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Rustic sheds reveal immigrants' farming legacy
The story of a pioneering family of Dalmatian immigrants has been kept alive through a cluster of old sheds on the Devcich farm near Thames.
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Harvesting time is nuts at busy walnut orchard
9 May 2025The walnut harvest is underway at Lightfoot Orchard in Canterbury.
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Passing down traditions in the tītī 'pluck house'
9 May 2025Dan Tarrant's ancestors have been harvesting muttonbirds or tītī for 500 years. The autumn harvest is a family affair and a chance to pass down skills and…
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Surviving a nuclear war ... in Palmerston North
8 May 2025A new study looks at what it would take to feed a city in the event of a global catastrophe.
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Gap between people and sheep rapidly closing
8 May 2025Rise in pine forests driving the decline in sheep, industry claims.
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Soil from a Taranaki backyard wins international gardening award
7 May 2025A Taranaki living soil and plant food producer has won Garden Product of the Year by a German gardening and DIY magazine.
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Strong dairy demand, fierce bidding pushes up global auction prices
7 May 2025Dairy prices surged to the highest level in nearly three years in the global dairy auction.
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New bill aims to stop animal cruelty through imported products
6 May 2025The proposed bill would require imported products to meet the same animal welfare standards applied locally.
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Snapper trialled in Tasman Bay open ocean aquaculture farming
It is the first time a new finfish species has been tested off the New Zealand coastline.
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Renewed calls for cat bylaws as feral numbers surge
8 May 2025The number of feral cats is estimated to be double the number of pet cats. Audio
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'Misleading labels': Welfare group's complaint about colony eggs
5 May 2025SAFE wants the word 'caged' put on labels to make consumers aware where the eggs come from. Audio
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Potential buyers step up for Fonterra's consumer business
5 May 2025Leading international dairy companies are looking to get a slice of the prized assets.
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New rules to limit farm to forestry conversions - but does loophole remain?
5 May 2025Agriculture and Forestry Minister Todd McClay announced new legislation will be introduced later this year.
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'Quite confronting': Survey reveals financial, mental health issues among contract milkers
Survey organisers said the results were 'disappointing', but 'not surprising'.
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Solid forecast for agriculture exports, despite tariffs
Agricultural exports prices are expected to be resilient, though increased competition in key markets may eventually put pressure on prices.
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Boutique dairy company in Havelock North to close down after 15 years
4 May 2025Havelock North-based boutique dairy company Origin Earth is closing down after 15 years of providing customers with locally sourced sustainable products.
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Conditions on farms and orchards around the motu
4 May 2025Wet weather caused flooding and disrupted the kiwifruit harvest, but for many drought-afflicted farmers, it has been welcomed.
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Thousands of chooks saved from Canterbury floods
4 May 2025Much of Canterbury has been inundated with flood water after days of heavy rainfall.
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'Farms are one of the last places I'd ever wanted to be'
3 May 2025Raymond Sagapolutele was not sure what to expect when he arrived at Castle Hill Station for a Creative NZ residency.
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NZ to host global rural health event; leaders spurred to act
2 May 2025The rural healthcare sector is telling the government that the way New Zealand addresses health inequalities for rural and indigenous Māori patients will be under global scrutiny next year.
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Conditions on farms and orchards around the motu
3 May 2025Wet weather caused flooding and disrupted the kiwifruit harvest. But for many drought-afflicted farmers it's been welcomed.
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Life is gourd for pumpkin seed growers at Summer Hill Seeds
4 May 2025Whanganui farming couple Clare and Grant Adkins are growing plant proteins alongside their animal proteins.
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'Farms are one of the last places I'd ever wanted to be'
2 May 2025Raymond Sagapolutele was not sure what to expect when he arrived at Castle Hill Station for a Creative NZ residency.
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Levin farmers launch mushroom coffee
2 May 2025The coffee includes extracts of lion's mane and cordyceps.
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Quad bike death could have been avoided - WorkSafe
1 May 2025The bike flipped at low speed and killed Ethen Payne at an Eketāhuna dairy farm in 2022.
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Uncertainty as Auckland's only harness training track hits market again
1 May 2025The 35-hectare Pukekohe site has operated for 77 years for professional horse trotting and pacing and is owned by the Auckland Trotting Club.
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Rural families amped for duck hunting season
1 May 2025"Getting out of house and seeing what's out and about in the wild ... it's a bonus if you get a duck or two," says 10-year-old George Slavin.
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NZ climate investor puts millions into start-up reducing methane emissions
1 May 2025The American start-up is promising to lower the climate-warming impact of cow burps.
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