4+ hour, 5+ min ago   (570+ words) New Zealand’s $64.3 billion food and fibre export sector is being reshaped by agricultural technology, with a new discussion paper from the Helen Clark Foundation arguing the country’s response will help determine whether rural communities thrive or continue to shrink. The…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (972+ words) Creditors chasing Auckland businessman Davinder Rahal into bankruptcy over $100,000 can’t find him to serve papers – as the Queen’s Service Medal recipient’s lawyers take action in the nation’s highest court. The creditors posted a bankruptcy notice in the Herald newspaper on…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (641+ words) Juken New Zealand’s Northland Mill is closing its gates for the final time, with most employees finishing work before the company’s previously signalled closure date. Workers First Union organiser Marcus Coverdale said the mill “closes today. Two weeks ahead of…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (604+ words) The downed Transpower pylon at Glorit, north of Auckland, left 180,000 Northlanders and more than 20,000 of the region's businesses without power for days. Two of Northland’s prominent iwi leaders are backing a class action against Transpower and its maintenance contractor Omexom…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1277+ words) A multimillion-dollar businessman who managed to keep his name suppressed for over a year and a half after the completion of his high-profile family violence trial can finally be identified as digital marketing entrepreneur Adam Michael Kynnersley Harris. The accused,…...

4+ mon, 3+ day ago   (737+ words) A Wellington man says finding his car perched on top of a chest-high fence after Monday’s flash flooding was surreal. Video / Billy Paine / Finn Little MetService Severe Weather Update: Tuesday 21 April 2026. Video / MetService Christopher Luxon said he had the support…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (709+ words) Kem Ormond is a features writer for The Country. She’s also a keen gardener. This week, she’s cheerleading for cabbage. I have planted some brassicas in my garden over the past few weeks, as they are great to use over…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago   (719+ words) Twins Jenny Jackson and Jan Morland (inset) are turning 80. They were among the smallest babies ever born in NZ up to 1946 and were expected to live for only a few hours. In 1946, twins Jenny Jackson and Jan Morland were hailed…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (377+ words) NZ Herald The Northland Mudfish has been crowned Fish of the Year in the fifth annual Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust competition. Fifty hours out from today’s final announcement, it was sitting in fifth place, with the Longfin Eel/Tuna…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (497+ words) Lyndon sixth NZ Herald Mudfish of the year The Northland mudfish has been crowned Fish of the Year in the fifth annual Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust competition. Fifty hours out from today’s final announcement, it was sitting in fifth…...