"This case sends a strong message to others tempted to get around the law," says an MPI official.
Crime and Justice
December 17, 2025
They appeared in court as part of three separate prosecutions over the unlawful discharges of dairy effluent through improper use of irrigators.
The Ātihau-Whanganui Incorporation farming operation has more than 9000 shareholders and 42,000 hectares of ancestral land under management from Ohakune to Whanganui.
Te Ao Māori
December 16, 2025
MPI's animal welfare team is investigating a Taranaki farm after activists filmed the conditions pigs were being kept in.
New Zealand
November 21, 2025
In a statement, Fonterra said it received a "strong mandate", with 88.47% of votes in support of the sale.
Business
October 30, 2025
Weeks of meetings and casting votes ends with 87% in favour of the $270m sale to Dawn Meats, in a result announced today by New Zealand’s largest lamb processing company.
October 21, 2025
Months after the Government pledged to cut red tape and speed up access to new agricultural products, some farmers say little has changed.
October 18, 2025
Bendigo Station would be known to many New Zealanders as the home of Shrek the sheep.
Environment
October 17, 2025
Landowners in north Marlborough are frustrated at the lack of action on riverbank erosion threatening their properties, but the council says it can’t intervene without footing a bill of more than a billion dollars.
August 30, 2025
The settlement means Bega licences held by Fonterra's Australia business will be included in the divestment of Fonterra's global consumer business.
August 26, 2025
Rural contractors say current regulations are decades out of date and don't reflect the size of modern machinery now being used.
August 22, 2025
Young Farmer of the Year Hugh Jackson believes new technology could help significantly boost cattle numbers on his farm.
August 17, 2025
The penalties come on top of $215,000 in fines imposed last year when the company and its owner had breached minimum employment standards.
July 31, 2025
More than 450 incidents of roaming stock was reported in just one year on Gisborne's local roads and state highways.
July 29, 2025
The 35-year-old told the crowds he felt "pretty good" taking the Welsh title in his first season.
Other Sport
July 24, 2025
The driver suffered moderate injuries, and four cows were also injured.
July 19, 2025
Southland deer farmer and entrepreneur Grant Lightfoot made the most of his chance encounter with the Prince of Wales.
July 4, 2025
Auckland-based firm Halter's cow-collar technology lets farmers virtually fence, move and monitor cattle using sound and vibration cues.
June 25, 2025
The tax department also said it had seen some "concerning" practices in the sector, including people being paid under the table.
June 19, 2025
Steve Abel criticised Labour's decision to "review" their policy on agriculture's inclusion in the ETS, saying they should "just do it".
June 15, 2025
The regional council found no evidence of breaches and suggested Rex Graham's photo of smoke might show mist.
June 12, 2025
Dairy effluent flowed into a rural drainage system near Turua, on the Hauraki Plains.
May 22, 2025
Speaking to Q+A, Rangitīkei MP Suze Redmayne said she was inspired to push the legislation after a stock manager working on her Tunnel Hill farm couldn’t use his KiwiSaver to buy his first house.
Politics
May 18, 2025
A member’s bill aiming to improve animal welfare standards, and prevent New Zealand’s farmers from being undercut, has been put into the ballot.
May 11, 2025
A Tararua farm manager has been ordered to pay $75,000 in reparations to the family of a farmhand who died after the poorly maintained quadbike he was riding rolled.
May 1, 2025
