Being sharemilkers on a farm in rural Otago is a far cry from running a gift and homeware shop in Wellington - but Tim and Lorraine Johnson have successfully made the transition from city to country life.
Federated Farmers Otago provincial president Mike Lord just wants to see a fair rating system.
United Kingdom supermarket chain Marks and Spencer has not been able to source enough Primera-bred lambs to move towards becoming exclusively Primera.
If Jann Robertson is not at work at Idealprint and Design in Tapanui, she is most likely to be found ferrying children to music lessons or sports practices.
A $713,000 redevelopment of the Oamaru blue penguin colony has been suggested to maintain its status in the nature heritage industry.
The need for a fair rating system has been impressed upon the Waitaki District Council by North Otago's farming community.
An $850,000 contestable fund has been established to drive further growth of the red-meat industry.
Middlemarch beekeeper Blair Dale is used to dealing with the vagaries of the weather.
Hakataramea is going to the dogs.
A strong involvement in Young Farmers, which included helping to raise $70,000 for the Christchurch earthquake appeal, has paid off for lower order sharemilker and equity partner Greig Moore.
Wig-maker Averill Barrington has a blunt message for young women wanting hair extensions.
Silver Fern Farms has increased its presence in the beef processing sector with the purchase of a a plant in Waikato, while also announcing plans to build a high-tech beef processing plant on its nearby Te Aroha site.
The Environment Canterbury panel considering more than 100 applications for water, mainly for irrigation, from the upper Waitaki catchment above the Waitaki dam says it is not possible to set a date when the decision will be released.
"Wheels inside wheels" is how Craigs Investment Partners broker Chris Timms describes developments over Ngai Tahu's plans to take a cornerstone shareholding in PGG Wrightson through a joint venture with Chinese companies.
When it comes to breeding Hereford cattle, Millers Flat farmer Gray Pannett has a fairly simple philosophy - "I just want to breed as good a Hereford that I can breed, that makes money for my client."
A new milk processing dryer may be built by Fonterra in Southland within the next 10 years.
Central Otago farmer Russell Nevill, of Moa Creek, displays his Border Leicester sheep during a recent breeders' tour in Otago.
Every rural community needs an Alice.
Susie Scott, who has campaigned for the retention of the altar in the Teschemakers Chapel, says she is "appalled" other items have been removed from the chapel.
The development of more cycling and walking tracks is being sought by the Oamaru Multisport Club.
