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Matt Watson is celebrating the controversial Fisheries Amendment Bill being shelved following more than 33,000 submissions against it.

Down to the wire: Golden Pliers winner

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Hours of digging post holes by hand, driving rammers and tensioning wire, and the final at Fieldays came down to less than a point.

Opportunity on why their land tax policy will balance out

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They would set the farmland rate at 0.05%, one thirty-fifth of the 1.75% applied to residential land.

Former Trade Envoy nominated for communicator award

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Nearly one in four have errors in firearms records

The Council of Licensed Firearms Owners (COLFO) is calling for the Auditor-General to investigate the New Zealand Firearms Register.

‘Not as bad as it could have been’: NZX on GDT

The GDT fell 2.8% in its latest event, its second consecutive decline, with whole milk powder, skim milk powder and butter down.

Rural real estate: What’s selling in the Hawke’s Bay?

Sheep and beef properties in the area are drawing strong buyer interest.

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