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15-12-2017
Wang Zhijian, PRC Consul General, in Chch
This is Mr Wang Zhijian first speech on trade for 2018, but is also the opportunity for many businesses involved in engaging between China and New Zealand in Canterbury to meet Consul General Wang since his appointment in September 2017.
15-12-2017
Could blockchain ensure tea farmers produce a fairer brew?
ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Imagine being able to trace the exact origins of your cup of tea: where and how it was made, whether organic soil was used and if the workers were treated fairly.
15-12-2017
NSW crops benefit from late spring rain
November rain improved summer crop conditions in NSW, with 20 percent of the state receiving above-average rainfall.
15-12-2017
Tonga’s Latu seizes seasonal opportunity
A solid link forged between a third generation citrus growing family in Mundubbera and chef from the tourist island of Vava’u in Tonga is driving success locally and abroad.
15-12-2017
Could blockchain revolutionise the ag supply chain?
There is a lot of excitement and talk about ‘blockchain’ but yet little is known about what it actually is, and how this digitised technology could be implemented in the agrisector.
15-12-2017
Country freedom status
MPI provides a searchable database to help exporters determine whether certain plant pest or disease organisms are present in New Zealand.
14-12-2017
Obituary - Alistair Waters
NZPPI reports that it is with great sadness that it marks the passing of Alistair Waters, who died suddenly on Thursday 7 December, aged 47.
14-12-2017
Focus on fair employment solutions - Growcom
Growcom CEO Pat Hannan says that Growcom has long been a champion of treating workers fairly in the horticulture industry and has recently made significant steps in assisting growers to meet and demonstrate their compliance with workplace legislation.
14-12-2017
Pumpkin and kumara prices hit record levels
Stats NZ has reported that pumpkin prices increased 176 percent in the year to November 2017, to reach $5.78 a kilo, the highest price since the food price series began in December 1993.
14-12-2017
Marlborough wines conquer Cook Strait
Nearly forty yachts raced across Cook Strait to deliver 29 Marlborough wines to New Zealand’s Capitol in the WineWorks Wine Race.