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Te Arawa Lakes Trust leads the way in biosecurity matters

Te Arawa Lakes Trust wins Biosecurity Māori trophy.

Caught out: Pair pinged over blue cod plunder

Fishermen fined, boat forfeited after pair lie about why they had more fish than allowed.

MPI catch fishers with five times the limit of kahawai

The daily bag limit for kahawai is 20 per person. The pair were caught with 211.

'Personal dispute': National MP quits role over battle with govt department

The MP and her family are involved in a 'personal dispute' with MPI.

Roger Partridge: Productive land law ignores opportunity cost

Were economists involved in drafting National Policy Statement for Highly Productive Land?

Starving animals suffer for months on Tangowahine farm

A Dargaville lifestyle farmer has been fined for failing to care for several animals.

Bucket of toheroa proves expensive takeaway for man

People caught unlawfully in possession of toheroa can face fines of up to $20,000.

Pair avoid jail after illegal crayfish sales on Facebook

About 500 crayfish were identified as being involved in the pair's scheme.

National: FTA with EU a 'step forward' but agriculture 'missed opportunity'

National's trade spokesman Todd McClay gave the deal a '6 out of 10'.

Radical change is happening in NZ's finance industry

There will be more innovative social and green finance opportunities for investors.

Exotic plant smuggler: Man fined $5K after trying to import overseas plants

Scott Peters attempted to import eight international plants into the country.

'Slow, painful deaths': Farmer on home detention after starving 28 cattle

A veterinarian said the cattle at a Manawatū farm would have died slow, painful deaths.

Woman, 52, who ran illegal flounder operation fined, has boat seized

A woman who caught and onsold flounder has had her boat seized by MPI.

MPI investigating rider who kicked and hit horse

Video shows a woman beating a horse for about a minute before someone intervenes.

Short and sweet relief for Kiwi bakers after brown sugar appears then disappears from shelves

Production for brown sugar has restarted but it's sold out as soon as it hits the shelf.

Sweet as! Will ice cream be NZ's export bonanza?

Ice cream is tipped as New Zealand's next big export hope but not all manufacturers agree.

'Lion Man' Craig Busch's fundraiser to get big cats back raises issue of who owns them

Lion Man's mum claims big cat park owner doesn't actually own the cats.

Rules helping foreign investors turn NZ farmland into forestry reviewed

Farming groups have raised concerns too much productive farmland is being lost.