07:00pm Thu 08 May, 2025
This year, Fieldays has a new strategy that organisers say embraces the spirit of the event - the mullet. A hairstyle regularly seen during the annual... Read More
05:00pm Thu 08 May, 2025
The gap between people and sheep in New Zealand is rapidly closing. There's now about 4.5 sheep to every person in New Zealand compared to a peak of 22... Read More
08:00am Wed 07 May, 2025
A sunny summer has paid dividends for a Waikato farmer. Malcolm Jones' milking shed at Te Poi, near Matamata, is entirely powered by solar panels. Running... Read More
06:30am Wed 07 May, 2025
Plans are in place for a protest outside Mercury Baypark this weekend as Tauranga hosts the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards National Gala dinner. The gala... Read More
10:30am Tue 06 May, 2025
Traffic will be detoured on State Highway 29 along the Kaimai Range today due to emergency tree-felling works. A NZTA Waka Kotahi spokesperson said work was... Read More
08:30am Sun 04 May, 2025
Firms altered tallow for profit, court hears after probe. New Zealand Food Safety said a group of meat processing companies, directors, and managers have... Read More
06:50am Sat 03 May, 2025
Want to know more about key topics such as the SH2 Ōmokoroa Rd intersection upgrade, Te Puna/Lochhead/Pitua/Tangitu roundabout, and Te Puna Station Rd intersection... Read More
02:00pm Fri 02 May, 2025
Tens of thousands of Kiwis from the Far North to the Deep South are preparing for the start of the 2025 game bird season this Saturday, May 3. Fish & Game... Read More
08:00pm Mon 28 Apr, 2025
Movement controls have been lifted from Mainland Poultry's Hillgrove Farm in Otago, after the successful eradication of H7N6 strain of high pathogenic avian... Read More
06:30am Sat 26 Apr, 2025
Offal that appears to be from two cows has been dumped beside a lay-by at an Eastern Bay of Plenty beach. A resident using the cycle path that runs between... Read More
10:50am Wed 23 Apr, 2025
Having carved out a career in finance until he was 42, Bay of Plenty sheep and beef farmer Brent Mountfort still had farming the land he grew up on in the... Read More
07:00am Wed 23 Apr, 2025
A woman who died after a farm vehicle accident near Taupō at the weekend has been described as an 'absolute gem” by a long-time friend. She was... Read More