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April 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Wonky Box is being affected by growing fuel prices. Supplied / Wonky Box / Sophie Louise Creative Artisan food producers and speciality food suppliers have expressed their concern about how growing fuel prices will affect their online businesses. Among those affected is Wonky Box, a delivery service that supplies customers with ... <a title="Subscription-based food suppliers struggling with rising fuel costs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/07/subscription-based-food-suppliers-struggling-with-rising-fuel-costs/" aria-label="Read more about Subscription-based food suppliers struggling with rising fuel costs">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The proposed site for the dam project. RNZ / YouTube The government is lending $18 million to a controversial dam project in Central Hawke’s Bay. The Tukituki Water Security Project, formerly the Ruataniwha Dam, is currently undergoing a $6.8m pre-construction feasibility study funded by businesses, water uses and the government. The ... <a title="Controversial Hawke’s Bay dam project gets $14m loan from government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/07/controversial-hawkes-bay-dam-project-gets-14m-loan-from-government/" aria-label="Read more about Controversial Hawke’s Bay dam project gets $14m loan from government">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Dr Jo Scott-Jones. Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners / supplied Rural GPs are already facing challenges because of [https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/591089/fuel-cost-jumps-40-in-a-week-who-s-feeling-it-most rising fuel prices and some are stocking up on extra medical supplies. Ōpōtiki-based GP and clinical director of Pinnacle Midlands Health Network, Dr Jo Scott-Jones, has spoken to rural GPs ... <a title="Rural doctors say fuel crisis already impacting services" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/01/rural-doctors-say-fuel-crisis-already-impacting-services/" aria-label="Read more about Rural doctors say fuel crisis already impacting services">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Process Vegetables New Zealand chair David Hadfield said there has been a significant drop in the demand for frozen vegetables. Unsplash/ Yoav Aziz At a time when both Wattie’s and McCain have announced factory closures, supermarket retailer Woolworths says sales of frozen vegetables have been declining. Process Vegetables New Zealand chairman ... <a title="Kiwis aren’t getting their five-plus a day – vege boss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/01/kiwis-arent-getting-their-five-plus-a-day-vege-boss/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwis aren’t getting their five-plus a day – vege boss">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Christopher Luxon said he was leaving it to fuel importers and distributors to organise how to allocate fuel. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The Prime Minister says there will be “some form of disruption to fuel at some point in time”, but for now it’s “business as usual”. Speaking to Morning Report ... <a title="Fuel crisis: ‘Business as usual’, Luxon says but some industries are struggling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/30/fuel-crisis-business-as-usual-luxon-says-but-some-industries-are-struggling/" aria-label="Read more about Fuel crisis: ‘Business as usual’, Luxon says but some industries are struggling">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Scanabull is a new mobile phone app to estimate the weight of cattle from four and a half metres away. supplied Waikato can lay claim to the development of the electric fence in the 1930s, thanks to inventor and farmer Bill Gallagher. Now another another start-up from the same region is ... <a title="Kiwi ingenuity taking the danger out of weighing cattle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/28/kiwi-ingenuity-taking-the-danger-out-of-weighing-cattle/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwi ingenuity taking the danger out of weighing cattle">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A Synlait milk truck. Synlait/supplied Paying dairy farmers a premium for their white gold could come at a cost to Synlait Milk, according to an agribusiness expert. The Dunsandel-based processor and exporter increased its farmgate milk price this week to up to $9.90 per kilogram of milk solids for the financial ... <a title="Synlait juggles high milk price risk with retaining farmer-suppliers: agri-business expert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/synlait-juggles-high-milk-price-risk-with-retaining-farmer-suppliers-agri-business-expert/" aria-label="Read more about Synlait juggles high milk price risk with retaining farmer-suppliers: agri-business expert">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. Toby Williams Rural schools are feeling the pinch of rising fuel costs, with some struggling to get relievers, and even cancelling trips away. Association president and Ōropi School principal Andrew King told Checkpoint rural schools were becoming less appealing for relievers. “Many of these relievers might travel over 100km ... <a title="Fuel crisis: Rural schools struggle to get relievers, cancel trips away." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/25/fuel-crisis-rural-schools-struggle-to-get-relievers-cancel-trips-away/" aria-label="Read more about Fuel crisis: Rural schools struggle to get relievers, cancel trips away.">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF Farmers in the thick of harvest are being reminded there are small changes they can make to save on fuel. In the regions farmers, growers and rural contractors are feeling the pain of rising fuel prices. The rising cost of diesel is adding thousands of dollars to the bills of ... <a title="Farmers urged to adopt fuel saving measures to cut costs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/25/farmers-urged-to-adopt-fuel-saving-measures-to-cut-costs/" aria-label="Read more about Farmers urged to adopt fuel saving measures to cut costs">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The small farming township of Rakaia’s river was once internationally-recognised for its abundant sea-run chinook salmon and other aquatic species, but population numbers have since drastically declined. Steve Terry It’s hoped a new $1.7 million wetland in Mid Canterbury will improve the once-thriving salmon run in the Rakaia River. For the ... <a title="Taxpayers invest $784K to new Rakaia River wetland to try to lure salmon back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/taxpayers-invest-784k-to-new-rakaia-river-wetland-to-try-to-lure-salmon-back/" aria-label="Read more about Taxpayers invest $784K to new Rakaia River wetland to try to lure salmon back">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The small farming township of Rakaia’s river was once internationally-recognised for its abundant sea-run chinook salmon and other aquatic species, but population numbers have since drastically declined. Steve Terry It’s hoped a new $1.7 million wetland in Mid Canterbury will improve the once-thriving salmon run in the Rakaia River. For the ... <a title="Taxpayers invest $784K to new Rakaia River wetland to try lure salmon back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/21/taxpayers-invest-784k-to-new-rakaia-river-wetland-to-try-lure-salmon-back/" aria-label="Read more about Taxpayers invest $784K to new Rakaia River wetland to try lure salmon back">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The seven-year long Sheep of the Future project started off with a flock of Romneys and the fifth generation in the programme is ready for mating. Jess Burges Photography Climate change, increasing costs, fussier consumers and changing rules have researchers and breeders working hard to develop a sheep that will not ... <a title="Country Life: Inside Kapiro Farm’s quest to find the sheep of the future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/20/country-life-inside-kapiro-farms-quest-to-find-the-sheep-of-the-future/" aria-label="Read more about Country Life: Inside Kapiro Farm’s quest to find the sheep of the future">Read more</a>
