World reopens for NZ asparagus
An asparagus breeder sees scope for the industry making a “tremendous breakthrough” via the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
The Hound was intrigued by the motivation of the protesters who turned up in Auckland earlier this month to decry the signing of the TPP.
However, as your old mate suspected, not many actu- ally knew what the TPP is and how it will affect them. Here are a couple of answers given by protesters when asked why they were protesting: “The cuzzies say the TPP will take the fishing and the benefits away”; “It means the construction of a world govern- ment”, “F@#k the TPP; I want to go fishing” and “Cos John Keys (sic) is a homo!” Wow, with cogent arguments like these you can understand their concerns – not!
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) is calling for nominations for director roles in the Eastern North Island and Southern South Island electoral districts.
Going one better than a frustratingly close second place finish at last year's event, the country's top axeman, Jack Jordan of Taumaranui, last weekend won the Stihl Timbersports World Championship individual event in.
Canterbury A&P Association (CAPA) show president Brent Chamberlain says a big development for this year is the Wool Zone, first introduced two years ago as a showplace for everything produced from wool, but now greatly enlarged with its own Wool Marquee and more than 30 trade sites.
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Applications are open for Horticulture New Zealand's (HortNZ) 2026 scholarship programme, with 20 funding opportunities available.

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