Farming
Country Life for 28 March 2025
This week Country Life takes a look at how the folk at Kai Rotorua are preparing for the upcoming kumara harvest. Also, a training programme in Southland is giving young adults with high-functioning… Audio
Rural News Wrap for 28 March 2025
A round-up of the week's news from the primary sector. Audio
The Panel with Chris Finlayson & Verity Johnson (Part 2)
Tonight on The Panel, Mark Leishman is joined by panellists Chris Finlayson & Verity Johnson. The trio discuss the conversion of a beloved Hawke's Bay farm into pine, MOTAT being nominated for an… Audio
NZ Hops chalks up EU export 'win' amid glut
Increased hops production has led to a surplus of the dried flower used in beer making or for medicinal purposes.
Kirwee plays host to South Island Agricultural Field Days
Tens of thousands of people have been descending on the small Canterbury town of Kirwee over the past few days for the South Island Agricultural Field Days. Event committee chairman Andrew Stewart… Audio
Midday Rural News for 27 March 2025
Farm owners are being encouraged to look after their contract milkers as the drought continues. Audio
'It's just barren': Veteran farmer reckons Tasman's drought worst ever
Alf Kinzett has been feeding out since Christmas and will need to buy more feed for winter.
NZ's fruit wins in competitive Vietnamese produce market
NZ apple exporters are trying to capitalise on the increasingly wealthy Vietnamese consumer, while elbowing out global competition. Audio
Apple exporters look to Vietnam as economy grows
New Zealand apple exporters are hustling to capitalise on the increasingly wealthy Vietnamese consumer, while elbowing out global competition. Rural News journalist Monique Steele has more. Audio
Farmers in Tasman use winter supplies as drought takes hold
Many farmers in the Tasman District are having to use winter supplies to feed their stock, as the drought continues across part of the top of the South Island. Samantha Gee has more. Audio
Minister closes inner Hauraki Gulf to fishing of rock lobster
Shane Jones says the closure, starting from April 1, is to allow the lobster population to restore itself.
From sporting honours to King Country shepherdess
Before Grace Watson left primary school, she could already drive a tractor and a manual ute - now she's a finalist for Ahuwhenua Young Māori Farmer of the Year.
Palm kernel supply chain tainted by connections to deforestation, Greenpeace says
Two major exporters of palm kernel to New Zealand have been found to source kernel from illegal operations in Indonesia's Rawa Singkil Wildlife Reserve in Sumatra.
High-country high fashion
Eden Hore held one of one of the most significant high fashion collections of its kind in Australasia in a tractor shed on his high-country farm in the Māniatoto. Audio, Gallery
