Govt Commits $4m to Rural Wellbeing Initiatives
While the District Field Days brought with it a welcome dose of sunshine, it also attracted a significant cohort of sitting members from the Beehive – as one might expect in an election year.
The Nagpur complex is expected to deliver an annual output of more than 500,000 vehicles and 100,000 tractors.
Mahindra & Mahindra, the world's largest tractor producer by volume and India's leading automobile manufacturer, has announced plans to establish its largest integrated automobile and tractor manufacturing facility in Nagput, Maharashtra, marking a major expansion of its manufacturing footprint.
The project will see the construction of a new 1500-acre plant in the Vidarbha region, complemented by a 150-acre supplier park in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, designed to streamline logistics and strengthen local supply chains.
Mahindra has committed around $1.65 billion over the next decade for the facility, with production scheduled to begin in 2028.
When fully operational, the Nagpur complex is expected to deliver an annual output of more than 500,000 vehicles and 100,000 tractors, making it the company's largest single integrated manufacturing hub in India.
Located near major road and rail arteries, the site's strategy is to boost production of Mahindra's next-generation vehicles, including development of new powertrain technologies for ICE and electric powerplants.
Government officials and company leaders have highlighted the plant's potential to generate significant employment and reinforce Nagpur and Vidarbha's status as an industrial hub.
Cyclone Vaianu is continuing its track south towards the Bay of Plenty, bringing with it destructive winds, heavy rain, and large swells, says Metservice.
While Cyclone Vaianu remains off the East Coast of New Zealand, the Waikato Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM) Group says impacts have been felt overnight.
A Local State of Emergency has been declared for the Waikato for a period of seven days as the region prepares for Cyclone Vaianu to hit the area.
Farmers will get an opportunity to hear about the latest developments in sheep genetics at the Sheep Breeder Forum this May.
Specialist horticulture and viticulture weather forecasters Metris says the incoming Cyclone Vaianu is likely to impact growers across the country.
A group of old Otago uni mates with a love of South Island back-country have gone the lengths of Waiau Toa Clarence from source to sea. Tim Fulton, who joined the group in the final fun to the river mouth, tells their story.

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