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81-year-old farmer died in quad bike roll while fencing
Macdonald, a familiar face at the Hastings saleyards, died in Patoka on Tuesday afternoon.

Safer Farms gets funding of $11m-plus from ACC
Money pledged for the grassroots Farm Without Harm strategy.

'I heard all my bones break': Runner loses leg in farming accident
The 'shattered' bones in his leg were 'like Weet-Bix', he said.

Dumbbells, deadlifts and dairy cows: The rural gym with four-legged observers
No gym rats staring here, just livestock.

'Oh heck': Farmer says quad bike accident was a wake-up call
Michael Woodward is urging his peers to take care out on the farm this busy summer season.

Weathering the storm: Rural Support Trust helps farmers in need
'It was set up by a group of like-minded farmers with a passion to help others.'

Rural mental health initiative receives funds
The initiative gets farmers off the farm and into the water.

Surf's up for farmers, thanks to $15,000 grant
'While the concept is simple, the programme has proven to be life changing.'

Getting Through: New Farmstrong resources for farmers after severe weather
Hawke’s Bay farmers share recovery stories in book and website launch.

New Zealand’s hunt for overseas doctors amps up today
Medical graduates from the UK, Ireland, and Aus can have their applications fast-tracked.

From trauma to teaching: How kids are changing farm safety
A former farmer says farm safety education should go up the family tree, rather than down.

Rural communities need more targeted mental health support - advocates
Rural communities face health inequities say advocates

'Wake-up call': How burnout helped this Tararua dairy farmer
Mike Burmeister says a burnout episode early in his career helped shape his thinking.

'Thought I was invincible': The man who technically died on the rugby field
'If this had happened on the farm I wouldn’t have had a chance.'

Join Team HOPE's 10th birthday bash with Matt Chisholm
Central Taranaki charity Team HOPE is celebrating its 10th birthday in November.

Lena Keenan's week on Mobile Surgery Unit fuels her passion for health careers
The Tairāwhiti rangatahi will take home the skills she learnt at the MSU.

Weedkiller deemed okay in NZ pulled off Australian shelves
'We haven’t taken this decision lightly and are exercising a high degree of caution.'

Opinion: GPs shortage - new solutions needed for sustainable primary healthcare
OPINION: For every $1 spent in primary care, $14 is saved down the line in hospitals.

Winter farming challenges with Sam Whitelock and Paul Walker
Two Farmstrong ambassadors shelter from the rain for a yarn about the winter slog.

'We're so stoic': Josh Kronfeld wants blokes to open up about their health
'Too many of the brothers are leaving us early for... stuff that could've been prevented.'

'I swung': The spider crawling down her windscreen that she couldn't catch
Ailsa Slui, 80, says she would be blind by now if she hadn't sought medical help.