01:41pm Thu 09 Mar, 2017
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
11:10am Thu 09 Mar, 2017
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
10:23am Thu 09 Mar, 2017
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
07:57am Thu 09 Mar, 2017
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
07:30am Thu 09 Mar, 2017
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
01:23pm Wed 08 Mar, 2017
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
01:56pm Mon 06 Mar, 2017
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
11:47am Sun 05 Mar, 2017
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
04:37pm Fri 03 Mar, 2017
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
08:40am Thu 02 Mar, 2017
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
10:28am Wed 01 Mar, 2017
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
08:07am Wed 01 Mar, 2017
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