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• Could a rural equivalent of Tinder attract doctors?
  There's a shortfall of at least 130 rural GPs nationwide. […]
• Heating up the hāngī pit ahead of Waitangi Day celebrations
  A Wellington marae is putting its hāngī made up of mostly koha kai underground on Friday, in preparation for the city's Waitangi Day celebrations […]
• Low honey harvest expected as North Island beekeepers grapple with storm effects
  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 […]
• Needle steriliser a 'third hand' for farmers
  The final touches are being put on a new gadget promising to speed-up vaccinating or giving pain relief to livestock. […]
• Farms 'smashed' in East Coast storms
  A clearer picture of the level of damage is starting to emerge after huge downpours hit the region last month. […]
• Fertiliser a possible pawn in global chessboard - Rabobank
  A new report has alerted geopolitical risks, such as tensions in Iran, could affect prices for key items used on New Zealand farms like fertiliser. […]
• Live animal export industry remain hopeful practice will resume after ban
  ACT campaigned during the last election to reinstate live exports by sea and Cabinet has been working on the legislation ever since. […]
• Country Life: Growing demand for on-farm fun from international tourists
  Farmers are being urged to embrace the growing demand for "experiential tourism" from overseas visitors. […]
• Country Life: Camp ovens, bullockies and other tales from the bush
  Lew Pickens' passions hark back to his days clearing land in Northland - camp oven cooking and driving bullock teams. He has a woolshed full of m […]
• Country Life: IKEA owner's first New Zealand forest
  Ingka Investments, the parent company of furniture giant IKEA, now owns 30,000 hectares of forestry in Aotearoa. Its first purchase saw the conversion […]
• Fears dung beetle investment will be flushed away
  New Zealand's only dung beetle rearing facility says it may have to close if there's not more support. […]