Plans for November's New Zealand Garden and Art Festival are in full bloom as developments begin on the event's first-ever expo hub at The Lakes. Festival director... Read More

The new gold kiwifruit variety G9 is ‘fatally flawed' and Zespri is doing the right thing in encouraging growers to stop growing it, says Tauranga grower Mike... Read More

After 31 years at the helm of kiwifruit packhouse company EastPack, Tony Hawken is stepping down from his position as CEO at the end of this year. The leader of... Read More

Bay of Plenty Regional Council's trials of using lace bugs to decimate the spread of woolly nightshade on properties in the region are producing promising results... Read More

A large scrub fire that burned about 100m by 300m of old gorse in Ohauiti this weekend was caused by a farmer undertaking a controlled burn off on his property,... Read More

Four meetings in four different locations on the Coromandel Peninsula on August 30-31 will be the first chance to hear about the new Coromandel Kauri Dieback Forum. The... Read More

Bay of Plenty's 2014 Young Grower of the Year has scooped the competition's national title, with the accolade being announced at last night's awards ceremony in... Read More

A Te Puke farmer is concerned the number of stock being mauled by dogs on farms is escalating after losing 15 sheep in a vicious attack. In the last month the Western... Read More

The efforts of a trust dedicated to planting kauri trees on the Coromandel Peninsula have just grown a new achievement - it's 40,000th kauri planted since 1999. The... Read More

Now the dust appears to have settled on the latest spat over 1080, perhaps it's time to take a deep breath and have a dispassionate review of the facts. Although... Read More

Kiwi innovators from the Bay of Plenty could win a share of $90,000 to develop fresh ideas that benefit conservation in a new national awards scheme being launched... Read More

Two weeks on the road talking with Western Bay residents has been a great experience learning about what council can do to make the district an even better place,... Read More