Funding

The Government has invested $4.5 million in a new venture to drive export growth for New Zealand’s strong…

The Government has boosted the coffers to further help minimise the waste of surplus edible food. This comes…

The Government is adding funding to a new venture with industry partners to revitalise export returns strong wool.…

The Government is backing Spring Sheep Milk Company in a new $19.94 million programme to expand the dairy…

The Government is hailing the $3 billion Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) as a success, saying it has created…

A new remote users scheme will be created out of funding from this year’s budget to provide broadband…

Almost $5 million in funding to Predator Free 2050 will help the country’s pest-tech sector develop more innovative…

While the emissions reduction plan (ERP) has focused on indigenous forests for carbon storage, the head of the…

Grant applications are being sought for the final year of the Manawatū River Leaders’ Accord.

An eight-month project to explore the bioactive properties of New Zealand cherries to better understand their potential health benefits has attracted research funding and is now under way.

The Government has announced funding of $42.9 million to bolster New Zealand’s biosecurity system as part of Budget 2022 and $68m over the next year for M bovis eradication.

It's taken four years, $220.3 million in compensation claims and required 176,325 cattle to be culled, but New Zealand has just one property that is still infected with Mycoplasma bovis.

The Government is investing $25 million in recruiting and training farm advisers to help farmers meet growing compliance requirements, but to also grow primary sector exports.

A $32.2 million investment in organic medicinal cannabis could see the emerging sector become as successful as our wine industry.

THE latest $20 million cost increase on the Waimea dam project has left Waimea Irrigators chair Murray King infuriated and frustrated by the project’s habitual budget blowouts.

Canterbury-based remote grass monitoring company Farmote has had a boost in its funding, thanks to investment from agritech company Gallaghers and seed company the Royal Barenbrug Group.

The New Zealand Meat Board (NZMB) is set to invest in a ground-breaking beef genetics programme over the next 25 years.

Chatham Rock Phosphate is raising close to $2 million from a private placement of up to 10 million units for further work on two phosphate projects in French Polynesia and Queensland.

Agritech startup ProTag has raised $1 million to fast-track the development of its smart ear tag sensors, which transmit health and location data to dairy farmers within seconds.

A maturing agritech market in New Zealand is resulting in greater funding opportunities and broader interest, with distance to funders far less a determinant than it once was.

The Government’s latest tranche of funds for rural broadband is giving some wireless operators the opportunity to make the leap into providing fibre for rural customers.

Rural Communities Minister Damien O’Connor has given $200,000 to the Rural Support Trust to help North Island farmers recover from ex Tropical Cyclone Dovi.

The declaration of Westland’s latest floods as a medium scale adverse weather event, with a $200,000 injection to local relief funds has been welcomed by Westland farmers.

The horticulture and wine grape industries in New Zealand are collecting donations to help with the recovery in Tonga, following the weekend’s tsunami.

The Government is investing almost $1 million in a new pilot project to help pastoral farmers protect and restore native biodiversity on their farms.

Community-led catchment groups in Otago are being offered funding to support their work to improve land management practices.

Crop trials have started as part of a major project to lift the productivity of Māori-owned land in the eastern Bay of Plenty.

The Government has now funded 20 rural hubs to ensure communities are resilient and connected.