The median price per hectare is down to $33,897 in the three months to March, according to REINZ figures.

The man who became Northland's biggest dairy farmer puts his success down to the skills he gained helping on his father's farm as a child.

Farms south of Kaikohe which hit headlines last year when a Chinese firm offered to buy them have now sold to a wealthy New Zealand family.

If you hate mowing lawns, this is probably not the property for you. A sprawling seaside property in Russell is on the market - complete with its own 18-hole golf course.

Seaside property in Russell is on the market - complete with its own 18-hole golf course.

House prices rising and no recovery in dairy prices both pose threats to New Zealand banks, Standard & Poor says.

New Zealand's property market settled in December, ending a booming year of property sales on a quiet note.

Destiny Church appears to be spreading its gospel after a trust owned by church members shelled out almost $2 mill on a rural hideaway.

As the long weekend approaches, our thoughts turn to having a break away from work - but many of us will carry on with the job while we're away.

Farm prices are falling, but spring and a slow turnaround in the dairy industry is boosting morale.

New Zealand consumer confidence rose for a second month after hitting a three-year low in August.

The Chinese company behind a bid to buy Lochinver Station is going to court to challenge the Government's decision to block the sale.

Angela and Milan Erceg cannot afford to keep their $1.5 million property on Marsden Point Rd outside Whangarei but nor does anyone want to buy it.

The blocking of a sale of Lochinver Farm will be welcomed by those with a narrow, not to say xenophobic, view of the national interest.

Wesley College to be demolished and relocated elsewhere for new small town hosting thousands of new homes.

Fonterra chairman John Wilson responds to criticism last week that Fonterra has been a failure.

The number of mortgagee sales has jumped nationwide in the past quarter as worsening economic conditions and lower dairy payouts hit parts of provincial New Zealand.

$4.55 swing in forecast milk price paid to farmers over two seasons shows there's something wrong with NZ's dairy model, says Landcorp Farming CEO Steve Carden.

The country's biggest exporter has lowered its price from a previous forecast of $5.25 following sharp falls in whole milk powder prices.

Paparimu dairy farmer Craig Maxwell says farmers are worried about the survival of their farms.

Fonterra is expected to announce a sharp reduction in its farmgate milk price today.

Dairy farm prices are likely to fall this spring as the sector faces the prospect of two successive years of sub-par payouts, says the ANZ Bank

The neighbour of former All Black Marc Ellis has denied knocking over a wall and dumping the rubble on his Waiheke driveway.

Dairy prices eased at the latest GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) auction but the sale gave away little on where the market, and interest rates, will go in the months ahead.

Dairy farm prices eased in the three months to May according to REINZ's latest rural report.

Former All Black Marc Ellis’ neighbour has been charged after allegedly tearing down a wall and having rubble dumped on his Waiheke driveway.

Police have visited the Waiheke Island property of Marc Ellis this morning to take photos of rubble dumped on his driveway by a neighbour.

Farm prices have continued to rise, despite the near halving of milk prices over the past year, according to Real Estate Institute of New Zealand data.