Comvita removes reference to 'immunity' from honey product descriptions
MPI has taken New Zealand's biggest manuka honey exporter to task over its health claims.
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Phone help for feed planning
Beef + Lamb is offering help to farmers facing drought, M. bovis, and now lockdown
Farmers 'still very short of feed' as drought continues
Farmers grateful to meat workers for processing stock during pandemic.
Recent rain helps but more needed
Fingers crossed in rural areas for more rain as predicted.
Grass starting to grow with good rain in Northland, but drought continues
More rain in March in Northland than whole of January and February.
Drought declared - 'This might be our new norm'
Drought level in Whanganui, Ruapehu, Rangitikei approaches that in 2011.
Drought relief: Govt gives $2m more to desperate farmers
It's the latest in a series of aids to ease the burden as the dry spell continues.
Local Focus: Defiant organic farmers await prosecution
Lindsay Farm is bending or breaking Government rules. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
BNZ sees risk of recession from drought, virus
BNZ sees risk of a recession from drought and coronavirus. ANZ says the risks are rising.
Far North mayor admits his council should have done more on water
Government declares drought in Northland with $80,000 in support.
Government declares drought in Northland and parts of Auckland
An adverse weather event has been declared in all of Northland and parts of Auckland.
Calls on Govt to declare a drought
Drought could be declared in Northland as early as next week as conditions worsen.
Minister admits NAIT system's been a bit deficient
MPI increases presence in Whangārei in light of increase in M.bovis cases in Northland.
Minister tours farms in bone-dry Northland
Northland inching closer to a drought declaration with no rain in sight.
Tackling climate change with BioChar
Parengarenga Incorporation tackles climate change issues with BioChar research project.
100 dead snapper found floating in Hauraki Gulf
Members of the public are urged to report any suspicious fishing activity.
Kiwis not so sustainable when it comes to seafood
Advocates want to see a movement akin to that for free-range eggs applied to seafood.
Big prizes up for grabs for keen fishers
A prize pool of $34,000-plus will be given out even if the competition is cancelled.
Northland farmer slams MPI over M. bovis after neighbouring stock test positive
Northland beef farmer unhappy at a lack of notification about M. bovis infection nearby.
NZ dairy farm sales plummet, prices weaken, despite firm outlook
Dairy farm sales, and prices, have plummeted in the last two years.
Mystery solved: MPI reveals probable source of thousands of dead fish
It's "highly likely" MPI has found the source of the dead fish.
Marine mystery: Thousands of dead fish wash up in Hauraki Gulf
Locals are cleaning up trailer loads of dead fish off the beaches.
Suspected poaching: Divers' legal crayfish takes tipped out
"Locals have taken the kōura catch and tipped it back into the water."
'They are scrupulous': Anger as Hawke's Bay raw milk supplier 'raided' by MPI
MPI says it makes no apologies for holding suppliers to account "to protect health".
Follow the money - the big money behind rodeo opposition
Whangarei's rodeo is off for a year after being targeted by animal rights' activists.
MPI fires stark warning to raw milk retailers
MPI says consumer health being put at risk through tactics that avoid compliance costs.
'What they expect you to do is horrific' - market butcher
New Zealand Food Safety willing to work with the Vincents on a solution.
Forestry helps 11 Ngāwhā prisoners into jobs
Pilot programme aims to get inmates into jobs while easing forestry labour shortages.
Dairy facial eczema 'hitting farmers hard in the pocket'
Study finds dairy facial eczema can cost individual farmers more than $100,000 a year.
Meet Steve the Seaweed Man
Steve Matthews has a small business foraging and selling seaweed on the Wairarapa coast.
Didymo Dave scoops national biosecurity award
He's spent years championing freshwater biosecurity, pest control and conservation.
Obituary: Allan Anderson 'was unstoppable'
Allan Anderson put tireless energy into church, civic affairs, farming and conservation.
Dairy company manager told staff not to report positive listeria results for years
A Ministry for Primary Industries investigation discovered four years of non-reporting.