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Dog-tracking device imports to be prohibited

10:59 AM | The importation of illegal dog-tracking devices will be prohibited from 1 March 2012 under changes to the existing regulations.

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Taste of what's to come at Central Districts Field Days

10:53 AM | This year the Central Districts Field Days has found a new way to engage with people - through their taste buds.

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Kiwis odds-on to shear World title - again

22 Feb 12 | New Zealand is taking on the World next week, and will almost certainly win.

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Young farmers put to task at North Otago A&P

22 Feb 12 | The Aorangi Regional Final for The National Bank Young Farmer Contest is to be held alongside The North Otago A&P Show this Saturday.

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No run on Kiwi farms - Key

21 Feb 12 | There is not a run on the sale of farm land to overseas buyers, Prime Minister John Key says.

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Iwi claims Crafar farm

21 Feb 12 | The controversial Crafar farms sale has taken another twist with a group of local iwi moving on to a Benneydale farm and calling for their ''ancestral land'' to be returned.

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World shears team chosen

20 Feb 12 | Waipawa shearer Cam Ferguson has won the right to defend his World title next month after a drama at the Southern Shears in Gore tonight.

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Crafar offers go to Overseas Investment Office

17 Feb 12 | The Crafar Farms Purchase Group has included details of its two $171.5 million offers for the 16 farms as part of a new submission sent to the Overseas Investment Office this morning.

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17 Feb 12 | When Allan Crafar heard of the High Court decision he had just completed a television interview and his immediate reaction was “Fay won, I am delighted”. Crafar was delighted for himself rather than Sir Michael Fay because he now sees himself back in the race.

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Fay group would meet Chinese undertakings

17 Feb 12 | The group led by Sir Michael Fay behind a New Zealand bid for Crafar farms will today raise the stakes by promising to match or better the rival Chinese bidder on a raft of promises that helped swing the Government's approval.

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Loss disappoints

16 Feb 12 | The country's second-biggest dairy processor, Open Country Dairy, has posted a $29.5 million loss for the year to July, a performance it calls ''extremely disappointing''.

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Prices fall at GlobalDairy Trade auction

16 Feb 12 | A three per cent dip in the average price of dairy commodities on Fonterra's GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) overnight auction is not surprising, with dairy commodities faring better than other global commodities amid jitters about the European economy, says an economist.

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Crafar ruling will be seen as racist, says adviser

16 Feb 12 | A High Court ruling overturning the sale of the Crafar farms to a Chinese company will be viewed as xenophobia in China, says a Beijing-based investment manager.

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The Crafar judgment

15 Feb 12 | Here's the judgment delivered by Justice Miller in overturning the Government's decision to sell Crafar farms to Chinese interests two weeks ago.

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Reconsider Crafar farms deal, Govt told

15 Feb 12 | The High Court has ordered Government ministers who agreed to a Chinese company buying the Crafar farms to reconsider the application.

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Saxton's farm faces sale threat

14 Feb 12 | A man convicted of stealing more than $800,000 worth of pounamu could have his $1.8 million farm sold after failing to pay court-ordered reparation.

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Trout poachers wanted by Police

14 Feb 12 | Four people – three men and one woman - wanted by Fish & Game in connection with separate serious poaching offences, are now on the Police wanted list.

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Fonterra undertakes voluntary butter recall

14 Feb 12 | Fonterra (FBNZ) is conducting a voluntary recall of: · Mainland Salted Butter 500gm - Best before date of 10 January 2013 (Batch CV12) · Anchor Salted Butter 500gm - Best before date 26 January 2013 (Batch CV28)

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Double win for Balclutha's Gardyne family

14 Feb 12 | It runs in the family in Southland: Pete Gardyne and his younger brother Richard will both be heading to Grand Final in May after they took out the Otago/Southland Regional Final titles for The National Bank Young Farmer Contest and TeenAg Competition respectively in the weekend.

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Five weeks until Federated Farmers Farm Day

10 Feb 12 | Federated Farmers Farm Day is back for 2012. The event is a great way to escape the city and see what goes on behind the farm gate, so put on your gumboots and visit one of our six farms on March 18 between 10am-3pm.

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