Three million falsely labelled free-range eggs risked 'discrediting entire industry'
A whistleblower came forward to the Commerce Commission about an egg scam.
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The worth of the Ātihau Whanganui Incorporation continues to rise.
WorkSafe's warning after woman crushed by farm vehicle, company fined 275k
The vehicle's passenger seatbelt did not work and the driver's door had been removed.
NZ great for women in business. And Māori women?
"I walk in the shops and people think I'm a shopkeeper."
Local Focus: Orchard wages rising thanks to worker shortage, and new RSE rules may lift it further
Hort wages are on the rise as RSE shortage looms. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Will GDT convince Fonterra to upgrade its milk price forecast?
Dairy prices have stayed firm, but will Fonterra lift its farmgate milk price?
Farmer appeals sentence for misrepresenting millions of eggs
Frank Chen carried out a lengthy scam repackaging caged eggs as free range.
Government to let in 2000 fruit pickers from Pacific
Horticultural experts welcome the introduction of 2000 pickers from the Pacific but say it's still not enough. Video / Hawkes Bay Today
Claire Trevett: Why PM Jacinda Ardern is charming the farmers
Is the PM's bid to hold on to newly converted voters hampering action on housing market?
House prices tipped to overshadow Reserve Bank risk review
RBNZ to release its financial stability report, with house prices likely to dominate.
Focus Live: PM Jacinda Ardern at the Primary Industries Summit
PM Jacinda Ardern reveals plans for the primary sector facing drop in foreign labour due to Covid-19. Video / Mark Mitchell
PhD students told: 'Take a break, pick fruit'
Foreign doctoral students advised to take a 'holiday' and pick fruit.
Act leader David Seymour talks to courgette producer Brett Heap
Act leader David Seymour met with courgette producer Brett Heap at Waipapa in Northland to talk about harvest struggles with New Zealand's border closures putting a halt to foreign agricultural workers. Video / David Fisher
'Local workers lack stamina': Courgette grower to David Seymour
The courgette harvest crisis has taken Act leader David Seymour from town to the country.
Local Focus: Our paddocks of discontent and the future of feedlots
Farm rules for winter feeding are changing. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Sustainable Finance: Environmentalists at heart
Rabobank is looking at lower costfarmer loans with environmental milestones built in.
Live animal export ban lifts but SAFE wants total ban on livestock shipments
The number of animals which can be loaded on a ship will be capped.
MPI to toughen live animal export rules
A report commissioned after the Gulf Livestock 1's sinking finds improvements can be made.
Simon Wilson: No point in Greens being a poodle hoping to be thrown a bone
The parties of the left have a greater goal than coalition and different ways to reach it.
Local Focus: The ice choppers of Hawke's Bay
Hawke's Bay frost control from above. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Farmers want Labour to govern alone - Fed Farmers
Mid Canterbury president David Clark said farmers are worried about the future.
Federated Farmers want Labour to govern alone
Farmers are anxious to see if Labour forms a government with or without the Greens.
Mooving on: 190 cows need new homes after animal shelter failure
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No pay rises for the Fonterra top table
Fonterra to hold the line on governors' pay this year.
Jacinda Ardern's day of crowds, consensus - and confronting farmers
The mob got a little pushy yesterday - and farmers were among those wanting a word.
Three years after Waikato protest, have farmers' views changed?
Four farmers who took to the streets in 2017 grade the Labour-led govt's performance.
New hope in search for Kiwis after possible 'signs of life' on remote island
Kiwis Lochie Bellerby and Scott Harris are among the missing 40 crew members.
'They can't put us all in jail': Farmers rally against water regulations
Farmers stage protest at the Gore A&P Showgrounds.
Local Focus: Who is Ian McKelvie, National Party candidate for Rangitīkei?
Old school candidate for Rangitīkei. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Record year for Waikato's Tatua dairy company
Tatua dairy farmers are again the envy of the sector.
Central Hawke's Bay farmer's death: 'We are just so sad at the tragic loss'
'Police pass on our deepest sympathies to his family and friends.'
Moment In Crime: Death on duty - cops killed on frontline
Episode 11 of A Moment In Crime podcast looks at NZ police officers killed while on duty
Go country: Farm stays for the school holidays
For a dose of the good life, take yourselves and the family on an epic country get-away.