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Drought provides challenges to hunters
Drought throughout the Bay of Plenty, Waikato, Auckland and Northland has dried up the water where ducks usually dwell.
Farmers' economic confidence improves
Farmers' economic confidence improved in the first months of 2010, boosted by sheep and beef prices.
<i>Weather Watch</i>: Auckland's water crisis
Weather analyst Philip Duncan can't believe Aucklanders are being asked to conserve water.
Final curtain call for north's long summer
Annie Drew and her girls enjoyed a late season splash at the beach yesterday as the North Island's seemingly never-ending summer pushed on.
City folk asked to watch water use
City-dwellers are being asked to save water around the home after three months of record-dry conditions.
Drought creates feed shortage for winter
The drought hitting Northland farmers could not get much more serious, Federated Farmers says.
Downpours 'no drought breaker'
Forecasters and frustrated farmers say short bursts of heavy showers yesterday will do little to break droughts.
Rain coming, but then it's back to the drought
Parts of the drought-stricken north are expected to get their first rain in more than two months, but forecasters warn they are unlikely to be the end of the drought.
Lions' larder restocked with fresh meat
Kenyan authorities have begun a plan to restore the predator-prey balance in one of the country's premier game parks after a recent drought.