Plan for all eventualities. That’s the message from Auckland Council amid the release of a new emergency management handbook for urban dwellers moving to lifestyle blocks.

Growing a wide range of fruit varieties is the key to handling the vagaries of weather and climate for North Canterbury orchardist Paul Tapper.

The chances for a better season for the country’s apple growers is looking good.

Making science accessible was one of the main features of Massey University’s annual Farmed Landscape Research Centre’s (FLRC) annual workshop.

Zespri is looking at everything that has gone wrong in the kiwifruit sector in the past two years, with the goal now to get things on track for 2024.

"Why follow when you can lead?" is the motto of Canterbury veggie grower Lance Roper.

A newly launched government and industry strategy aims to grow the value of New Zealand’s horticultural production to $12 billion by 2035.

The recent wet weather in the Pukekohe area has added to pressures to get early onion export shipments away on time.

Picking kiwifruit on orchards may be about to get easier.

Amid wild weather caused by Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle and the aftermath of flooding in Auckland and the Coromandel late last month, AA Insurance is reassuring customers that it is here to help.