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IPCC Report highlights role efficient NZ farming systems can play in helping address climate change
9 August 2019 The IPCC Report on Climate Change and Land shows New Zealand’s efficient sheep and beef farming system can help address climate change.Far from calling for a reduct...
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Meat Industry Association concerned about vocational education reforms
6 August 2019 The Meat Industry Association (MIA), whose members employ approximately 25,000 people across New Zealand, is concerned at the decision to replace the current indus...
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Value of annual red meat exports up by 8%
29 July 2019 Exports of sheep, beef and co-products increased by 8% to $8.8 billion for the year to June 2019, according to the latest analysis from the Meat Industry Association...
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New research casts doubt on Government’s methane targets as Meat Industry Association lodges Zero Carbon Bill submission
22 July 2019 The Meat Industry Association (MIA) is calling for significant changes to the Zero Carbon Bill with a new analysis using the Government’s preferred modelling indicat...
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MIA Submission on Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill
15 July 2019 MIA submitted on the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill. Follow the READ MORE link to download the submission, and research commissioned by MIA as ...
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Meat Industry Association welcomes Primary Sector Climate Change Commitment
16 July 2019 The Meat Industry Association (MIA) today welcomed the Primary Sector Climate Change Commitment. John Loughlin, MIA chairman, says uniting the entire primary sector...
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Record single month for beef exports to China
27 June 2019 More than 21,500 tonnes of beef worth $155.7 million was dispatched to China in May as beef exports to the country continue to grow strongly.The value of sheepmeat exp...
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Meat processors and exporters alarmed by proposed government climate change target
8 May 2019 New Zealand’s meat processors and exporters are alarmed at the government’s proposed methane emissions reduction target.Tim Ritchie, chief executive of the Meat Indus...
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Let's Celebrate #NationalLambDay
Put Friday 24 May 2019 in your diaries - it's #NationalLambDayOn 24 May 1882, the Dunedin arrived into London - after a 98 day voyage - to deliver the first shipment of New Zealand...
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Cutting back WTO Tariff Rate Quotas post-Brexit is Unjustified
24 April 2019 Joint statement – NZ Food and Beverage ExportersMeat Industry Association (MIA), Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ), Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand (DCANZ...
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New Zealand meat processors to launch charitable trust to support those affected by Christchurch attacks
29 March 2019 New Zealand’s four main meat processors and the Meat Industry Association are to launch a charitable trust to benefit those affected by the mosque attacks in Chris...
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Importance of the rules based trading framework for New Zealand
23 January 2019 As we participate in the annual forum of global trade and business leaders in Davos Switzerland, organisations representing New Zealand food and beverage exporte...
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Agreement on post-Brexit regulatory continuity reassuring for exporters
22 January 2019 The Meat Industry Association (MIA) and Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) welcome Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s announcement that a Veterinary Agreement between ...
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Red meat sector welcomes news CPTPP will enter into force this year
31 October 2018 The red meat sector welcomes Minister David Parker and Damien O’Connor’s announcement this morning that the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Paci...
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Red meat sector welcomes CPTPP ratification
The red meat sector welcomes the ratification of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). New Zealand is now the fourth country to com...
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New Zealand red meat sector strongly opposes European Union and United Kingdom’s WTO quota proposal
26 July 2018 Beef + Lamb New Zealand and the Meat Industry Association strongly oppose the European Union (EU) and United Kingdom’s (UK) proposal to ‘split’ the EU’s World Trade...
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Mycoplasma bovis in New Zealand
30 May 2018 The New Zealand Government has announced that it will seek to eradicate the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis.Mycoplasma bovis does not infect humans and presents no f...
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Sheep and Beef sector welcomes agreement to start of NZ-EU FTA negotiations
23 May 2018 Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) and the Meat Industry Association (MIA) welcome the start of the New Zealand-European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations fo...
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B+LNZ and MIA appoint Brexit representative in London
17 April 2018 Beef + Lamb New Zealand and the Meat Industry Association have appointed Jeff Grant to support the red meat sector’s response to Brexit.Mr Grant, who will...
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MPI press statement regarding Mycoplasma bovis cull
26 March 2018 The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has determined that all cattle on properties infected with the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis will be culled, and will be...
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Sheep and beef sector welcomes signing of CPTPP
9 March 2018 Minister for Trade and Export Growth Hon David Parker signed the CPTPP in Chile today, alongside representatives of the 10 other member countries Australia, Brunei, Ca...
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Government and industry unite on Mycoplasma bovis
5 March 2018 Minister of Agriculture and Biosecurity Damien O’Connor today welcomed a joint Government and industry commitment to funding the Mycoplasma bovis outbreak response....
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Sheep and beef sector welcomes the conclusion of the CPTPP
24 January 2018 Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) and the Meat Industry Association (MIA) welcome the conclusion of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for the Trans-Pacific ...
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Red Meat sector welcomes TPP deal and its significant boost to regional growth
11 November 2017 Beef and Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) and the Meat Industry Association (MIA) welcome the announcement a deal has been struck to move ahead with the Trans-Pacific Par...
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B+LNZ and MIA concerned by UK media reports of a EU-UK deal on WTO quotas
5 October 2017 Beef + Lamb New Zealand and the New Zealand Meat Industry Association are concerned by reports that the EU and UK have reached a “deal” to split the EU’s WTO tariff ...
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The Farming Leaders' Pledge
22 August 2017 The Farming Leaders’ Pledge has been signed today by a group of New Zealand pastoral farming leaders, that represent over 80% per cent of that country’s farmed land...
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Beef + Lamb New Zealand and Meat Industry Association Welcome Mandate for TPP11
17 August 2017 Beef + Lamb New Zealand and Meat Industry Association Welcome Mandate for TPP11 Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) and the Meat Industry Association (MIA) are right beh...
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Sheep and Beef Sector Welcomes Launch of FTA Negotiations with the Pacific Alliance Trade Block
3 July 2017 Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) and the Meat Industry Association (MIA) welcome Minister McClay’s announcement that New Zealand will start free trade agreement negotia...
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New Zealand Completes Ratification of TPP
11 May 2017 Beef + Lamb New Zealand and the Meat Industry Association welcome the completion ofNew Zealand’s domestic steps to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP)...
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The importance of maintaining current market access into the EU and the UK
30 March 2017 – Overnight the United Kingdom (UK) triggered Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, beginning the process of exiting the European Union (EU).“Under WTO rules, the quantity...
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Meat Exporters Facing Foreign Exchange Headwinds
21 July 2016 –Meat Industry Association Chief Executive Tim Ritchie says uncertainty in the EU as a result of Brexit is one of the causes of a higher exchange rate, which will sign...
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New Meat Industry Association Chair
3 March 2016 –The New Zealand Meat Industry Association (MIA) has announced that its chairman, Bill Falconer, is to retire in April after more than 15 years in the position.The MIA...
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Red Meat Sector Welcomes Signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
4 February 2017 – The signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement today in Auckland is a significant steptowards reducing the amount of tariff and non-tariff barriers ...
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TB Differential Levy
2 August 2016 –New Zealand’s meat processors have for some years collected a single uniform biosecurity levy on beef and dairy cattle at meat processors to pay for the costs of TB...
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Trade is the Life Blood of the NZ Sheep and Beef Sector
26 January 2017 While disappointed by the US decision to withdraw from the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), the New Zealand sheep and beef sector remains strongly suppor...
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Sheep and Beef Industry Welcomes Progress Towards Bilateral FTA with the European Union
9 March 2017 Beef + Lamb New Zealand and the Meat Industry Association welcome the successful completion of joint scoping discussions towards an EU – NZ Free Trade Agreement (FTA)...
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Beef + Lamb New Zealand and Meat Industry Association Welcome the Government's Agenda 2030
24 March 2017 Exports are the lifeblood of the sheep and beef sector with 92% of New Zealand’s sheepmeat production and 80% percent of beef production exported and so it’s great t...
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