Light at the end of the tunnel for sheep and beef
For a good proportion of sheep and beef farmers, the light at the end of the tunnel has, for some time, been the headlight of a train heading towards them.
Rural
The status quo leads to peasantry
About 1000 South Island meat farmers met in Gore last month to discuss the real problems the industry is facing around farming profitabily and sustainabily.
Getting perspective matters
A lesson gained from the Federated Farmers Dairy Council's meeting at the Treaty Grounds in Waitangi was the role of perspective.
Dairy council and sharemilkers' meeting
A number of issues were raised at the Federated Farmers Dairy Council meeting at Waitangi in February.
Property
House prices rise with confidence
Christchurch housing valuations have increased by 7.8 per cent in the last year.
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Business
Finance: Be aware of GST obligations
The lifestyle block is becoming as popular in New Zealand as the quarter-acre dream.
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Local News
Booze law closer
District councillors take their first step tomorrow towards rubber stamping Selwyn's alcohol policy.
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Internet piracy laws key for Youth MP
Cafe penalised for sacking
Motoring
Motorsport: Family fun the classic way
Todd Forsyth must have shares in a fuel company to run this much-modified 1974 MGBGT, spotted racing at Pukekohe one recent rainy Saturday.
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NZ Herald
Shot couple to be laid to rest together
A Far North couple fatally shot at their home will be buried together but their families are yet to decide where. A family member from Kaitaia, who did not wish to be named, said they expected to have the bodies of Ivan and Carmen Maheno back at Te Paatu Marae in Pamapuria today. Mother-of-two Carmen, 38, died about 10.30pm in Whangarei Hospital on Sunday after being shot in her Fairburn home, 15km east of Kaitaia, that day. Her husband, Ivan, 44, was also fatally shot in the same incident. His body was removed from the house about 2pm on Monday, after family had gathered. Ivan and Carmen married…
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