by Luci | Sep 26, 2023 | Default
In the North a wet start to the school holidays is putting a damper on travel around the Bay of Plenty with a number of partial or full road closures due to slips or fallen trees. A section of State Highway 2 at Waiotahe Beach remained closed this morning due to a...
by Luci | Sep 25, 2023 | Default
Rural Support Trust and New Zealand Young Farmers are leveraging their respective strengths and expertise to increase awareness of services to ensure young people working and training in the food and fibre sector know what’s available to them for maintaining good...
by Luci | Sep 25, 2023 | Default
Northland dairy farmers are set for a $637 million payout this season but tough economic conditions means most are likely to sue it to pay off debt and carry out vital repair work. Fed Farmers Presidnet Colin Hannah says the payout announced last week by Fonterra is...
by Luci | Sep 25, 2023 | Default
Cyclone Gabrielle’s inflicted 140,000 slips on our landscapes, with scientists still counting. Exhaustive analysis has created one of the world’s largest datasets of landslides from a single storm event creating new forecast models for the entire country. Landslides...
by Luci | Sep 22, 2023 | Default
A Selwyn dairy farm tested positive for Mycoplasma bovis after the bacteria was found through standard bulk tank milk background screening. In April and August there was cause to celebrate with no known infections. Deputy director general for Biosecurity New Zealand...
