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Scholarships for 57 early-career agricultural emissions scientists from 20 developing countries is another example of New Zealand’s international leadership in primary sector sustainability, says Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture

The Government and dairy sector have joined forces on a new campaign to support COVID-19 affected workers into a farming career, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor said.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture
  • Social Development

Hon Damien O'Connor - Proactive Diary Release - April 2020

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  • Hon Damien O’Connor

Hon Damien O'Connor- March 2020

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  • Hon Damien O’Connor

The Government is pumping an extra $3 million into the Drought Recovery Advice Fund to help hundreds of farmers and growers recover from drought and prepare their businesses to better meet future needs, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor announced today.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture

Primary sector exports are on track to grow by $1.7 billion on last year helping underpin NZ’s Covid-19 recovery, says Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor.

  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Hon Shane Jones
  • Agriculture
  • Fisheries
  • Forestry

A training programme to help the kiwifruit industry provide employment opportunities for New Zealanders is receiving funding from the Government.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture

The Government is backing a new $27 million project aimed at boosting sustainable horticulture production and New Zealand’s COVID-19 recovery efforts, says Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture

The Government will invest $10 million from the One Billion Trees Fund for large-scale planting to provide jobs in communities and improve the environment, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor and Forestry Minister Shane Jones have announced.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Hon Shane Jones
  • Agriculture
  • Forestry

Healthier waterways are front and centre in a new project involving more than 300 King Country sheep, beef and dairy farmers.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture

The Government is delivering on its commitment to clean up our waterways with a new package that will create jobs and benefit the value of New Zealand’s agriculture export and tourism offerings.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture
  • Environment

New Zealand’s world-first plan to eradicate the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis is on track the latest technical data shows, says Agriculture and Biosecurity Minister Damien O’Connor.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture
  • Biosecurity

The Government will provide $500,000 to the Hawke’s Bay Mayoral Drought Relief Fund to help farmers facing one of the worst droughts in living memory, says Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture
  • Rural Communities

Budget 2020 makes major investments in the primary sector that will support more than 10,000 people into jobs, says Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture
  • Biosecurity

Budget 2020 makes major investments jobs and training as we get New Zealand working again after the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Agriculture
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Social Development

Budget 2020 will create almost 11,000 new jobs in regional New Zealand to restore our environment.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Agriculture
  • Conservation
  • Environment

Our social services have been a vital part of keeping communities safe and resilient as we face the impacts of COVID-19, says Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Jan Logie
  • Agriculture
  • Education
  • Justice
  • Social Development

Up to 160 redeployed workers are set to pick up jobs in 55 biosecurity and conservation projects to get the regional economy moving again, Biosecurity Minister Damien O’Connor and Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage announced today.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Biosecurity
  • Conservation

A new $500,000 fund will help farmers and growers prepare their businesses to recover from drought as the economy gets moving again, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor has announced.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture

Strong international demand for New Zealand’s food, despite the global effects of COVID-19, could help provide a springboard to get more Kiwis into primary sector jobs, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor said.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture
  • Trade and Export Growth

Moving Day will go ahead as planned this year, but with strict controls to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor announced today.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture

Hon Damien O'Connor - Proactive Diary Release January 2020

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  • Hon Damien O’Connor

Hon Damien O'Connor - Proactive Diary Release February 2020

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  • Hon Damien O’Connor

More New Zealanders are taking up the chance to work in horticulture as the sector keeps New Zealanders fed and in jobs during the COVID-19 Alert Level 4 lockdown.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture