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The well known Otago business is spending $11m on the factory and will automate some of its production.

Red-tipped bananas are not new to Australian consumers, but have gone viral on social media.

The 4 and a half acre block of land is nestled between the Auckland suburbs of Ponsonby and Herne Bay, the last place you'd expect to find a farm. Audio

There's a story to many of the heritage seedlings which Jemma Ostenfeld grows on a patch of borrowed land in the eastern Bay of Plenty.

The NZ First leader stopped short of a commitment to kill the bill outright.

About half an olympic swimming pools worth of wastewater has overflowed into the Mahurangi River. Audio

Ten marine farms have been in a lengthy battle with the Auckland water company to stop sewage overflow contaminating their oyster crops. Audio

Associate Agriculture Minister Andrew Hoggard said he did so as the pork industry were "the ones impacted".

David Ruan says the colourful vegetables growing in his garden are like little mooncakes relying on the sun for energy, hence the name Suncakes Gardens.

Huhana Smith grows fruit and harakeke at Kuku, north of Wellington. Standing on the shoulders of her ancestors, she's growing healthy food and, potentially, a sustainable fashion industry.

Analysis: Scaling up installation could help reduce high consumer energy prices and meet New Zealand's emissions budgets.

The Forest Stewardship Council is holding firm on its stance against the use of genetic technologies in forests.

A round-up of news from around the region, including a warning from a lieutenant-colonel that drug cartels will keep targeting Pacific countries which have weaker border controls.

Cloning a mammal from an adult cell sample was first achieved in 1996 with the birth of Dolly the sheep in Scotland.

And what they might being going without in tough economic times.

Researchers across the ditch are making good progress in their efforts to reduce emissions created from the brewing process, while also creating benefits for livestock.

Swapping science, stories and solutions about regen dairying was the task at hand for farmers, researchers and advisors from NZ and Australia at a gathering in Canterbury.

Farmers could help drive the biogas industry as demand grows for greener alternatives to LPG and fossil fuels.

Stephen Newman has gone from IT to conventional farming to becoming a devotee of the regenerative farming movement.

Many scientists say the effective near 30-year ban on the use of gene technologies has held them back from progress.

Untamed Earth Organic Farm co-owner Penny Platt said their farm at Coes Ford was completely underwater and the deluge caused damage to their other sites.

Tamed ferrets have been making short work of a long-eared problem in the battle against a rampant rabbit population. Audio