The Bay of Plenty's first Hindu temple is nearing completion, with the official opening expected next month. But a couple of calls during the construction has exhausted... Read More

Army worm caterpillars are on the march, and munching through newly sown pastures in the Bay of Plenty. Bill Webb of Bill Webb Feed Solutions says paddocks turned... Read More

Prime Minister John Key officially launched the 2016 kiwifruit season for Zespri in China at an event last night, marking a new phase for Zespri's China Strategy.... Read More

The recent heavy rains which hit the Coromandel had a massive impact on rivers and properties around Whangapoua, Coromandel and Port Charles. But the Waikato Regional... Read More

Rural contractors struggling to find employees, agree with the Deputy Prime Minister Bill English that some New Zealand's are 'pretty damn hopeless” when it... Read More

Kiwifruit orchardist have long believed the fruit they grow has exceptional nutritional qualities, and in Tauranga today scientists have revealed just how good kiwifruit... Read More

An initiative to improve the sustainability and profitability of New Zealand's forage grazing systems has the buy-in of everyone representing the pastoral sector. The... Read More

The nutritional and health benefits of kiwifruit are under the spotlight in Tauranga this week at the First International Symposium on Kiwifruit and Health. The... Read More

Fonterra isn't Fanshawe Street in Auckland - it's the dairy farmers on every rural highway and side road who work hard and support their local communities, says... Read More

The Thames-Coromandel District Council is inviting public feedback on its newly rewritten Fires in the Open Bylaw. The proposed bylaw allows council to set and enforce... Read More

Infestations of highly invasive pest plant velvetleaf have been discovered on five more farms in the Waikato recently. Waikato Regional Council is already working... Read More

The steady 'chuff chuff” of a 1916 Mogul tractor, the clunk of a nearby stationery engine and the roar of a 1958 D9E Caterpillar bulldozer were among the sounds... Read More