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New Zealand’s world-first effort to eradicate the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis has made significant progress with the number of infected properties dropping to new lows, three years to the day since it was first detected in New Zealand.
- Hon Damien O’Connor
- Agriculture
- Biosecurity
- Rural Communities
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
From tomorrow, Government support for farmers and growers affected by drought will be expanded and extended across the country, with access to Rural Assistance Payments (RAPS) available throughout the North Island, parts of the South Island and the Chatham Islands, Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni announced.
- Hon Carmel Sepuloni
- Hon Damien O’Connor
- Agriculture
- Rural Communities
- Social Development
Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor has today classified the drought in the North Island, parts of the South Island and the Chathams as a large-scale adverse event, unlocking up to $2 million in Government funding to support farmers and growers from now until June 2021.
- Hon Damien O’Connor
- Agriculture
- Rural Communities
Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor has declared an adverse event for the Southland and Otago regions, unlocking Government support for farmers and growers.
- Hon Damien O’Connor
- Agriculture
- Rural Communities