0emailprint (Radio NZ) New Zealand’s first Maori majority owned and controlled dairy company says signing an agreement with a large milk processing company in India, is a real boost to confidence. Miraka Limited only began whole milk powder production last August at its processing plant at Mokai north west of Taupo. A director, John Paki, was [...]
You are invited to the first Tauhara Moana focus farm Trustee evening for 2012 – Wednesday 15 February 5:30pm at the Rotorua BNZ partner’s building in the Pukeroa Oruawhata Central Mall. This event is open to everyone but designed for Trustees of Ahuwhenua Maori land so please invite your fellow trustees, associate trustees and senior [...]
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(Radio NZ) The new chair of Parininihi ki Waitotara Incorporation in Taranaki says says this year’s record profit indicates the organisation is on the right course. Click here to visit their website (which is fantastic by the way) PKW, which is the largest dairy farmer in the province, recently announced a net income of $11.6 [...]
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The statement from the Dairy Workers Union that farmers should subsidise milk for Kiwi consumers was a typical grandstanding posture from a group which has perfected the art of squeezing farmers. Their submission to the Parliamentary select committee on milk prices was that Fonterra’s dairy farmers should provide a discount, at their own cost, for [...]
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The chair of two Maori land trusts in the King Country says a stake in Crafar Farms would be an opportunity for his iwi to take back its ancestral whenua. Ngati Rereahu near Te Kuiti is part of a group of central North Island dairy farmers that has tabled a new offer for the 16 [...]
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Planning for New Zealand’s irrigation infrastructure has stepped up the pace with the Irrigation Acceleration Fund now open for business. The Irrigation Acceleration Fund was announced in this year’s Budget and provides $35 million over five years to support the development of proposals to the ‘investment ready’ prospectus stage. Smart irrigation infrastructure development will boost [...]
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An Opportunity to meet with the National FoMA Executive Committee is nearly upon our doorstep. Every Maori Land Trust and Incorporation developing a strategic business plan for the future and empowering the up and coming leaders of tomorrow can benefit from attendance and interacting with the National Executive. Those organizations which are managing the affairs [...]
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Historic First For Waipapa 9 Trust Winner Of The Ahuwhenua Trophy BNZ Maori Excellence In Farming Award 2011 – Sheep And Beef In an historic ‘first’, the current holder of the Ahuwhenua Trophy for Dairy Farming, Waipapa 9 Trust, has also won the prestigious Ahuwhenua Trophy – BNZ Maori Excellence in Farming Award 2011 for [...]
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TangataWhenua.com has received a press release from Kiaora New Zealand International offering an apology to the New Zealand public and in particular to Maori saying “we deeply regret the cultural insensitivity on our part arising from our use of the Heitiki brand”. The company has also announced that they will be rebranding their product (with [...]
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