06:44am Fri 31 Dec, 2021
A person has died after a crash on a farm near Rangipo, Taupō District. The single vehicle crash involving a motorcycle was reported to police just before 7pm,... Read More
06:00pm Fri 24 Dec, 2021
MPI push on NAIT compliance pays off with almost 90 per cent in 2021. The Ministry for Primary Industries is warning against complacency as rates of compliance... Read More
02:00pm Thu 23 Dec, 2021
The 775,000 native trees and shrubs planted by Bay of Plenty Regional Council Toi Moana and volunteers in the past financial year are expected to remove 307,515... Read More
10:10am Thu 23 Dec, 2021
Ōpōtiki District Council has voted to tighten animal control bylaws, but stopped short of banning the keeping of horses in the town centre altogether. After... Read More
04:00pm Wed 22 Dec, 2021
Melissa van den Heuvel has won the Young Grower of the Year award for 2021. Run by Horticulture New Zealand, Young Grower of the Year is an annual competition... Read More
03:00pm Wed 22 Dec, 2021
Gold kiwifruit continues to dominate fruit exports in an otherwise challenging market, Stats NZ says. In the year ended November 2021, gold kiwifruit made up... Read More
10:10am Mon 20 Dec, 2021
Staff at Ballance Agri-Nutrients have recorded a Christmas song with the hope of raising some money for a Tauranga homeless charity. Ballance have been... Read More
08:00pm Fri 17 Dec, 2021
The harvest for New Zealand blueberry varieties has now begun and growers are encouraging Kiwis to buy them as larger volumes come to market, with prices set to... Read More
03:00pm Tue 14 Dec, 2021
Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council's new Regional Pest Management Plan (RPMP) 2020 - 2030 is now fully operational. The RPMP sets the rules and framework... Read More
06:00pm Mon 13 Dec, 2021
University of Waikato researchers' Dr Marie Magnusson and Dr Rebecca Lawton will receive $1.2 million to lead research into seaweed farming in the Hauraki Gulf... Read More
10:45am Mon 13 Dec, 2021
Farmers in Bay of Plenty are being urged to 'be a little bit selfish” to avoid fatigue and prevent quad bike injuries over the busy summer months. New figures... Read More
10:00am Sun 12 Dec, 2021
With robotics and automation set to replace 46 per cent of day jobs by 2040, a new national strategy has been launched to grow the New Zealand sector that currently... Read More