10:45am Monday 05 Oct, 2020
Fonterra has agreed to sell its China farms for a total of $555 million, after successfully developing the farms alongside local partners. Inner Mongolia... Read More
10:15am Wednesday 30 Sep, 2020
The deaths of four people, including a Bay of Plenty child, is a sobering reminder for farm safety, says WorkSafe. WorkSafe has been... Read More
7:45am Tuesday 22 Sep, 2020
To mark the start of Mental Health Awareness Week in New Zealand, the dairy sector is calling for rural mental health to be a priority. DairyNZ, Federated... Read More
6:50am Sunday 13 Sep, 2020
In the lead up to the titipounamu/rifleman’s nesting season, it’s not uncommon to find Barry Pethybridge in the Aongatete forest... Read More
3:30pm Saturday 12 Sep, 2020
Police are seeking the public’s help in finding Phillip Wadsworth of Matamata, aged 52, who has been reported missing from Taupo. He was last... Read More
3:00pm Monday 07 Sep, 2020
Kiwifruit growers across the eastern and western Bay of Plenty are digging deep to help support local food banks. “There is unprecedented demand... Read More
4:00pm Sunday 30 Aug, 2020
Rotorua Lakes Council, CNI Iwi Holdings and Te Arawa Lakes Trust have agreed to work together towards a new long-term solution for discharge of wai tatari... Read More
12:45pm Saturday 29 Aug, 2020
Bay of Plenty’s Bay Conservation Alliance and Coromandel’s Predator Free Hauraki Coromandel Community Trust are just two of the community... Read More
8:30am Saturday 15 Aug, 2020
An invention that could save lives has taken the top spot at the NIWA Waikato Science and Technology Fair. Lachlan Coleman, a student at St. Paul's... Read More
7:30am Saturday 15 Aug, 2020
An inconspicuous bit of land near Pongakawa in the Bay of Plenty has been transformed after hands big and small joined together to give natives a new... Read More
6:32am Tuesday 04 Aug, 2020
A Bay of Plenty dairy cow has followed in her grandmother’s footsteps and claimed a coveted milk production title. Thurvalley BK Bree VG86 produced... Read More
8:00am Sunday 02 Aug, 2020
Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has announced $5.5 million in funding from the Provincial Growth Fund – PGF - for two Kawerau projects... Read More
6:35am Wednesday 29 Jul, 2020
The New Zealand avocado industry has finalised the 2019-20 season results. The 2019-20 avocado season saw avocado export volumes up... Read More
7:28am Wednesday 22 Jul, 2020
An industry plan to transform and grow New Zealand’s agritech sector has been launched by Economic Development Minister Phil Twyford and Agriculture... Read More
8:01pm Friday 17 Jul, 2020
A $20 million injection into catchment groups across the country will deliver hundreds of jobs, training opportunities, and help clean up waterways,... Read More