Stories by Rachel Helyer Donaldson

Farmers in some regions used additional supplementary feed to keep cows in milk following summer drought.

Shane Jones has ruled out the idea of a code to protect farmed fish, following SPCA calls for one.

Patients have been warned to be wary of diabetes medicine and supplements sold online.

Regional councils want greater certainty and bipartisanship on regulations, as they gear up for an expected spate of rule changes.

The school's new agricultural course is giving students the chance to get out of the classroom and get hands on with farming.

The agency is not currently doing its own research into the vaccines.

The popular 1960s greenhouse for exotic plants will now be upgraded - rather than demolished - following Thursday's council meeting.

Labour's leader has used his second speech in a series of regional conferences to attack the government's budget as a series of "strange and unnecessary decisions".

New Zealand's primary sector has recorded its highest monthly trade surplus since 1960.

Tax incentives and a $100 million venture capital boost signal government support for food and fibre innovation but agritech leaders say it's time to step up with a bold national growth strategy. Audio

One Strathmore resident says she's lost three lounge suites and three mattresses to black mould in the five years she's lived in her Kāinga Ora flat. Audio

Wellington start-up Woolchemy is challenging a $126 billion industry dominated by synthetic materials.

There are at least two scams doing the rounds of the capital's dining scene, as well as some in Christchurch.

A luxury real estate agent says more international clients are looking for homes.

At least two high schools are dealing with social media bullying after students shared highly personal information. Audio

It comes as the National Party put forward a members' bill to ban those under 16 from social media.

Cancer specialists and patients have welcomed news that three potentially life-saving skin cancer medicines are to be funded.

The RSA president called it a "true collector's item" as the jerseys were only made for the test played against France on.

From no waiting lists to rural scholarships and traditional medicine in emergencies, Japan's health model offers insights to visiting Waikato University researchers.

Dodging 140kmh winds and a "munching" bird, a young Wellington vet nurse rescued three rare albatrosses now recovering at the zoo.

The plan is to encourage those underrepresented in the trades to learn how to build, fix and make things.

St Anne's Catholic Church in Wellington dedicated its weekly Saturday mass to the late Pontiff.

Anzac Day has been particularly poignant for one Gisborne man, after learning just weeks ago that his uncle's World War II plane was found.

Patient Voice Aotearoa chairperson Malcolm Mulholland said most Kiwis would support healthcare strikes over a system "in crisis".

The human remains were unearthed after wildfires last August exposed World War I trenches. Audio