Four post-harvest companies are reviewing legal advice about whether to take legal action over the introduction of the aggressive kiwifruit disease Psa-V. Seeka... Read More

New Zealand's wetlands under increasing threat from urban encroachment provide habitats for a rich and diverse range of species, the Minister of Conservation, Kate... Read More

A Te Puna based plant research group has discovered kiwifruit puts more carbon in the soil at a greater depth than pasture. A report by PlusGroup Research and Plant... Read More

The discovery of the kiwifruit vine killing disease Psa in Poverty Bay this week is disappointing but not unexpected says the head of Kiwifruit Vine Health. Barry... Read More

The vine-killing disease Psa-V is continuing to spread with 74 more kiwifruit orchards identified with the infection this week. Most are in Katikati with 36 new... Read More

Spring has arrived and with it our usual onslaught of orphaned and injured wildlife, mainly baby birds. Especially after windy weather, we are inundated with baby... Read More

The Christmas parade, A&P Show, opening of a new events centre and drag racing are all part of Tokoroa's Big Weekend on December 1 and 2. Graeme Earles of the A&P... Read More

Yet another kiwifruit growing region has fallen victim to the aggressive bacterial disease Psa-V with a provisional positive test result from a gold vine in an orchard... Read More

It's not often a holiday combines walking, horse riding or mountain biking through some of New Zealand's most beautiful countryside with raising funds for important... Read More

Landscape, culinary arts and beauty are the unique mix on offer at the inaugural Piako Fete on Thursday November 15, 2012. 'Since the Ellerslie Flower Show moved... Read More

A New Zealand scientist who helped develop a system of sowing crops without first tilling the land was among those nominated for the prestigious World Food Prize,... Read More

Vertical gardens, technologies to make us smarter, mega cities of 120 million people and humans who live to 190 may be part of our future, according to Rohit Talwar,... Read More