Sally Rae

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."

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

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

It's what Corina Jordan describes as her dream position.

Silver Fern Farms has entered into one of New Zealand’s largest sustainability-linked working capital financing facilities.

He is a dairy farmer’s son from Morrinsville who embarked on an ambitious mission to enable farmers to become more sustainable and productive.

"Farmers are the world’s rock stars."