08:00pm Thu 19 Sep, 2024
New Zealand's Lanaco has signed a major deal with Unilever-owned air purifier manufacturer Blueair for its world-leading New Zealand, natural, renewable woollen... Read More
09:00am Thu 19 Sep, 2024
Federated Farmers is marking 125 years since the establishment of New Zealand's most influential rural advocacy organisation. It's timely to reflect on... Read More
07:00am Thu 19 Sep, 2024
A fertiliser company has been convicted after a worker died after being crushed in a conveyor belt accident in Mount Maunganui. The company had conflicting... Read More
08:00am Wed 18 Sep, 2024
A Rotorua man says his daily wake-up call is the 'horrendous noise” of howling from more than 30 hounds. After more than two years of complaining... Read More
11:45am Tue 17 Sep, 2024
Tauranga City Council has adopted a private plan change which will see rural land in Tauriko rezoned to industrial in order to meet requirements for future industrial... Read More
10:00am Sun 15 Sep, 2024
Norm Twigge has a delightful way of describing butterflies. 'In a lot of cultures, they're considered spiritual beings. So every time you see one, remember that... Read More
01:00pm Sat 14 Sep, 2024
New Zealand Community Trust has awarded $20,000 of operational funding to support staff costs at the Eastern Bay of Plenty Riding for the Disabled's Whakatāne... Read More
05:00pm Fri 13 Sep, 2024
It was four degrees and raining. What better setting for a chat about ‘the winter slog'? Farmstrong ambassador Sam Whitelock and dairy farmer Paul Walker... Read More
09:15am Wed 11 Sep, 2024
Twenty-seven rural students awarded scholarships between $2500 and $5000 to support their healthcare studies, addressing New Zealand's rural health workforce... Read More
06:54am Wed 11 Sep, 2024
On a hilly property in Lower Kaimai, where deer watch as you drive in, one savvy entrepreneur has turned a passion project into valuable extra income. Sara... Read More
03:00pm Mon 09 Sep, 2024
From the prison to the orchard, a unique programme is offering former inmates a way back into society by giving them careers in horticulture. More than 60... Read More
06:00pm Fri 06 Sep, 2024
A Pongakawa dairy farm manager has been convicted and fined $52,500 for illegally discharging effluent from a farm storage pond which ended up flowing into... Read More