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Civil Defence, or ‘Emergency Management’ as it prefers to be called, must put its staff and volunteers through a rural awareness course.

The New Zealand wine industry is busy planning for the up-coming vintage after taking into account the impact of the recent Kaikoura earthquake.

KiwiRail has started a new coastal freight shipping service from Auckland to Christchurch, following severe damage to railway lines in the Kaikoura earthquakes.

Some actions by Civil Defence (CD) staff in the quake-hit Kaikoura region are stressing farmers, says Federated Farmers spokeswoman on adverse events, Katie Milne.

Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy says the devastation in the South Island from the Kaikoura earthquakes was worse than he initially thought.

Waiau dairy farmer Graeme Coats is full of praise for the engineers who got his rotary milking shed working again within two days of the November 14 7.8-magnitude quake which has disrupted the South Island’s upper east coast.

RWNZ have compiled a list of ways that people can help with assisting people affected by the earthquake and adverse events.

Full credit to the Inland Revenue Department for telling people to look after themselves and their families first and foremost, rather than worrying about not meeting their tax obligations.

Our small but hardy honey bees are under siege from a range of pests and diseases.

Fonterra is collecting milk from all operating farms in the earthquake damaged Culverden, Waiau and Amuri areas, as the co-op continues to run a support response out of its Farm Source store in Culverden.