NZ researchers appear to be gearing up for a new bid to win over consumers before the first applications for release of GE pasture species.

Kiwifruit, peaches, grapes and nectarines could soon be grown in the Garden of England due to climate change, according to a new report.

Organic food can now properly be considered an essential rather than a luxury, says the owner of an expanding chain of organic grocery stores.

The science going on at AgResearch's new farm at Tokanui may help New Zealand's dairy farms run in a more sustainable fashion.

A New Zealand-led initiative on cutting greenhouse gases has won widespread support.

John Key has been bumped at the last minute from a worldwide televised climate change debate - in favour of Australia's Kevin Rudd.

New Zealand's only tea plantation is now certified organic in time to begin exporting its harvest.

Nick Smith says he makes no apologies for using taxpayers' money to send two Iwi Leadership Group members to the upcoming climate talks in Copenhagen.

John Key warns farmers they reject a response to climate change at their peril - endangering their reputations, future incomes and the economy.

John Key urged farmers to be less agitated about the ETS and tackling climate change in an address to Federated Farmers today.

New Zealand's largest exporter, Fonterra, says it will receive no protection under planned changes to the emissions trading scheme.

NZ will make progress on its agricultural emissions initiative in talks with the US in 10 days, Tim Groser said yesterday.

Greenpeace is trying to keep up pressure on Fonterra to limit its use of palm kernel feed with a public rally outside the Ports of Tauranga.

Farmers have described Greenpeace's occupation of an inbound cargo vessel as 'economic treason.'

Police make second arrest while expressing serious safety concerns for activists aboard a cargo ship off the Tauranga coast.