08:00pm Thu 10 Apr, 2025
Legislation passed will support the continued safe operation of shooting clubs and shooting ranges, Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee said. 'This is... Read More
04:00pm Wed 09 Apr, 2025
In 2018, Waikato farmer Raewyn Scott and her family enjoyed the first hazelnuts after a patient five-year wait for the trees they planted in 2013 to start producing. Further... Read More
11:20am Wed 09 Apr, 2025
Te Puke is now home to the county's second-best excavator operator. John Rohloff placed second at the Civil Contractors New Zealand (CCNZ) CablePrice National... Read More
04:00pm Tue 08 Apr, 2025
The Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment is urging everyone to check any bathroom heaters they have and remove them if they are included in last year's... Read More
01:00pm Tue 08 Apr, 2025
As New Zealand's much-loved TVNZ show, Hyundai Country Calendar, enters its 59th season, Coast & Country News was privileged to spend two days on set seeing... Read More
09:15am Tue 08 Apr, 2025
Nature is serving up a vitamin-packed feast of citrus, just in time to help boost immunity for the colder months ahead. Juicy, tangy and bursting with vitamin... Read More
04:00pm Mon 07 Apr, 2025
As the last of this season's hazelnuts fall off the tree, growers from across New Zealand are calling for more research into increasing production to crack... Read More
11:00am Sat 05 Apr, 2025
Te Puke's Young Farmers have been recognised at this year's Bay of Plenty Dairy Industry Awards. Three members of the club placed at the recent awards. Alana... Read More
07:00pm Wed 02 Apr, 2025
The industrial hemp sector is feeling unified and buoyant by a long-awaited regulatory review that it hopes will see more farmers adopt the crop and unlock its... Read More
05:00am Wed 02 Apr, 2025
A rural community would become 'an island in the wilderness” if electoral boundaries change as proposed, a Western Bay of Plenty resident says. The... Read More
01:00pm Tue 01 Apr, 2025
Forecasters are warning a large weather system is likely to bring an 'atmospheric river” to New Zealand this week. It's set to be 'one of the more promising”... Read More
03:00pm Mon 31 Mar, 2025
Organisers were well-pleased with the second annual New Zealand Dairy Expo in Matamata. Event manager Amanda Hodgson was 'rapt” over support from farmers... Read More