Sally Rae

When it comes to training sheep dogs, Lloyd Smith reckons it's all about the three Ps - purpose, precision and positive.

Dunedin-designed Freeload bike racks are going global. Global brand Thule has acquired the rights for the rack system, believed to be the first fully adjustable, self-securing bicycle carrier rack. A price was not disclosed for the acquisition.

The outlook for the growth of New Zealand milk production over the next decade has been described as going from a "torrent to a relative trickle".

Dairy farmers have been again urged to "pull the belt buckle in" after Fonterra sliced 30c from its previous forecast range for the 2012-13 season to $5.65-$5.75.

When a quartet of young Queen's High School entrepreneurs was looking for a cause to support, they could find none more uplifting than the Cancer Society.

Campbells Butchery in Oamaru has notched up its centenary this year.

Waitaki Refrigeration has been selected as one of four firms nationwide to deliver the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority's dairy shed heat-recovery programme.

A $6.5 million redevelopment at Leslie Groves Hospital is on track for completion by late November.

When young Jaron Fraser asked the Waitaki Boys' High School rector for help, he was not thinking of himself.

New Zealand wine exports hit a record $1.18 billion in the past financial year, up 8% on the previous year, despite difficult international market conditions.

When the Snell family goes on holiday, there is never a shortage of caravans to choose from.

Farmers are fair fizzing at the launch of New Zealand lamb on to the menu at McDonald's restaurants throughout the country.

First Tarras had Shrek - and now Tapui has Skip.