Nearly 50 years ago, back in the early 70’s, a passenger plane went down shortly before midnight, crashing into the Florida everglades.

OPINION: There was a time when to be a public servant, or to be in the public service, was something honourable and noble.

Northland banana grower Hugh Rose enjoys every minute of planting and promoting the tropical fruit to other farmers.

Three high-tech horticultural robots made their appearance at this year's National Fieldays at Mystery Creek.

The country's second largest milk processor has been quietly upgrading processing plants to further improve its environmental footprint.

The Woolly Wedge, a new product created using kiwi ingenuity and New Zealand wool, will hit shelves in Mitre 10.

Zespri says it will continue to look at ways of controlling the illegal growing of its SunGold kiwifruit in China.

A return to normal is still a long way off in terms of global shipping, according to a recent report by the ANZ Bank.

Global food company Olam International is setting up a milk processing plant in South Waikato but there are questions about whether New Zealand dairy needs more stainless steel.

NZ's meat processing industry could grind to a halt in the next six months unless the Government acts to allow Muslim slaughtermen to come into the country.