12:52pm Fri 29 Apr, 2016
Zespri has found that there is 'no risk to consumer health” after concerns of grease being found on some of its kiwifruit tray liners. Around 1.7 million trays... Read More
01:38pm Wed 27 Apr, 2016
Despite tough seasons, dairy farmers have stepped up and made significant progress on meeting their environmental commitments to New Zealanders, according to a new... Read More
02:55pm Sat 23 Apr, 2016
The Bay of Plenty's first Hindu temple is nearing completion, with the official opening expected next month. But a couple of calls during the construction has exhausted... Read More
03:56pm Fri 22 Apr, 2016
Army worm caterpillars are on the march, and munching through newly sown pastures in the Bay of Plenty. Bill Webb of Bill Webb Feed Solutions says paddocks turned... Read More
09:45am Fri 22 Apr, 2016
Prime Minister John Key officially launched the 2016 kiwifruit season for Zespri in China at an event last night, marking a new phase for Zespri's China Strategy.... Read More
01:58pm Thu 21 Apr, 2016
The recent heavy rains which hit the Coromandel had a massive impact on rivers and properties around Whangapoua, Coromandel and Port Charles. But the Waikato Regional... Read More
09:03am Mon 18 Apr, 2016
Rural contractors struggling to find employees, agree with the Deputy Prime Minister Bill English that some New Zealand's are 'pretty damn hopeless” when it... Read More
04:37pm Wed 13 Apr, 2016
Kiwifruit orchardist have long believed the fruit they grow has exceptional nutritional qualities, and in Tauranga today scientists have revealed just how good kiwifruit... Read More
09:01am Wed 13 Apr, 2016
An initiative to improve the sustainability and profitability of New Zealand's forage grazing systems has the buy-in of everyone representing the pastoral sector. The... Read More
01:17pm Tue 12 Apr, 2016
The nutritional and health benefits of kiwifruit are under the spotlight in Tauranga this week at the First International Symposium on Kiwifruit and Health. The... Read More
11:46am Tue 12 Apr, 2016
Fonterra isn't Fanshawe Street in Auckland - it's the dairy farmers on every rural highway and side road who work hard and support their local communities, says... Read More
10:49am Tue 12 Apr, 2016
The Thames-Coromandel District Council is inviting public feedback on its newly rewritten Fires in the Open Bylaw. The proposed bylaw allows council to set and enforce... Read More