A step too far
OPINION: For years, the ironically named Dr Mike Joy has used his position at Victoria University to wage an activist-style…
Potato growers aren't giving up their fight against cheaper frozen french fries imports from the European Union.
The success of some of the early Māori adopters in the kiwifruit industry is starting to catch on.
Anaru Timutimu wants to see more Māori in leadership roles in the kiwifruit industry
New Zealand Forest Service (formerly Forestry New Zealand) says it is laying the foundations for a new biofuels industry, to turn forestry waste into a potential billion-dollar industry.
The chief executive of a large Waikato farm business has been fined a total of $3,600 for four charges related to a failure to register 820 animals under the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) scheme.
After more than a decade of at times acrimonious wrangling, it seems that peace is breaking out on how to manage the environment in the Manawatu, Whanganui and Rangitikei districts.
Australian livestock exporters are optimistic of securing more business as New Zealand winds down its trade over the next two years.
In a world where a vast range of everyday items are made of injection-moulded plastic, Christchurch inventor Logan Williams wants to put New Zealand wool in "pretty much everything".
Environmentalist and North Otago farmer Jane Smith says her alliance with Groundswell NZ and the Rural Advocacy Network during a recent South Island tour is not some type of underground gangster movement.
Rural medical professionals, and those with an interest in rural health, have generally welcomed the Government's move to reform the sector.
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Moves by the European Commission to grant exclusive use of the term 'halloumi' to Cyprus cheesemakers is raising concerns among the New Zealand cheesemaking community.
At least one bank is forecasting an $8 opening forecast farmgate milk price for the next season.
A Matamata truck wash business and a Hauraki farmer have both been convicted and fined over separate pollution events resulting from poor management of effluent infrastructure.
Verne Atmore has been announced as the new independent director to the board of PBBnz in Feilding.
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