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Steve Edwards

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Sep 26, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Steve Edwards

    'Self-contained and off the grid': Waikato farmer tours China's dairy giant (opens the original)

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    Gavin Fisher (left) receives a gift on behalf of the study tour group from a dairy factory the group visited in China. A long-time Waikato organic dairy farmer has seen first-hand the mind-boggling scale of the sector in China. Gavin Fisher, who has run a certified organic dairy farm near Te Aroha for 27 years, joined a study tour that took in a 100,000 cow/15,000ha operation on the fringes of the Ulan Buh Desert, part of the Gobi Desert region in Inner Mongolia. Providing China with a third of

  2. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Steve Edwards

    'Painfully difficult': Farmers call for simpler nitrogen reporting (opens the original)

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    Waikato Federated Farmers’ dairy section chairman Matthew Zonderop. Dairy farmers are “self-capping” nitrogen fertiliser use, an industry leader says. Waikato Federated Farmers’ dairy section chairman Matthew Zonderop said farmers were “fiscally prudent enough” to gauge their respective nitrogen application. “It’s not a lolly scramble with that stuff.” His comments came after Parliament heard that almost 40% of dairy farmers are not meeting the legal requirement to report nitrogen fertiliser use

  3. Article · Sep 12, 2026 · Steve Edwards

    'Serious threat to the environment': Wild kiwifruit control ramps up (opens the original)

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    The canopy of wild kiwifruit can be huge. Photo / Bay of Plenty Regional Council While commercial kiwifruit is a boon for the economy – particularly in the Bay of Plenty – the wild variety is a serious plant pest. “Wild kiwifruit are a serious threat to the environment,” Chris McKay, Bay of Plenty Regional Council biosecurity officer responsible for the wild kiwifruit programme, said. “These fast-growing climbers can form dense, heavy mats that overwhelm and strangle trees, eventually causing th

  4. Article · Sep 12, 2026 · Steve Edwards

    'Serious threat to the environment': Wild kiwifruit control ramps up (opens the original)

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    The canopy of wild kiwifruit can be huge. Photo / Bay of Plenty Regional Council While commercial kiwifruit is a boon for the economy – particularly in the Bay of Plenty – the wild variety is a serious plant pest. “Wild kiwifruit are a serious threat to the environment,” Chris McKay, Bay of Plenty Regional Council biosecurity officer responsible for the wild kiwifruit programme, said. “These fast-growing climbers can form dense, heavy mats that overwhelm and strangle trees, eventually causing th

  5. Article · Jul 17, 2026 · Steve Edwards

    Matamata roots help shape French Open doubles champion Jamie Mackenzie (opens the original)

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    Jamie Mackenzie in action on the red clay at Roland Garros, where he won the French Open junior doubles tennis title. From New Zealand pasture to French clay, a young sportsman with strong family connections in the dairy industry is making a name for himself on the tennis courts of Europe. Now based in Germany, Jamie Mackenzie, 18, recently took out the junior boys’ doubles title at the prestigious French Open in Paris. His father and manager, Justin Mackenzie, was born in Tauranga, and his gran

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