Study finds indigenous fungus may help to control wilding pines
Wilding pines are one of the country's most ecologically damaging weed species.
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Canterbury floods: Farmers stocktake of damage
Receding floodwaters reveal devastating cost of floods to farmlands.
Study finds farming greener more important than eating less meat and dairy
Efficient meat and dairy farming needed to curb methane emissions, study finds.
Prickly problem: Why we can't 'parachute' hedgehogs home to UK
The prickly pests are due to be culled, despite calls to fly them home to Britain.
Deer industry leader warns of 'government intrusion'
Govt intrusions cause "anxiety and confusion" for deer farmers, says DINZ board chairman.
Otago Regional Council to monitor winter grazing practices from air
ORC to take note of any high-risk sites and follow up with on-the-ground inspection.
Lake Horowhenua clean-up closer to reality
Horizons has bought a farm allowing it to build a wetland that will improve water quality.
Deadly fungus myrtle rust found in Christchurch
Myrtle rust infects many of New Zealand's native plants and bad infections can be deadly.
Mangrove removal volunteers doing it their way
A volunteer displays a medal from one council beside an infringement letter from another.
Oxford wetland to be protected
Environment Canterbury, QEII Trust working with landowner to enhance ecological habitat.
Two rare tāiko rescued and released on Raglan's Mt Karioi
DoC sends two tāiko back on seasonal journey after the rare seabirds crash-landed.
Four kiwi killed by vehicles in Northland
Kiwi being killed by vehicles on Northland roads as numbers climb.
Study links nitrate levels to preterm births, calls for 'precautionary approach'
The current safe concentration of nitrate in New Zealand is 11.3 milligrams.
DoC excited about rediscovery of carnivorous plant
Threatened plant survey reveals good news for yellow bladderwort.
Grey-faced petrel spotted around Oākura
Grey-faced petrels have been spotted around Oākura.
Kauri dieback cash 'not enough to save forest giants'
Budget 'virtually abandons' Tāne Mahuta and other kauri to the disease, advocate says.
Smelly red seaweed returns to Waipū Cove
Red algal bloom still a mystery to Waipū locals and NRC staff.
Budget 2021: Govt puts $28m into war against kauri killer
Govt spending $28m at effort to stop as-yet incurable disease killing NZ's iconic kauri.
Southland farmer says winter grazing needs careful planning
Southland farmer Ewen Mathieson has some top tips for winter grazing.
Welcome to Rotorua Raukura and Zephyr
It means there could potentially be three eggs laid each year, per pair.
Kiwi beekeepers celebrate World Bee Day today
Recent figures showed New Zealand had 10,340 registered beekeepers.
Signs of success for weevil introduced to control weed
The weevil has established on a Rangitīkei farm; the next stage is to breed and spread it.
Stream and Wetlands Trust and students plant 2300 natives
School students help secure future of Mangaotama Stream and Wetlands with native planting.
Plague warning: Warm March raises odds of beech seeding and pest explosion
Warm summer could mean yet another pest-fuelling beech mast in parts of NZ, DOC says.
Coromandel coast scallop beds in crisis, report says
"How can we change our behaviours so we don't do the same thing again."
Taranaki aquifer contaminated 50 times more than acceptable
Aquifer in coastal Taranaki contaminated with an agricultural chemical.
Council cleans up, investigates plastic spill into Whakatāne River
The discharge of plastic particles was accompanied by a strong sulphur-like smell.
Farm advisors' meeting to clean up Te Waihī estuary
Wai Kōkopu hosting farm advisory meeting for ideas on how to revitalise the catchment.
What a dry winter could mean for Kiwi farmers
Farmers will be making decisions to try and keep the impacts of this year limited.
Drought declaration extended to Otago
Otago Rural Support Trust urged farmers to make difficult decisions like selling stock.
Big turnout for Oamaru meeting over large scale forest farm
NZ Carbon Farming purchased 2500 ha sheep & beef farm at headwaters of Kakanui River.
Transtasman scientists unlock genetic secrets behind myrtle rust
World's largest assembled fungal genome, taking up a billion letters of DNA genetic code.
Fears forest farming will cause 'ecological disaster' for North Otago
Meeting on effects of large-scale forest farming in the headwaters of the Kakanui River.
Why Nadia Lim is 'passionate' about wool
Nadia Lim is passionate about wool and she wants others to share her enthusiasm.