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OPINION: A nation that relies as heavily as NZ does on functional global shipping lanes will have to do its bit on the international security front, hence the additional $1.58b in military spend over 4 years that Dame Lynda Topp thought should have been spent on sheet music.
It's the price we must pay to secure some measure of defence alliance and safe passage for the $50-60b the ag sector ships abroad every year.
For the same reason, our Aussie mates are buying secondhand subs off the Yanks.
A mate of yours truly quipped, the old subs "will be the equivalent of turning up to a Holden dealer expecting to pick up a new Calais and then being chucked the keys for a rooted old Captiva that's blowing a bit of blue smoke with all the clearcoat peeling off the bloody thing!"
Silver Fern Farms has tackled the ongoing war-induced shipping challenges to mideast markets by airlifting 90 tonnes of chilled New Zealand lamb and beef to the United Arab Emirates.
Silver Fern Farms has successfully produced and delivered 90 tonnes of premium chilled New Zealand lamb and beef to the United Arab Emirates via airfreight.
There's optimism emerging among farmers on the Chatham Islands after years of an irregular and poor shipping service.
The current Middle East war could not have happened at a worse time for New Zealand.
Fresh Carriers Co. Ltd (FCC) and Zespri have completed the first ever kiwifruit charter powered by a low-emissions fuel.
New Zealand dairy farmers are set to be the first in the world to receive access to a new digital physical milk pricing tool that enables them to fix the price for their physical milk.
State farmer Pāmu is opening its farm gates this summer in an effort to give the rural sector the opportunity to see how large-scale, multi-system farming is delivering productivity and profitability across New Zealand.
A five-year study has found that the cost of reducing emissions without technology may be significant and unsustainable for Northland dairy farmers.
DairyNZ says Waikato farmers need certainty on Plan Change 1, but they say that certainty must be matched with practical, workable rules and a clear transition that doesn't get ahead of the new resource management system currently under review.
While the Government has moved quickly to make commercial hauliers' lot easier during the current fuel crisis, they appear to be stuck in the creep box when it comes to the agricultural industry.
Waikato farmers have been told that the Government’s new planning system legislation and the region’s Plan Change 1 (PC1) “won’t mesh together very well”.
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OPINION: A nation that relies as heavily as NZ does on functional global shipping lanes will have to do its…
