Winner winner chicken dinner - the Western Bay of Plenty now has two Green Flag Award-winning parks! Hūhārua Park in Te Puna and TECT Park have clinched prestigious... Read More

He should know his onions. His father grew them, and when Allan Noble bought his signature State Highway 2 property at Katikati 60 years ago it was the first crop... Read More

It's like the Field Days but with a twist - it's the first of its kind and its being held right here in the Bay of Plenty. Introducing the Bay of Plenty Rural... Read More

Two Aongatete farmers have been convicted and fined a total of $28,000 for discharging dairy shed effluent to land where it entered a tributary of the Aongatete... Read More

Western Bay of Plenty seasonal kiwifruit employers have joined forces with Ministry of Social Development to host a harvest hiring day in Greerton next month. Seasonal... Read More

Federated Farmers is urging farmers who need stock feed, and those willing to donate or supply it, to use the National Feed Co-ordination Service. "Offers of... Read More

More than 340 whānau will benefit from a new-affordable housing scheme set up by Ōwhata local iwi trusts. The project, Ōwhata Kōhanga Rākau, is set up by... Read More

From today until 24 March, New Zealand's kiwifruit growers are invited to participate in a postal and online referendum for a compulsory levy on kiwifruit exports... Read More

An upcoming 'Volunteer Saturday' for anyone keen to help with restoring forest and birds in the Kaimai Range has had to be postoponed due to the recent... Read More

Near-empty supermarket shelves will be full of eggs in a matter of months, according to one of the country's biggest producers. The shortage, which has seen New... Read More

New Zealand's forestry contractors are mucking in to help clean up post-Cyclone Gabrielle while unable to get back to work as normal. Some forestry contractors... Read More

The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle is rising and many areas in Hawke's Bay have been left as disaster zones with rescues, rather than recovery, still the... Read More