Photos from the Annual Southdown Society Tour which visited Australia in 2011.
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- Gisborne’s 150th anniversary Spring Show was close to perfect 20/10/2025People flock to 150th anniversary A&P Show rated 'bloody close' to perfect. […]
- Listen to The Country online: Alliance Group vote with Riley Kennedy and Pete Turner 20/10/2025David Seymour, Riley Kennedy, Pete Turner, Graeme Williams and Phil Duncan. […]
- Honey NZ’s Mānuka Phuel plans international push after rapid local growth 20/10/2025It took just seven months for Alex McDonald to take Mānuka Phuel from idea to can. […]
- Gisborne’s 150th anniversary Spring Show was close to perfect 20/10/2025
Farming News
- Step into the Spirit of Scotland at the Hororātā Highland GamesThe pipes will call once again as the 14th Hororātā Highland Games returns on Saturday 8th November […]
- Man accused of slavery goes on trialMoeaia Tuai is on trial before the High Court at Auckland. Photo: RNZ By Gill Bonnett of RNZ An Auc […]
- Step into the Spirit of Scotland at the Hororātā Highland Games
Country News
- Blueberries the size of a ping-pong ball to be grown in NZThe Eterna blueberry, which can grow 'up to the size of a ping-pong ball', is being planted in Kerikeri and Waikato. […]
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints subsidiary buys kiwifruit orchard in Bay of PlentyThe investment arm of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has purchased a new kiwifruit orchard in Bay of Plenty. […]
- Country Life: Tirau dairy farm's tech adoptionWhen it comes to farming, planning for the next season today is key for a fifth generation Waikato dairying family. […]
- Country Life: Ironbark - a wood as hard as steelEver wondered what happened to some of the damaged timber from the Lyttelton wharves after the Canterbury earthquakes? […]
- Country Life: Harnessing the power of kiwi in horticultureA recent study has filmed the rare and vulnerable birds entering vineyards and orchards at night to feast on beetles, weevils, grass grub and other in […]
- Barker's is expanding its South Canterbury fruit factory, following discharge consenting issuesThe iconic South Canterbury fruit company's factory expansion will come to fruition later this year, in efforts to "future-proof" the g […]
- Dawn Meats raises bid for Alliance stake ahead of shareholder voteThe overseas investment offer to rescue red meat processor Alliance Group has gotten even sweeter. […]
- Wattie's NZ taking fewer tomatoes, corn, beetroot until demand increasesWattie's New Zealand is further reducing local fruit and vegetable crops, citing an ongoing struggle against cheaper imports. […]
- First calves of new dairy-beef crossbreed raised in TaupōAbout 350 of the calves were born this year. […]
- Farmers welcome government's drop in methane targetsFarmers have welcomed the government's new "science-based" biogenic methane targets for 2050. It's dropped the reduction target fo […]
- Country Life: Top dollar stock at Feilding saleyardsGlobal demand for red meat is driving strong prices for sheep and cattle, some of the best former Feilding farmer Eric Linklater has seen. […]
- Blueberries the size of a ping-pong ball to be grown in NZ
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