Displaying items by tag: Damien O'Connor

Labour's 'Rural' MPs have towed the party line and backed Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor's move to wind-up NZ's $280 million-a-year live export industry.

A new programme has been launched to introduce Pacific youth to careers in New Zealand's horticulture sector.

Farmers are getting overwhelmed by all the new regulations and compliance requirements they are facing now and in the future.

OPINION: The Hound wonders why so much fuss was made about the PM’s recent overseas trip to Singapore and Japan.

An innovative high-tech approach to forestry management could transform New Zealand’s forestry industry, Forestry Minister Stuart Nash and Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor announced today.

The Government will strengthen New Zealand’s biosecurity system as part of Budget 2022, Biosecurity Minister Damien O’Connor announced today.

Four years into a world-first attempt to eradicate Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis), agreed jointly between the Government and farming sector groups, just one infected property remains in New Zealand.

OPINION: Recently Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor made great fanfare when announcing a new farm planning system for farmers and growers.

The Government has announced its intentions to amend the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act (DIRA) to support Fonterra’s capital restructure.

The Government is throwing its support behind Māori landowners eyeing a piece of the growing sheep milk sector.