Winged thistle looks and behaves very similarly to slender winged thistle (Carduus pycnocephalus), so the two species are commonly confused with each other. Slender winged thistle is more tolerant of ...

WING WIZARD: Gisborne Thistle left-winger Justo Rodriguez (left) holds off the challenge of Napier Marist Seconds wide midfielder Liam Alexander in a Pacific Premiership match last weekend ...

THIS was anybody’s game until the last 10 minutes. Gisborne Thistle beat Palmerston North Marist Reserves 4-1 in Central Federation League football at Childers Road Reserve on Saturday.

Sow thistle is an annual weed that can establish at any time of the year. It is also known as puha, and is eaten by some people as a vegetable. Although known as a food favoured by some Māori people ...

Rural voter anger at New Zealand's environmental policies to tackle climate change and reduce carbon emissions may contribute to a return of right-wing parties to power at an Oct. 14 election, a ...

New Zealand's SailGP team will not be able to compete in Taranto, Italy, due to the impossibility of transporting and fitting a replacement wing sail in time, SailGP said on Friday.

New Zealand's National Party leader downplayed on Wednesday the possibility that a right-wing political ally would refuse to support his government should his party win next month's election as ...

NAIROBI – Kenyan sevens star Willy Ambaka has joined New Zealand’s top provincial club Manawatu Turbos, becoming the first East African to play professional rugby in Oceania. Ambaka, a World ...

Saffron thistle has a very hard, heavy seed which falls close to the parent plant. Seeds are dispersed by attaching to stock hair or wool, via agricultural machinery or in mud on boots or vehicles.

New biocontrol agent to mine out thistle Its name might give it away but it’s only hungry for one thing - it’s the Californian thistle stem miner, the latest biological control agent to be ...