Rural

Bay rural events team up

Two popular Bay rural events, the BOP Young Fruit Grower competition and the Te Puke A&P Show, are joining forces to stage an action-filled event on Saturday, February... Read More

Rotorua physio supreme winner

Amy Dibley of Physio Direct Ltd has been named the supreme winner of the annual Rural Women New Zealand Enterprising Rural Women Awards. Amy is from Rotorua and... Read More

New sponsor for prestigious award

Ravensdown, the farmer-owned fertiliser co-operative, is the new sponsor for the NZ Guild of Agricultural Journalists and Communicators prestigious Agricultural... Read More

Sentence appeal leads to prison

A slaughterman who received home detention over the abuse of bobby calves has had his sentence replaced with a two year prison term following an appeal by the Ministry... Read More

19 farmers killed on the job in 2015

Just because you've worked on a farm for decades, carrying out routine job you've done a thousand times before - accidents happen and sometimes they're fatal. Last... Read More

Girl rescued from Te Kaha

A 12 year old girl suffering a medical condition requiring immediate hospital care was flown from Te Kaha to Whakatane Hospital last night. The Trustpower TECT... Read More

Shelterbelt fire in Te Puna

UPDATED: 5.25PM: Te Puna Road will be closed off to traffic while firefighters deal with a shelterbelt fire in Te Puna this evening. Northern Fire Communications... Read More

Strong demand expands Fonterra

Another 40 million cartons of whipping cream will soon be rolling down the conveyors at Fonterra's state-of-the-art Waitoa UHT facility every year, as the co-operative... Read More

Farmer injured in milking shed fall

A Whangamata farmer is in Tauranga Hospital with suspected back injuries after falling two metres from a milking shed. The Tauranga-based Trustpower TECT Rescue... Read More

BaseUp for Omokoroa’s pavilion

Five-year-old Keaton Rose and brothers Mitch, 6, and Baxter, 8, will be run, run, running around Omokoroa next weekend to drum up funds for their community's plan... Read More

Rat Island fire: boatie blamed

A person or people on a boat are thought to have started the fire that saw fire fighters called to Rat Island in Tauranga harbor this afternoon. Smoke from the... Read More

Coromandel to benefit from extended RBI

The Thames-Coromandel District is poised to take advantage of the just-announced next phase of the Government's Rural Broadband Initiative. The second phase of... Read More