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Country News

• Bird flu: So far no known connection between first and second farm
  Officials have not yet found any links between a second chicken farm that has been isolated, and a poultry farm where bird flu has been identified. […]
• 'Beyond disappointing': Kāinga Ora rejects wool carpet
  The minister in charge of wool says it's frustrating government departments aren't listening. […]
• Government announces sweeping changes to limit forestry conversions
  Farming groups and rural communities have been raising concerns over forestry conversions for years. […]
• 'It was a long process getting the farms clean' - Australian farmer hit by bird flu
  An Australian egg producer hit by bird flu warns NZ farmers it's likely to take months to get birds back on the farm and laying. […]
• Bird flu testing continues on Otago farm
  New Zealand has about 3.9 million layer hens a year, Biosecurity NZ says. […]
• Bird flu outbreak: Don't eat raw eggs, experts warn
  It's important eggs aren't eaten raw - they need to be properly cooked, as part of food safety measures, MPI says. […]
• Months of getting prepared for highly pathogenic avian flu
  Since a deadly strain of the highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, started circulating around the world, New Zealand government officials ha […]
• Bird flu spreads to second shed at Otago farm, 80,000 chickens to be culled
  80,000 chickens will now need to be culled at Mainland Poultry's Hillgrove Egg Farm. […]
• All poultry exports on hold until NZ free of highly pathogenic bird flu
  The Biosecurity Minister has also confirmed the farm at the centre of the outbreak had an outbreak of another virus in 2019. […]
• Country's first case of high pathogenic bird flu found on Otago egg farm
  There are 40,000 chickens inside the shed where the high pathogenic bird flu has been identified. […]
• Country Life: Turning forestry slash into something good for the planet
  A large farm and forestry operation in the Far North is keen to turn its slash from upcoming harvests into something that benefits the land, climate a […]