Monique Steele
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- Sep 28, 2026
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Calls for more flood protection along the Mataura River (opens the original)
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Flooding in 2023 at the Mataura River. Photo / RNZ, Tess Brunton Officials are working to bolster flood resilience for communities living along Southland’s Mataura River, in light of some community pushback over worst-case scenario flood modelling. Rural service township Gore, with a population of more than 8300, is bordered by the 240km river, considered a fisher’s paradise for brown trout. But a history of significant flooding in nearby townships Gore, Mataura and Wyndham, dates back to 1957,
Farmers pessimistic, despite decade-high profits (opens the original)
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Federated Farmers' farm confidence survey found that 39% of dairy farmers expect a downturn next year. Photo / RNZ, Gianina Schwanecke Many New Zealand farmers are looking at next year’s books with pessimism, even dairy farmers, despite profits this year reaching their highest level in a decade, a new survey shows. Industry group Federated Farmers surveyed 634 farms for its 35th biannual farm confidence survey in July. It found nearly 68% of those farmers surveyed were currently profitable, driv
Iwi investor backs Mid Canterbury hemp factory expansion (opens the original)
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A 20-hectare paddock of hemp in North Canterbury. Photo / RNZ, Cosmo Kentish-Barnes An agribusiness leader in the heart of Canterbury’s farming country says a lack of “patient” capital investment is stopping New Zealand’s emerging food and fibre sectors, such as hemp fibre, reaching full potential. Over the past 50 years, the Carr family has established a raft of rural businesses, including Carrfields and Carrtura, spanning seeds, livestock, rural contracting, machinery and rural finance from it
Arable 'disappointed' by palm oil byproduct cow feed (opens the original)
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When pastures are dry, farmers have a choice of supplementary feeds for dairy herds. Photo / Susan Murray, RNZ Disappointment is deepening in the struggling arable sector over farmers continuing to opt for imported animal feeds over local grain. New Zealand was one of the largest importers of palm kernel expeller (PKE) in the world, using the byproduct of the palm oil industry as a feed supplement for dairy cattle, largely when pasture was scarce. Arable farmers growing feed grain had long fough
Green light for growing hemp at home (opens the original)
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Since May, some of New Zealand's rules around growing hemp have eased. Photo / RNZ, Cosmo Kentish-Barnes New Zealanders might start seeing what looks like illegal cannabis growing in more people’s backyards or lifestyle blocks, as the industrial hemp industry expands access to seeds for aspiring growers. Cannabis sativa plants remain controlled drugs in New Zealand. However, from May, the rules around growing hemp plants with low tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) levels – the main psychoactive compound
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