Dairy price rises lift overall food costs
Dairy product prices continue to push food prices higher.
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Wildlife hospital planned
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Dig This attraction opening day relief
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Bird count shows kereru in force in south
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New case of mycoplasma bovis found
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Thousands indulged on delicacies from the ocean at the Port Chalmers Seafood Festival.
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Fire near Central Otago vineyard
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Police call for gun safety after calf shot dead
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