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OPINION: The previous government spent too much during the Covid-19 pandemic, despite warnings from officials, according to a briefing released by the Treasury.
A second case of Covid-19 has been confirmed in New Zealand.
The World Health Organization this morning reported the case.
The patient is a woman in her 30s who has recently returned from Italy.
She is in self-isolation with her partner at home.
This morning, the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) price index fell for the third consecutive time due to uncertainty around the spread of coronavirus.
The first case of Covid-19 in New Zealand was reported late on Friday last week.
The New Zealand-citizen, a man in his 60s, had recently been to Iran and flown back to New Zealand via Bali.
The Ministry of Health’s website says that the likelihood of a widespread outbreak is expected to remain low.
The Government has placed temporary restrictions on travellers arriving in New Zealand from mainland China and Iran as a precautionary measure to protect against the spread of the virus.
Travellers from northern Italy and South Korea have been instructed to self-isolate on their arrival in New Zealand.
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NZPork has appointed Auckland-based Paul Bucknell as its new chair.
The Government claims to have delivered on its election promise to protect productive farmland from emissions trading scheme (ETS) but red meat farmers aren’t happy.
Foot and Mouth Disease outbreaks could have a detrimental impact on any country's rural sector, as seen in the United Kingdom's 2000 outbreak that saw the compulsory slaughter of over six million animals.
The Ministry for the Environment is joining as a national award sponsor in the Ballance Farm Environment Awards (BFEA from next year).
Kiwis are wasting less of their food than they were two years ago, and this has been enough to push New Zealand’s total household food waste bill lower, the 2025 Rabobank KiwiHarvest Food Waste survey has found.
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