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Another round of applications for grants from the highly successful Sustainable Farming Fund has opened, Rural Affairs Minister Jim Sutton said today.

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The Kaikohe Heartland Services Centre, opened today by Rural Affairs Minister Jim Sutton, is the fourth such centre to be opened since May.

The government is taking steps to help stop electric fences interfering with internet service in rural areas.

The Government is contributing the lion's share of funding for an investigation of appropriate corporate structures for irrigation schemes, Rural Affairs Minister Jim Sutton said today.

Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for the invitation to speak at this sector group meeting.

An Opotiki Development Board project, funded by the Sustainable Farming Fund, is to go nation-wide, Rural Affairs Minister Jim Sutton said today.

Mr Speaker, on behalf of my colleague Annette King, I move, That the Racing Bill be now read a first time. The Bill simplifies the governance of the New Zealand racing industry.

The Government will address rural landowner concerns with the Electricity Industry Bill when the legislation goes through the House, Rural Affairs Minister Jim Sutton and Energy Minister Pete Hodgson said today.

Government services are being brought closer again to people in rural areas with the opening of Heartland Services centres across provincial New Zealand, says Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey and Minister for Rural Affairs Jim Sutto

The second round of applications for grants from the Sustainable Farming
Fund has had a huge response, Rural Affairs Minister Jim Sutton said today.

The National Party is devoid of any original ideas, Rural Affairs Minister Jim Sutton said today.

The government has fulfilled promises made to rural communities before the
election, Rural Affairs Minister Jim Sutton said today.
Labour had promised a Minister for Rural Affairs, and that voice in Cabinet