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Iconic Golden Shears cancelled for 2021

The event has been cancelled for the first time in history, as Covid 19 alert levels rise.

Bars: Cin-cin, no win-win yet

Bars, restaurants and suppliers are relieved but warn of lockdown hangover.

Urban sprawl set to swallow 31,000 hectares of prime land

Figures show the irreversible loss of Auckland's most productive land is accelerating.

Big Read: Five positive things we learned from major climate report

From decarbonising cars to managing methane, the new climate report offers many positives.

Why NZ dairy exports to China fell in December

New Zealand dairy exports to China fell in December for the first time in six years.

Irishman's Creek reportedly going up for sale

The property, a short distance from Lake Tekapo, is currently a sheep and beef farm.

Are days of live animal exports from Napier numbered?

The second livestock ship this year has been and gone as Govt review drags on.

Another ship arrives: Why are live cattle exports on the rise?

Still no sign of results of NZ's live animal export policy review.

Chicken mass deaths saga takes off

Chicken deaths disaster: Animal welfare inspectors spread way too thin, legal expert says.

Farm equity continues to rise in 'crazy' Covid year

The worth of the Ātihau Whanganui Incorporation continues to rise.

WorkSafe's warning after woman crushed by farm vehicle, company fined 275k

The vehicle's passenger seatbelt did not work and the driver's door had been removed.

NZ great for women in business. And Māori women?

"I walk in the shops and people think I'm a shopkeeper."

Local Focus: Orchard wages rising thanks to worker shortage, and new RSE rules may lift it further

Hort wages are on the rise as RSE shortage looms. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Will GDT convince Fonterra to upgrade its milk price forecast?

Dairy prices have stayed firm, but will Fonterra lift its farmgate milk price?

Farmer appeals sentence for misrepresenting millions of eggs

Frank Chen carried out a lengthy scam repackaging caged eggs as free range.

Government to let in 2000 fruit pickers from Pacific

Horticultural experts welcome the introduction of 2000 pickers from the Pacific but say it's still not enough. Video / Hawkes Bay Today

Claire Trevett: Why PM Jacinda Ardern is charming the farmers

Is the PM's bid to hold on to newly converted voters hampering action on housing market?

House prices tipped to overshadow Reserve Bank risk review

RBNZ to release its financial stability report, with house prices likely to dominate.