Rural
08:45am Thu 20 Jun, 2013
Winning the 2012 Bay of Plenty Young Fruit Grower of the Year title reaffirmed for Joel Wanhill of Te Puke that he'd chosen the right career. 'I entered for the... Read More
04:48pm Wed 19 Jun, 2013
An animal leg discovered in imported stock feed, delivered to a Bay of Plenty farm, is prompting the Ministry for Primary Industries to tighten up conditions for... Read More
02:16pm Wed 19 Jun, 2013
Zespri has increased its allocation of licences for the new kiwifruit G3 in response to demands from growers. The Zespri Board has announced it will allocate 1130... Read More
07:09am Wed 19 Jun, 2013
Pyes Pa kiwifruit orchardists are offering Tauranga City Council a ‘get out of jail free' card this week by suggesting their former orchard land south of The... Read More
10:15am Fri 14 Jun, 2013
Psa-V has been identified on eight more kiwifruit orchards in the Bay of Plenty this week, but the infections may have been there for a while. Kiwifruit Vine Health... Read More
07:23am Fri 14 Jun, 2013
Designs by Tauranga sisters Cindy and Colleen Mac are among entries on the catwalk at the Fieldays AgArt Wear Awards this week. Cindy used dried flowers and leaves... Read More
02:51pm Wed 12 Jun, 2013
Tauranga residents are among the thousands of people packing Mystery Creek today for opening of the 45th annual National Fieldays. More than 11,000 people entered... Read More
04:52pm Mon 10 Jun, 2013
This summer's drought has cost the country's land based primary industries around $1.3billion, according to the Ministry for Primary Industries. 'It's been a season... Read More
03:21pm Mon 10 Jun, 2013
Kiwifruit export earnings are forecast to drop 20 per cent this season, according to the Ministry for Primary Industry's annual report. The Ministry's Situation... Read More
12:52pm Mon 03 Jun, 2013
LED headlamps aren't normally part of a kiwifruit picker's equipment - but picking gangs working for Western Orchards Packhouse in Katikati have recently been working... Read More
05:19pm Fri 31 May, 2013
Police are hoping to cut the Queen's Birthday holiday road toll by revealing the country's most dangerous roads, which includes those in the Bay of Plenty. Nationally,... Read More
04:55pm Fri 31 May, 2013
Encouraging the growth of other sectors, such as goat and deer, to take advantage of over-capacity in abattoirs would ensure sheep and beef farmers had the ability... Read More
04-Nov 07:00
Mum grows thriving food forest in Tauranga
04-Nov 06:00
Kiwifruit boom fuels Bay of Plenty land rush
03-Nov 18:00
Exports to Australia ease avocado glut
03-Nov 16:20
Man in custody after alleged hit-and-run
03-Nov 14:05
Te Puke artists put their creativity on show
03-Nov 14:00
Local actors bring hilarious comedy to life!
03-Nov 11:50
Ageing cable blamed for Tauranga power outage
03-Nov 11:00
Lifeguards help track offshore paddleboarders
03-Nov 10:00
Farmers urged to plan ahead as dry summer looms
03-Nov 08:31
Showers set to break Bay's dry run this week
03-Nov 07:18
Alert level lowered as Whakaari eruption ends
03-Nov 06:00
Town reacts to cancellation of AvoFest
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