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Port of Tauranga gears for bigger log flow

Log exports are up 11.9 per cent this year at the Port of Tauranga and it has the capacity to handle even greater quantities in the future.

  • 2:37 PM Apr 04th
  • Carmen Hall
The smuggling case has stirred up a storm.

Zespri growers will 'wear cost'

Zespri's Chinese subsidiary was last month found guilty of being an accessory to the underpayment of customs duties by its importer.

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  • 1:44 PM Apr 02nd
  • Joseph Aldridge

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In the early years locals sold cuttings to Argentina and Chile for a quick buck. These countries soon then became major competitors driving the price down by flooding the market with small sized and poor quality fruit. So it's nothing unusual for some...

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"Strong wool resembles a cross between Some Mothers do have 'em' and Fawlty Towers."

The Offal Pit: Is strong wool NATO?

While some Taleban will disagree, there is a joke that NATO really stands for 'No Action, Talk Only'.

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I guess the move away from wool and lamb for meat highlights the greed mentality of the people in who control the farming sector with many converting in droves because of urging from Fonterra for more dairy. There was also a major failure in the brain...

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Victory for Chch couple

Victory for Chch couple

Insurance giant Tower must pay out a Christchurch couple for a like-for-like replacement on another site, after their home was damaged in the earthquakes, a judge has ruled. In an interim judgment, released today, High Court judge Raynor Asher now wants to hear more submissions from both parties on what a proper pay-out should be. Matt and Valerie O'Loughlin took their insurers Tower Insurance Ltd to court after rejecting offers to repair their cracked and broken house. In what was seen as a potentially landmark legal case, the retired couple told how their two-storey Gayhurst Rd property in…

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