Farah Hancock

Greenhouse gas emissions are a big issue dogging dairy, our export earning powerhouse. Intensification of farming has increased export revenue but also the number of burping cows.

New Zealand has exported $80,000 worth of stuffed toys, almost $20,000 worth of chocolate and a staggering $1.5 million worth of alcohol to Antarctica since 1990.

People are going hungry even though New Zealand produces enough food to feed 40 million - and it's spurring calls for the country to 'feed the five million first'.

If you feel like red meat is more expensive than it used to be, you're right.

Our feline friends are dining on a range of imported food, but purrfer the cuisine of one country over its competitors.

Ministry of Health staff were as perplexed by a graph unveiled by Chris Hipkins as the public were, documents show.

We've reached 'peak milk' and are entering the era of 'flat milk' according to Fonterra's chief financial officer.

United States citizens and companies are buying up New Zealand land for farming, forestry and wine-making, an RNZ analysis reveals.

For an export most have probably never heard of - and some would rather forget exists - the pizzle has notched up impressive growth since the mid-2000s, even surviving Covid-19.

It should have been clear 10 to 15 years ago that New Zealand would end up in a difficult diplomatic situation if it traded itself into reliance on China, a foreign policy expert says.

There are only 5 million people in New Zealand but we produce enough food to feed about 40m. Who's gobbling all our goods?

The fate of Pakiri's sand is again at the centre of a fight between sand mining companies who want to ship it to Auckland, and locals who want to keep it on their beach. Farah Hancock reports.

Marlborough's wine industry is booming, but there's no industrial-sized solution to deal with its waste.

Fonterra cleared the cows from 16 farms and is using the land to dispose of wastewater, which could be leaching a colourless, tasteless and odourless pollutant into private drinking water supplies.

New Zealand should reduce drinking water nitrate limits from 11.3mg/L to 1mg/L to curb bowel cancer, the country's second-highest cause of cancer death, a specialist says.

It will cost $3 million to clear 1 million litres of chemicals, including flammable and toxic substances, sitting within metres of electricity lines which power the Marsden Point oil refinery.