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Fieldays Announces Innovation Awards Finalists for 2022
The finalists for this year’s Innovation Awards at Fieldays are the “Who’s Who” and “Who’s that?” of the Food and Fibre sector, and that is exactly what the team at Fieldays hoped for.
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KuDos Award for Scion and AgriSea partnership
Accolades for the Scion and AgriSea collaboration continue to roll in, with a Primary Industries Award won at the Kudos Awards this week at Claudelands Event Centre in Hamilton.
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Massive funding boost for Waikato research
From incorporating mātauranga Māori into marine restoration to Xeno Nucleic Acids that could have impacts on cancer research and rock weathering for carbon capture, University of Waikato projects funded in the latest round of MBIE research grants have the potential to change the world.
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Taupō based regenerative worm farm MyNoke, largest in the world
Founded In 2007 with 20 buckets of compost worms, the world's largest worm farming operation in Taupō has now turned those 20 buckets into three billion.
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Local honey company wins big at international awards
When Raglan beekeepers Hannah and Rory O’Brien decided to ‘go big’ and enter the 2022 London International Honey Awards, they were too scared to tell anyone, thinking their brand might be too small for one of the world’s most prestigious honey awards. However, this week they are shouting it from the rooftops as their signature product, Kānuka honey has been awarded a silver medal in the competition.
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Creating a Buzz: How a small, family-owned New Zealand honey business is tackling the international market in a unique way
Five years ago, Hunt and Gather Bee Co. owners, Hannah and Rory O’Brien, sold their house and moved into a 36m2 section of their honey shed with their two young children, to help make ends meet as they launched their small business.
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Sheepy tipple in Whangamata
It started during a conversation over drinks with friends while living in China.
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Gallagher takes out International Innovation Award
Inspired by pure frustration, Murray Tones was sick of forever going around his farm looking for water leaks and was told by his wife that he’d talked about it enough and it was time to get on and do it.
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Prime Minister Announces Two New Major Projects For The Waikato At Te Waka Event
The Chair of Te Waka, Dallas Fisher, has enthusiastically welcomed today’s announcement from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
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Iconic Taupo business Huka Honey Hive celebrates 25th birthday
Established in 1993, Huka Honey Hive started as a small shop selling locally-sourced artisan honey.
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LIC looking for improvement
LIC has chosen the 50th Fieldays to launch its new brand theme.
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