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![From prop to Pinot Noir: Ex-All Black's journey from the rugby field to the vineyard](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
From prop to Pinot Noir: Ex-All Black's journey from the rugby field to the vineyard
Rugby and wine blend perfectly at ex-All Black John Ashworth's Hawke's Bay vineyard
![Pucker up for a walk that's flush with wineries](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Pucker up for a walk that's flush with wineries
Get your steps up with the Four Barrels Wine Trail, a walk interspersed with wine stops.
!['Mental anguish'- Call to extend work visa, too little, too late](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
'Mental anguish'- Call to extend work visa, too little, too late
Government has announced 'last minute' a visa extension for seasonal staff
![Grape shortage: 'Worst in at least a decade' says Pernod Ricard boss](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Grape shortage: 'Worst in at least a decade' says Pernod Ricard boss
Bryan Fry says winemaker is working through industry-wide supply issues.
![Wine price warning: Smaller vintage could add 20% to a bottle](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Wine price warning: Smaller vintage could add 20% to a bottle
Villa Maria says its grape harvest is down almost 30 per cent this year.
![The parallel pandemic: Heavy toll of Covid on our kids' mental health](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
The parallel pandemic: Heavy toll of Covid on our kids' mental health
Covid's impact on mental health, especially in youth, will outlive virus, experts say.
![Wanaka food and wine festival off to a good start](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Wanaka food and wine festival off to a good start
More than 2000 people attended the first Ripe festival on Sunday.
!['Unprecedented' worker shortage: Loaded livestock trucks turned away from meatworks](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
'Unprecedented' worker shortage: Loaded livestock trucks turned away from meatworks
Progressive Meats says staff shortage is "unprecedented" as workers choose to pick fruit.
![US State Dept: Report cans Govt's lax anti-trafficking duties](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
US State Dept: Report cans Govt's lax anti-trafficking duties
Report calls for changes to NZ's legal definition of child sex trafficking.
![Exploitation case warning to Kiwi winemakers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Exploitation case warning to Kiwi winemakers
Kiwi wineries need to check who is doing their work after another exploitation case
![Wine business fined $120,000 for exploiting workers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Wine business fined $120,000 for exploiting workers
Company pinged for serious employment law breaches.
![Govt: Bill restricting house sales will have small effect on prices](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Govt: Bill restricting house sales will have small effect on prices
National says the bill has been a textbook exercise of bad law-making.
![Govt begins winding down irrigation funding](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Govt begins winding down irrigation funding
Big private irrigation schemes should be economically viable on their own, Robertson says.
![Chinese university chooses EIT partnership](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Chinese university chooses EIT partnership
The 2015 student cohort is progressing into the third year of the programme.
![EIT head of viticulture retires](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
EIT head of viticulture retires
Diane Marshall has retired as head of EIT's School of Viticulture and Wine Science.
![Mainfreight cops migrant ban](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Mainfreight cops migrant ban
New measures to stop worker exploitation came into force in April
![The NZ region with the hottest economy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
The NZ region with the hottest economy
ASB's latest Regional Economic Scoreboard shows Auckland is struggling to keep up.