Dairy cows are doing their bit for employment in the Bay of Plenty with 3200 people in work directly owing to the dairy industry. As well as benefiting the labour... Read More

A group of Waikato farmers are locking their gates in protest of what they see as a land grab of the Maungatautari Reserve by a small Maori splinter group. They... Read More

Tests have confirmed Psa is in Katikati according to the newly formed Kiwifruit Vine Health Incorporated. The organisation, formed to manage the Psa outbreak, also... Read More

The Kiwifruit Vine Health organisation is now a registered incorporated society and the search for its chief executive officer is underway. A scene from a Psa infected... Read More

Farmers in the Lake Rerewhakaaitu catchment are working together to reduce nutrient flows from their farms flowing into their lake. Lake Rerewhakaaitu. Photo by... Read More

Bay of Plenty Federated Farmers president John Scrimgeour says the region needs 'ongoing” rain, or the situation for farmers in the area will become severe. Farmers... Read More

Two major kiwifruit packhouses in the Bay of Plenty have baulked from entering a merger because of the industry's uncertain future. EastPack chairman Ray Sharp... Read More

The Bay of Plenty Regional Council has congratulated the kiwifruit industry for moving quickly to set up an organisation for the management strategy to deal with... Read More

Restricted Place Notices are to be lifted from Psa affected kiwifruit orchards. The RPNs will be replaced with a general permissions document that allows infected... Read More

The new group formed to manage the Psa outbreak for the kiwifruit industry is named Kiwifruit Vine Health Incorporated. Zespri announced the formation of the group... Read More

The first biological controls aimed at kerbing woolly nightshade growth were set loose in a Welcome Bay forestry block on Wednesday. Lace bugs eat woolly nightshade... Read More

The outbreak of Psa in New Zealand could devalue Bay of Plenty kiwifruit orchards, according to New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers Incorporated president Peter Ombler. Peter... Read More