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The new Building (Dam Safety) Regulations 2022 came into force in May, covering dams of a certain height and volume threshold.

When Molly Callaghan first started talking to winegrowers about mycorrhizal fungi, she was asked where she parked the spaceship.

A 40-legacy in New Zealand's wine industry, including an "outstanding contribution" as alumni and Chancellor of Lincoln University, has seen Steve Smith MW awarded an honorary doctorate from the university.

OPINION: The news could not have been more concerning – an industry member deliberately and illegally imported grapevines into New Zealand, and then grew those vines in one of our major winegrowing regions, thereby threatening the livelihoods of friends, neighbours, and colleagues in the industry, and potentially the wider primary sector.

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In this biosecurity article, I touch on four subjects of recent interest: the new New Zealand Winegrowers (NZW) Biosecurity Contractor Resources, a Brown Marmorated Stink Bug update, a Xylella Action Group update, and the Forest Biosecurity Conference.

Following the New Zealand government’s introduction of Freshwater Farm Planning regulations last August, local authorities are now activating them on a region-by-region basis out to the end of 2025.

OPINION: “I’m a woman and I’m in wine. Why do we need Women in Wine?” I was asked this great question recently.

A one-year Erasmus Programme in France in year three of an agricultural degree introduced Victoria Raw to the wine industry, and changed her life.