Sally Rae

When Alex Field lined up for the 2019 FMG Young Farmer of the Year grand final, he was expecting Mt Cook.

Two entrepreneurial Central Otago tradies have found another way to earn a crust — literally.

The countdown is on until the first cruise ship in more than two years berths at Port Chalmers on October 26.

Since researching Tall Poppy Syndrome experiences in entrepreneurship back in 2015, Prof Jo Kirkwood hoped the topic might have gone away in the business sector.

Gaming success story Runaway Play says it will not be closing operations in Dunedin, but it will have to consider whether future growth happens here or in Australia.

Another South Otago sheep and beef farm has been given approval to be sold to overseas buyers for conversion to plantation forestry.

Otago has bucked the trend and posted the largest jump in regional economic confidence over the June quarter, the latest Westpac McDermott Miller regional economic confidence survey shows.

Wool Impact Ltd — the new industry body for the strong wool sector — has announced four of the five board members who will lead the new entity.

Clayton Davidson landed his dream job thanks to Dunedin’s internship programme, JobDUN.

An Otago station is one of the first properties to receive Native CarbonCrop Units through Nelson-founded climate tech startup CarbonCrop.

Barbara Newton quips she was destined to be involved in the sheep industry.

Blade-shearing might be something of a dying art but, as rural editor Sally Rae discovers, there is a woolshed in the Maniototo where it has been going strong for the past six decades.

Chris Lamers recently started as chief executive of long-established Dunedin-based company MTF Finance.

Stuart Catto is a dyed-in-the-wool wool man — literally.

Driving around rural North Otago is probably the most rewarding aspect of Mike Searle’s job.

"A farmer's bond to the land is unbreakable."