Using specially designed cones to warn children of spraying in orchards may be adopted in other rural areas following the success of a project at Te Puna. The idea... Read More

The purchase of a large scale new variety kiwifruit orchard at Paengaroa is a demonstration of confidence in the industry's future says a spokesman for the purchasers... Read More

The financial impacts of the kiwifruit vine killing disease Psa-V are being recognised by the Government which today declared the disease an ‘biosecurity event'. The... Read More

'Grow Your Own Waikato” is the theme for the NZ Tree Crops Association annual conference in April next year which will offer participants an intense three... Read More

The unintended consequences of a citrus breeding programme may have produced a grapefruit those on heart medicines can safely eat. Dr Fred Gnitter of the University... Read More

Social networks may be among the ways the New Zealand Transport Agency informs motorists of road closures in future. Brett Gliddon, NZTA's Bay of Plenty State Highways... Read More

The Mount Maunganui based company which operates New Zealand's biggest professionally built indoor skate park, has plans to open a similar complex in Auckland. Called... Read More

A funding boost from sponsors, including Beef + Lamb New Zealand, has enabled five prestigious Nuffield New Zealand Scholarships to be awarded for 2013, up from... Read More

Moving to New Zealand proved to be a life-changing experience for two members of the Butt family of Hong Kong, on both personal and career levels. KC Butt and his... Read More

New Zealand's ability to react to new pests may be limited by proposed changes to the use of 29 insecticides containing organophosphate and carbamate active ingredients. While... Read More

Heavy horses, once a common sight in the New Zealand countryside, had become a rarity but numbers are on the increase thanks to a resurgence of interest in breeding... Read More

The last two seasons have been among the most stressful in recent years for the kiwifruit industry but despite the impacts of the disease Psa on vines, fruit quality... Read More