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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Sharon Lundy A new study has found higher concentrations of nectar from native New Zealand plant species in the drier eastern parts of the motu. Flowers produced high-sugar nectar which fed birds and insects, and was also collected and processed to make honey. Over two years, researchers measured nectar ... <a title="Nectar at highest concentrations on native trees along NZ’s dry east coast – study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/nectar-at-highest-concentrations-on-native-trees-along-nzs-dry-east-coast-study/" aria-label="Read more about Nectar at highest concentrations on native trees along NZ’s dry east coast – study">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Three Roads kiwifruit orchard in Edgecumbe near Whakatāne. SUPPLIED/Craigmore Sustainables The investment arm of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has purchased a new kiwifruit orchard in Bay of Plenty. The investment was set to fund the work of its owner, the United States-based church known commonly as ... <a title="Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints subsidiary buys kiwifruit orchard in Bay of Plenty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints-subsidiary-buys-kiwifruit-orchard-in-bay-of-plenty/" aria-label="Read more about Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints subsidiary buys kiwifruit orchard in Bay of Plenty">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The view back to the factory from the ponds. Cosmo Kentish-Barnes Iconic South Canterbury fruit company Barker Fruit Processors’ $60 million factory expansion will come to fruition later this year, in efforts to “future-proof” the growing business. The company owned by the Andros Group in France was expanding its Pleasant Valley ... <a title="Barker’s is expanding its South Canterbury fruit factory, following discharge consenting issues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/barkers-is-expanding-its-south-canterbury-fruit-factory-following-discharge-consenting-issues/" aria-label="Read more about Barker’s is expanding its South Canterbury fruit factory, following discharge consenting issues">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Steve Evans is a man who just loves old wood and just can’t bear the thought of seeing it end up in landfill or being chucked on a fire. Much of the stock he sells at Ironbark Re-engineered in North Canterbury came from the Lyttelton wharves which were removed after being ... <a title="Country Life: Ironbark – a wood as hard as steel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/country-life-ironbark-a-wood-as-hard-as-steel/" aria-label="Read more about Country Life: Ironbark – a wood as hard as steel">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Fancy a drop of “kiwi-friendly” wine or a bite of a “kiwi-friendly” kiwifruit? Branding fruit as “kiwi-friendly” could be a future marketing tool for producers after a study showed the North Island brown kiwi foraging for bugs in Northland vineyards and orchards, scientists say. Follow Country Life on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, ... <a title="Country Life: Harnessing the power of kiwi in horticulture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/country-life-harnessing-the-power-of-kiwi-in-horticulture/" aria-label="Read more about Country Life: Harnessing the power of kiwi in horticulture">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Brett Coubrough and his daughter Linda checking on their cows. Gianina Schwanecke / Country Life The Coubroughs know their decisions today will determine the years to come. Brett, whose grandparents originally bought the 76-hectare dairy farm near Tirau in 1907, runs the property with his two children Tim and Linda. Succession ... <a title="Country Life: Tirau dairy farm’s tech adoption" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/country-life-tirau-dairy-farms-tech-adoption/" aria-label="Read more about Country Life: Tirau dairy farm’s tech adoption">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Alliance Group meatworks in Southland. RNZ / Nathan McKinnon The overseas investment offer to rescue red meat processor Alliance Group has gotten even sweeter. Irish company Dawn Meats has increased its proposed investment from $250 million to $270m, following stronger-than-expected year-end results from Alliance. Dawn Meats’ proposed 65 percent stake in ... <a title="Dawn Meats raises bid for Alliance stake ahead of shareholder vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/dawn-meats-raises-bid-for-alliance-stake-ahead-of-shareholder-vote/" aria-label="Read more about Dawn Meats raises bid for Alliance stake ahead of shareholder vote">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Wattie’s New Zealand is cutting down on local produced crops, including tomatoes, corn and beetroot. pixabay Wattie’s New Zealand is further reducing fruit and vegetable crops it sources from its home of Hawke’s Bay, citing an ongoing struggle against cheaper imports. Growers of key crops beetroot, corn and tomatoes will be ... <a title="Wattie’s NZ taking fewer tomatoes, corn, beetroot until demand increases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/watties-nz-taking-fewer-tomatoes-corn-beetroot-until-demand-increases/" aria-label="Read more about Wattie’s NZ taking fewer tomatoes, corn, beetroot until demand increases">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The first calves of a new crossbred dairy-beef offering are now on the ground at a Pāmu, formerly Landcorp, farm near Taupō. Supplied On a state-owned farm near Taupō, the first creamy-coloured calves of a new dairy-beef crossbreed are frolicking. Called the Synergizer, the calves are the result of combining genetics ... <a title="First calves of new dairy-beef crossbreed raised in Taupō" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/first-calves-of-new-dairy-beef-crossbreed-raised-in-taupo/" aria-label="Read more about First calves of new dairy-beef crossbreed raised in Taupō">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Federated Farmers president Wayne Langford said the new targets were backed by science and had landed in a “solid” place. AgResearch Farmers have welcomed the government’s new “science-based” biogenic methane targets for 2050. It’s dropped the reduction target for biogenic methane from 24 to 47 percent below 2017 levels by 2050, ... <a title="Farmers welcome government’s drop in methane targets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/farmers-welcome-governments-drop-in-methane-targets/" aria-label="Read more about Farmers welcome government’s drop in methane targets">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Fallen trees at the side of the road in Riversdale in Wairarapa on Thursday. RNZ / Mark Papalii Many rural communities are clearing away fallen trees, debris and repairing fences in wind battered regions, following yesterday’s storm. Katie Wyeth, a Federated Farmers spokesperson for Wairarapa, said many farmers hadn’t even had ... <a title="Falling trees kill sheep, cut power on Wairarapa farms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/falling-trees-kill-sheep-cut-power-on-wairarapa-farms/" aria-label="Read more about Falling trees kill sheep, cut power on Wairarapa farms">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A sow in a farrowing crate. (File photo) Claudius Thiriet / Biosphoto via AFP MPs deliberating controversial changes to pig welfare rules will have less time to scrutinise new rules. The Animal Welfare Amendment (Regulations of Management of Pigs) Bill proposed to keep farrow crates, but gave pig farmers 10 years ... <a title="Time to consider controversial changes to pig welfare rules cut" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/time-to-consider-controversial-changes-to-pig-welfare-rules-cut/" aria-label="Read more about Time to consider controversial changes to pig welfare rules cut">Read more</a>
