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From gumboots to storybooks: Farming with a twist of magic
23 Aug 2025Emma Nowell transforms life on the land into art, children's stories and games, while keeping the farm and family at the heart of it all.
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Wholly Cow: Cambridge butcher's childhood dream come true
23 Aug 2025The Andrews family has gone from selling farm-raised meats at a farmers' market to running their own butchery.
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Green kiwifruit's bowel-moving powers recognised in Europe
22 Aug 2025Its the first-ever fresh fruit to receive an authorised health claim from the European Commission.
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Tennis ball wool from hill country farms to be served up at US Open
21 Aug 2025New Zealand wool will be bouncing around the courts of the 2025 US Open when the final Grand Slam of the year takes centre stage in New York.
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Harness racing park sells for $30 million less than three years ago
19 Aug 2025Franklin Park Training Centre has sold a second time in three years, this time for $30 million less, as Pukekohe's harness racing trainers look for another home.
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Mental health charity targets reluctant gun owners
20 Aug 2025It's run by a man who gave up farming after losing his licence when he sought help for his own mental health.
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From backyard to plate: Cafe looks to partner with home gardeners
19 Aug 2025Home gardeners will be paid for what they grow and supply in a new trial project.
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Mānuka honey giant Comvita considers takeover sale
18 Aug 2025New Zealand's largest mānuka honey producer Comvita is eyeing a company sale, amid challenging times in the global honey sector.
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No significant concerns over animal welfare at uni farm
19 Aug 2025Following an animal welfare complaint, the Ministry for Primary Industries visited Lincoln University's demonstration dairy farm.
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Planned return of live cattle export gets held up
Legislation being drafted to bring back the controversial trade of live animal exports by sea is getting stuck in the cogs of Cabinet.
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'Disaster waiting to happen': Fears carbon farming increases risk of wild fire
18 Aug 2025The increasing number of farms being planted in trees for carbon farming is raising fears about the spread of pests and fire risk. Audio
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Miley the Huntaway's a 'main dog' now
16 Aug 2025For the past year, Country Life has been watching Wairarapa dog triallist Chris Shaw train up his latest working dog, Miley - a young Huntaway that's got that "X-factor".
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Mud and Blood - Westland rugby teams battle it out
16 Aug 2025Every winter, the Woodham Shield brings together remote South Westland communities for a fiercely contested grassroots rugby battle steeped in pride and tradition.
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Warnings of ecological crisis from wilding conifers
15 Aug 2025Southland officials are warning the pines have caused a land-use and biosecurity crisis for the region.
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High hopes for new biofuel's impact on shipping emissions
14 Aug 2025A new biofuel is making waves in the shipping sector and could help exporters reduce their transport emissions.
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Avo a-plenty: New season fruit starts to hit stores
New Zealand shoppers are getting good prices for new season avocados, as harvest volumes balance out after a record year last year.
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Desperate plea from struggling grain sector
Low product prices have prompted desperate calls for New Zealand farmers, mills and shoppers to take up local grain.
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Overseas company wants to buy stake in NZ red meat co-operative
12 Aug 2025Irish company Dawn Meats Group wants to buy a 65 percent stake for $250 million.
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'Farmluencer' creates online community for female farmers
12 Aug 2025Anthea Rolfe started the Females in Farming social media page a year ago and said it just exploded.
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Fencing donations for flood-hit Tasman farmers
12 Aug 2025Tasman district farmers hit by recent floods are trying to piece their riverside farms back together, after losing land, livestock, bridges and key fencing infrastructure.
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Why we need to grow more rice in New Zealand
11 Aug 2025Pretty much the last place you'd think you'd find a rice paddy growing is on a hill in Nelson, but Yuki Fukada is doing just that.
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Post-harvest horticulture workforce will need to develop new skills, report finds
11 Aug 2025As new technologies see the horticulture sector become increasingly automated, its post-harvest workforce will need to develop new skills.
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Cover crops and critters - a dirty love affair
9 Aug 2025Stephen Newman has gone from IT to conventional farming to becoming a devotee of the regenerative farming movement.
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How to weather the great grass shutdown in the south
9 Aug 2025The gloom and wet of winter is especially challenging for Southland's farms where pasture can go for nearly a third of the year without growth.
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