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  • Are you a shepherd? The King needs you.

    News
    Country farming
    16 Sep 2024
    King Charles Shepherd vacancy

    Sandringham Farm, the much loved country retreat of King Charles, is searching for a new shepherd.

    King Charles hiring a new shepherd
  • Pacific news in brief for 16 September

    News
    Pacific
    16 Sep 2024
    Tuvalu PM Feleti Teo in Nuku'alofa, Tonga for the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting. August 2024.

    A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including support for a renewable energy project in Solomon Islands.

    Pacific news in brief for 16 September
  • A cut above - couple making 'one of a kind' knives with deer antlers

    News
    Country rural
    14 Sep 2024
    Jacinda and Richy Sheridan run Sheridan Hunting Knives from the farm they run in Motu, near Gisborne.

    Jacinda and Richy Sheridan have carved out a niche for themselves, making hunting and farm knives using deer antlers.

    Country Life: Carving out their own niche
  • Guest - Dairy farmer Stephen Crawford

    Audio
    rural farming
    30 Aug 2024
    Stephen Crawford

    South Otago's biggest organic dairy farm might go conventional after news the dairy company which picks up the milk is reviewing the premiums for organic milk. Audio

  • Guest - Dairy farmer Stephen Crawford

    News
    Country Life rural
    30 Aug 2024
    Stephen Crawford

    South Otago's biggest organic dairy farm might go conventional after news the dairy company which picks up the milk is reviewing the premiums for organic milk.

    Audio

    Guest - Dairy farmer Stephen Crawford
  • Can New Zealand deal with the bird flu?

    News
    New Zealand What you need to know
    29 Aug 2024
    A pelican suspected to have died from H5N1 avian influenza is seen on a beach in Lima, in 2022.

    As cases mount overseas, NZ officials are bolstering their avian influenza plan. Here's what you need to know.

    Bird flu: What you need to know about its spread overseas and the risk to NZ
  • Fonterra accused of greenwashing to impress big foreign buyers

    News
    Country In Depth
    19 Aug 2024
    Image of regenerative agriculture presentation

    The dairy giant has talked up its 'regenerative farming' credentials. But critics say the claims are bogus. Audio

    Fonterra accused of 'greenwashing' to impress big foreign buyers keen on 'regenerative agriculture'
  • How a vaccine might just clear the air on farms

    News
    New Zealand environment
    17 Aug 2024
    Brighter Future - Dairy. Dairy farming family the Mathieson's, Ewen, Dianne and Melissa talk about the boom and bust of their industry since 2008 and how they got through some of the tougher times.

    For decades, scientists have been working on a methane-reducing vaccine for cows with little success - until now. Audio

    Prototype vaccine reduces methane in cows
  • Wellington's goat scapes and a family's dairy dream

    Audio
    rural farming
    16 Aug 2024
    The Steenkamps are often accompanied on-farm by their four human kids.

    Meet the Steenkamp family behind The Brooklyn Creamery, supplying Wellington locals with fresh goat's milk and goat's milk products from just outside the city centre. Audio

  • Wellington's goat scapes and a family's dairy dream

    News
    Country Life rural
    16 Aug 2024
    The Steenkamps are often accompanied on-farm by their four human kids.

    Meet the Steenkamp family behind The Brooklyn Creamery, supplying Wellington locals with fresh goat's milk and goat's milk products from just outside the city centre.

    Audio

    Wellington's goat scapes and a family's dairy dream
  • Can you save money by making your own butter? We tried so you don't have to

    News
    New Zealand
    12 Aug 2024

    Could making your own butter help you beat the price surges and availability issues? Lucy Corry investigates.

    Can you save cash by making your own butter?
  • NZ's only organic chicken farm sold to Inghams

    News
    Business Country
    6 Aug 2024
    Bostock Brothers chicken farm in Hawkes Bay.

    Hawkes Bay based Bostock Brothers were on the lookout for capital to grow the business but decided to sell the whole operation.

    NZ's only organic chicken farm sold to Inghams
  • Yanfei Bao: Tip with 'specific direction' led police to remains

    News
    New Zealand crime
    30 Jul 2024
    While searching private farmland in the Greenpark area in Canterbury, police found a shallow grave was discovered along the treeline.

    A shallow grave was found on a previously-searched farm today. New information prompted the police investigation team to return.

    Watch: Police confident remains are those of Yanfei Bao
  • Councillor 'absolutely disgusted' at lack of progress on Westport flood protection

    News
    New Zealand West Coast
    17 Jul 2024
    NZ Defence Force/supplied
[57] An aerial view of the eastern end of Westport during the July 2021 flood.

    Today is the third anniversary of Westport's disastrous 2021 floods.

    Councillor 'absolutely disgusted' at lack of progress on Westport flood protection
  • New Zealand's climate targets in jeopardy, new figures show

    News
    Politics
    17 Jul 2024
    60 year old pine tree being felled in Manulife forest block near Tokoroa.

    The government's draft emissions reduction plan was published this morning and things are worse than a year ago. Audio

    New Zealand's future climate targets in jeopardy, new calculations find
  • Research on genetic technologies finds opinions split

    News
    Country food
    9 Jul 2024
    Fresh sweet corn on wooden table

    About one third of New Zealanders surveyed were in support of using genetic technology in food production, but nearly as many were opposed.

    Research on genetic technologies in food production finds opinions split
  • The Groove Armada star bringing new life to Jeremy Clarkson's farm

    News
    World life and society
    1 Jul 2024
    English electronic music duo Groove Armada perform on the Glade stage on the fifth day of the Glastonbury festival at Worthy Farm.

    Andy Cato, the musician turned regenerative farmer, has won over a UK TV show and its audience.

    The Groove Armada star bringing new life to Jeremy Clarkson's farm
  • King Charles sends warm wishes to Aotearoa for Matariki

    News
    New Zealand Te Ao Māori
    29 Jun 2024
    Britain's King Charles III and Britain's Queen Camilla arrive to visit the University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre in London on April 30, 2024. Charles is making his first official public appearance since being diagnosed with cancer, after doctors said they were "very encouraged" by the progress of his treatment. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)

    King Charles III has sent a message to New Zealand for the Māori New Year, which was celebrated on Friday.

    King Charles sends warm wishes to Aotearoa for Matariki
  • Freight company and manager fined $28,000 for delivering containers to unapproved location

    News
    Business court
    11 Jun 2024
    Ministry for Primary Industries building

    A freight company and manager have been fined for delivering imported sea containers to a paddock in Auckland, skipping biosecurity inspections.

    Freight company and manager fined $28,000 for delivering containers to unapproved location
  • Aquafarming becomes main global source for fish

    News
    World food
    8 Jun 2024
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    For the first time, farmed aquatic production has exceeded the catch from traditional captured fisheries, the UN food and agriculture agency said.

    Aquafarming becomes main global source for fish
  • What to know about bird flu in dairy cows and the risk to humans

    News
    World science
    8 Jun 2024
    A digitally-colorized microscopic image of Avian Influenza A (H5N1) virus particles (seen in gold), grown in epithelial cells (green).

    Explainer - The outbreak of bird flu in US dairy cows has been confirmed in Minnesota and Iowa, bringing to 11 the total number of affected states.

    What to know about bird flu in dairy cows and the risk to humans
  • Warning over bird flu as Australia confirms first human case

    News
    New Zealand health
    24 May 2024
    29 April 2024, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hattingen: A helper shoos some swans and ducks into an enclosure during an animal disease exercise. In cooperation with other districts, the Ennepe-Ruhr district rehearses what to do in the event of an outbreak of bird flu. Photo: Christoph Reichwein/dpa (Photo by Christoph Reichwein / DPA / dpa Picture-Alliance via AFP)

    New Zealand must urgently get ready for a strain causing concern overseas, public health experts say.

    NZ must be prepared for bird flu, experts say, as Australia confirms first human case
  • Solar shines on Samoa farmers

    News
    Pacific Samoa
    20 May 2024
    Samoan farmers are profiting from solar generators.

    I'umalo Clayton Simamao from the Samoa Farmers Association said the generators and associated connections had boosted morale.

    Solar shines on Samoa farmers
  • Company creating cow-less dairy products given green light to expand

    News
    New Zealand Business
    17 May 2024
    Emily McIsaac, Daisy Lab co-founder

    Daisy Lab has been given the go-ahead to scale up production 500-fold.

    Daisy Lab, company creating cow-less dairy products, given green light to expand
  • 'Timing is not good' for H5N1 pandemic - flu scientist

    News
    New Zealand World
    5 May 2024
    Dr Richard Webby, virus and influenza expert.

    If the bird flu infecting cows in the US figures out human-to-human transmission, the timing could not be worse, a prominent Kiwi flu researcher says. Audio

    'Timing is not good' for H5N1 pandemic - flu scientist
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