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Marcus Musson looks at the forestry industry post-Cyclone Gabrielle.
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Swann family has tough drive to Golden Shears
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No power, no bridge, and a pool for a bath: Community’s innovation in a crisis
A rural Hawke's Bay community is finding ways to get by amid plenty of challenges.
No, you can’t breach the RMA for essential flood recovery in Hawke’s Bay, not yet
'Someone has come along with a clipboard and said ‘oh no [you can’t do that]'
'Largely unintelligible': Tio Faulkner's High Court appeal rejected
Tio Faulkner was jailed after dumping demolition waste into Tauranga Harbour.
Kiwis urged to support NZ sheep and beef farmers in new campaign
B+LNZ and 50 Shades of Green team up to raise awareness about Govt policies.
The Country Full Show: March 8, 2023
Winston Peters, Megan Whitehead, Craig Wiggins, Sam McIvor, Neil Beaumont,Hunter McGregor.
Meat processing sector steps up to support cyclone-affected rural communities
Meat processing companies provide significant cash and product donations.
Parts of the Pōrangahau village settlement completely flooded during Cyclone Gabrielle
Pōrangahau community rallies together after Cyclone Gabrielle's devasting destruction.
Almost 4000ha of Hawke’s Bay apple orchards affected by Cyclone Gabrielle
NZ Apples and Pears has collated data from region's 150 growers over the past few weeks
Baygold's Olivia and Josh take gold at Farm Environment Awards
Baygold a great example of integrating environmental excellence and kiwifruit production.
Award-winner takes family farm into fifth generation
“I just have to back myself. I know I’m capable and I know I can do it.”
Don your gumboots and toss a cowpat this weekend at the NZ Rural Games
The annual event celebrates the country’s rural sporting heritage.
Farmers welcome cyclone fund boost but say it's a 'drop in the ocean'
“Twenty-six million is bloody great, but it’s a little drop.”
Emma Poole crowned Waikato Bay of Plenty Young Farmer of the Year
Emma takes the title off her husband Chris, who was Season 54's Waikato/BOP winner.
Confronting a monster: The Hawke’s Bay soldiers who drove a Unimog into raging Esk Valley flood
"We have got to go, people are screaming, we can hear them screaming from rooftops."
Farming research project focuses on soil health
Research trial will follow 10 farms in Waikato and Bay of Plenty.
The Country Full Show: March 7, 2023
Damien O'Connor, Emma Poole, Tony Egan, Hunter McGregor, Bruce Cotterill, Paul Muir.
'Impressive' amount of rain to fall in South Island; heavy rain warnings in place
Both Westland and Fiordland have been issued heavy rain warnings over the coming day.
Extraordinary images from ‘paralysed’ city
Irate farmers have brought a major city to a standstill, staging an epic tractor protest.
Region's leading farmers announced at award dinners
The Central Plateau and Bay of Plenty Dairy Industry Awards were held last weekend.
Cut-off Hawke’s Bay farmers set up alternative system to shift stock
Farmers trying to find three-axel trailer to load with stock crates and tow through water.
Coromandel facing more roading woes: 'This was meant to be the comeback summer'
The main highway between Hikuai and Whangamatā was closed after a washout on Sunday.
Summer of cyclones: Tauranga's wettest summer in more than 120 years
Weather experts have confirmed just how terrible last summer was.
Dad of toddler found dead in pond wants case reopened as murder inquiry
Lachie Jones, 3, was found dead in a Gore oxidation pond four years ago.
Land investors look to acquire Mangamahu estate
The cost to acquire the estate would be almost $64 million.
Zespri forecasts big net profit dip and confirms NZX listing
Listing likely later this year but only growers will hold shares.
Russian invasion: Nanaia Mahuta declines desperate Ukraine grain harvest plea
Documents obtained by Herald show how $11m NZ machines could’ve helped save food stocks.
Beaten, chained and dragged by a car: Farmers jailed for 'savage' murder of colleague
The men beat the father-of-three, chained him to a car, and dragged him 1km across gravel.
Months of work ahead: Hastings reveals estimated re-opening times for its rural roads
Dartmoor Road is expected to open with a temporary bridge in four to five weeks.
Govt bolsters cyclone fund: 'We know there'll be more support required'
MPI now estimates about 5500 individual farmers and growers impacted by the cyclone.