Two projects to develop premium markets for New Zealand venison and lamb have won $41 million in government and industry co-funding under the Primary Growth Partnership

Trouble has again hit the Melilla 201. It's been tied up at a Dunedin wharf for two years, and nearly ran aground as it tried to leave yesterday.

Farmers are weighing up asking for a drought to be declared in the Marlborough region as "atrocious" conditions sparked several fires across the South Island yesterday.

The ministry is reviewing how it recovers the costs of its biosecurity and food safety systems across the country's primary industries, after under-recovering for several years.

A mouse's bid to stowaway in a hollowed-out baguette from the Cook Islands to New Zealand has failed after biosecurity officials stopped it at the border.

An Australian gold prospector has had his 'lucky' snake fang charms seized at the border.

Trout taken from catchments where 1080 poison has been dumped are safe to eat, the Ministry of Primary Industries says.

The Ministry of Primary Industries says guidelines for the labelling of manuka honey are expected to be issued this month. They cannot come a moment too soon.

The Green Party has dismissed the new bottom lines as "weak" and argues the measures mean rivers will only have to be clean enough for wading or boating.

A 4WD track featuring steep slopes, a waterfall, boulders and pools of water is one of the attractions at this year's National Fieldays in Hamilton.

Calls are being made to remove dissections from first-year courses as the killing of animals at universities comes under fresh scrutiny.

Kiwi infant formula could end up stuck on Chinese wharves - like Kiwi meat exports last year, says the head of an industry group.

Only five of New Zealand's 13 infant formula manufacturers have been approved to export product into China under new regulations that came into force today.

Infant formula companies are shocked after learning the details of new regulations they will face from next month when selling product in China.

The search for more Queensland fruit flies will be wrapped up by Easter Sunday providing no more of the pests are found in Whangarei.

One Kiwi traveller's decision to store his blood-soaked clothes from an exotic overseas trip landed him in hot-water with airport officials.

No further Queensland fruit flies have been found since the potentially devastating pest was detected in Whangarei this week.

Farmers in the Waikato and parts of Northland say they are battling one of the driest summers in memory.

Recreational fishers are waking up this morning to tighter daily limits for snapper caught off the upper North Island's east coast, including the Hauraki Gulf.

Snapper fishers will need to lengthen their rulers and return more fish to the sea from Tuesday as measures to restore the country's most popular fishery take effect.