Rural
12:24pm Tue 09 Jun, 2015
Bay of Plenty orchards which are no longer used to grow kiwifruit still need to be registered on Bay of Plenty Regional Council's Hazardous Activities and Industries... Read More
08:38am Tue 09 Jun, 2015
Bay of Plenty Regional Council is once again reminding rural communities to keep grazing stock off stopbanks as winter sets in, so the structures can fully achieve... Read More
12:22pm Mon 08 Jun, 2015
Mount Maunganui-based Kiwifruit marketer Zespri has scored a major marketing coup with one million pieces of its new SunGold kiwifruit to be enjoyed by Mexican children... Read More
10:19am Fri 05 Jun, 2015
A crisis faces the kiwi - there's less than 70,000 birds in the wild and population numbers are dwindling by two per cent every year. To save our national bird... Read More
08:37am Fri 05 Jun, 2015
A Te Puke veterinary science student's ambition for farming has been rewarded with a $2,500 scholarship from Agcarm. Calum Linton is in his third year of a veterinary... Read More
08:34am Thu 04 Jun, 2015
A chicken enthusiast put the New Zealand poultry industry and native bird population at risk by attempting to bring live eggs into the country for her hobby. Karen... Read More
02:55pm Wed 03 Jun, 2015
Bay of Plenty students will learn more about the science behind kiwi fruit production at this year's Cultivate Your Career Day in Tauranga this month. Plant & Food... Read More
02:20pm Tue 02 Jun, 2015
Rural-based New Zealanders will soon be able to enjoy faster, more affordable internet access after Spark announced they are rolling out nationwide trials of a new... Read More
02:57pm Sun 31 May, 2015
The weather for the long weekend is about to pack up with Metservice warning of bursts of heavy rain for Northland Auckland and the Coromandel today and early tomorrow. Two... Read More
04:12pm Fri 29 May, 2015
Whakatane District Council has announced they will not appeal the Environment Court decision to decline the land designations and resource consent for a proposed... Read More
12:43pm Fri 29 May, 2015
A Tauranga fruit farm labour contractor is facing more than 30 charges of exploiting migrant workers, including paying wages below the national minimum and providing... Read More
11:35am Fri 29 May, 2015
Dairy farmers are facing a 'very tough and grim season” in light of Fonterra's forecast Farmgate Milk Price of $5.25 per kgMS for the 2015/16 season, with... Read More
02-Nov 08:09
Police issue fines after rugby league convoys
02-Nov 07:26
Five arrested after $80m cocaine bust
02-Nov 06:00
Creating a paradise amid a cancer diagnosis
01-Nov 15:00
Chlorine leak at Mount Maunganui
01-Nov 12:00
New Maketū Coastguard facility takes shape
01-Nov 07:00
Three generations, one school, many memories
31-Oct 16:00
Carnegie Hall soloists come home to Tauranga
31-Oct 16:00
Feedback sought on granny flat funding policy
31-Oct 12:00
Celebrate Brazilian culture at new library
31-Oct 06:00
Good, cheap reads and a great cause
30-Oct 18:02
WoF inspection changes kick in from November 1
30-Oct 18:00
Dead cats and 1950s bottles among rubbish haul
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