UPDATED: Coromandel Fire crews are now dampening out a fire in the Te Mata hills on Bennett Rd. This afternoon's fire measured 60m by 20m and been brought under... Read More

Two female trampers missing from a day tramp on Sunday were found by Land Search and Rescue volunteers this afternoon after spending over 24 hours in the Kaimai... Read More

Deerstalkers are being kept out of the Ureweras during the spring hunt while the park's new administration sorts out a permitting system. Deer stalkers used to obtain... Read More

A missing Mount Maunganui hunter has been found injured after he failed to return to his hunting party on Saturday night. The 50-year-old man was airlifted out of... Read More

Spending at evening gathered round an outside fire is now a restricted activity in the Tauranga Moana rural fire district. The rules change on October 1. All open... Read More

The proposed kiwifruit court case against the Government - over the introduction of Psa-V to New Zealand in 2010 - could be another indirect attack on the industry's... Read More

Aongatete Coolstores Ltd chairman Allan Dawson says he resigned from The Kiwifruit Claim committee because of concerns the claim will endanger the industry's current... Read More

The Kiwifruit Claim class action for compensation over Psa will be filed in the Wellington High Court next Friday, a meeting in Te Puke was told yesterday. Around... Read More

One of the founding members of The Kiwifruit Claim committee has resigned and joined the post-harvest operators in opposition to the legal action the committee plans... Read More

Post-harvest operators claiming to represent 75 per cent of the industry have distanced themselves from The Kiwifruit Claim court case in a letter to Prime Minister... Read More

Reports of a link between contaminated fresh produce and a gastro-intestinal bug are too early to confirm and direct people away from foods that have no proven risk,... Read More

Growers who sign up to the kiwifruit court case against the Government may have to get consent from the company taking the action before they could sell their orchards. That's... Read More