The pipfruit industry has begun a five-year project to find new and more effective ways to control bronze beetle. The native beetle chews through growing... Read More

Whakamarama residents Brian Rickey and Mel Pendergast have always enjoyed the country. After spending the Covid-19 lockdown in town, they were more than ready... Read More

The word mead conjures up the scene of a drunken friar rolling on the floor of Sherwood Forest or a group of raucous medieval knights clanking metal tankards. It's... Read More

Vanessa Hudson had a MacGyver type of dad so it's no surprise she started up two repair cafés. She's been fixing and tinkering since she was young... Read More

Bay of Plenty farmers are breathing a sigh of relief that the regional council will have to stop charging ahead with unworkable new freshwater rules. 'The... Read More

Zespri's last charter vessel of the 2024 kiwifruit season has departed the Port of Tauranga bound for Japan. Around 4,610 tonnes of Zespri Green Kiwifruit... Read More

A building once part of the Waikato's bustling milk processing network now tells its own historic story. The former dairy factory at Manawarū, between Te... Read More

A proposal for how to address growth and guide the future of the Eastern Bay of Plenty sub-region is now out for community feedback. Our Places - Eastern... Read More

As part of a broader Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ)-led Eliminating Facial Eczema Impacts programme, a new three-year study is under way to understand the risk... Read More

A sheep farmer has been disqualified indefinitely from being in charge of animals and fined $13,000 for failing to treat flystrike and meet welfare needs of... Read More

Prices have dropped slightly in the latest Global Dairy Trade auction, held overnight, with a 0.3 per cent decrease across the board. This follows an increase... Read More

Rural Women New Zealand's popular podcast, Black Heels and Tractor Wheels, is back for a seventh season, with the first episode available from today. 'This... Read More