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• Sheep farmer Sophie Hurley breathing new life into vintage Hunterville motel
  The North Island town of Hunterville in the Rangitikei District is emerging as a hot spot for hospitality and innovation. […]
• PGG holds first NZ-wide wool auction, after 'difficult' consolidation decision
  Major wool broker PGG is consolidating its North and South Island auctions to Christchurch, ending 140 years of auctions in Napier. […]
• Transparency vital to possible revival of sheep farmers' wool levy, Federated Farmers says
  Farmers voted out the NZ Wool Board and its levy in 2003, but with wool profits up after a tough few decades, will it return? […]
• New Zealand and Australia collaborate on fuel, fertiliser pressures with agriculture, aviation
  Australia acted 'hard and early' to secure diesel and urea fertiliser, while New Zealand tried to do the same but could have done better. […]
• NZ Winegrowers joins global call for white wine emoji
  Red wine and champagne have emojis but there is currently no dedicated white wine version across digital platforms […]
• Our Changing World: A taste for science
  Not too sweet, not too sour - there's a lot of testing behind the tasty fruit on our supermarket shelves. […]
• Country Life: Hands-on high school agriculture
  Geraldine High School is encouraging young people into primary sector careers. […]
• Country Life: Halcombe remembers its Home Guard
  Many small towns in New Zealand had their own "Dad's Army" during the second world war, with volunteers highly trained and committed, d […]
• 'You can leave school and be on $70k in your first year': Report shows increase in farm worker wages
  A new report shows shows the average salary of a farm worker increased three percent across the 13 roles it tracked compared to 2024, to $72,778 a yea […]
• French fashion house Chanel and NZ high country station team up
  The owners of Lammermoor Station will launch the joint venture with Chanel for the supply of its wool. […]
• Hop farmers work to brew new markets; expand US, despite export hurdles
  Thirsty Americans enjoy New Zealand hops in their tap and bottled beers, but the market is now much more difficult and expensive for hop exporters to […]