Wairoa Mayor Craig Little says the succession of Recovery Ministers who have resigned or left has not made his life easy.

Leading Wairoa farmer and businessman, Fenton Wilson says if ever there was a time to demonstrate the need for NZ to get its roading infrastructure into the 21st century, it's now.

I've driven up State Highway 2, the east coast road between Napier and Wairoa, many times but nothing had prepared me for this latest trip.

"The roads into our town are so fragile that another storm could take them out at any time."

Federated Farmers president Wayne Langford has joined the chorus of opposition to the Government's proposed emissions reduction plan.

Government moves on an emissions reduction plan for the primary sector has gone down like a lead balloon with a range industry organisations.

Despite his strong condemnation of the Government's latest agriculture emissions pricing plan, DairyNZ chair Jim van der Poel doesn't believe that He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) is dead.

A diehard dairy co-operative champion and Fonterra shareholder is warning that the co-op could face a takeover bid if its share price continues to plummet.

Rural schools around NZ are backing a new initiative to help them install wool carpet.

US sheep farmers have set their sights on New Zealand lamb imports, claiming NZ sheep meat is decimating their industry.

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