Sally Rae

A takeover notice has been lodged for Southland’s Blue Sky Meats by interests associated with the company’s chairman Scott O’Donnell and director Andrew Lowe.

Tighter leading rules and investors looking for new builds has led to a slowdown in activity at the bottom end of Dunedin’s housing market, a real estate agents says.

Future permanent plantings of exotic forests such as radiata pine could be excluded from the emissions trading scheme as the Government attempts to better manage carbon farming.

The signing of a free trade agreement between New Zealand and the United Kingdom represents a "significant boost" for New Zealand farmers and exporters, the Meat Industry Association says.

It is an alliance with its origins formed on the coastal pastures of the scenic Catlins.

It is rural romance at its best.

If you are a young rural male, then Kathryn Wright wants to hear from you.

She has curled her biceps on the shores of Lake Pukaki and lifted weights in the shadow of Aoraki-Mt Cook — now Kate Ivey is getting back to her rural roots.

Dunedin — it’s all right hair.

A Southland Groundswell New Zealand organiser will join a "flotilla" of anti-mandate protesters trying to make their way across Cook Strait.

It was the perfect anniversary present.

Life is no trial for young North Otago shepherd Mikayla Cooper.

It's true, there really is something about Mary.

Employees at a Dunedin tech company are on cloud nine thanks to their new nine-day working fortnight.

Urgent national policy changes are needed to ensure the rise in carbon farming does not come at the expense of rural communities, a discussion paper released yesterday says.

Grow the growers is a new initiative launched by the Otago Farmers Market in a bid to address a decline in the number of produce growers. Rural editor  Sally Rae reports.

Growing food is undeniably hard work, organic market gardener Lian Redding says.