Camp gives school leavers a taste of the primary industries
New Zealand produces food, and with booming local and global populations, the world is buying.
Farming
Working together for the health of land
Working together for the health of land
WAI Wanaka started with just three part-time volunteers but has expanded to a workforce of 44 people. Kerrie Waterworth reports.
Couple touting picking strawberries as fun family outing
Couple touting picking strawberries as fun family outing
From bulls to berries — they are polar opposites but Ben and Rebecca Trotter are hoping they attract.
Shearing his passion for six decades
Shearing his passion for six decades
Shearing — both the industry and the sport — has been a lifetime love for New Zealand Merino Shearing Society life member Graeme Bell.
Southland climate ideal for quality tulips
Southland climate ideal for quality tulips
Neath vibrant fields of colour lie van Eeden Tulips’ treasured produce — bulbs.
Farming changes through generations on Lindisvale family property
Farming changes through generations on Lindisvale family property
The Trevathan family has been farming at Lindisvale, near Tarras, since 1914. Marjorie Cook meets fifth-generation Trevathan, Maggie and chats with her dad, Jonny, and grandparents about farming changes over five generations.
Farmer buy-in helping drive success of Pomahaka plant project
Farmer buy-in helping drive success of Pomahaka plant project
Richard Davison talks to project leaders, and to the ‘‘boots on the ground’’ doing the hard yards on the $3.7 million Pomahaka Corridor Planting Project which just passed the milestone of getting 100,000 new natives planted.
Doing the hard yards: Family find formula to full farm ownership
Doing the hard yards: Family find formula to full farm ownership
Twenty years of hard work is coming to fruition for North Otago farmers Hayden and Robyn Williams, writes Rebecca Ryan.
Edendale goat breeder only too happy to share knowledge
Edendale goat breeder only too happy to share knowledge
On a 100ha dairy farm at Seaward Downs, near Edendale, Donna Morton runs about 40 Saanen goats in her Ardee stud.
Recycled fenceposts proving popular
Recycled fenceposts proving popular
Central Otago farms and vineyards may have easier access to sustainable fencing soon.
Smiles reward for trophy host
Smiles reward for trophy host
When the opportunity arose for Penny Frew to buy a piece of land right next to her and husband Brendon’s beef finishing farm, she jumped at it.
Landscaper drawn to life in country
Landscaper drawn to life in country
Landscaper Tammy Taylor was born and bred in Glenorchy — back when it was a bit more ‘‘rural’’.
Former townie making a go of it as head shepherd on Longacre Station
Former townie making a go of it as head shepherd on Longacre Station
Ben Maxwell could be described as a throwback to a different era, one where the best rugby players were weaned on the land.
From ‘hopeless in the hills' to 'hearty' hunter
From ‘hopeless in the hills' to 'hearty' hunter
Partly, it’s the thrill of the chase. Mostly it’s spending hours alone in his backyard — the hills around Central Otago and the Queenstown Lakes — that puts a smile on Lee Murray’s dial.
Combining Angus stud with child care as they work towards buying farm
Combining Angus stud with child care as they work towards buying farm
Queenstown couple Mike and Gemma Smith are proof there are other ways to make a living in their part of the world than jet-boat rides and pushing tourists off bridges with rubber bands attached.
Patience needed as farmers unable to effect change on their own all at once
Patience needed as farmers unable to effect change on their own all at once
Patience, please. We’re changing. That is the appeal from Maungawera farmer Grant Ruddenklau, as the rural sector navigates new freshwater regulations and climate change pressures.
Setting up for a strong future
Setting up for a strong future
Every summer, carloads of people arrive at Lyndon and Jane Strang’s Five Forks farm in North Otago, trying to access a swimming hole near the bottom of their property.
Newly qualified vet loving her work
Newly qualified vet loving her work
New graduate veterinarian Laura Gardyne is hoping to gain a few points on the Northern Southland Vets calving scoreboard this calving season.
Group empowering strong wool sector
Group empowering strong wool sector
A group set up to support growers of strong wool and bring their fibres back to market in a way relevant to consumer trends is due to wind up at the end of the year and present its recommendations.
Tackling food wastage and changing the world one green at a time
Tackling food wastage and changing the world one green at a time
Watching a documentary about food wastage two years ago affected Invercargill man Benji Biswas so much, he decided he needed to do his bit to counteract it.