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Watch NZH Local Focus: Wairoa residents sick of dust

A petition to have one of Wairoa's main alternative roads sealed has attracted more than 240 signatures. Kiwi Road residents want it sealed to decrease dust nuisance, improve their health and overall lifestyle. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Napier-Wairoa rail line to re-open

The Napier-Wairoa rail line is set to reopen, with an agreement between KiwiRail and Napier Port being signed today.

KiwiRail cuts Whangarei-Auckland route

KiwiRail has slashed its freight service on the Northland-Auckland line by half, but says the volume of freight transported will essentially

Winston Peters says Predator Free Policy is 'Dream time stuff'

We ask the New Zealand First leader if he's being a party pooper and a wet blanket over the government's aspirational goal of a predator-free New Zealand by 2050.

Export log prices slip to seven-month low

Export log prices slip to a seven-month low amid a stronger Kiwi dollar and weaker markets.

Worker's widow receives $97k reparation

The employers of a Taranaki forestry worker who died after an 800kg log fell on him have been ordered to pay more than $97,000 in reparation to his widow.

Vast planting of trees needed to boost green economy: report

New Zealand urgently needs to plant huge areas of trees to help combat climate change and boost a green economy, a business think-tank says.

Forestry worker killed in accident named

The forestry worker killed in northern Hawke's Bay yesterday has been named.

Poison falls close enough to 'smell it'

Forestry workers in the thick of a 1080 drop on Auckland's Hunua Ranges say bait laced with the poison fell so close they could smell it.

'What I'd like to see is some changes'

The parents of a young forestry worker killed when a tree fell on him are calling for an overhaul in the way workplace incidents are investigated.

Forestry manslaughter trial: Not guilty

The forestry contractor acquitted of the manslaughter of a young worker crushed to death by a falling tree still faces sentence for breaching health and safety legislation.

Commodity prices fall by 5.2%

New Zealand commodity prices fell for a fifth straight month in August, led by a decline in dairy prices to their lowest level in 11 years.

Forestry manslaughter trial: Defence says every aspect of Crown case in dispute

Prosecuting the boss of a forestry company for the manslaughter of a young worker killed by a falling tree has as much to do with politics as evidence, a court has heard.

Forestry manslaughter a landmark trial

A forestry company boss is today on trial for the manslaughter of a young worker killed by a falling tree in a case the defence says has political undertones.

Editorial: Swamp kauri deserves NZ added value

Editorial: The resource is not being used as it should be, and stricter policing of the current trade will not, in itself, change that markedly.

Kauri log exports 'closely monitored'

The export of kauri logs as Maori carvings is closely monitored and is not being used as a loophole, Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy says.