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Raw milk 'might contain listeria'
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Rachel Stewart: That's right polluters, it's time to pay
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Heartbeat: Eketahuna shakes off its joke tag
Eketahuna - a joke town to much of New Zealand - is making an unlikely recovery.
Majority of Kiwis back Labour's water tax
Labour's royalty on freshwater is backed by 70 per cent of Kiwis in a new poll.
Kiwi farmers going gaga for Wagyu
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McIvor: Rift for town and country
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Farmers: We vow to protect waterways for our children
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Passions high over natural assets
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Robin Grieve: Emissions unit not fair to farmers
COMMENT: Using carbon to measure greenhouse emissions is unfair to farmers and NZ.
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Getting off the well-worn farm track
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Rachel Stewart: Hysteria over water policy pitiful
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Farmers avoid jail in 'largest case of animal neglect'
More than 900 cows were affected, 200 had to be put down.
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'Life-changing situation' for Lumsden farmers after nearly 200 cows were put down.
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India touted as next dairy opportunity
India's demand for dairy products might create opportunities for New Zealand exporters.
MPI say cattle disease farms stays at two
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DairyNZ: New migration rules not fair to farming
Farming has been short-changed in the Government's immigration reversal.
Waikato farm owner fined for starving cows
Morrinsville man Shane Kingsley Torstonson left cows to starve, with at least seven dying.