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February 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Illegal Scilate apple trees have been destroyed in a Gansu province orchard. Supplied Illegal apple orchards in China have been torn down after the Supreme Court ruled in favour of New Zealand horticulture company T&G. T&G owns the IP rights to its Scilate apple variety, which is marketed as ENVY – ... <a title="Kiwi company T&G fights to get illegal orchards torn down in China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/09/kiwi-company-tg-fights-to-get-illegal-orchards-torn-down-in-china/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwi company T&G fights to get illegal orchards torn down in China">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Dr Rachael Horner of the Bioeconomy Science Institute was tasked with counting the tiny whitefly eggs Craig Robertson / Bioeconomy Science Institute In orchards and glasshouses around the motu growers make use of integrated pest management – a series of tools to minimise the impact of pest insects. These can include ... <a title="Country Life: Good vibes in the greenhouse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/07/country-life-good-vibes-in-the-greenhouse/" aria-label="Read more about Country Life: Good vibes in the greenhouse">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Punt operator Tom Jones and dog Yoda. Gianina Schwanecke / Country Life Near where the muddy green of the Tuapeka meets the turquoise blue of the Clutha River there once stood a “bustling settlement”. Back in the early days of Otago’s gold rush, Tuapeka Mouth – about 30 kilometres north-west of ... <a title="Country Life: Tuapeka Mouth Ferry celebrates 130 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/07/country-life-tuapeka-mouth-ferry-celebrates-130-years/" aria-label="Read more about Country Life: Tuapeka Mouth Ferry celebrates 130 years">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF The boss of a health organisation believes a rural equivalent of Tinder targeted at health professionals could be the key to solving the doctor shortages in rural communities. A Royal College of GP workforce survey in 2024 found 35 percent of rural GPs and 21 percent of rural hospital doctors ... <a title="Could a rural equivalent of Tinder attract doctors?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/could-a-rural-equivalent-of-tinder-attract-doctors/" aria-label="Read more about Could a rural equivalent of Tinder attract doctors?">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Marae assistant chairman and renowned Māori chef Joe Mcleod is helping his marae create around 500 ready-to-eat hāngī packs for the event in Wellington. Layla Bailey-McDowell / RNZ A Wellington marae is putting its hāngī made up of mostly koha kai underground on Friday, in preparation for the city’s Waitangi Day ... <a title="Heating up the hāngī pit ahead of Waitangi Day celebrations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/heating-up-the-hangi-pit-ahead-of-waitangi-day-celebrations/" aria-label="Read more about Heating up the hāngī pit ahead of Waitangi Day celebrations">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Recent storms which have resulted in blocked roads have stopped beekeepers from getting to their hives. 123RF Beekeepers blocked from getting to their hives mid-harvest due to roads closed by recent storms, are expecting a lighter and later honey harvest this year. Storms across the upper North Island in mid-January caused ... <a title="Low honey harvest expected as North Island beekeepers grapple with storm effects" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/low-honey-harvest-expected-as-north-island-beekeepers-grapple-with-storm-effects/" aria-label="Read more about Low honey harvest expected as North Island beekeepers grapple with storm effects">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Graduate Jade Luxton with her Sterineedle invention. SUPPLIED The final touches are being put on a new gadget promising to speed-up vaccinating or giving pain relief to livestock. Around 20 New Zealand deer farmers were trialling a locally-designed holster for their livestock vaccination gun that sterilised the needles in an attached ... <a title="Needle steriliser a ‘third hand’ for farmers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/03/needle-steriliser-a-third-hand-for-farmers/" aria-label="Read more about Needle steriliser a ‘third hand’ for farmers">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Farms at the top end of the East Coast have been “smashed” by recent storms, with stock isolated and extensive damage to land and infrastructure. A clearer picture of the level of damage is starting to emerge after huge downpours hit the region last month. Representatives from Beef and Lamb and ... <a title="Farms ‘smashed’ in East Coast storms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/farms-smashed-in-east-coast-storms/" aria-label="Read more about Farms ‘smashed’ in East Coast storms">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Rabobank senior animal proteins analyst Jen Corkran said the outlook for New Zealand’s agribusiness sector this year was mostly positive. 123RF A new report has alerted that geopolitical risks, like further escalation of tensions in Iran, could affect prices for key items used on New Zealand farms like fertiliser. Prices for ... <a title="Fertiliser a possible pawn in global chessboard – Rabobank" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/fertiliser-a-possible-pawn-in-global-chessboard-rabobank/" aria-label="Read more about Fertiliser a possible pawn in global chessboard – Rabobank">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF The live animal export industry is still hopeful the practice will resume – despite not getting any material updates from the government since the middle of last year. New Zealand used to export live cattle to China via sea to help it build its own dairy herd – but Labour ... <a title="Live animal export industry remain hopeful practice will resume after ban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/live-animal-export-industry-remain-hopeful-practice-will-resume-after-ban/" aria-label="Read more about Live animal export industry remain hopeful practice will resume after ban">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Wisp Hill Station in southern Otago was Ingka Investment’s purchase in New Zealand, with the parent company of Swedish furniture giant IKEA, converting the farm to forestry. Gianina Schwanecke / Country Life Converting farmland to forestry in the sensitive Catlins area of the South Island has been an opportunity to set ... <a title="Country Life: IKEA owner’s first New Zealand forest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/31/country-life-ikea-owners-first-new-zealand-forest/" aria-label="Read more about Country Life: IKEA owner’s first New Zealand forest">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Pickens family gathered around Lew in the woolshed RNZ/Sally Round When Lew Pickens was 18, he had calluses on his hands like a 50-year-old and he was proud of them. Now 83, he looks back happily on his days clearing bush and planting paddocks by hand north of Whangārei, hunting ... <a title="Country Life: Camp ovens, bullockies and other tales from the bush" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/31/country-life-camp-ovens-bullockies-and-other-tales-from-the-bush/" aria-label="Read more about Country Life: Camp ovens, bullockies and other tales from the bush">Read more</a>
