Federated Farmers is calling on the Government to reject most of the raft of new taxes proposed by the Tax Working Group (TWG).

The NZ Landcare Trust will have a strong role to play with the increasing national focus on farm environmental issues, says the trust’s new chair, Fiona Gower.

Waikato Regional Council, Thames-Coromandel District Council and Forest & Bird have released 400 beetles to combat a weed in New Zealand’s oldest arboretum.

PROMISING FINDINGS of a Landcare Research sediment report have been delivered to Horizons Regional councillors.

Lincoln University has made public the building development plan for the Selwyn campus for the next 25 years which includes aspects of the proposed 'Lincoln Hub'.

Potential climate change trends over the next 90 years will be identified and examined in a new, multi-million dollar research project which aims to 'climate proof' New Zealand.

FOUR OF six prestigious new awards recognising outstanding commitment to sustainable land management and local communities have gone to farmers.

THE CROSS-Tasman drift of clever Kiwis was briefly reversed earlier this month with 18 of those involved in Landcare activities in Australia attending the Landcare Trust conference in Hamilton.