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2018 has tied for the second hottest year on record, according to NIWA's annual climate summary released today.

When 300mm of rain fell in four hours and blew out a year’s worth of environmental mitigation work, Steve Borland admits “it just about broke me”.

Water storage is more important than ever as climate change causes more severe drought forecasts.

Water, water everywhere is becoming the catch cry of vineyard owners in Marlborough, given one of the wettest eight-month periods recorded in 30 years.

The impact of weather and increasing costs are the two major reasons behind a drop in Marlborough growers’ profit before tax.

A few minutes can make all the difference to saving or losing a paddock to pugging on a West Coast dairy farm. 

European scientists are forecasting that the next four years could be unusually warm.

Despite all the damage inflicted on the dairy sector by ex-cyclone Gita, the Minister of Agriculture Damien O’Connor thinks farmers got off lightly.

Severe damage to the Takaka Hill road from ex-cyclone Gita is forcing Fonterra to barge product by sea from its Takaka factory.

Westland Milk Products is completely back to full collection and production at its Hokitika factory after the devastation caused by ex-cyclone Fehi.