HHeadlines Read More Taranaki farmworker Ethan Webster’s life sentence for murdering Jacob Ramsay set to be overturnedDecember 18, 2025 Candy and Webster were workers on the same farm as Ramsay. While the two had been in their…
HHeadlines Read More European Commission turns up pressure on France over Mercosur dealDecember 16, 2025 Published on 15/12/2025 – 16:27 GMT+1 •Updated 18:11 The European Commission said Monday it expects to sign the…
HHeadlines Read More Federal gov’t should stop giving scarce water for free, report saysDecember 15, 2025 The water that flows down irrigation canals to some of the West’s biggest expanses of farmland comes courtesy…
HHeadlines Read More More Australian-grown coffee to become available as industry growsOctober 23, 2025 The Australian coffee industry is having a growth spurt. The arrival of new coffee varieties into Australia and…
HHeadlines Read More Local body elections 2025: Ken Couper elected Whangārei Mayor, defeating Vince CocurulloOctober 17, 2025 Couper has been elected as Whangārei District Council mayor after first being elected to represent the Bream Bay…
HHeadlines Read More Fonterra hits back after Winston Peters questions $4.2b Mainland sale planOctober 9, 2025 In an emailed response to the Herald, Fonterra said it had been engaging with farmers on the strategic…
HHeadlines Read More Farmer fined $15k after animal neglect at Kaipara’s Kauri FarmsSeptember 29, 2025 MPI inspectors visited the farm, which housed around 400 calves, three times. In a summary of facts read…
HHeadlines Read More Migrant exploitation: Southland farmer and former imam Reza Abdul-Jabbar loses appeal over $215k penaltiesSeptember 25, 2025 They argued the $215,000 penalty was excessive because the judge’s starting point was too high, and it should…
HHeadlines Read More Wairarapa farmers recount waking to fire in Maya Moore arson trialSeptember 9, 2025 Moore worked for Morrison’s neighbour Gerry Van Dalen, and lived in a sleepout at his property. Both Morrison…
HHeadlines Read More Drug farmer built ‘wall-less’ structure on Waikato swamplands to harvest cannabis plotJuly 26, 2025 Then, in February 2022, police discovered about 1000 cannabis plants in six different spots in the lake area,…