The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons is calling for quad bikes to be banned after the death of a 6-year old girl. Do you think they are overreacting?

Lake Waihola has displayed high concentrations of potentially toxic cyanobacteria.

Agriculture-related issues are seen as the second-biggest environmental problem for NZ.

Fatalities in the Southern agriculture sector are at a five-year low, with only one reported fatality for 2016. WorkSafe sector leader

About 90 anti-1080 protesters thronged the pavement outside the Federated Farmers' building in downtown Wellington in early December

Protesters and tourists watched as the Department of Conservation went ahead with its aerial 1080 pest-control programme near Makarora

Last year many parts of the country suffered a very severe facial eczema season from January through to early May. It was so severe

The search is on again for New Zealand's best Rural General Practice Team of the Year as judged by the community.

Contractors load pre-feed bait into helicopters at Cameron Flat near Makarora yesterday as part of the Department of Conservation

The Otago Regional Council seems likely to spend up to $50,000 in unbudgeted funding to co-ordinate the release of a Korean strain

A freshwater scientist has raised concerns about the level of bacteria found in some of New Zealand's waterways...

At times of stock or weather crisis it is more than just the finances that take a battering within the farming community. There is

It seems implausible, in this age of worldwide connectivity and immediate access to information, that councils, district health boards

A popular fishing spot off a wharf at Whangarei Harbour has been snagged by health and safety laws casting keen fishers aside. The

Thousands of dollars later the horror of the gastro crisis keeps on giving for one Havelock North family. During the outbreak mother

Local business owners have compared Havelock North to a "ghost town" during the gastro outbreak as revenues plummeted and customers

The costs of last year's Havelock North gastro crisis are stacking up as the Hastings District Council yesterday announced it spent

An Opotiki doctor is traveling to America to research how technology is changing rural healthcare in New Zealand. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A young man killed at a workplace incident at a Hakataramea Valley farm this week has been named by police.

A fifty-year-old fitness fanatic has revealed the secret to her youthful physique and rock hard abs.

The Kurow-Hakataramea community is ''reeling'' after a 27-year-old man died in a farming accident at Cattle Creek on Tuesday night.

With the summer sun in full bake mode, making river levels low and warm, Hawke's Bay Regional Council (HBRC) says people should be

A health programme aiming to enhance the medical workforce in the regions and rural New Zealand will be launched on Monday at Whakatane

Taking a personal locator beacon out with you on the farm could be a life-saver Dannevirke's Emily Mott believes.

With summer sun baking, river levels low and warm at this time of year, Hawke's Bay Regional Council says people should be aware of

Orchardists are being urged to look up before they work to ensure they are well clear of power lines as the avocado picking season

It's that time of year again - when seemingly every inch of beach-side reserve harbours the summer evil that is the grass seed! For

The Otago Regional Council continues to face big challenges over rural water quality awareness and deadlines, including for replacing

Testing has shown a kea found dead after a 1080 poison drop in the Okarito kiwi sanctuary actually died from chocolate poisoning.

Could this psychology teacher's tips be the secret to a life without stress?