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Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay spoke to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Agriculture Minister Damien O Connor about the Government s decision to ban live animal exports.
On with the show:
Jacinda Ardern:
The PM pondered live cattle exports, expanding the travel bubble and MIQ spaces for much-needed horticulture workers and whether knitting in Parliament is acceptable.
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Damien O Connor:
The Minister of Agriculture defended the government s decision to phase out the live animal export trade saying it won t hurt our economy .
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth:
One of New Zealand s leading farming academics aired her forthright opinions on the demise of the live animal export trade and why we should dismiss the use of agri-chemicals at our peril.
Quebec reports 1,559 COVID-19 cases as hospitalizations increase MONTREAL Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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Quebec is reporting 1,559 new COVID-19 cases today and another rise in hospitalizations.
Health officials say hospitalizations rose by 17, to 660, and 152 people were in intensive care, a rise of two.
Health Minister Christian Dube said on Twitter the rising number of hospitalizations is leading some hospitals to delay medical procedures.
Apr 14, 2021
Investigators have identified the skeletal human remains found in January in a wilderness area southeast of Molalla.
The human remains are those of Kenneth Lee Bell, born 1957, formerly of Contra Costa County, California.
He was identified from personal effects found with the body, and a DNA confirmation is currently underway.
Kenneth Bell s mother (now deceased) had reported her son missing in 1979, when he would have been 22 years old. He appears to have disappeared while traveling from the Bay Area to Washington State to visit family.
Bell worked in the timber industry in the late 1970s, and frequented the Portland area in that time period.
New Rotorua Boys High School terraces represent young men climbing to the highest levels of knowledge
14 Apr, 2021 06:00 AM
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Rotorua Boys High School director of Māori performing arts Jamus Webster (left), principal Chris Grinter and deputy principal Rie Morris at the school s new terraces. Photo / Andrew Warner
Rotorua Boys High School director of Māori performing arts Jamus Webster (left), principal Chris Grinter and deputy principal Rie Morris at the school s new terraces. Photo / Andrew Warner
The atmosphere at events and sports matches at Rotorua Boys High School will go to a new level thanks to terraces unveiled today.
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The board of directors of Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) today declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.2507 per share, payable June 1, 2021 to all shareholders of record on May 14, 2021.
Essential Utilities has paid consecutive quarterly cash dividends for 76 years and has increased the dividend 30 times in the last 29 years.
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