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“This fact, coupled with high supply chain costs, has meant orchard gate returns have been insufficient to support investment in next year’s crop,” Hawken said.

MyFarm – an agriculturual land syndicator – said Rākete is a lease syndicate with six orchards in Hawke’s Bay.

The firm’s website says Rakete’s assets, worth $17.4m, cover a land area of 62.6 hectares.

In statement, Rockit, which markets its apples in distinctive plastic tubes, acknowledged the challenges faced by Rākete Orchards and its decision to appoint a voluntary administrator.

“We recognise the past few seasons have placed pressure on many Rockit growers, and we remain committed to supporting the grower community as we work to deliver our turnaround…

Mukpuddy said it “will continue as one of New Zealand’s leading producers of animated television via its other production subsidiaries.”

Renowned writer and director of more than 20 years, Ryan Cooper, was the sole director and shareholder of Anim Studio at the time of its liquidation, according to Companies Office records.

Cooper is also a co-founder of Mukpuddy, along with friends Tim Evans and Alex Leighton.

Cooper, Evans and Leighton started Mukpuddy out of a basement in 2002.

The company produces works including The Barefoot Bandits, Night Eyes, The Adventures of TuMeke Space and Pipi Mā​.

Mukpuddy has received more than $5.9m in Government funding from NZ on Air.

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein announced on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025 that the state’s medical debt relief program has eliminated $6.5 billion in medical debt. (Photo: Brandon Kingdollar/NC Newsline)

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein announced Monday that the state’s medical debt relief initiative has eliminated roughly $6.5 billion in medical debt for 2.5 million North Carolinians.

The program, launched under former Gov. Roy Cooper last July, has far surpassed its initial projection of $4 billion in alleviated debt, and Stein and Health and Human Services Secretary Dev Sangvai said they will continue to search for debts to alleviate.

Focused on debt deemed “uncollectible,” the relief program incentivized the state’s 99 acute care…

RALEIGH, N.C. — RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — More than 2.5 million North Carolina residents are getting over $6.5 billion in medical debt eliminated through a state government effort that offered hospitals extra Medicaid funds from Washington if they gave patients the financial relief and implemented policies to discourage future liabilities.

Democratic Gov. Josh Stein, the state health department secretary and other officials announced Monday results so far from what then-Gov. Roy Cooper unveiled 15 months ago as a first-of-its-kind initiative.

While helping almost one-quarter of North Carolina residents, Stein said the effort has exceeded expectations in giving individuals and families a second chance to succeed financially after medical…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WBTV) – North Carolina Governor Josh Stein announced Monday that the state’s medical debt relief program has exceeded all expectations, erasing $6.5 billion in medical debt for 2.5 million residents since its launch last year.

WBTV Investigates has reported on the cost of medical debt to North Carolina families for years.

The program, which initially aimed to eliminate $4 billion in medical debt, has surpassed projections considerably, highlighting the widespread impact of medical debt on North Carolina families.

The medical debt relief program allows hospitals to collect additional federal healthcare funding when they forgive medical debt for patients earning up to 300% of the federal poverty level. For a household of…