OPINION: Satisfying, but not at all surprising, that the messages from agriculture sector groups to new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins were more or less entirely in tune.

ACT agriculture spokesman Mark Cameron last week wrote to new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins calling for a rethink on agricultural emissions pricing. Here’s his letter:

In April 1993 John and Kathryn Loughlin transferred their love of wine into a lifetime of winegrowing, buying a 11 hectare paddock on Hawke's Bay's Te Mata Mangateretere Road, at the edge of the Tukituki River.

Another wet growing season has tested the mettle of Hawke's Bay grapegrowers, who've fought back with "brilliant" canopy management, says Mark Allen of Mark Allen Vineyard Advisory.

It's 20 years since Wilco Lam arrived in Wairarapa, and he's seen a "fantastic evolution" ever since.

OPINION: The latest independent review into Mycoplasma bovis outbreak will be a relief for farmers.

A baking competition, dubbed Fonterra Grand Prix, is helping New Zealand grass-fed butter spread its market share in Japan.

The eighth annual New Zealand Rosé Day on 5 February will celebrate New Zealand’s fastest growing wine style in the height of summer, with wineries, retailers, and restaurants thinking pink.

Marlborough Wine & Food Festival

Marlborough's inaugural Climate Action Week, to be held from 13 to 17 February, has been designed to grow awareness and knowledge about lowering carbon emissions for a climate positive future, says organiser Catherine van der Meulen.