Rural

Farmer fined for not registering 152 cattle

A Waikato farmer has been fined $3900 for not registering 152 cattle under the National Animal Identification and Tracing scheme. Waitomo sheep and beef farmer,... Read More

Essential industry full of career options

Join the essential workers and enjoy not only diverse and rewarding career opportunities, but also job stability - that's the message to school students from Paul... Read More

BOP dairy cow scoops five Brown Swiss awards

A Bay of Plenty dairy cow has followed in her grandmother's footsteps and claimed a coveted milk production title. Thurvalley BK Bree VG86 produced 678kgMS in... Read More

Kawerau projects to receive $5.5million from PGF

Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has announced $5.5 million in funding from the Provincial Growth Fund - PGF - for two Kawerau projects and says this is... Read More

More initiatives to reduce energy hardship

The Government is delivering more initiatives to reduce energy hardship and to give small electricity consumers a voice, Energy and Resources Minister Megan Woods... Read More

Saturday‘s national weather forecast

WeatherWatch have forecast a warm subtropical northeasterly airflow over New Zealand today. For the Bay of Plenty, Northland, Auckland and Waikato, the weather... Read More

Continued growth for the mighty avocado industry

The New Zealand avocado industry has finalised the 2019-20 season results. The 2019-20 avocado season saw avocado export volumes up to 3.8m 5.5kg trays,... Read More

Primary sector jobs for kiwis gets a boost

A new campaign launched this week will attract people to vital food and fibre sector jobs, says Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor. On Monday, O'Connor... Read More

Small group find jobs following dairy training

A campaign to train Kiwis to work on dairy farms has so far only delivered a handful of graduates who have gone on to start the 2020-21 milking season. But DairyNZ... Read More

Sunday‘s national forecast

A large anticyclone lies in the Tasman Sea today gentle pushing a west to southwesterly airflow over New Zealand WeatherWatch says to expect cloudy areas for... Read More

National weather update

Sunny with cloudy areas and light winds appear to be the conditions for much of the country today as a moderate southwesterly airflow flows over New Zealand, says... Read More

Partnering to transform NZ‘s agritech industry

An industry plan to transform and grow New Zealand's agritech sector has been launched by Economic Development Minister Phil Twyford and Agriculture Minister Damien... Read More