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Zespri set for big reset

One bright spot is that that many of the people who worked in the kiwifruit sector for the first-time last year will be back again this year and will be more experienced.

Zespri is looking at everything that has gone wrong in the kiwifruit sector in the past two years, with the goal now to get things on track for 2024.

Dairy boss to sign off after 15 years

After 15 years in charge, Tim Mackle will leave his role at DairyNZ in June.

The man who's played a leading role in the dairy industry for more than one-and-a-half decades will step down at the end of June.

RMA reforms questioned

Irrigation NZ’s Vanessa Winning is highly critical of the proposed RMA changes.

The first two bills in the RMA reform package simply are not good enough.

'The golden age is over'

Attendees of the upcoming World Avocado Congress NZ 2023 can expect to be challenged by keynote speaker Eric Imbert.

'Here to help'

AA insurance says it is available to help with claims as Cyclone Gabrielle hits the country, just two weeks after several regions of the North Island were hit with flooding.

Amid wild weather caused by Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle and the aftermath of flooding in Auckland and the Coromandel late last month, AA Insurance is reassuring customers that it is here to help.

Claridge resigns as Potatoes NZ CEO

Chris Claridge has announced his resignation as chief executive of Potatoes NZ.

Potatoes New Zealand has announced the resignation of its chief executive, Chris Claridge.

Food safety concerns in wake of flooding

Vegetable growers in Pukekohe were hit hard by the recent flooding. Onions, spinach, broccoli and carrots are the crops hardest hit as flood water swamped paddocks like this one in Pukekohe.

In the aftermath of recent flooding, which struck Auckland, the Coromandel, the Waikato and the Bay of Plenty late last month, food safety concerns have been raised.

Farmer confidence in economy hits an all-time low

Farmer confidence in the economic state of New Zealand has hit an all-time low.

NZ farmer confidence in the general economic state of the country has hit an all-time low.

Better days ahead?

Westpac senior agri economist Nathan Penny says the likely catalyst for the price rise is rebounding Chinese demand.

Dairy prices rebounded at last week’s Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction, after three consecutive drops, raising hopes of better days ahead.

For kiwifruit growers in parts of the upper North Island it was a case of watching small streams suddenly becoming raging rivers, with water rising two or three metres high and engulfing entire orchards.