Farming
Country Life: The truth about flower farming
Kate Briant, of The Rural Florist, juggles a busy young family with her burgeoning flower growing business.
Getting cosy and creative under canvas
A riverside tent becomes a classroom for the day for children taking part in the Ruamāhanga Farm Foundation project, connecting the awa with the local community.
Gisborne farmers fight for cyclone bridge rebuilds
A collection of Gisborne families are still anxiously awaiting updates about council-owned bridges destroyed during Cyclone Gabrielle, cutting them off from public roads.
New Zealand's rate of afforestation worrying, Beef and Lamb NZ says
Latest figures show at least 261,000 hectares of sheep and beef farmland have been converted into forestry since 2017.
Why farmers are turning to bio-char
A Southland couple is looking to the past to help curb farm emissions and boost yields. Audio
Shifting times for sheep in Wairoa
A changing climate and shifting land use has prompted Wairoa sheep and beef farmer Dave Read to develop a new breed of low-input sheep. Audio
Biography captures 'special time in New Zealand farming history'
Bee Dawson speaks to Emile Donovan about her new book Where the Nor'wester Blows. Audio
Public wants fast rivers clean-up but farmers call for handbrake
Two months of talking to Taranaki people has exposed the split between the farming industry and the rest of the region over polluted rivers.
