Rural

Te Puke gambling harm: Poutiri supports community

Poutiri Wellness Centre has put its town-centre street frontage to good use. A massive billboard on the shopfront of its under-renovation premises carries... Read More

BOP kiwifruit fined for underpaying workers

A labour supply company to the Bay of Plenty kiwifruit industry and its sole director have been fined $100,000 after underpaying three employees over several... Read More

Kiwifruit growers support offshore expansion

More New Zealand-branded gold kiwifruit will be grown overseas from next year after global marketer Zespri received strong support from the industry to expand... Read More

Shearing: Digger Balme, 60, wins at Rotorua Show

Age ain't doing nothing to slow down veteran competition shearer, commentator and sometimes judge Digger Balme. Balme, who quietly turned 60 on October... Read More

Milking does & making cheese, all in a day's work

Thanks to goat milk, Andrea Gauland's son's eczema cleared up within two weeks. "He was a walking rash at seven years old because he drank a lot of... Read More

Rural artist inspired by the beauty of birds

For Jenny Moed-Korpela, birds are more than just a subject for her paintings - they are a lifelong passion. Growing up in Finland, Jenny's love of birds grew... Read More

Hearing set for controversial worm farm expansion

A submissions hearing has been set for next week to help determine the expansion of an industrial scale worm farm on the outskirts of Kawerau, which has been... Read More

Raise leg-hold traps to protect Coromandel kiwi

Backyard trappers are being reminded to keep leg-hold traps off the ground to protect Coromandel kiwi from injury or death. Department of Conservation Senior... Read More

Bird flu found in NZ: What you need to know

The high pathogenic avian influenza - otherwise known as bird flu - has been found on a free range chicken farm in North Otago. Laying hens foraging outside... Read More

NZ's first case of high pathogenic bird flu found

Biosecurity New Zealand has placed strict movement controls on a commercial rural Otago egg farm, as the first case of high pathogenic avian influenza, otherwise... Read More

Second BOP horse death linked to fireworks

Warning: Distressing content and graphic image A Bay of Plenty woman who had to put her breeding stallion down after the animal was severely injured during... Read More

Fire leaves orchard owners devastated

It will be a 'black Christmas” for the devastated owners of a citrus tree nursery after fire ripped through their orchard, causing more than $300,000 in... Read More