Funding remains available to support farmers in preventing hill country erosion, particularly in priority areas where land is highly susceptible due to steep slopes, high rainfall, and weathered geology. In these farming regions, erosion risk…
Funding remains available to support farmers in preventing hill country erosion, particularly in priority areas where land is highly susceptible due to steep slopes, high rainfall, and weathered geology. In these farming regions, erosion risk…
Government regulations are slowing the pine conversion trend in rural New Zealand, while dairy, kiwifruit, and lifestyle properties are seeing renewed interest from local buyers and urban escapees. Jon Rawlinson reports. Recently introduced government regulations…
Zealong Tea Estate is brewing more than just globally acclaimed teas on land that was once a dairy farm. Mary Anne Gill visits Gordonton in Waikato to uncover the innovation and international acclaim stirring beneath…
The Neilson-Smith sisters have had a busy few months proudly showing their goats in agricultural competitions across Waipā and the Waikato – and learning plenty about responsibility along the way. Pāterangi School students Erika, 11,…
Improvement seen New Zealand is making progress in the fight against anti-microbial resistance, with sales of veterinary and horticultural antibiotics falling for the seventh consecutive year, says New Zealand Food Safety’s (NZFS) deputy director-general Vincent…
Landowners across the Waikato have once again stepped up to protect and enhance our environment, partnering with Waikato Regional Council to complete 347 voluntary environmental projects in 2024/25. Together, these efforts have retired 1140 hectares…
Newly-elected Waikato regional councillors Keith Holmes and Garry Reymer have hit back at claims that they do not care about the environment. Councillors have faced criticism for seeking an economic impact report on a plan…
Leading Waikato beekeeper Sarah Cross is angry with the Government’s response to the arrival of yellow-legged hornets in New Zealand. Biosecurity New Zealand has found five yellow-legged hornets, including three queens, in the Auckland suburb…
New Waikato regional councillors want to stop a water quality plan change before, they say, it bankrupts farmers and sucks billions of dollars out of the regional economy. Newly elected Waipā King Country ward councillors…
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