Rural

The farming sector needs to wake up to environmental challenges after being in a bubble under the previous government, a rural economist says.

New Zealand's rapidly expanding population is creating one of the biggest challenges growers and farmers have ever faced, as subdivisions and land development encroach on fertile soils.

Wet weather over the past few months is leading to a big drop in the amount of asparagus being grown this year, according to a grower near Levin.

A recreational fishing advocacy group hopes a new direction in fisheries management will mean its fears over the vanishing resource will finally be heard.

With a passion for healthy living and a belief that conventional farming was affecting people's health, Southland farmers Lois and Robin Greer stopped using chemicals on their Tuturau dairy farm 15…

A small yarn manufacturer in Napier has gone from employing 85 staff in its hey-day, to about 18 now. Cheap imports from China undercut wool knitting yarns made in New Zealand, but Design Spun has…

Twenty years ago Ashley Turner experimented with making a stock whip out of synthetic materials. Much to his delight, it cracked. Now Ashley and his wife Carol make and sell 1500 whips a year.

Keeping it Natural, Cracking it, A Good Yarn and the Regional Wrap.

Auckland City Council has confirmed it will revisit its use of glyphosate - an ingredient in the weedkiller RoundUp - as concerns about its safety are raised again.

A battle is heating up between New Zealand and Australian honey producers over what constitutes mānuka honey.