Malting company Malteurop and Coastal Bulk Shipping sign up for long-term partnership.

Two years since Mycoplasma bovis was confirmed, one farmer says lessons need to be learned

First wool insulation fitted to three farm houses on Pāmu's Waimakariri farm this month.

A man has been arrested and charged with cruelty to an animal.

Crashes at either end of Route 72 or the Inland Scenic Route have resulted in two dead.

After a roadside birth last month, more are feared in rural Southland.

The preschooler's sudden death has been referred to the Coroner.

He found a rock - that turned out to be a nicely formed gold nugget weighing 6.25 ounces.

The Univeristy claims

"It hit him right in the middle of the chest, on the sternum really ... full blast."

The Government has launched an investigation into the Otago Regional Council.

Police accused of targeting 'everyday Kiwis' in armed raids on rural properties.

Kiwis who wish to witness the amazing discovery may only have to wait a few months.

An arborist who alleged he was being bullied has been awarded more than $28,000.

Disease found on a young pohutukawa tree in Greymouth.

Swimmer stumbles across moa footprints - a find expert describes as a 'career highlight'.

Ben the huntaway was malnourished but hugely pleased to be back with people.

Fire so intense emergency staff could not enter house even hours afterwards.

Laura Douglas braved the cold to head to her "mai mai mansion" as hunting season started.

The chilly temperatures are here to stay, according to forecasters.

Temperatures are forecast to soar 6C above average in some parts of the country.

Fonterra's partnership with a2 Milk Company unlikely to impact dairy farmers in the South.

The Upper Rakaia fire chief has been airlifted to hospital after collapsing.

West Coast-Tasman MP O'Connor says the cost to shift township could be "astronomical".

Power restored to Haast, as storm clean-up expected to take weeks.

The man who filmed the humpback whale says it was a "distressing" sight.

A bungled 1080 drop on a Molesworth Station block accidentally killed 90 per cent of deer.

The Waiho Bridge has been destroyed as a major autumn storm edges north.

About 450 tourists were kept in Franz Josef overnight due to dangerous road conditions.

'They didn't ask permission and we knew nothing about it,' says station owner.