Decisions made now critical to success
Autumn management is critical to maximise production for this season.
Autumn management is critical to maximise production for this season.
Reading this now, in relatively fine weather, last week's storms don't seem as much of a threat. Images of the Hunua Falls raging
There's clean, pure fresh water, water everywhere, but somebody else is getting to drink it.
What do you do when a national pest is also an increasingly favourite pet in New Zealand homes? Dom George investigates.
OPINION: The principle that nobody owns our water hasn't stopped water bottling companies from gaining ownership for free.
The aim of the rural games is to give back something of our legacy to the next generation.
As you crack that egg into the pan to spit away with the bacon, spare a thought for the hen who produced it and the porker who grew
It's all shearing and superannuation in this week's From the Lip.
Contrary to claims, about 80 per cent of NZ's waterways have stable or improving water quality.
I'm shooting backwards over rocks while clutching a thin rope in a PVC raft. A white water symphony fills my ears as our guide's voice
Nick Smith's myth about making waterways "swimmable" is turning out to be a bigger slice of preposterousness than even I at first
New Zealand First is warning the government against adopting a recommendation to end the BYO tradition, and not just at race meetings. Northland
February 28, 2017, is a date to remember in Whanganui ... we found that we had our own mountain and science learning happened as it
The latest Massey student vet calendar Barely There causes Dom to reminisce about his love of "nudie calendars".
Dry conditions and strong south-westerly winds have made this summer a real challenge for farmers.
Well done, Rex and the Gang of Four. Our intrepid regional council has vowed to relocate and re-educate everyone who disagrees with
Every year in March and April, councils around the country issue their draft annual plans for consultation. Don't dismiss them as
Seven million trays of avocados were grown, harvested, packed, exported and marketed this season.
COMMENT: Every week we read in the paper that Greenpeace, the Greens, Fish and Game or Massey's Mike Joy are slagging farmers over water quality, writes Alan Emerson.
Thanks to lobbying by Federated Farmers, the Government has announced relief for quake-hit farmers.
People are quick to point the finger where drugs are concerned writes Dom George
COMMENT: Donald Trump evidently has a primitive view of international commerce.
Last Thursday, Environment Minister Nick Smith released a consultation document, Clean Water, setting out proposals for improving
We all want to be able to swim in our local rivers when the weather is right, and New Zealand is the perfect place with so many on offer.
COMMENT: Moral implications seem a bridge too far in decisions on management of key resource, opines Rachel Stewart.
COMMENT: The $80,000 bill for a Trump Inauguration Gala was money well spent.
Last week my sister and I had a good chat about her plans to buy a house. But we eventually came to the real reason for her call
Jamie Mackay reflects on politicians he has known and interviewed over his radio career. Even the ones who ignore him...
Deputy Mayor Tania McInnes touched a nerve when she suggested last week that perhaps the Far North should look for a new name.