The financial system is still sound but housing, dairy, and bank funding costs remain key risks, according to the Reserve Bank’s latest six-monthly Financial Stability Report.

A new $240 million mozzarella plant announced today will double Fonterra’s capacity to produce its revolutionary individually quick frozen (IQF) mozzarella.

Massey University Chancellor Chris Kelly has come under fire over a comment he made about women veterinary graduates.

Waikato Regional Council’s Plan Change 1 "Healthy Rivers" plan was always going to be controversial.

Federated Farmers congratulates outgoing Prime Minister John Key after eight years leading the country, and looks forward to working with Bill English in the top job.

Fifty three students will take part this week in a three day agricultural careers "taster" course at Taratahi in the Wairarapa.

Farmers involved in the recent Federated Farmers-led case study to test the on-farm implications of Healthy Rivers Wai Ora have urged Waikato landowners to get on board with the proposed plan change process.

Fonterra's new Lichfield, South Waikato, dryer is the largest in the world, co-equal with the Darfield D2 dryer in the South Island, says the co-op’s chief operations officer, Robert Spurway.

The global supply/demand is beginning to rebalance, says Fonterra chairman John Wilson.

Don Galletly’s Loch Ness dairy farm on the Emu Plain, near Waiau, remains the only one in North Canterbury unable to milk in the wake of the November 14 quake.