Rural News

After storms in 2018 and earlier this year resulted in mountains of forestry waste damaging bridges and smashing through farmland, the Gisborne District Council has successfully prosecuted a number of… Read more Audio

The best of the best were crowned at the Beef and Lamb New Zealand awards on Thursday night.

Hundreds gathered at Christchurch's Te Pae convention centre to celebrate.

Monique Steele has the rural… Read more Audio

A dry early spring is creating uncertainty as to whether the largest dam to be built - since the Clyde Dam three decades ago - will be filled as hoped, by December.

Monique Steel has the rural news.

A recently released University of Auckland study has found NCEA results and University Entrance rates were about 15 percent lower for rural students, compared to their urban counterparts.

Monique… Read more Audio

There's a whole new cohort of farmers and those with backgrounds in primary industries set to make it into parliament, following early election results.

Most notably, it looks like former Federated… Read more Audio