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RNZ News
10 hours ago
- Business
- RNZ News
Midday Report Essentials for Monday 30th June 2025
business environment 36 minutes ago In today's episode, Farmers in Tasman and Nelson are getting on with repairs while they wait to see if more bad weather comes to frutition, 17 homes in Nelson and Tasman are currently uninhabitable after Friday's storm, the hop growing community has been left reeling after the death of Peter Lines, a fifth-generation hop farmer who died after being hit by a tree while clearing flood damage on Saturday, the new Otaki to Levin highway will boast a new shared path for pedestians and cyclists, but horses will be excluded from using it and a defence lawyer is questioning the Justice Minister's plans to bring in higher penalties for people who assault first responders.
RNZ News
12 hours ago
- General
- RNZ News
Hop growers left reeling after death of Peter Lines in floods
The hop growing community has been left reeling after the death of Peter Lines, a fifth-generation hop farmer who died after being hit by a tree while clearing flood damage on Saturday, local Hop famer, Brent McGlashen, spoke to Charlotte Cook. To embed this content on your own webpage, cut and paste the following: See terms of use.
RNZ News
a day ago
- Climate
- RNZ News
Man killed by falling tree remembered as a 'big character' in rural community
Peter Lines was hit by a tree while clearing flood damage. Photo: Supplied The man killed by a falling tree during floods across the South Island was a fifth generation hop farmer and "big character" in both the industry and his region. Peter Lines was hit by a tree while clearing flood damage in Wai-iti, south-east of Wakefield Saturday morning. He died at the scene and the incident has been referred to the coroner. Tasman mayor Tim King told RNZ the death had shocked the community. "He was a big character, part of a multi-generational farming family and a significant part of the community." Lines' family had been growing hops for some 170 years and he was proud to be the fifth generation hop grower. In a video he made for the NZ Hops website, he described how he enjoyed the work and loved the growth of new beers in New Zealand, so much that he branched into brewing. "We have been growing hops for a long time, then we had the craft beer revolution so a couple of us set up a small brewery." Emergency minister Mark Mitchell said this afternoon he wanted to acknowledge the region had lost a highly respected member of the community. "That will be reverberating through the community." Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
