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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Pastoral farming remains a key sector in the Hawke’s Bay economy. A rural land agent has allayed fears a significant Hawke’s Bay farm will be planted in pine trees. The Riverbank Station owned by former All Blacks captain Sam Whitelock and his wife Hannah is on the market. The flat, rolling ... <a title="Ex-All Black Sam Whitelock’s Hawke’s Bay farm tipped to stay in beef production" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/ex-all-black-sam-whitelocks-hawkes-bay-farm-tipped-to-stay-in-beef-production/" aria-label="Read more about Ex-All Black Sam Whitelock’s Hawke’s Bay farm tipped to stay in beef production">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Sheep and beef farmer Chris Lovell says floodwaters were so high he was afraid to leave his home to check on stock. RNZ / Robin Martin There have been calls for a review of the warnings issued ahead of last week’s weather event which brought down hundreds of slips, closed dozens ... <a title="Questions for MetService about warnings issued for ‘badly impacted’ Waitomo District" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/questions-for-metservice-about-warnings-issued-for-badly-impacted-waitomo-district/" aria-label="Read more about Questions for MetService about warnings issued for ‘badly impacted’ Waitomo District">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Eterna is the world’s largest variety of blueberry. Supplied / The Fresh Berry Company This story has been updated to clarify the blueberries will not be genetically modified The world’s largest variety of blueberry will soon be grown and sold in New Zealand. Described as “up to the size of ... <a title="Blueberries the size of a ping-pong ball to be grown in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/blueberries-the-size-of-a-ping-pong-ball-to-be-grown-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Blueberries the size of a ping-pong ball to be grown in NZ">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Wind-damaged pivot irrigators in North Canterbury. Supplied Tens of millions of dollars worth of irrigation equipment is thought to have been damaged by strong winds in North Canterbury. Thursday’s gales tossed and twisted hundreds of massive pivot irrigators, leaving Amuri Basin farmers with weeks or months-long waits for replacement parts from ... <a title="Irrigation equipment smashed by winds – ‘A huge concern coming into the summer period’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/irrigation-equipment-smashed-by-winds-a-huge-concern-coming-into-the-summer-period/" aria-label="Read more about Irrigation equipment smashed by winds – ‘A huge concern coming into the summer period’">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Only 72 percent of Māori children under five years old are vaccinated. 123rf Rural nurses are on a mission to try and lift measle vaccination rates in hard to reach areas, as health experts expect the outbreak to grow. There are currently 11 known measles cases throughout the country, and the ... <a title="Measles outbreak: Rural nurses target vaccination ‘hesitancy’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/measles-outbreak-rural-nurses-target-vaccination-hesitancy/" aria-label="Read more about Measles outbreak: Rural nurses target vaccination ‘hesitancy’">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A first responder and local farmer believes it’s a miracle no one was hurt in the devastating storm that hit Clutha, but he’s warning there will be injuries in the clean up. At its peak, communications, power and water were off across Southland and Clutha creating a nightmare situation for farmers. ... <a title="‘Chainsaw cowboys’: First responder worried about injuries during storm clean up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/chainsaw-cowboys-first-responder-worried-about-injuries-during-storm-clean-up/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Chainsaw cowboys’: First responder worried about injuries during storm clean up">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Andrew Johnstone Storm-hit farmers are tired, cold and cut off from communications More support hubs are being set up Rural Support Trust says focus is moving to human welfare More than 200 dairy farms across Southland are still relying on generators to keep their cows milked, sometimes borrowing them ... <a title="Southland farmers struggling with exhaustion in wake of storm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/southland-farmers-struggling-with-exhaustion-in-wake-of-storm/" aria-label="Read more about Southland farmers struggling with exhaustion in wake of storm">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The sale of Fonterra’s consumer businesses could have a flow-on effect for the economy. 123rf / Supplied images The New Zealand economy is set to benefit from an estimated $4.5 billion increase in spending, should the sale of Fonterra’s consumer businesses go ahead. ASB economists said the proposed sale of Fonterra’s ... <a title="Fonterra sale could inject $4.5b into economy and $3.2b directly to farmers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/fonterra-sale-could-inject-4-5b-into-economy-and-3-2b-directly-to-farmers/" aria-label="Read more about Fonterra sale could inject $4.5b into economy and $3.2b directly to farmers">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand They used to be a regular sight on New Zealand’s roads and paddocks – the plodding, but magnificent Clydesdales. The horses with the hobbit hooves helped tame the land in earlier times, ploughing wheatfields, carting lumber and carving out New Zealand’s infrastructure, but these dignified animals are now becoming a rare ... <a title="Country Life: Clydesdales – gentle giants of horse world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/country-life-clydesdales-gentle-giants-of-horse-world/" aria-label="Read more about Country Life: Clydesdales – gentle giants of horse world">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Ben Banks stands on the tracks among the dunes at the side of Thornton Lagoon RNZ/Sally Round Conservationist Ben Banks spends a lot of his spare time trying to protect the Okorero -Thornton Lagoon wildlife reserve but it seems joyriders are just as much of a threat as the pests he’s ... <a title="Country Life: Fears for wildlife from vehicles tearing through conservation area" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/country-life-fears-for-wildlife-from-vehicles-tearing-through-conservation-area/" aria-label="Read more about Country Life: Fears for wildlife from vehicles tearing through conservation area">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Stand-up comedians Te Radar and Ruth Spencer have compiled a list of all the things that make up life in the New Zealand countryside. Supplied Ever wondered about the origins of the ride-on mower or the humble pair of longjohns? Then Te Radar and Ruth Spencer have the book for you. ... <a title="Country Life: New book explores rural New Zealand through 100 objects" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/country-life-new-book-explores-rural-new-zealand-through-100-objects/" aria-label="Read more about Country Life: New book explores rural New Zealand through 100 objects">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A section of the newly surfaced Waimate Trail through DoC land Supplied The first stage of the 67km Waimate Trail – Te Ara Waimatemate is nearing completion. It will pass through native forest, limestone rock formations, tussock tops, river flats and valleys. It’s hoped the shared-use trail will be a world-class ... <a title="Country Life: First stage of Waimate Trail nears completion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/country-life-first-stage-of-waimate-trail-nears-completion/" aria-label="Read more about Country Life: First stage of Waimate Trail nears completion">Read more</a>
