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Are Fonterra or KiwiRail to blame for port's loss?


A South Island port town counts the cost of losing its shipping container service.

David Williams
Fri, 13 Jul 2012

Tony Howey's disastrous season just got worse.

The South Canterbury onion farmer has already had to contend with a poor crop, thanks to a cold, wet summer and falling prices.

This week it got worse, with news Timaru's PrimePort will lose its container services, with global container ship

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David Williams
Fri, 13 Jul 2012
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