Bernie Hills considers herself lucky with her local brigade.

Noah Edwards was recently the recipient of NRC's Youth Environmental Leader Award.

Magpies win in Bay of Plenty.

A large wave collapsed the cabin of the vessel and knocked a man overboard.

'It’s vital the next generation has a basic understanding of NZ’s agriculture sector.'

Farm soil carbon concentration levels studied but no great data on amounts of carbon mass.

Genomic selection can successfully predict the performance of key sugarcane traits.

Reports of hundreds of voting places being closed in rural areas on election day are false

Accord partners are working toward improving the health of the river.

The 23 who lifted the Ranfurly Shield have all been named for Sunday's NPC quarterfinal.

Small-town Northlanders often feel forgotten. They are hoping for change this election.

Primary school-aged girl died after incident involving vehicle on Tuesday.

The tight-knit community's access via Vicarage Rd has been cut off since the cyclone hit.

Stephen Allen, Ben Bostock, Don Carson, Ian Kirkpatrick.

Do chickens like classical music? A Friday morning stunt in Hawke’s Bay tested the theory.

They might be amateurs, but they probably make a good drop. The judges will find out.

The big guns come out for the Waimate Spring Shears.

Could wine be our way out of a triple-year negative trade position?

In its heyday it was a very affluent club, says president Chris Treloar.

They take on Thames Valley at Cooks Gardens on Saturday.

There’s another category of beverage that pips these on the sugar front.

“That’s why this work to try to hold the soil on the ground is so important."

A tribute to Jason Wynyard and New Zealand's proud history of woodchopping.

Three-year-old steers were selling for up to $3.42 a kilogram.

The feeder calf sales have been pretty good, with steady numbers.