05:11pm Thu 07 Oct, 2010
Bay of Plenty dairy farmers Jens and Min Wulff take real pride in their Ngawaro farm and are amazed they won the LIC Dairy Award at the 2010 Bay of Plenty Farm Environment... Read More
11:27am Wed 06 Oct, 2010
Ten year old country music singer Georgia Baker-Trebilco is now New Zealand Country Music Association Junior Entertainer of the Year. See video below of Georgia... Read More
09:26am Wed 06 Oct, 2010
Moves by the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) to allow meat companies to do their own inspections will put human health and overseas markets at risk, says... Read More
09:00am Wed 06 Oct, 2010
Bay of Plenty Regional Council is employing the help of the Californian thistle stem miner to combat the spread of problematic thistles in the Lower Kaimai. An adult... Read More
02:00pm Mon 04 Oct, 2010
The 2011 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards are launched with a number of changes to the country's longest running dairy competition. One of the most significant... Read More
11:49am Sun 03 Oct, 2010
Recent work in the Lake Rotorua and Lake Okareka catchments suggests gorse could be contributing large amounts of nitrogen to these lakes each year. Bay of Plenty... Read More
11:46am Sun 03 Oct, 2010
Bay of Plenty Regional Council is reporting the number of complaints it has received about drift from seasonal kiwifruit spraying has increased this year. The council's... Read More
08:42am Sun 03 Oct, 2010
A Coromandel farm owner and property developer and his farm worker have been convicted of deliberately breaching a court imposed disqualification order under the... Read More
11:46am Sat 02 Oct, 2010
Two of the biggest post harvest kiwifruit operators in the Bay of Plenty are merging to create a new fully grower-owned supply cooperative. Satara Co-operative... Read More
11:51am Wed 29 Sep, 2010
Environment Waikato is warning of more potential for flooding as forecast heavy rain threatens to place significant pressure on already swollen rivers and saturated... Read More
03:48pm Tue 28 Sep, 2010
Zespri is offering scholarships worth $3000 each to secondary school students choosing to study horticulture or a related field at a New Zealand tertiary institute.... Read More
11:08am Tue 28 Sep, 2010
The Accident Compensation Corporation is warning Bay of Plenty farmers to be extra vigilant of dangers on their properties following the severe weather that tore... Read More