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The Hillgrove site tested positive for the highly pathogenic H7N6 virus on 1 December.

Meat exporters says 2024 has been a tough year for the industry - but positive signs are emerging.

Although vegetables need water more frequently, the rest of your plants will be happiest for their soil to get a really deep soaking once a week, gardening tutor Kath Irvine says. Audio

The rodeo season is underway and Waikato sisters Lylah and Riley Wood are in an arena practising their rodeo skills, a sport which has taken them to the US with a national youth team this year.

Red-meat co-op Alliance says it will be an "emotional time" for the 55 remaining meat workers at its Smithfield plant today.

Wallingford Homestead in Central Hawke's Bay was once a bustling base for the local farming community. These days it's helping bridge the urban-rural divide and provides employment opportunities for…

Thousands of perfectly shaped trees are harvested in the lead-up to the festive season at Andrew McAllister's Needle Fresh Christmas tree farm in Swannanoa. In a next door paddock he's created a huge…

The warning comes as rural insurer FMG says there is often a spike in quad bike roll-overs in the lead-up to Christmas.