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Should the government compensate those home owners and business owners hit by the Canterbury quake that have no insurance?

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Rural News

House values still falling, QV reports

House values down 1.1% since March as lack of buyers and finance help prices glide lower, Quotable Value reports. What are you seeing?

Commit for a year meat farmers are told

Government help is offered for the meat industry if structural changes are necessary.

How accurate are the weather predictions?

How accurate is our weather forecasting?

Jealousy or a double up in the PGP?

Jealousy or a double up for the Primary Growth Partnership plan?

Maybe Natural Dairy do understand NZ farming ways?

Helping out, it's the farming way.

These charts report the growth in credit used by the rural sector in New Zealand. The data is provided by the RBNZ about one month after the end of each period.