Rural

New online property auction site

Tauranga is the first location in the country to test a new online property auction site. Locally-owned website PropFi gives house-hunters the option of bidding... Read More

Bruce Wills heads honey industry

Bruce Wills, former Federated Farmers president, has been appointed to the position of independent chair for Apiculture New Zealand. He has been the acting chair... Read More

Spring sets new property market records

The Kiwi property for sale market is on the rise again, with the average asking price for a typical property lifting 2.9 per cent in October to a record high of... Read More

New CEO for Milk New Zealand

Justine Kidd, formerly CEO of the BEL Group and Chair of the Dairy Women's Network, has a new role with the Shanghai Pengxin's subsidiary Milk New Zealand. She... Read More

Pest plant tutsan invades the Waikato

The Waikato Regional Council is urging farmers and rural landowners to do what they can to protect their properties from the invasive pest plant tutsan. The warning... Read More

Zespri’s $40M new look revealed

Plans for Zespri's new Mount Maunganui offices are being made public today following their approval by the Zespri Board. The three-storey complex will stand in... Read More

Missing pig hunter winched to safety

A 60-year-old hunter who has been reported missing in the Kaimanawa Ranges since Saturday evening has been found. Crew from the Royal New Zealand Air Force's 3... Read More

New efforts for Ongare waterways

Local creeks at Ongare Point are getting a makeover thanks to a newly formed volunteer group that is helping to care for Te Awanui (Tauranga Harbour). The Ongare... Read More

Fonterra elections voting closes soon

Fonterra Shareholders' Council chairman Duncan Coull is urging the co-operative's farmer Shareholders to get behind the new elections process. With voting in Fonterra's... Read More

Zespri wins top 200 award

Mount Maunganui-based kiwifruit marketer Zespri won the 2016 Deloitte Top 200 business award for Most Improved Performance at a black tie dinner in Auckland last... Read More

Italian growers visit Kiwi orchards

The techniques used by New Zealand kiwifruit orchardists have come under close scrutiny this week, from a group of 15 Italian growers and post-harvest technicians... Read More

MPI ends black market butchery

The Ministry for Primary Industries has intercepted another illegal black market meat operation. MPI District Compliance Manager Waikato/Bay of Plenty Brendon Mikkelsen... Read More