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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Alliance Group meatworks in Southland. RNZ / Nathan McKinnon Alliance Group farmer-shareholders have voted in favour of a proposed $270 million investment from Irish meat processor Dawn Meats. Under the agreement, Dawn Meats will acquire a 65 percent stake in Alliance Group, with farmer-shareholders retaining 35 percent ownership. More than 2600 ... <a title="Alliance farmers vote yes on $270m deal with Dawn Meats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/alliance-farmers-vote-yes-on-270m-deal-with-dawn-meats/" aria-label="Read more about Alliance farmers vote yes on $270m deal with Dawn Meats">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooding on Pāmu Farms’ West Coast dairy farms. SUPPLIED/PĀMU FARMS OF NZ South Island farmers are working to keep farms running amid power outages, road closures and damaging winds – with all eyes on rising rivers. Follow updates on RNZ’s blog Severe gale northwesterlies are lashing parts of the east coast ... <a title="South Island farmers watch rising rivers, protect livestock in storm, Pāmu Farms says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/south-island-farmers-watch-rising-rivers-protect-livestock-in-storm-pamu-farms-says/" aria-label="Read more about South Island farmers watch rising rivers, protect livestock in storm, Pāmu Farms says">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF Environmental lawyers say they remain concerned about the risks posed by glyphosate-based products, the most commonly used herbicide in Aotearoa, despite a rejection in the High Court. Last week, the High Court dismissed the Environmental Law Initiative’s (ELI) challenge of the Environmental Protection Authority’s (EPA) decision not to reassess glyphosate, ... <a title="Environmental lawyers’ bid for reassessment of weedkilling glyphosate rejected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/environmental-lawyers-bid-for-reassessment-of-weedkilling-glyphosate-rejected/" aria-label="Read more about Environmental lawyers’ bid for reassessment of weedkilling glyphosate rejected">Read more</a>
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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>
