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Kiwifruit: 'Stressful' wait for bridge access in Te Puke

Kiwifruit orchardists in Te Puke could lose millions if truck access isn’t restored.

Damage to $7b horticulture industry expected to be significant

Trees and vines at risk of suffocation from silt, structural damage stocktake underway.

Cyclone Gabrielle: $2b kiwifruit industry right in path of storm

Fruit quality woes could intensify as Cyclone Gabrielle hits premium growing regions.

Concerns weather disasters may drive food growers out of industry

Growers bearing the brunt of rising supply costs, fresh produce group says.

Cheese, chips and chooks: New data confirms soaring grocery bills

Latest food price data shows ballooning bills could be hard for some to stomach.

Shipping shake-up: Will end of an alliance be good or bad for NZ supply chain?

More competitive tension would be welcome, freight sector says.

EU trade deal on track for formal signing this year

EU Ambassador to New Zealand Nina Obermaier says NZers should see Europe as an ally.

Wonky Box - the cut-price produce pursuit proving popular

A direct-to-consumer produce delivery box is a hit in this cost of living crisis.

Synlait emerges from Covid’s long shadow

Dairy company Synlait Milk is on the road to recovery after Covid took its toll.

'These fellas are mad, they’re growing the stuff!'

The new liquid gold rush that could transform the East Cape.

‘This is food not Louis Vuitton handbags’: Fonterra COO

Dairy logistics boss Fraser Whineray expects headwinds, but China reopening an offset.

Breakthrough in tackling East Coast’s forestry crisis

Tairawhiti regional leaders, the Beehive and farmers decide to act together.

Kate MacNamara: How to reform the Three Waters Reform

Reforming the Three Waters Reform will take more than a new(ish) ministerial face.

Train track closure could cause 'serious problems' for logging industry

KiwiRail says high water levels are impeding the investigation and track assessment.

Three Waters chief executives appointed

Three Waters chief executives appointed - but one candidate has pulled out.

Hastings business charged over child’s forklift injury

WorkSafe has filed charges against an orchard packing warehouse in Hastings.

Flood wrecks crops, shoppers could face more inflation

Piles of onions pepper Pukekohe roadside after deluge, shoppers could face more inflation.

‘Never seen rain like that’: Farmers assess damage, tonnes of crops possibly obliterated

After an already tough summer, major farming and growing regions assessing new damage.