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Fonterra farmers fear new season milk price forecast about to get the chop

An important global whole milk powder price has gone south.

Poo-lution: Reporoa farm owner cops fine after effluent reaches stream

The owner of a dairy farm in Reporoa has been fined for illegal effluent discharges.

Is Fonterra's heavy hand still behind our milk price-setting system?

There are allegations Fonterra's still in the driving seat, despite industry law changes.

Reed planting helps important Paraparaumu stream

Planting set to help Wharemauku Stream performance.

Harm on the farm: What's behind cruelty to animals?

Safe believes the problem is worse than the figures show.

'We are a community in crisis': Gisborne mayor

Tairāwhiti Gisborne has had three states of emergency this year alone.

Local Focus: Freshwater policy changes are coming

Katikati growers, farmers and residents discuss water quality with the regional council.

Local Focus: Who should pay for this destroyed Gisborne bridge?

Gisborne farmer Sam Gemmell completely cut off after Cyclone Gabrielle destroys bridge.

Tararua District a focus of repairs for flood protection

More than $9 million in damage done to stopbanks, spillways and drains in the district.

SH2 Bailey bridge construction starts, could be open by start of May

Transport Minister Michael Wood visited the crucial link with residents who would use it.

Does the latest GDT auction mean the end for high milk prices?

Next season's milk price may start with a seven in front of it.

Smart cow start-up Halter raises $85m, reveals early uptake

Rocket Lab link helps bolster the Auckland/Waikato start-up.

China's Westland Milk posts $120m profit turnaround

Company hits billion-dollar revenue mark for the first time.

A dog's life after the storm

Sheep dog trials are a crucial part of life on the farm in the aftermath of the cyclone.

$3.5m bridge aims to reduce flooding in Moerewa, Ōtiria

Old Pokapu Rd bridge blamed for worsening Moerewa’s devastating floods.

Tūtaekurī River stopbanks weakened in Cyclone Gabrielle onslaught

16km of stopbank on either side of one of HB's main rivers have been weakened.