The fire season has already started, and so have the fires, with several fires burning through acres of rural countryside already. Read...

Police have confirmed a man now living in the UK is facing charges of historical sexual assault, relating to when he was a teacher at a rural North Island high school. Read...

Kaipara-based Scottish vet Rory Dean has written a book based on his experiences as a rural vet in the UK and New Zealand. Read...

Carterton District Council has voted to strengthen its Rural Advisory Group, but not to the extent of making it a formal committee. Read...

An A and P Show will go head to head with a fete this weekend, due to a scheduling clash, and there are concerns the local council is playing favourites. Read...

An A and P Show will go head to head with a fete this weekend, due to a scheduling clash, and there are concerns the local council is playing favourites. Read...

Advocates want the government to address health inequities people living in rural communities face, in efforts to improve outcomes for those living outside main centres. Read...

Health NZ`s proposal to cut some chief clinical roles is `a declaration of war` on rural and regional hospitals, according to the senior doctors` union. Read...

The principal said the fire, in a building used as a school hall, “may have started with thunder and lightning storm”. Read...

Rural contractors are being urged to think about the `F` word during the busy harvest period. Read...