A significant part of Waikato Regional Council’s catchment management programme involves helping landowners/managers to better manage erosion prone catchments, particularly in the steeper parts of the region. Loss of productive land in NZ hill country…
A Kaipaki dairy farm hosted 70 Vietnamese distributors last week as part of an exclusive insight into New Zealand’s dairy industry. The 200ha farm owned by the Bardoul family is home to 600 Holstein-Friesian dairy…
Emma Poole’s tenure as FMG’s first female Young Farmer of the Year is nearing its end. Last July, the Pirongia farmer, already the Waikato Bay of Plenty Young Farmer of the Year, became the first…
It’s Long-Term Plan time again at Waikato Regional Council. The LTP review happens every three years, falling within the second year of the council term. It sounds boring, but it’s an important planning document, which…
Andrew Flay is not sure why his farm was selected for a visit from Australian High Commissioner Harinder Sidhu, but he made certain she had a real ‘down on the farm’ experience. Sidhu, who was…
The Environment Court proceedings for Plan Change One (PC1) have concluded, and we are now awaiting a decision which is due in the middle of this year. The new Government has signalled they intend to…
In December 2023 the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) released its aerial 1080 poison annual report. The report states that of the 55 aerial operations undertaken in 2022, 24 incidents were self-reported by contractors and 25…
At the beginning of November Linda Mulvihill flew to Ushuaia, Argentina, boarded a ship and began a 19-day voyage to Antarctica. “It takes two days to travel from Ushuaia across the Drake Passage, which is…
Work has been underway by Waikato Regional Council (WRC) for much of the past year preparing for our 2024–34 Long Term Plan budget. We are looking to go out to the public with our formal…
GRAHAM FREEGARD: 10th October 1931 – 3rd DECEMBER 2023 Graham Freegard – a man known as much for his ploughing skills and love of tractors as for his brightly painted tin hat – died earlier…
