Shawn McAvinue

Dog triallist Brian Hampton rarely misses a dog trial at Waiau Collie Club in Western Southland.

Thousands of people attended the Otago Taieri A&P Show on a sunny day on Saturday.

Southland shearer Matt Hunt has ditched the booze and the pies and hit the gym as he prepares to shear sheep for 24 hours in West Otago this weekend.

Show me the money.

Some people love the figures and other people couldn’t care less.

Award-winning Southland bull Hawk swooped in to share the accolade of being the highest-priced wapiti of the season.

More than 50 people attended each of the wapiti sales at Littlebourne Farm and Tikana in Central Southland last week.

Fair prices were paid at wapiti sales in the South, a stock agent says.

A Winton wapiti breeder got a full clearance of bulls at his sale but the top-price sire came as a surprise.

Award-winning Southland bull Hawk swooped in to share the accolade of being the highest-priced wapiti of the season.

The departure of a farming family from the district was the death blow for a dog trial club of more than 100 years in East Otago.

The St Bathans Collie Club centennial trial celebrations start on Saturday. 

Northern Southland deer breeder David Stevens is set to close his stud, despite fetching the highest price for a velvet stag at auction in New Zealand this season.

Northern Southland velvet deer Yellow 312 sold for $80,000 last week - the most spent on a velvet sire stag at an auction in new Zealand this season.

A sign at the entrance to the Alliance Group Lorneville plant shows the jobs available at the farmer-owned red meat co-operative on New Year’s Eve.

An Otago stag with an "outstanding" head was crowned the trophy antler champion at the New Zealand National Velvet and Hard Antler Competition.

A velvet head of a Southland stag was named the supreme champion at the New Zealand National Velvet and Hard Antler Competition.

Despite cash-poor red deer buyers seeking style over substance this season, Taieri stock agent Adam Whaanga has spent about $2 million on their behalf, including $270,000 for a trophy sire.