In October 2025, we celebrate 25 years of the much-loved Coast & Country News. That's 300 editions of the popular monthly agricultural... Read More

Kaimai School is hosting its annual gala and Ag day tomorrow, Saturday, October 11, from 9am-12pm, featuring a range of exhibits for everyone to enjoy via free... Read More

At 77 years young, Bill Webb is living proof that age is no barrier when it comes to giving back. A long-time volunteer with Good Neighbour, Webb leads the... Read More

Zimbabwean couple Nikki and Lance Dodd met at university in Cape Town, South Africa, where she was studying interior design and he was studying horticulture.... Read More

With the cost of living seeming to rise by the week, are people changing how they eat, especially around buying and consuming meat? Those on the inside of the... Read More

Fifty years' experience combined with a touch of fatherly advice paid off for a Bay of Plenty avocado grower in wild spring weather conditions. Now 80, Doug... Read More

A tornado has ripped through the small Bay of Plenty community of Awakeri this afternoon, tearing roofs from homes and damaging several properties along State... Read More

Low-flying helicopters will be sweeping across the Western Bay of Plenty this month as Powerco inspects thousands of rural power poles in a bid to prevent outages. The... Read More

Welfare requirements for pig farming are going to be strengthened to some of the highest levels in the world, the animal welfare minister says. The changes... Read More

Entries for the 2026 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards open next week. On Monday, October 6, entries for the 11 regions across New Zealand will be accepted... Read More

A longstanding Bay of Plenty dairy farming company has been fined $59,500 after spilling effluent into a river. Warneford Farms was incorporated in 1970 and... Read More

Indie may be just a pup, but she has a good nose for truffles. The 7-month-old springer spaniel has just finished her first season sniffing out the culinary... Read More