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2013/05/23 23:24
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New Zealand sheep and beef meat is still held up at the Chinese border and officials say the documentation required to get the ball rolling only arrived in China today. On Monday last week MPI were...
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2013/05/23 18:24
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Environmentalists have accused the Minister of Conservation of pushing through a roading access agreement with West Coast coal mine developer Bathurst Resources yesterday, to avoid having to put the...
2013/05/22 09:44
2013/05/22 09:44
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Laois name team to play Louth22 May 2013 Manager Justin McNulty has announced his Laois XV for their Leinster SFC first round meeting with Louth next Sunday. Donie Kingston, who was unavailable last...
2013/05/20 04:16
2013/05/20 04:16
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Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy says he is optimistic Chinese bureaucratic blockade of New Zealand lamb and beef imports will end soon but acknowledges he still doesn't know why the meat is...
2013/05/20 04:01
2013/05/20 04:01
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Meat exports to China are at a standstill as the government tries to sort out problems that are holding up consignments. Up to $100 million worth of chilled and frozen meat is sitting on wharfs,...
2013/05/18 06:17
2013/05/18 06:17
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New Zealand meat is sitting on the wharf in China and out on boats waiting to get in, while Kiwi authorities iron out the paperwork. Customs authorities in China won't let shipments of meat through,...
2013/05/17 08:23
2013/05/17 08:23
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A name change for a government ministry has resulted on New Zealand meat being blocked at Chinese ports, Labour has claimed. Labour primary industries spokesman Damien O'Connor said hundreds of...
2013/05/16 07:16
2013/05/16 07:16
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Cash-strapped Solid Energy is paying more than $25,000 a week to lease its palatial Christchurch head office, variously dubbed 'The Palace' and 'The Grandstand'. Responding to questions from The...
2013/05/13 04:16
2013/05/13 04:16
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Jean Burrows died just three weeks short of her 107th birthday. Photo / Thinkstock One of the nation's oldest residents has died just three weeks short of her 107th birthday. Jean Burrows was the...
2013/05/08 03:17
2013/05/08 03:17
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The ailing state owned coal company Solid Energy is poised to announce another 100 job cuts, mostly from its Christchurch head office. Photo / NZPA Solid Energy has confirmed it will shed 105 jobs as...
2013/05/02 02:16
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A man accused of threatening politicians and other high-ranking officials has been warned by a judge not to contact any of them ahead of his trial. West Coast man Robert Frank Terry, 59, is waiting...
2013/04/30 04:00
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Labour is worried the Government's agricultural cooperation deals with China could put New Zealand's intellectual property at risk. Primary Industries spokesman Damien O'Connor says three agreements...
2013/04/18 18:23
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Chairman Richard Young was delighted with the success of a meeting in Christchurch this week, attended by between 600 and 700 farmers. At that meeting, there was unanimous support for a motion that...