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

A community-driven initiative in Katikati is looking for a family or individual who wants to grow food to pair with a local landowner and share the produce. Grow... Read More

The Bay of Plenty avocado industry has banded together after 'devastating” winds hit more than 400 orchards, with some losing 90% of their fruit. Growers... Read More

The words chainsaw, drone, automation and safety don't immediately conjure up a vision of safety, but a group of researchers at the University of Canterbury... Read More

Orchards around the Bay of Plenty have been hammered by strong winds as the avocado harvest gets under way. Growers around the Bay and Coromandel have... Read More

A blustery spring day didn't stop more than 6000 native trees from being planted in Tauranga's Kōpūrererua Valley on Sunday September 14. 'Well over a hundred... Read More