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· February 21, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly A brand of salami is being recalled after being produced without the required food safety control and oversight. The three...
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· February 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Matt’s kiln is fuelled with organic waste for biochar production RNZ/Sally Round Just as he turns industrial waste back into good stuff for the earth, Matt...
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· February 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Anisha Satya for Country Life Underground Festival organiser Fran Bailey said the festival was about celebrating good produce, and the people behind it. RNZ/Anisha Satya Follow...
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· February 20, 2026
Source: New Zealand Government Six tertiary students have been awarded scholarships as part of efforts to support farmers and growers on-the-ground, Agriculture Minister Todd McClay and Associate Agriculture Minister Andrew...
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· February 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand On a sunny weekday at lunchtime, Ken, Drick, and Lamar are working hard. Grazing on grass, and occasionally lifting their heads to check the surroundings. But...
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· February 20, 2026
Source: Fonterra Fonterra expecting to distribute Mainland Group earnings as special Mainland dividend Fonterra confirms FY26 forecast earnings guidance from continuing operations Fonterra lifts 2025/26 season forecast Farmgate Milk Price...
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· February 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Farmer Finn Cook is thinking of quitting sheep farming if the killing can’t be stopped. RNZ/Sally Round Warning: The following story contains an image that may...
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· February 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Housing Minister Chris Bishop at the announcement about the government’s revised plans yesterday. RNZ/Marika Khabazi Auckland councillors are split on what to make of the government’s...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A jerry-rigged backyard invention has turned into sizzling hot property for a retired farmer turned entrepreneur. Alan Dyer has worked out a way to brown sausages...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Fonterra Following today’s virtual Special Meeting, Fonterra can confirm that its farmer shareholders have approved the scheme of arrangement for the capital return that’s expected from the sale of its...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand More than 98 percent of the co-op’s 8000 shareholders voted in favour of the capital return scheme resulting from the divestment of Mainland Group. 123rf /...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: New Zealand Government Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop has welcomed the Fast-track approval of thousands of new homes and a major economic boost in Queenstown. RCL Homestead Bay Limited lodged...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Lake Forsyth in Banks Peninsula following the bad weather. Nathan Mckinnon / RNZ Residents of a Banks Peninsula town flooded for the second time in a...
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· February 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Banks Peninsula farmers and businesses are counting the cost of devastating flooding that swamped paddocks and swept through Little River. The peninsula remained under a state...
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· February 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The price rises at the latest global diary trade auction have been described as a “very good result” for New Zealand dairy farmers. 123RF Dairy prices...
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· February 18, 2026
Source: New Zealand Government Agriculture Minister Todd McClay and Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka today congratulated the finalists for this year’s Ahuwhenua Trophy competition. The three finalists for 2026, Mātai...
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· February 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF Livestock farmers are being urged to keep their animals well fed and circulated to avoid the spread of moisture-loving parasites. Downpours and gusts that lashed...
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· February 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Phillip Maybury and Natasha Robinson have been helping catch supplies. RNZ / Mary Argue A “lifeline” road gouged out by raging floodwaters in southern Wairarapa is...
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· February 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Twisted steel and roofless berry tunnels following the storms. SUPPLIED/CAM LEWIS Storms across the North Island have destroyed a Horowhenua grower’s large berry tunnels, but power...
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· February 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The single-lane bridge to Lake Ferry, Wairarapa, has been gouged out by floodwaters. Supplied / South Wairarapa District Council A washout at a single lane bridge...
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· February 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Farm assistant wades in to rescue stranded sheep after huge downpours at Teddington, Banks Peninsula. Supplied A Banks Peninsula farm worker had to swim stranded sheep...
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· February 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Residents of an affluent east Auckland suburb fear their quiet lifestyle could be shattered. RNZ / Marika Khabazi Residents of an affluent east Auckland suburb fear...
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· February 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Shadrack Simi was in charge of the menu. RNZ / Robin Martin When the huge storm closed State Highway 1 between Taihape and Hunterville on Monday,...
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· February 16, 2026
Source: Federated Farmers By Karl Dean, Federated Farmers dairy chair This month Wellington’s Moa Point wastewater treatment plant failed catastrophically, sending an estimated 70 million litres of untreated sewage straight into...
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· February 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A creek burst in banks on Lake Ferry Road south of Martinborough, Wairarapa. RNZ/Mary Argue Residents in South Wairarapa are turning to one another in the...
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· February 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Trucks stopped in Taihape. Supplied Cars stranded by a slip in rural Taihape are now free after a local farmer cleared a path through the slip...
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· February 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Ōtorohanga on Sunday 15 February. RNZ/Marika Khabazi Stormy weather has cut power to dairy sheds, brought down trees, shelter belts and wiped out vegetable and arable...