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Another $25 million in grants to support farmers and growers, has been announced taking total primary sector support to $29 million so far. Grants for growers of $2,000 per hectare up to a maximum of $40,000 to remove silt from trees and vines, support the clean-up,...

A person has died after a tractor rolled into a stream in a remote area of Southland yesterday. Police responded to reports of an accident in Otapiri Gorge Rd - near Winton - about 3pm. A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesman says crews from Winton assisted St John...

Cyclone-affected businesses will begin receiving payments from the Government’s $50 million relief package within a week according to Finance Minister Grant Robertson. Grant Robertson says the package totally $300 million is expected to include discretionary funding...

The government’s immediate injection of $50 million to help farmers, growers, is great says Federated Farmers President Andrew Hoggard but this funding is only an initial response and Federated Farmers will be advocating strongly to government that its prime focus, to...

PGG Wrightson has announced $47.8 million operating profit and $21 million net profit for the first half of 2023. That net profit was down $1.3 million while revenue of $585.8 million was up $33 million. Meanwhile The owner of Mr Apple, New Zealand’s largest apple...

Some of the stories of complete loss are overwhelming as the water seeps away leaving carnage in its wake. Hawkes Bay Orchardist Jonty Moffett says his 200 hectare property was covered in metres of water and offers of help have been amazing but he says quite honestly...

Feds national board member and local farmer Sandra Faulkner is part of the rural hub set up as part of the Emergency Management operation in Gisborne. She says every effort is being made to find ways to contact isolated farms and ascertain needs. Sandra Faulkner joins...

Rescuers from Navy ship HMNZS Te Mana have saved a cow stuck neck-deep in silt in Hawke’s Bay after spotting the trapped animal while travelling through the flood-hit region yesterday. The animal had become lodged in the thick silt and mud near the Tutaekuri River,...

Southlanders are rallying to help people in the North Island as the extent of the devastation to homes, farms and businesses from Cyclone Gabrielle becomes clearer. The response to the damage from the cyclone was called the largest emergency housing project that the...