Entries for the 2026 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards open next week. On Monday, October 6, entries for the 11 regions across New Zealand will be accepted... Read More

A longstanding Bay of Plenty dairy farming company has been fined $59,500 after spilling effluent into a river. Warneford Farms was incorporated in 1970 and... Read More

Indie may be just a pup, but she has a good nose for truffles. The 7-month-old springer spaniel has just finished her first season sniffing out the culinary... Read More

A community-driven initiative in Katikati is looking for a family or individual who wants to grow food to pair with a local landowner and share the produce. Grow... Read More

The Bay of Plenty avocado industry has banded together after 'devastating” winds hit more than 400 orchards, with some losing 90% of their fruit. Growers... Read More

The words chainsaw, drone, automation and safety don't immediately conjure up a vision of safety, but a group of researchers at the University of Canterbury... Read More

Orchards around the Bay of Plenty have been hammered by strong winds as the avocado harvest gets under way. Growers around the Bay and Coromandel have... Read More

A blustery spring day didn't stop more than 6000 native trees from being planted in Tauranga's Kōpūrererua Valley on Sunday September 14. 'Well over a hundred... Read More

The stories of seven Bay of Plenty farmers and families 'leading the way” in restoring wetlands, protecting waterways and building a more resilient... Read More

Bay of Plenty technical lab manager Phoebe Scherer has won the coveted 2025 Young Grower national horticultural title. Scherer, who works for Apata in... Read More

It's a great time for avocado lovers, but not so much for growers of the fruit, as prices reach as low as 19 cents in parts of the country. A Woolworths spokesperson... Read More

Struggling to manage the costs of rising electricity, some consumers may be finding the free 'hour of power' is not the cost-cutting magic bullet they... Read More