Yvonne O'Hara

Gill Naylor, of Becks, is Rural Women New Zealand's new environmental spokeswoman.

The question for Margaret Pittaway is what to do next?

Sarah Perriam heard a story recently about a group of young shepherds working in the tailing pens on a property in the North Island who started discussing the recently launched Will To Live campaign.

Research on dryland plants like Dorycnium, Saltbush and Sheep's Burnet, which was carried out in Central Otago between 10 and 20 years ago, showed those plants had the potential to be ideal forage...

In the 20 years since Janiene Bayliss and husband David Pratt established their Ata Mara vineyard near Cromwell, she has seen the Central Otago wine industry grow rapidly.

Frog Rock Orchard is one of the first orchards in the Teviot Valley to have cherries for sale.

Following the heavy rain in the region last week, some Teviot Valley orchardists are reporting damage to about half of their early ripening cherry crop.

When the earth moves, are farmers going to be prepared? The Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management sent an emergency mobile alert last Sunday as part of its preparedness plans.

For sheep and beef farmer Simon Davies of Toko Mouth it is not a matter of ‘‘if’’ the Alpine Fault will shift, but ‘‘when’’.

The Women In Wine (WIW) group marked its first birthday recently and members are looking forward to its second Christmas gathering.

Alexandra's Gabriela Schmidt-Morrell is looking for a woolhandler from Switzerland to join the team representing that country in next year's world shearing championships in France.

From suitcase clinics for women, to being the ''godmother'' of bed-wetting and travelling to isolated farms and communities to provide emergency care, registered nurse Marg Eckhoff has played an...

Initiatives to increase health care in rural areas is a ''step in the right direction'', says Rural Women New Zealand director and health spokeswoman Margaret Pittaway, of Lowburn.

The three-day New Zealand Agricultural Show (formerly the Canterbury A&P Show) at Christchurch finished last Friday.

Central Otago's pinot noir will be on show to media from around the world early next year.

Central Otago Winegrowers Association (Cowa) is hosting a cellar door and wine tasting event for Central Otago wineries to showcase their product to the region's accommodation providers and tourism...

DairyNZ has launched a new multimedia initiative - ''The vision is clear'' - on November 1 to encourage New Zealanders to think about water health and how to improve water quality.

The Clutha Valley Lions Club has decided not to hold its two-yearly Clydevale Farming Expo any more, with a lack of foot traffic the reason it was cancelled.

Southern Rural Life reporter Yvonne O’Hara asked DairyNZ chairman Jim van der Poel some questions about DairyNZ’s annual report for 2017/2018, which was released prior to its annual meeting in...

After four years as a volunteer in Vanuatu, Juliet Pye can speak the islands' language, Bislama, and that makes her an ideal advocate for the Central Otago region's Pacific Islander seasonal workers.