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NZ meat hold-up in China continues

New Zealand sheep and beef meat is still held up at the Chinese border and officials say the documentation required to get the ball rolling only arrived in China today.

Key: Technical issue holding up meat

John Key says the refusal by Chinese officials to clear containers of frozen meat being held at the border is simply because of confusion over documentation.

'Technical issues' holding up meat

Chinese measures to curb sales of counterfeit meat may be a factor in millions of dollars of exported New Zealand meat being held up on Chinese wharves.

Cruelty footage blow to Oz beef industry

The tiny Outback town of Richmond, 400km east of Mt Isa in northwest Queensland, celebrated its annual fossil festival last week.

Fatty diet wreaks havoc in islands

Pacific health experts are calling for a quota on the amount of fatty food exported to the Pacific Islands, where heart disease, diabetes and obesity are the norm.

Meat exports part of Pacific problems

A Samoan MP and former health minister has reignited calls on New Zealand to stop sending fatty meat to the Pacific Islands over health concerns.

'Key day' for red meat industry

Nearly 1000 farmers gathered in Gore yesterday to overwhelmingly support a mandate for change in the beleaguered red meat industry.

Brock Bastian: Companion guide to eating meat

Imagine the following scenario. You go into your local sandwich shop for lunch and order a roast beef on rye with a dash of mustard.

Commodities rise for fifth month

Workers on track to sign deal with Affco

Horse meat 'fact of life' - breeder

From stable to table

Union and Talley's to lock horns before judge

Locked out unionists seek official help with mediation talks

Affco dispute into seventh week after mediation fails

SFO throws out Affco union complaint

The Serious Fraud Office has taken just one day to throw out a complaint from Affco against the union representing its locked-out workers.

Affco's fraud accusation 'a stunt' - union

NZ lamb prices itself out of UK market