The costs of last year's Havelock North gastro crisis are stacking up as the Hastings District Council yesterday announced it spent

An Opotiki doctor is traveling to America to research how technology is changing rural healthcare in New Zealand. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The Hawke's Bay District Health Board has released an official swimming warning for popular spots Patangata, Horseshoe Bend and Red

Helping hands are wanted for LARA, an animal rescue and farm sanctuary in the Waikato. The registered charity at Te Akau is looking

A young man killed at a workplace incident at a Hakataramea Valley farm this week has been named by police.

A fifty-year-old fitness fanatic has revealed the secret to her youthful physique and rock hard abs.

The Kurow-Hakataramea community is ''reeling'' after a 27-year-old man died in a farming accident at Cattle Creek on Tuesday night.

With the summer sun in full bake mode, making river levels low and warm, Hawke's Bay Regional Council (HBRC) says people should be

A health programme aiming to enhance the medical workforce in the regions and rural New Zealand will be launched on Monday at Whakatane

Orchardists are being urged to look up before they work to ensure they are well clear of power lines as the avocado picking season

It's that time of year again - when seemingly every inch of beach-side reserve harbours the summer evil that is the grass seed! For

The Otago Regional Council continues to face big challenges over rural water quality awareness and deadlines, including for replacing

Testing has shown a kea found dead after a 1080 poison drop in the Okarito kiwi sanctuary actually died from chocolate poisoning.

Could this psychology teacher's tips be the secret to a life without stress?

We catch up with Farmstrong's new ambassador, ask him about his new role and life after rugby.

Bay farmers are being encouraged to keep children safe on their properties during the school holidays with a heightened risk of accidents

A leading safety watchdog is urging farmers to keep kids safe over the summer period.

People are being warned not to swim in Waimarama's Puhokio Stream because of contamination. Hawke's Bay District Health Board's

Thieves, rustlers and poachers are plaguing the rural community, but farmers are letting it slide.

Turakina farmer Andrew Major can see only hardship to himself if he allows New Zealand's Te Araroa trail to cross his farm. He believes

A timely visit from DairyNZ consulting officer Kevin McKinley moved sharemilker Craig Gibbs' mindset many miles from where he started

Grape growers are hoping highlighting the location of vineyards around the district will minimise the threat of multimillion-dollar

Much conservation work involves removing pests. Trapping is a major part of this, but the use of toxins is also common, although

It was a misconception fallow deer were difficult to handle - "they are funny animals but no problem to handle"

Dr Doug Edmeades defended Professor Jacqueline Rowarth today on The Country by agreeing that the Waikato river is not necessarily as polluted as first thought.

32-year-old spent three years working in NZ as an arborist and dreamed of creating a self-sufficient eco-village here - but tragedy struck while on a visit to UK.

Could a New Zealand honey formula help in the treatment of cold sores? That's the question asked by a new study, one of the largest

When I sat down to write this article earlier in the week, Mother Nature appeared to be in one of those moods. First earthquakes

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy has been used in human medicine since the beginning of the 20th century. Based on sound scientific principles

The proposed aerial 1080 drop in the Matukituki Valley will not go ahead. The Department of Conservation says it will focus on higher