Rural

Weather showing no sign of change

A moist northeasterly flow is set to hang around until the end of the weekend, with further bands of heavy rain and thunderstorms forecast to affect the upper North... Read More

Bite-sized fruit with a surprise inside

There's a harvest underway in the Bay of Plenty of a small, smooth-skinned green fruit with a sweet surprise inside - cut an Arguta in half and a miniature version... Read More

Another severe weather warning issued

Metservice has issued another severe weather warning for the Coromandel Peninsula and Bay of Plenty this morning. A low over the Tasman Sea extends a slow-moving... Read More

Coromandel bracing for day two

UPDATED 9.30am: Roads in some low lying areas of the Coromandel Peninsula remain impassable because of widespread flooding. Rain is still falling in some areas... Read More

Kaikati rider injured in fall

A 62 year old Katikati woman suffered multiple fractures in a fall from a horse on Wednesday afternoon. The accident happened on a farm north west of Hamilton about... Read More

Best interest of kiwifruit growers focus

Independent monitoring and analysis of the kiwifruit industry's performance by New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers Inc will significantly increase in the coming months,... Read More

Brand envy of kiwifruit growers

The Zespri brand and the Single Point of Entry status of marketing company Zespri International underpin the strength of the New Zealand kiwifruit industry, says... Read More

Kiwis are ‘wusses’ for not eating bugs

Tarantulas taste like crayfish and are delicious cooked over an open fire, says Ruud Kleinpaste - also known as ‘The Bug Man'. 'I felt a bit bad at first... Read More

New role for Fonterra’s money man

Fonterra's current chief financial officer Lukas Paravicini has been appointed as the company's global consumer and foodservice chief operating officer. Effective... Read More

Investors for gold orchard sought

After an exhaustive two-year hunt for the right property rural investment specialist MyFarm has secured a 16 hectare gold kiwifruit orchard at Paengaroa. MyFarm... Read More

Ngai Tukairangi seal $40m deal

Matapihi-based Ngai Tukairangi Trust's acquisition of one of New Zealand's largest kiwifruit orchards was formerly concluded in Hastings on Tuesday. The record... Read More

$48m increase in milk powder value

Milk powder rose $48 million, or 7.3 per cent, in value in January 2017, despite the quantity exported falling by around 19,000 tonnes (9.4 per cent). Milk powder,... Read More