Sally Rae

Entering the Ballance Farm Environment Awards reinforced to South Otago couple Brendon and Suzie Bearman they were ''heading in the right direction''.

Dunedin-based AbacusBio and its managing director Neville Jopson both feature among the finalists in this year's Beef and Lamb New Zealand Sheep Industry Awards.

Craig Adams will be hoping it will be a case of third-time lucky at the National Country Music Awards next month.

When it comes to being a dairy farmer, Matt Kerr reckons milking the cows is the easy bit.

Lamb exports surpassed $2 billion in the first nine months of the 2013-14 meat export season for only the fourth time.

Apprentice joiner Mohamed Valibhai really has gone the extra mile.

Dairying proved a cash cow for Otago last season, pumping an estimated $727 million into the regional economy.

The Primary Industry Capability Alliance's (PICA) new chief executive Andy Somerville sees huge potential for New Zealand's primary sector.

It has been an electrifying experiment.

Dave Harrison is pleased environmental issues are increasingly being talked about in New Zealand.

When it comes to freshwater management, urban and rural water must be treated equally - whether it is a stream in Karori or one in the Maniototo.

Come September it will be ''au revoir Waihaorunga'' and ''bonjour France'' for young South Canterbury shepherd Alex Reekers.

The Otago Rural Support Trust's emphasis is changing.

Dunedin-based business Design and Garden Landscapes recently received a swag of awards at Landscaping New Zealand's Landscapes of Distinction awards. Business reporter Sally Rae speaks to the company's founder and director Wayne Butson about the path to success.

Admittedly, there was a little sibling rivalry when the High Country Hillbillies took on the Gumboot Girls - and the rest of New Zealand - in the TeenAg national final.

A Dunedin-designed double-glazing system, which started as a concept drawn on a paper pie packet, is now being sold in Australia.