Stories by Monique Steele

A farming family in Banks Peninsula is playing its part in protecting the largest little penguin colony on mainland New Zealand.

Todd McClay, Nicola Grigg, Andrew Hoggard and Mark Patterson are among the line-up of ministers for the primary industry sectors.

Egg producers are hopeful prices have peaked and the egg shortage of early-2023 will soon be a distant memory.

Prices for log exports are slowly improving, but a forestry consultant says the sector must find new international markets to reduce its reliance on China.

上一个产季，洋葱产业为新西兰带来近2亿纽元经济贡献，但主要出口目的地为欧盟及印尼。随着与中国谈判的不断推进，行业预测未来几年将迎来新的增长点。

The onion industry is celebrating a step closer to getting its produce into China but there was still a "little bit of work" to get there.

The forestry company has decided to close its Gisborne mill - with 60 workers set to lose their jobs before Christmas.

The future of controversial gene technologies are expected to be top of agenda for the incoming National-led government.

South Island growers may soon have a new way to sell their wonky or ugly fruit and vegetables rejected by the supermarkets.

Cherry trees are blossoming at a cyclone-damaged orchard in Hawke's Bay, sparking hopes for a good harvest for Christmas.

Me Today has been left with tonnes of liquid gold to shift.

Fertiliser prices are coming off the boil, but the conflict in Gaza has thrown uncertainty into the market.

An educational charity is calling on the government to do more to help rural high school students succeed.

It is going to be another five years at least before local authorities in Hawke's Bay pay for professional possum hunters to knock back the pest's population.

New research has laid bare the challenges rural high school students face getting into tertiary education, compared to city students.

Farmers and growers across parts of the lower South Island hit by last month's storm are being urged to reach out for help if they need it.

A challenging year ahead for New Zealand agri-business is predicted in a new rural banking report.

A medicinal cannabis company says illogical legislation has stopped it supplying product for New Zealand patients and it's exporting its East Coast strains around the world instead.

Heavy rainfall destroyed around four million young plants at the country's three main propagators at Bay of Plenty nurseries earlier this year.

The Hawke's Bay Fruitgrowers' Association says the slow-down of work to remove silt and debris on cyclone-hit orchards could cost the region, its people and the economy if not finished soon.

The average price in the global auction increased 2.7 percent, regaining some ground after hitting a near five-year low in August.

Some meat workers' jobs may be on the chopping block as the farmer-owned processing company signals cuts to come.

State-owned farming enterprise Pāmu is staying optimistic about the future in light of falling profits.

A North Canterbury farmer says installing 200 hectares of solar panels on his farm would be a win-win situation.

New figures from Stats NZ show Māori farms are much larger than the average, and they are running a lot more stock.