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The mayor of Ōtorohanga is meeting with community leaders and health officials today to decide on extra vaccination clinics after the Ministry of Health announced two cases of  Covid-19 in the King… Audio

South Waikato is kicking its Covid-19 response up a gear with the revelation a person who later tested positive for the virus spent the night in Tokoroa. 

Two new cases were also reported yesterday… Audio

Dairy farmers under pressure to reduce their herd sizes could look at planting oats - diversifying and helping out a new industry at the same time.  Audio

Anthony Hampton has an impressive collection of Massey farm machinery and vintage tractors. Next year his farm is hosting the Wheat and Wheels Rally that is timed to celebrate the 175th anniversary of… Audio

A gully at the base of Mt Taranaki surrounded by dairy farms has been transformed into a food forest nourished by home waste. The family who live here save energy and water by farming on terraces and… Video, Audio

A new programme has been launched to help with the economic reintergration of seasonal workers returning to Vanuatu. People who have been working on orchards, vineyards and in packhouses in Australia… Audio

There've been three days of sun in a row on the West Coast. Hawke's Bay sheep farmers are thrilled so many new-born lambs have survived. Audio

Full Episode for Friday October 22 2021. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector with food producers wanting more certainty from the government about vaccination requirements. Audio

Ngāti Whātua is defending the management of the border between Te Tai Tokerau and Tāmaki Makaurau.

Northland will drop down to alert level 2 at midnight, following a Covid scare in which a woman who… Audio