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08:44am Tue 01 Mar, 2016
Seeka Kiwifruit Industries Limited has announced an audited profit after tax of$4.27m, for the year ending December 31, 2015. This is well above its guidance range... Read More
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07:02am Tue 01 Mar, 2016
This may be a tough season for dairying but that hasn't deterred 44 motivated farmers from entering the 2016 Bay of Plenty Dairy Industry Awards, the winners of... Read More
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08:28am Sat 27 Feb, 2016
BayGold, one of the region's biggest orcharding companies, last night won the supreme award in the 2016 Bay of Plenty Ballance Farm Environment Awards. Judges says... Read More
08:29am Fri 26 Feb, 2016
The winners of the 2016 Bay of Plenty Ballance Farm Environment Awards will be announced at an awards dinner at Mount Maunganui tonight. Three dairy farms and three... Read More
06:01pm Thu 25 Feb, 2016
A Bay of Plenty farmer will be travelling to Sri Lanka this year as part of Fonterra's new volunteer scheme to work with the country's dairy farmers. Local Troy... Read More
03:37pm Thu 25 Feb, 2016
NZ Avocado Growers' Association Incorporated (NZAGA) signed the Deed of the Government Industry Agreement (GIA) for Biosecurity Readiness and Response in Tauranga,... Read More
07:02am Wed 24 Feb, 2016
Opotiki District Council has started the formal procurement process with a call for Statements of Interest and Ability (SIA) for design and construction of the Opotiki... Read More
06:48am Wed 24 Feb, 2016
A multi-million dollar Kiwifruit claim against the government will be heard after June 1, 2017. The High Court in Wellington made the ruling at the request of the... Read More
03:16pm Tue 23 Feb, 2016
Farmers and landowners are being reminded it is peak season for the spread of the damaging pest plant yellow bristle grass. Pest plants officer Darion Embling says... Read More
10:01am Sat 20 Feb, 2016
Coast & Country News editor and SunMedia senior journalist Elaine Fisher has won the Horticulture New Zealand Journalism award for a fourth time in her career, recognising... Read More
09:35am Thu 18 Feb, 2016
Nikki Johnson has been appointed as the new CEO of New Zealand Kiwifruit Grower Inc, and will assume the new role from April 11. NZKGI Chairman Doug Brown says this... Read More
08:45am Thu 18 Feb, 2016
Kiwifruit exporter Zespri is to contribute $400,000 over the next three years to Surf Life Saving New Zealand in Bay of Plenty help make local beaches safer. The... Read More
17-Dec 18:04
Snapchat predator case moves to High Court
17-Dec 16:43
SH2, north of Katikati, open after serious crash
17-Dec 16:00
Shoppers visit Ikea in ‘unprecedented’ numbers
17-Dec 14:30
Mt Ruapehu crater lake shows temperature rise
17-Dec 13:00
Manta rays added to vulnerable species list
17-Dec 12:07
Car crashes into Tauranga shop, witnesses say
17-Dec 11:45
Serious food safety tips for the silly season
17-Dec 09:27
Serious crash on SH2, road closed
17-Dec 08:00
Lamb takes out ham this Christmas
17-Dec 07:30
Summer traffic squeeze: Key SH2 and SH25 changes
17-Dec 06:30
Coping with grief during the Christmas season
16-Dec 18:00
SH2 speed limits reduced in Karangahake, Waihī
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