Northern Motorway extension: Foreign farmland lease deal approved for Ara Tūhono Warkworth to Te Hana
The limited partnership leasing the land is owned by Spanish infrastructure investment firm Acciona Concesiones SL and British…
Hawke’s Bay: Land acquisition hits hurdle for $350m Waikare Gorge highway upgrade
The Waikare Gorge realignment project will improve State Highway 2 between Napier and Wairoa, adding resilience to a…
Inside Tairāwhiti Whenua Trust, New Zealand’s largest Māori farming collective
The 76 farms range in size from five to 46,000ha. Together, they employ more than 400 people, steward…
Farmland effective nesting habitat for hoiho penguins, new research finds
“A couple of farmers on the Otago Peninsula independently found that they could make artificial nest sites, just…
Overseas buyer snaps up another Hawke’s Bay farm for forestry conversion
Craigmore Sustainables acts on behalf of Kauri Forestry in New Zealand, managing and governing its assets and purchases.…
Great Taste Trail: Tasman farmers blast plan to run cycleway through farmland
Now, the use of a paper road – a publicly–owned strip of land without an actual road built…
Northland expressway: Waipu families fear losing multigenerational farms
“I only want to give the strip they need for the expressway and I want either side of…
CNH discusses tech vision from prototype to the future of fully automated fleets
CNH Industrial is not building the future of agricultural automation in isolation. Instead, the original equipment manufacturer (OEM)…
Inside Mercury Energy’s $287m Kaiwaikawe wind farm project near Dargaville
Over the past two years, crews have built nearly 15 kilometres of internal roads and cut new access…
KiwiSaver withdrawal rules to be changed to help farmers, diplomats and soldiers buy their first homes
The Government fears the rules are disadvantaging the likes of farm workers, rural teachers, country police, defence personnel,…
Auckland motorist Ashley Wilson sentenced for death of James Wyatt on Leigh farmland
“I’m required to sentence in accordance with the law,” he said, noting the charge Wilson was found guilty…
Ireland eyes SEA as major market for grass-fed dairy, protein exports
Summary: Ireland targeting ASEAN for dairy growthBord Bia has launched a €3.2m (US$3.76m) campaign to boost Irish dairy…