Farming
Midday Rural News for 24 October 2023
After storms in 2018 and earlier this year resulted in mountains of forestry waste damaging bridges and smashing through farmland, the Gisborne District Council has successfully prosecuted a number of… Audio
The warnings before NZ's spending on measuring cattle burps from space
How did New Zealand come to invest $29m in a Bezos-backed methane satellite space plan that will not improve New Zealand's methane estimates?
School leavers grow into hardy shepherds on high-country cadet farm
A two-year farm cadet programme is turning fresh-faced school leavers in hardy, no-nonsense shepherds on a high-country station in Canterbury. Audio
Dead hedgehogs found in horse feed products from NZ
Australian authorities and the manufacturer have issued an urgent recall there, but a recall has not been issued in New Zealand.
Sheep and Beef Farmer Bayden Anderson - It's as good as it gets
Porangahau farmer Bayden Andersen shares the unique challenges and triumphs of managing an estate like its his own, while raising a family in the Central Hawkes Bay. Audio
Why rural schools rule
Take a trip with Country Life to Auckland's northernmost school, Tomarata School, where kids are found tending to chickens and planting fruit trees. Audio
'Wouldn't want to do anything else' says head shepherd at Otapawa Station
A young man who switched from working in insurance to working the land was one of the finalists for Beef and Lambs emerging leaders award. Audio
Country Life for 20 October 2023
Country Life takes you back to school this week, where rural students plant fruit trees and tend to chickens. We also meet James Robbie who switched from working in insurance to working the land and a… Audio
Rural News Wrap
The Rural Contractors body wants the new government to make it easier to get skilled workers and the seaweed sector is hoping some changes will be made so it can grow and profit from the lucrative… Audio
Midday Rural News for 20 Ocotber 2023
The best of the best were crowned at the Beef and Lamb New Zealand awards on Thursday night.
Hundreds gathered at Christchurch's Te Pae convention centre to celebrate.
Monique Steele has the rural… Audio
Winter grazing flyovers show most farms are following rules
Most Waimakariri farmers are complying with winter grazing rules, Environment Canterbury says.
Midday Rural News for 19 October 2023
A dry early spring is creating uncertainty as to whether the largest dam to be built - since the Clyde Dam three decades ago - will be filled as hoped, by December.
Monique Steel has the rural news.
…Midday Rural News for 18 October 2023
A recently released University of Auckland study has found NCEA results and University Entrance rates were about 15 percent lower for rural students, compared to their urban counterparts.
Monique… Audio
Aviation and deer industry trailblazer Sir Tim Wallis dies aged 85
Sir Tim Wallis the founder of one of New Zealand's biggest airshows, and an aviator and deer farmer, has died aged 85. Audio
Farm manager broke tails of 116 cows, sentenced to home detention
Four cows needed their tails amputated and 116 suffered pain and permanent damage after a farm manager deliberately broke the tails, some more than once.
Ban on live animal exports likely to be overturned by new government
Live animal exports by sea are expected to resume after a National government forms, but it could be a year before the first shipment leaves.
Morning Rural News for 17 October 2023
The seaweed sector is hoping some changes will be made so it can grow and profit from the lucrative wild algae, which is worth more than $20 billion a year globally. Monique Steele has the rural news.
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