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Hungry World Cup fans' meat feast
New Zealand's biggest meat company expects the incoming horde of carnivorous rugby fans to sink their teeth into an extra 70,000 of its sheep, cattle and deer during the World Cup.
Success: Protein nourishes export ambitions
Kiwi food-processing expertise is making inroads in a growing range of overseas markets.
Outrage at cruelty stops shipments
Australia has suspended shipments of live cattle to 11 Indonesian abattoirs after footage of animal cruelty was released.
Te Aroha folk share the love for affected workers
Te Aroha locals are supporting the families of workers who lost their jobs when the local meatworks went up in flames.
Prospects bleak for Te Aroha workers
'They're calling it a seasonal lay-off which is bull,' a worker at Silver Fern Farm's fire-hit Te Aroha factory says.
Nearly half meatworks' staff will be laid off
About 160 of the 350 workers at Silver Fern Farms' Waikato beef slaughter plant at Te Aroha are likely to only be paid a minimum wage until Christmas.