Page 12 - Upper Waitaki News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

The report on development in high country lakes and rivers revealed the summed extent of the developed agriculture land in the hill-and-high country catchment areas of the 147,191 hectares in the Rangitata River area had increased from 5294ha in 1990 to 6015ha in 2020 - an increase of 14 per cent. Most of the new development was on moraine (413ha) and alluvial fan (181ha) landforms, and mostly took place between 2008-19. The percentage increase was lower than in the Waimakariri (57 per cent, 1139ha), Rakaia (25 per cent, 3918ha), and Hakatare/Ashburton (16 per cent, 1069ha). “The rate o...

Rabobank Best of The Country - March 13, 2021 12 Mar, 2021 03:59 PM 2 minutes to read The Country This week on the Best of The Country, Jamie Mackay caught up Rabobank chief executive Todd Charteris, to discuss the bank's latest Agribusiness Monthly report. This week's top interviews are: David Seymour: The Act leader reckoned we're now officially a dictatorship that wasn't doing a great job of the Covid response - when compared to Taiwan. Advertisement Todd Charteris: Rabobank's chief executive reviewed the bank's March Agribusiness Monthly report and announced a lift in its forecast milk pr...

The Country - Dirt edition 2 minutes to read The Country Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay announced an exciting new promotion where someone could win a double pass to Wheels at Wanaka - including a ride in a monster '70s dump truck! On with the show: Damien O'Connor: We banter with the Minister of Agriculture about Alps 2 Ocean, the Crown Pastoral Land Act, why the pork industry is slamming the government over country of origin labelling and we ask if international tourism can ever recover? Advertisement Allan Dippie: We give you the chance to win a three day pass (for two) to Wheels at Wan...