Valais cute, comic, curious, charming creature
In the hills above Arrowtown, among a small pear orchard and a cluster of old musterers’ huts, live the cutest sheep in the world.
Rural life
Beaumont Bark Up a fun way to support Farmstrong
Beaumont Bark Up a fun way to support Farmstrong
Mental health is a continuing issue for the rural sector, and what better way than a traditional bark up to both combat the strains of farm life, and do its bit to bring the issue to wider attention through its supportive fundraising efforts.
Vet happy going out on her own
Vet happy going out on her own
Amy Watts took a wide-ranging road on her quest to becoming a vet.
Planting natives bringing back birds
Planting natives bringing back birds
Central Otago Forest & Bird members are proud of a two-year labour of love at Lake Hawea Station to offset their carbon emissions. Marjorie Cook reports.
Spreading carbon forestry message
Spreading carbon forestry message
Born and bred Arrowtowner Jules Webley first found a passion for pastoral farming at boarding school in Christchurch.
Surfing For Farmers hits the right spot
Surfing For Farmers hits the right spot
A nationwide initiative supporting farmers’ mental and physical health was a roaring success in its first season at Kaka Point in South Otago.
Snowstorm led to new career
Snowstorm led to new career
Derek Ayson was a third-generation farmer until a snowstorm changed his career path.
Couple meeting need for relief staff
Couple meeting need for relief staff
Winton couple Janelle Davison and Kelvin ‘‘Rocky’’ Cormack are helping farmers needing relief staff.
Camp gives school leavers a taste of the primary industries
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.
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’’.