Country-Wide February 2023

Here come the reading glasses

Wairarapa farmer Mark Guscott finds age is catching up on him as he contemplates the pros and cons of the debate about genetic modification.

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Don’t accept the status quo

Banks and supermarkets should be called out for hypocrisy. They demand sustainable practices from farmers and egg producers, but don’t adhere to them themselves.

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Farming without a road

Farmers in parts of the Marlborough Sounds have been cut off from truck access for months and now rely on service by sea. Joanna Grigg reports.

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Wild for pet food

Hanging out of a helicopter to shoot wild game is now a weekly jaunt for Nelson hunting buddies Blair Chapman and Pete Kinane who have turned their hobby into a premium pet-food business, Anne Hardie writes.

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