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					<title>Time running out for Hauraki subdivisions</title>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 08:23:00 +1200</pubDate>
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Brent TrailManaging DirectorSurveying Services Ltd



It has now been eighteen months since Hauraki District Council publically notified their Proposed District Plan and we are still largely working under the old rules.&nbsp; 
This is good news for those wanting to subdivide or carry out any development conceived prior to this notification, or when...]]></description>
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Brent TrailManaging DirectorSurveying Services Ltd



It has now been eighteen months since Hauraki District Council publically notified their Proposed District Plan and we are still largely working under the old rules.&nbsp; 
This is good news for those wanting to subdivide or carry out any development conceived prior to this notification, or when...]]></content:encoded>
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					<title>Stop the blame game</title>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 08:54:00 +1200</pubDate>
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Financewith Don Fraser Fraser Farm Finance



&ldquo;Be responsible for your actions&rsquo;&rsquo; is another of my simple messages and related to last month&rsquo;s philosophy called &ldquo;A rural handshake no longer means enough&rdquo;.
We often think that things are covered or presume somebody else has taken responsibility for our detail.
A...]]></description>
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Financewith Don Fraser Fraser Farm Finance



&ldquo;Be responsible for your actions&rsquo;&rsquo; is another of my simple messages and related to last month&rsquo;s philosophy called &ldquo;A rural handshake no longer means enough&rdquo;.
We often think that things are covered or presume somebody else has taken responsibility for our detail.
A...]]></content:encoded>
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					<title>Farm forestry still a good investment</title>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 09:21:00 +1200</pubDate>
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Tree Talkwith Peter HaringtonWoodmetrics Regional Manager



The Woodmetrics team will be at Mystery Creek in June, as we are every year, catching up with old clients and talking to people about their forest harvesting needs.
The Mystery Creek Fieldays are a great opportunity to see a lot of farmers in one place at one time.
This year will we again...]]></description>
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Tree Talkwith Peter HaringtonWoodmetrics Regional Manager



The Woodmetrics team will be at Mystery Creek in June, as we are every year, catching up with old clients and talking to people about their forest harvesting needs.
The Mystery Creek Fieldays are a great opportunity to see a lot of farmers in one place at one time.
This year will we again...]]></content:encoded>
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					<title>Rewarding woodcutting spree</title>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:30:00 +1300</pubDate>
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The Good Lifewith Sue Edmonds



The other week the view from my kitchen window changed. The tall and rotting stump of a white poplar down the paddock was no longer vertical, but horizontal.
I assume a cow had done some heavy leaning, but the rot at ground level had obviously completed a full circle, leaving a bare patch on the ground where the...]]></description>
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The Good Lifewith Sue Edmonds



The other week the view from my kitchen window changed. The tall and rotting stump of a white poplar down the paddock was no longer vertical, but horizontal.
I assume a cow had done some heavy leaning, but the rot at ground level had obviously completed a full circle, leaving a bare patch on the ground where the...]]></content:encoded>
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					<title>Waikato gets a subdivision reprieve</title>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:03:00 +1300</pubDate>
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Brent TrailManaging DirectorSurveying Services Ltd



It is business as usual for those wanting to subdivide in the Waikato District. The proposed change, restricting subdivision, has been appealed by several parties. 
This means that we can use the old rules to subdivide whilst the appeal is processed by the Environment Court. So, subject to your...]]></description>
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Brent TrailManaging DirectorSurveying Services Ltd



It is business as usual for those wanting to subdivide in the Waikato District. The proposed change, restricting subdivision, has been appealed by several parties. 
This means that we can use the old rules to subdivide whilst the appeal is processed by the Environment Court. So, subject to your...]]></content:encoded>
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					<title>Dependent on China – like it or not</title>
					<link>http://www.sunlive.co.nz/blogs/2719-dependent-on-china-like-it-or-not.html</link>
					<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:56:00 +1300</pubDate>
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Tree Talkwith Peter HaringtonWoodmetrics Regional Manager



The ongoing debate during the last few months about the sale of the Crafar farms has raised a lot of issues regarding foreign ownership of New Zealand productive land, and perhaps especially Chinese ownership. 
Is this particular fear of Chinese ownership just good old-fashioned xenophobia?...]]></description>
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Tree Talkwith Peter HaringtonWoodmetrics Regional Manager



The ongoing debate during the last few months about the sale of the Crafar farms has raised a lot of issues regarding foreign ownership of New Zealand productive land, and perhaps especially Chinese ownership. 
Is this particular fear of Chinese ownership just good old-fashioned xenophobia?...]]></content:encoded>
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					<title>Kiwifruit proposals</title>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 10:09:00 +1300</pubDate>
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Mike ChapmanNZKGI Chief Executive



On February 22, Zespri released two proposals for industry consultation which are reported on in this edition of Coast and Country.
As the representative grower organisation, we had sent to the Zespri board, before they released their proposals, what NZ Kiwifruit Growers considered the key principles were to...]]></description>
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Mike ChapmanNZKGI Chief Executive



On February 22, Zespri released two proposals for industry consultation which are reported on in this edition of Coast and Country.
As the representative grower organisation, we had sent to the Zespri board, before they released their proposals, what NZ Kiwifruit Growers considered the key principles were to...]]></content:encoded>
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					<title>Strike while the flies are not</title>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 09:59:00 +1300</pubDate>
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Vet's Viewwith Ravensdown VetGavin Goble BVSc MRCVS



Flystrike is the most important ectoparasitic disease of sheep in New Zealand. It is caused by blowflies laying their eggs on sheep, which then hatch to maggots and invade the animal. It&rsquo;s a very serious disease affecting millions, and killing hundreds of thousands of sheep annually. 
An...]]></description>
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Vet's Viewwith Ravensdown VetGavin Goble BVSc MRCVS



Flystrike is the most important ectoparasitic disease of sheep in New Zealand. It is caused by blowflies laying their eggs on sheep, which then hatch to maggots and invade the animal. It&rsquo;s a very serious disease affecting millions, and killing hundreds of thousands of sheep annually. 
An...]]></content:encoded>
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					<title>Watching the weather to keep ponds low</title>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 08:58:00 +1300</pubDate>
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Theresa WilsonDairyNZ Project Manager



Farmers around the country have made great strides improving the quality of their dairy effluent ponds and farm practice around effluent management. 
To keep up the momentum and lower non-compliance issues, the DairyNZ message this summer is &ndash; empty your storage ponds when you can.&nbsp;
The issue we...]]></description>
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Theresa WilsonDairyNZ Project Manager



Farmers around the country have made great strides improving the quality of their dairy effluent ponds and farm practice around effluent management. 
To keep up the momentum and lower non-compliance issues, the DairyNZ message this summer is &ndash; empty your storage ponds when you can.&nbsp;
The issue we...]]></content:encoded>
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					<title>The world’s most valuable resource</title>
					<link>http://www.sunlive.co.nz/blogs/2672-the-worlds-most-valuable-resource.html</link>
					<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:37:00 +1300</pubDate>
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Financewith Don Fraser Fraser Farm Finance



We all probably differ on this, but I believe soil is the world&rsquo;s most valuable resource.&nbsp; 
Some time ago, David Bellamy gave us a wake-up call on just how important the soil is to our very existence.
I studied under Professor Walker at Lincoln University (now deceased) who was one of only...]]></description>
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Financewith Don Fraser Fraser Farm Finance



We all probably differ on this, but I believe soil is the world&rsquo;s most valuable resource.&nbsp; 
Some time ago, David Bellamy gave us a wake-up call on just how important the soil is to our very existence.
I studied under Professor Walker at Lincoln University (now deceased) who was one of only...]]></content:encoded>
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					<title>Energy content: Pasture to animals</title>
					<link>http://www.sunlive.co.nz/blogs/2668-energy-content-pasture-to-animals.html</link>
					<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:31:00 +1300</pubDate>
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Soil matterswith Peter Burton  Eco-logic Soil Improvement Ltd



The recent feedback from Eco-Logic Soil Improvement dairy farm clients using DoloZest/CalciZest based soil fertility programmes, is that this season, if not the most productive to date, certainly rivals any in the last 15 years. 
Pasture growth rates from our monitor property near...]]></description>
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Soil matterswith Peter Burton  Eco-logic Soil Improvement Ltd



The recent feedback from Eco-Logic Soil Improvement dairy farm clients using DoloZest/CalciZest based soil fertility programmes, is that this season, if not the most productive to date, certainly rivals any in the last 15 years. 
Pasture growth rates from our monitor property near...]]></content:encoded>
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					<title>Potassium salts versus sodium salts</title>
					<link>http://www.sunlive.co.nz/blogs/2666-potassium-salts-versus-sodium-salts.html</link>
					<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:09:00 +1300</pubDate>
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From the labPeter Lesterof Quantum Laboratories



Many years ago, I visited a family in Minnesota and found all their cooking was conducted using potassium salts as opposed to common sodium salts. 
The dear lady of the house asked me to comment, which I did, much to my amazement my comment was not well accepted; that is, until I explained why I...]]></description>
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From the labPeter Lesterof Quantum Laboratories



Many years ago, I visited a family in Minnesota and found all their cooking was conducted using potassium salts as opposed to common sodium salts. 
The dear lady of the house asked me to comment, which I did, much to my amazement my comment was not well accepted; that is, until I explained why I...]]></content:encoded>
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					<title>Lighting the ancient spear path</title>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:35:00 +1300</pubDate>
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The Wild Sideby Brian and Claire Rogers



Flounder spearing is one of those hunting methods that strips everything back to the basics. Man and spear, stalking his prey by hand, just as mankind (and some of the stroppier womankind) have done for thousands of years. 
Okay, so our caveman ancestors might not have had super-bright, LED underwater lights,...]]></description>
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The Wild Sideby Brian and Claire Rogers



Flounder spearing is one of those hunting methods that strips everything back to the basics. Man and spear, stalking his prey by hand, just as mankind (and some of the stroppier womankind) have done for thousands of years. 
Okay, so our caveman ancestors might not have had super-bright, LED underwater lights,...]]></content:encoded>
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					<title>Improving workplace culture </title>
					<link>http://www.sunlive.co.nz/blogs/2553-improving-workplace-culture.html</link>
					<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:02:00 +1300</pubDate>
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Wendy MacphailEmployment Law Services



The phrase workplace culture is a term that is being used more frequently recently. 
This phrase, like so many others, dips in and out of fashion and means different things to different people.
When I refer to work place culture, I am referring to the particular stage of intellectual development of an organisation,...]]></description>
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Wendy MacphailEmployment Law Services



The phrase workplace culture is a term that is being used more frequently recently. 
This phrase, like so many others, dips in and out of fashion and means different things to different people.
When I refer to work place culture, I am referring to the particular stage of intellectual development of an organisation,...]]></content:encoded>
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					<title>To prune or not to prune</title>
					<link>http://www.sunlive.co.nz/blogs/2551-to-prune-or-not-to-prune.html</link>
					<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:01:00 +1300</pubDate>
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Tree Talkwith Peter HaringtonWoodmetrics Regional Manager



One of the questions I get asked most when I am visiting farmers with trees is whether they should be pruning their trees or not.
At the moment, it is actually hard to justify pruning on a strictly financial return on investment basis. If you do a spreadsheet exercise on the merits of...]]></description>
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Tree Talkwith Peter HaringtonWoodmetrics Regional Manager



One of the questions I get asked most when I am visiting farmers with trees is whether they should be pruning their trees or not.
At the moment, it is actually hard to justify pruning on a strictly financial return on investment basis. If you do a spreadsheet exercise on the merits of...]]></content:encoded>
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