Rural
03:39pm Thu 01 Mar, 2012
Mark and Nika Booker will be amongst the competitors at the Bay of Plenty Dairy Industry Awards dinner in March. The couple have entered the Sharemilker Farmer of... Read More
03:30pm Thu 01 Mar, 2012
Rural women with emerging businesses should take the opportunity of benchmarking themselves against others in the RWNZ Enterprising Rural Women Awards. Entries for... Read More
03:07pm Thu 01 Mar, 2012
On the same day Zespri announced it will look to tender more licences for the new Gold3 variety in May - which is proving to be more resistant to Psa-v than Gold... Read More
03:48pm Wed 29 Feb, 2012
Ballance Agri-Nutrients is reinforcing its commitment to supporting and promoting sustainable farming practices. Speaking at the first regional 2012 Ballance Farm... Read More
03:51pm Sun 26 Feb, 2012
The Bay of Plenty Regional Council is planning to continue to work with the dairy industry to improve dairy effluent compliance levels following recent monitoring. As... Read More
02:42pm Sun 26 Feb, 2012
The number of sales in the Bay of Plenty rural property market is steady according to the latest figures from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand. For the three... Read More
03:52pm Sat 25 Feb, 2012
Mamaku farm owners Jim and Barbara Hitchcock and their sharemilkers, Rhys and Kim Meredith, are the supreme winners of the 2012 Bay of Plenty Ballance Farm Environment... Read More
10:58am Fri 24 Feb, 2012
The Psa-V virus destroying Zespri's Hort16A Gold kiwifruit strain may provide Turners and Growers with the lever that opens New Zealand kiwifruit exports to non... Read More
09:00am Tue 21 Feb, 2012
Federated Farmers is opposing the Western Bay of Plenty District Council's move to create buffer zones of up to 32 metres either side of electricity transmission... Read More
07:42am Sat 18 Feb, 2012
Stock truck drivers are set to have a new effluent disposal site as the Morrinsville sale yards prepare to officially open their stock truck effluent disposal site. The... Read More
04:12pm Fri 17 Feb, 2012
About 150 kiwifruit growers gathered in Te Puke this morning to voice annoyance about the industry response to the Psa crisis. Grower Rob Thoed called the meeting. He... Read More
10:14am Fri 17 Feb, 2012
The kiwifruit industry is bracing itself to get a more accurate picture of the impact Psa-V has had on the national crop. Zespri's annual crop estimate, which is... Read More
05-Nov 10:49
Voter access concerns after ramp door locked
05-Nov 08:48
Car ends up off road in Ōhauiti, house undamaged
05-Nov 08:30
Heavy traffic snarls Hewletts Rd commuters
05-Nov 08:00
Bay homes offer a retirement alternative
05-Nov 07:00
Resident says shelterbelt is reducing visibility
05-Nov 06:00
SPCA renews fireworks ban call as Guy Fawkes nears
04-Nov 18:00
BOP fisherman receives international recognition
04-Nov 16:25
Tauranga hit-and-run accused removed from court
04-Nov 16:00
Little girl's wish tops Katikati tree with star
04-Nov 11:45
More than 1400 hurt by fireworks in five years
04-Nov 11:00
Public art symposium seeks volunteers
04-Nov 10:00
Major Maketū culvert upgrade to start this month
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