Allan Barber

Cowan’s Bay farmer Matt Wech recently hosted a group of mostly local landowners at an on-farm workshop, organised by the Mahurangi Land Restoration (MLR) programme....

Jane Vuletic and her husband Jim now live permanently at the Providence vineyard on the hill above the roundabout at the start of Takatu Road....

More than 60 farmers and landowners gathered at the Ahuroa Hall for a well-organised series of presentations to provide advice and support for remediating land...

There are no prizes for guessing that the two biggest challenges of the motorway project were covid and the weather. The pandemic put the project...

One of the projects largest tip sites was contoured and progressively grassed. The largest cut on the alignment is just before Perry Road with a...

More than 100 farmers, lifestyle block owners and supporters attended a community barbecue, organised by a rural collaboration group, in support of flood-ravaged farmers at...

The storms, cyclones and floods of the last few weeks have wrought devastating damage to many farms and lifestyle properties in and near the Kaipara...

Oyster farming in the Mahurangi dates back nearly 100 years. The first New Zealand trials of rock oyster cultivation were done in 1927 in the...

The winner of the 55th Young Farmer of the Year will emerge from among the winners of 11 district and seven regional competitions when the...

Most people are aware the government is committed to pricing agriculture emissions by 2025, so New Zealand can meet its obligations under the United Nations...