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Coronavirus: Rural sector crying out to recruit more staff

"The cows still need milked and the crops must be picked."

Fonterra joins push to make hand sanitiser

Fonterra gets behind hand-sanitiser production drive.

Coronavirus: Orchards nervous about labour shortage

Uncertainty over travel for international workforce compounding difficult season.

Coronavirus: Concerns for NZ wine industry

NZ wine comforts locked down cities overseas but pain coming for industry.

Auckland first-home buyers at greatest risk from coronavirus pain: experts

Banks are urging any customers hit financially by the crisis to contact them early.

'Essential providers': Meat processors unite to tackle virus turmoil

Traditional strong rivalry in meat industry has been put aside to deal with the virus.

'True Kiwi spirit': Distillery offering free sanitiser to local community and businesses

Distillery finds its own unique way to help the local community.

Can Fonterra and our dairy farmers save the economy?

Fonterra must keep winning in the economic battle against Covid-19.

Synlait CEO says dairy will be resilient in face of coronavirus

People still need to eat, Leon Clement says.

Coronavirus: Fingers crossed for Europe-bound kiwifruit crop

A total of 155 million trays of kiwifruit are expected to be picked this year.

NZ meat businesses urged to take part in gender equality study

The study will identify strategies for making the meat sector more inclusive.

Coronavirus: Thai kiwifruit workers, 40, in self-isolation in Bay of Plenty

The group arrived in New Zealand on Monday.

Fonterra drops dividend over coronavirus fears

Fonterra's result comes at a tough economic time.

Dairy prices fall at fourth auction in a row on coronavirus factor

The price of wholemilk powder fell to its lowest point in more than a year.

Kiwifruit pack houses take extra precautions for coronavirus

.The kiwifruit industry is taking extra precautions for Covid-19.

Kiwifruit industry needs 20,000 workers

Thousands of positions to fill amid a labour shortage and the Covid-19 pandemic.

Coronavirus: Horticulture looks to forestry to solve labour shortage

Unemployed forestry workers offered jobs in labour-short horticulture sector.

Coronavirus: Further strain on fruit picking labour shortages

Impact on overseas backpackers, who usually made up about 25 per cent of the workforce.