Rural

The government has announced it's putting $118 million towards helping landowners and organisations to plant trees to fulfil its goal to plant 1 billion trees across New Zealand by 2028. Video, Audio

The Minister for Regional Economic Development, Shane Jones, says his advice is that the Provincial Growth Fund does not provide trade subsidies. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The production of lambs on New Zealand farms has set a new record. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

Federated Farmers says new criticism from Fish and Game is just more of its old rehetoric and it ignores what farmers are actually doing about the environment. Audio

Fish & Game NZ is calling for no more cows to be allowed on the Canterbury Plains, and for the use of nitrate fertiliser to be reduced. The group has tested 114 drinking water samples across the area… Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The police are investigating after a needle was found in a punnet of strawberries purchased from a South Canterbury supermarket on Saturday. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

Trevor Courtney has always liked beer, and now the drummer for '60s band Chants R&B is growing his own hops. After a 40-year music career, Trevor and his wife Lyndsay now have a lifestyle block in… Video, Audio, Gallery

Business is "going really, really well" at the apple, kiwifruit and grape orchard near Gisborne that Tim Egan co-owns. Apples and kiwifruit are replacing traditional crops like sweet corn, peas and… Audio

Rain in Wairarapa has set the region up for December, but pumps are draining floodwater from Taieri farms in the South Island. Audio

The people are great, the work is varied and the pay is okay, say the crew of nine who work on Illawarra Orchard – a 39-hectare property near Gisborne with apples, grapes and kiwifruit. Audio