To the west of Pirongia, where the road gives way to harbour and tide, farming doesn’t always happen on land. At Aotea Harbour, the Dockery family has quietly farmed the water since the 1980s –…
To the west of Pirongia, where the road gives way to harbour and tide, farming doesn’t always happen on land. At Aotea Harbour, the Dockery family has quietly farmed the water since the 1980s –…
While Cambridge escaped the worst of the weather, farms on the western side of Waipā were hit hard, with a Pirongia farming family and Federated Farmers telling Jon Rawlinson about widespread flood damage and costly…
Mary Anne Gill reveals how Kaipaki Dairies is reinventing New Zealand’s milk market with a farm-to-bottle approach that champions purity, freshness, and sustainability by delivering whole milk the way nature intended. On a lush 200-hectare…
Over the summer holidays, the health and wellbeing of the Waikato River have been a hot topic. Writing this as we are in the middle of the National Waka Ama championships, with close to 5000…
A new crop of rural vets is set to ensure farmers have access to quality care for their animals, the government expects. Thirty-two new vets have been assigned throughout the regions under the Voluntary Bonding…
Vince Steiner’s devotion to Ayrshire cows has taken him from a childhood dream to global leadership. Senior writer Mary Anne Gill met him and his partner Trudy Garland. At Brookview Genetics, Vince Steiner moves among…
I said repeatedly on the campaign trail that if I did a good job, I would be a one term councillor. I have always been an advocate for a restructure but never in my wildest…
An organisation that supports and connects rural women, their families and communities has celebrated its 100th birthday with a new chief executive at the helm. Sandra Kirby brings more than two decades of leadership experience…
New Zealand’s only medical leech breeding and supply business – based in Te Miro just outside Cambridge – sold recently in a transaction that feels uniquely made to measure. Viv Posselt explains. A niche enterprise…
Ōhaupō Rugby Sports Club held their annual calf rearers’ day in Ngāhinapōuri last month a great initiative to raise funds to help keep the club running in the summer months. The day was well attended…
