Rural
01:50pm Wed 10 Nov, 2010
National Party MPs are banding together to do their best for Te Puke as orchardists battle through the disease threat that is casting its shadow across the town. Rotorua... Read More
10:36am Wed 10 Nov, 2010
Minister of Agriculture David Carter arrived in Te Puke on Wednesday morning to discover a third kiwifruit orchard in the area is showing signs of the Psa infection. Rotorua... Read More
05:48pm Tue 09 Nov, 2010
Zespri and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry are urging Te Puke orchardists not to ‘shut up shop' as the scale of the kiwifruit disease situation appears... Read More
02:59pm Tue 09 Nov, 2010
Kiwifruit grower community rumours that pollination is the source of the Psa disease found at a Te Puke orchard on Monday are inaccurate according to Kiwi Pollen... Read More
02:22pm Tue 09 Nov, 2010
Te Puke residents have expressed concern about the confirmed Psa infection at a kiwifruit orchard near the town. Many residents spoken to by SunLive say it will... Read More
01:52pm Tue 09 Nov, 2010
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry staff are scouring parts of Te Puke for kiwifruit orchards infected by Psa. SunLive observed four MAF staff in decontamination... Read More
11:34am Tue 09 Nov, 2010
A calm fear coupled with a Kiwi ‘can-do' attitude is emerging as the feeling of Te Puke orchardists as they mobilise to address the confirmed disease threat... Read More
10:19am Tue 09 Nov, 2010
Turners & Growers kiwifruit orchards are not yet affected by the Psa bacterial vine disease which MAF biosecurity has confirmed is infecting a Te Puke kiwifruit... Read More
07:44am Tue 09 Nov, 2010
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry test results on vine specimens from a Te Puke kiwifruit orchard have returned positive for a strain of the disease Pseudomonas... Read More
04:47pm Mon 08 Nov, 2010
Zespri CEO Lain Jager is warning kiwifruit growers across the Bay of Plenty to be extra vigilant of their crops. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry confirmed... Read More
12:49pm Mon 08 Nov, 2010
The government is reacting quickly to a disease outbreak on a kiwifruit orchard in Te Puke, says Biosecurity Minister David Carter. 'This potential risk to our... Read More
11:44am Mon 08 Nov, 2010
Kiwifruit orchards in Te Puke are in lockdown as Zespri and industry leaders gather in emergency talks to discuss a suspected disease outbreak. SunLive understands... Read More
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