First-time dog trial entrant ‘super excited’
First-time dog trial entrant ‘super excited’
Dog triallists are a dedicated bunch.
Sally Rae
Dog trialling in the bloodline
Dog trialling in the bloodline
When it comes to a pedigree in dog trials, Kelly Tweed has it covered.
Couple share their knowledge on how to propagate natives
Couple share their knowledge on how to propagate natives
It's a growing trend — literally.
On track and ready for dog trial champs
On track and ready for dog trial champs
If every dog has its day, then Kirsty O’Connor will be hoping that day dawns for Dusk — and Pitch — this week.
Firm helping Maldives’ fisheries sector grow
Firm helping Maldives’ fisheries sector grow
A Dunedin architecture firm’s involvement with a fisheries project in the Maldives, worth about $US40 million ($NZ61 million), is continuing a decades-long association with the island nation.
Chilly day at rugby sparked hot idea
Chilly morning at rugby sparked hot idea
"Solidifying on the sideline." That’s how Charlotte Bell felt as she watched her young daughter run on to the rugby field in the beautiful - but often wintry climes - of the Waitaki Valley.
Innovators want wool to take to the sky
Innovators want wool to take to the sky
ODT business and rural editor Sally Rae talks to those behind two diverse projects to add value to the wool clip.
Quarry gets support for shift away from coal use
Quarry gets support for shift away from coal use
Ravensdown has secured government co-funding to match its investment to install a biomass combustor at its Dipton lime quarry in Southland.
Difference to be paid after takeover of Blue Sky
Difference to be paid after takeover of Blue Sky
Southern Lamb Investments shareholder Andrew Lowe has agreed to pay the difference between the price he paid for shares in Blue Sky Meats prior to a $34.6m takeover offer.
Planting trees ‘binds our community’
Planting trees ‘binds our community’
"We are all in this together." As Emeritus Professor Henrik Moller points out, although 90% of voters live in urban centres, New Zealand’s biological industries — particularly farming and forestry — earn about 60% of the country’s national income.
Entrepreneurial trio create fibre blend
Entrepreneurial trio create fibre blend
What do you get when you combine the skills of a high-country merino farmer with a West Coast dairy farmer and throw a sales manager into the mix?
Results of planting project seen
Results of planting project seen
In a past life, North Otago farmer Craig Batchelor has worked with the likes of the endangered takahe, kakapo and black robin.
Flying high on the seeds of success
Flying high on the seeds of success
Topflite is a quiet North Otago success story, growing from humble beginnings amid the district’s farmland to one of New Zealand’s leading pet food brands.
Sustainability driving surge in wool carpet demand: WNZ
Sustainability driving surge in wool carpet demand: WNZ
Wools of New Zealand is attributing greater demand for wool carpets to an increasing desire for sustainable flooring options.
Focus on fostering workers’ mental wellbeing
Focus on fostering workers’ mental wellbeing
Looking after employees’ mental wellbeing is not all about connection calls and Covid-19 care packages.
Meat and dairy understaffed
Meat and dairy understaffed
The meat processing industry — which has been hammered by a worker shortage — says the additional 500 workers that will be allowed in from overseas will help ease the chronic situation.
Most of station to be conservation land
Most of station to be conservation land
About 99% of the Dunstan Downs Crown pastoral lease near Omarama will join the conservation estate - one of the highest percentages of a lease to become conservation land under tenure review.
Meat prices expected to lift as processing capacity returns
Meat prices expected to lift as processing capacity returns
The "very tricky patch" for sheep and beef farmers is set to continue in the short term, with Covid-19 at its heart, Westpac senior agri-economist Nathan Penny says.
From Nigeria to Edinburgh, via Dunedin
From Nigeria to Edinburgh, via Dunedin
She's moving from the Edinburgh of the South to the original Edinburgh.
Request for solo meeting reiterated
Request for solo meeting reiterated
Groundswell New Zealand is still pushing for a meeting with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, without the presence of industry bodies.