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December 8, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Ian Turner reckons his unique pink-door shop, nestled in a small village on SH1 between Wairarapa and Hawke’s Bay, “puts Eketāhuna on the map”. “People who live here, they all tell their friends, ‘oh, I live in the town with the sex shop’, and even if they don’t come in, I think ... <a title="Pink-door adult shop ‘puts Eketāhuna on the map’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/pink-door-adult-shop-puts-eketahuna-on-the-map/" aria-label="Read more about Pink-door adult shop ‘puts Eketāhuna on the map’">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Ben Millar and King competing in the Trans Tasman Sheep Dog Trials test for the Wayleggo Cup. Megan Ellis It is spelt “Wayleggo” but pronounced “Wal-a-go” and in dog trialling and shepherding it is an age-old New Zealand call for a sheep dog to leave the sheep and come back to ... <a title="Country Life: Sheep Dog test Aussie v NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/06/country-life-sheep-dog-test-aussie-v-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Country Life: Sheep Dog test Aussie v NZ">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Dairy prices have been softening. (File photo) AFP / William West Dairy prices are at near two-year low after the eighth consecutive fall in the global auction overnight. The average price at the auction fell 4.3 percent to US$3507 a tonne, following the 3 percent drop in the previous auction two ... <a title="Dairy prices hit near two-year low after eighth consecutive fall" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/dairy-prices-hit-near-two-year-low-after-eighth-consecutive-fall/" aria-label="Read more about Dairy prices hit near two-year low after eighth consecutive fall">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Cows being milked in a dairy shed in Taranaki RNZ/Sally Round Canterbury grows most of the country’s wheat, barley and oat crops. But persistently low wheat prices coupled with a high milk payout are believed to be driving farmers out of the industry in hunt of the dairy dollar. The Canterbury ... <a title="Thirty-two more dairy farms for Canterbury; some grain growers go for milk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/thirty-two-more-dairy-farms-for-canterbury-some-grain-growers-go-for-milk/" aria-label="Read more about Thirty-two more dairy farms for Canterbury; some grain growers go for milk">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied An Otatara man thought to be New Zealand’s longest-serving meat worker retired this month after 64 years in the industry. Ken McLeod, 80, started in 1962 when he was only 16 at the now-closed Makarewa Meatworks in Southland. “I was mostly a boner in all those years, and thanks to ... <a title="NZ’s longest-serving meat worker retires after 64 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/nzs-longest-serving-meat-worker-retires-after-64-years/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s longest-serving meat worker retires after 64 years">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Ruth Kuo Feral cats are responsible for spreading toxoplasmosis, which can cause “abortion storms” on sheep farms. Methods of control, such as annual culls, have come under fire from animal welfare advocates. Content warning: This story describes the killing of animals. It was over beers in a woolshed that the decision ... <a title="How feral cats spread toxoplasmosis risk across hundreds of Kiwi farms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/how-feral-cats-spread-toxoplasmosis-risk-across-hundreds-of-kiwi-farms/" aria-label="Read more about How feral cats spread toxoplasmosis risk across hundreds of Kiwi farms">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Crowds will pack in to watch the Sam Strahan Memorial sheep dog trials at the New Zealand Rural Games. www.ruralgames.co.nz Harking back to the days of A Dog’s Show, sheep dog trials are returning to the screen in a new broadcasting deal for next year’s New Zealand Rural Games. After starting ... <a title="Sheep dog trials return to screen in new broadcasting deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/sheep-dog-trials-return-to-screen-in-new-broadcasting-deal/" aria-label="Read more about Sheep dog trials return to screen in new broadcasting deal">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand milk production hit historic levels in October. 123rf New Zealand milk production hit historic levels in October, with national collections rising 2.8 percent year-on-year. It marked the biggest October since 2018 and the third-largest month for milk production in New Zealand’s history. It came as high global supply of ... <a title="Milk production hits historic levels as Fonterra narrows payout forecast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/milk-production-hits-historic-levels-as-fonterra-narrows-payout-forecast/" aria-label="Read more about Milk production hits historic levels as Fonterra narrows payout forecast">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf.com Not even fast food giant McDonald’s New Zealand is immune to the rising cost of food, especially for key burger ingredient beef. However, it recouped its spend on ingredients sourced in New Zealand last year with stronger earnings from its exports of them. Around 90 percent of the fast food ... <a title="High beef prices hurt and help McDonald’s NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/25/high-beef-prices-hurt-and-help-mcdonalds-nz/" aria-label="Read more about High beef prices hurt and help McDonald’s NZ">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The updated range for the 2025/26 season reflected downward pressure on global prices. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Dairy cooperative Fonterra has narrowed the mid-point price range of the Farmgate Milk Price to $9.50 a kilo of milk solids (kgMS) from $10. The updated range for the 2025/26 season reflected downward pressure ... <a title="Fonterra narrows Farmgate Milk Price point to between $9 and $10" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/25/fonterra-narrows-farmgate-milk-price-point-to-between-9-and-10/" aria-label="Read more about Fonterra narrows Farmgate Milk Price point to between $9 and $10">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Adrian Roche with a barro load of ‘black gold’ Kelmarna’s organic compost. RNZ Ross McNaughton Along the short path to Kelmarna community farm visitors are transported from suburbia to a rural oasis. The 4 and a half acre block of land is nestled between the affluent Auckland suburbs of Ponsonby and ... <a title="Kelmarna Community Farm celebrates 40 years with new book" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/kelmarna-community-farm-celebrates-40-years-with-new-book/" aria-label="Read more about Kelmarna Community Farm celebrates 40 years with new book">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand [embedded content] A Waikato pig farm has been fined $437,000 for persistent discharges of raw piggery effluent into the environment, including sewage tanks overflowing into waterways. Rawhiti Environmental Park was convicted on eight charges in the Hamilton District Court on Thursday under the Resource Management Act. The 810-hectare piggery near Te ... <a title="Waikato pig farm faces record $437k fine for discharging effluent to land, water" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/waikato-pig-farm-faces-record-437k-fine-for-discharging-effluent-to-land-water/" aria-label="Read more about Waikato pig farm faces record $437k fine for discharging effluent to land, water">Read more</a>
