Wool
NZ Merino lifts profit
Fine wool marketing company New Zealand Merino has lifted its full year profit by 21 percent to $2.3 million dollars for the past year.
The Bottom Line
Two generations of the Craw family farm together on a collection of seven blocks of coastal hill country on the north eastern reaches of Banks Peninsula. Their passion and farming expertise has been… Audio
The Bottom Line
Two generations of the Craw family farm together on a collection of seven blocks of coastal hill country on the north eastern reaches of Banks Peninsula. Their passion and farming expertise has been…
AudioWool Innovation
Cosmo Kentish-Barnes meets textile design students at Massey University who are developing innovative new ways with wool. Audio, Gallery
Wool Innovation
Cosmo Kentish-Barnes meets textile design students at Massey University who are developing innovative new ways with wool.
AudioDollar's dip helps lift wool prices
Bales of wool fetched strong prices at this week's North Island sale, helped by a lower New Zealand dollar and limited supply.
Wool price rises come to a halt
The rise in wool prices seen in recent weeks came to a halt at yesterday's South Island sale.
Harihari handicraft
Nolly Martini converted an abandoned cottage in Harihari into a craft shop and recently her daughter Ingrid has come back from Melbourne to help her run the business. The shop has been open for nearly… Audio
Harihari handicraft
Nolly Martini converted an abandoned cottage in Harihari into a craft shop and recently her daughter Ingrid has come back from Melbourne to help her run the business. The shop has been open for nearly…
AudioFarm to Floor
In 2009 a group of Banks Peninsula sheep farmers pooled resources and formed the Banks Peninsula Farms Wool Growers Company to increase the value of the wool and to strengthen their farming community… Audio
Farm to Floor
In 2009 a group of Banks Peninsula sheep farmers pooled resources and formed the Banks Peninsula Farms Wool Growers Company to increase the value of the wool and to strengthen their farming community…
AudioChampion of wool
Beverley Forrester is a farmer, sheep breeder, fashion designer, yarn manufacturer, tourism operator and a vocal champion of wool. She says a generation of consumers have been bombarded with cheap… Audio
Rural Curiosities
Andy Fox is a fourth generation sheep and beef farmer and a director of Beef and Lamb New Zealand, he's also amassed a huge collection of rural memorabilia on his Scargill property and is breeding… Audio
Rural Curiosities
Andy Fox is a fourth generation sheep and beef farmer and a director of Beef and Lamb New Zealand, he's also amassed a huge collection of rural memorabilia on his Scargill property and is breeding…
AudioAnother week of mixed results for wool prices
The exporter New Zealand Wool Services International, reports that prices for good style wools auctioned at yesterday's North Island sale held their ground, while prices for poorer style wools eased. Audio
Wool and beef export revenues to help offset milk drop - MPI
Fonterra's slashed its forecast payout to farmers, wiping billions of dollars off dairy farmer incomes and hurting the wider economy. Audio
Sticky, Smelly and Sought After.....NZ Wool Grease
New Zealand wool grease earns the economy up to $30 million dollars a year. Because our sheep eat lush green grass, wool grease produced here differs in its chemical make up to other types of wool… Audio
Sticky, Smelly and Sought After.....NZ Wool Grease
New Zealand wool grease earns the economy up to $30 million dollars a year. Because our sheep eat lush green grass, wool grease produced here differs in its chemical make up to other types of wool…
AudioIntro and Guest
Wool Levy Group Chairperson Sandra Faulkner talks about the 2014 referendum to reintroduce a wool levy. Audio
