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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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  • Jeff Grant

    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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  • 170822 Farming leaders have pledged to help make New Zealands rivers swimmable for future generations

    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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