Monique Steele

1 week ago | rnz.co.nz | Monique Steele

The wrath of Cyclone Gabrielle sent strong winds and heavy rainfall from the North Island's East Coast down to the top of the South Island in February 2023. The storm smashed parts of Marlborough, including the country's only solar evaporative salt field at Lake Grassmere south of Blenheim, right before harvest was about to begin.

1 week ago | radionz.co.nz | Monique Steele

The wrath of Cyclone Gabrielle sent strong winds and heavy rainfall from the North Island's East Coast down to the top of the South Island in February 2023. The storm smashed parts of Marlborough, including the country's only solar evaporative salt field at Lake Grassmere south of Blenheim, right before harvest was about to begin.

1 week ago | rnz.co.nz | Monique Steele

A new study has found rates of bacterial infection campylobacteriosis were twice as likely for people living in rural areas on private water supplies than for their urban counterparts on treated water supplies. Campylobacterisos could be transmitted through drinking water or contaminated food, and was a gastrointestinal tract infection that resulted in vomiting, diarrhoea, stomach pain, fever or nausea, and could be fatal for vulnerable people like elderly or children.

1 week ago | radionz.co.nz | Monique Steele

A new study has found rates of bacterial infection campylobacteriosis were twice as likely for people living in rural areas on private water supplies than for their urban counterparts on treated water supplies. Campylobacterisos could be transmitted through drinking water or contaminated food, and was a gastrointestinal tract infection that resulted in vomiting, diarrhoea, stomach pain, fever or nausea, and could be fatal for vulnerable people like elderly or children.

1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Monique Steele

Vietnam spent $3.13 billion on its total imported fruits and vegetables in 2019, and it was known to be a competitive, open-trading market for exporters. Growers of New Zealand squash and strawberries have just gained new market access to Vietnam, with more in the works. Vietnam was New Zealand apples’ second-largest market after China, last year earning $126m, followed by kiwifruit with $30m and cherries with $10m.