with a huge passion for the rural sector are the inaugural recipients of Lifetime Achievement awards as part of the Federated Farmers Gisborne Wairoa Hill Country Farmer of the Year event.
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Public consultation will soon begin for a proposal to increase the price of Gisborne’s rural rubbish stickers in line with inflation.
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May 28
Government investment in roading resilience in the face of an increase in severe weather events is sound thinking, @FedFarmers infrastructure spokesperson Mark Hooper says.
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May 26
There’s a lot of talk right now about whether local government is working well in New Zealand and whether it needs an overhaul. Federated Farmers has put together this Q&A to help explain it all in simple language.
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May 26
Unpredictable closures of State Highway 2 in the Waioweka Gorge are straining business and “killing our local economy”, a new Trust Tairāwhiti report says.
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May 24
After years of pushing for more funding to tackle wilding pines, Federated Farmers says the Government announcement is a major breakthrough.
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May 22
The rising 2-year-old bull sales season in the region got off to a strong start this week when Gisborne and Wairoa studs Gold Creek and Kerrah Simmentals enjoyed total clearances and solid prices.
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May 21
Gisborne company Currie Construction had a night to remember at the New Zealand Commercial Project Awards in Auckland last Friday. It won four awards – three for the Wai Kahua Waka Footbridge and one for the Mangapapa School redevelopment.
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May 20
A Corson Grain rebuild in Gisborne’s industrial subdivision is well advanced and set to open in early 2027 – four years after fire destroyed the company’s original maize processing plant.
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May 19
Before ascending mountains from Antarctica to the Andes to Himalaya, Sir Graeme Dingle was once a “painfully shy” child from Gisborne.
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May 18
Residents of Gisborne’s Elsdon Best St say children have been injured by the street’s “dangerous” footpaths. The roots of liquidambar trees have uplifted sections of concrete in the street located off Campion Rd in Riverdale.
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May 17
Federated Farmers is pushing back against ‘super councils’, warning rural voices will be drowned out if cities dominate local government reform.
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May 15
Gisborne firefighters have highlighted disruptions with some station facilities as nationwide calls continue for a public inquiry into Fire and Emergency funding decisions.
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Bull sales season is just around the corner for the Gisborne district.
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Apr 30
Federated Farmers push to embed agriculture in school science, aiming to spark interest early and secure future talent for NZ’s primary sector.
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Apr 30
Farm worker pay growth has levelled off in the last few years, after a post-pandemic period of rapid growth, a new report shows.
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Apr 13
The roar of 100km/h-plus winds on Sunday was replaced by the whine of chainsaws on Monday as the region went into clean-up mode following the impact of ex-tropical Cyclone Vaianu.
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Apr 10
Tairāwhiti residents have been advised to “stay calm” but be prepared as Cyclone Vaianu approaches the North Island.
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