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- Kem Ormond’s vegetable garden: Kūmara growing guide, from planting to storage 06/12/2025OPINION: Friends are always asking me how to grow kūmara, Kem Ormond says. […]
- Tupperware: My tribute to a symbol of suburban sophistication – Glenn Dwight 06/12/2025OPINION: It wasn’t just plastic. It was a lifestyle. A promise. A commitment to leftovers. […]
- Pastures Past: Waterwheels in New Zealand - how early mills powered farming life 06/12/2025A turbine seized by the Germans in WWII later powered the Arapuni station in 1949. […]
- Kem Ormond’s vegetable garden: Kūmara growing guide, from planting to storage 06/12/2025
Farming News
- Tramper dies, another rescued on remote West Coast trackA tramper has died and another has been rescued from a remote track on the West Coast. […]
- More success on slopes for Alice RobinsonAlice Robinson competes in the Women's Giant Slalom during the PwC Tremblant World Cup 2025 at […]
- Tramper dies, another rescued on remote West Coast track
Country News
- Country Life:Tangihau Angus' record-breaking bullsTangihau Angus near Gisborne has a habit of breaking records. Last year it set a top price for New Zealand bulls at $135,000. This year it's done […]
- Country Life: Finding opportunity on a rural main streetHow an unusual business selling adult toys has found opportunity on the main street of Eketāhuna. […]
- Country Life: Sheep Dog test Aussie v NZHow do sheep dogs and shepherds' handling techniques vary between New Zealand and Australia? The best teams battle it out at a Trans-Tasman dog t […]
- Biosecurity mulls how to fund ongoing invasive yellow-legged hornet responseIt's estimated the war against the yellow-legged hornet in Auckland is costing about $1 million a month. […]
- IKEA's Hawke's Bay pine tree expansion flames fears residents will be left to payThe Swedish furniture giant is one of the biggest forestry owners in a region, and it's worrying residents. […]
- Kiwis putting cost of living ahead of environment, ministry boss saysPressures on households mean environmental action is understandably of less importance, the Environment Ministry boss says. […]
- Why butter prices might not fall as fast as they roseThe price of butter has been one of the big consumer issues of this year. […]
- Hawke's Bay's Horse of the Year show cancelled for 2026Held in the Hastings Showgrounds every year in March, it's one of the largest equestrian events in the Southern Hemisphere. […]
- Emissions Trading Scheme: Year's final auction fails to sell a single carbon unitAn experienced trader says government back-tracking on climate change has tanked the price that emitters have to pay for carbon units. […]
- Dairy prices hit near two-year low after eighth consecutive fallThe average price at the global auction fell 4.3 percent following 3 percent drop two weeks ago. […]
- Fatal cases of African swine fever worry local pork industryThe head of New Zealand Pork believes the country should be concerned about Spain's confirmed cases of African swine fever. […]
- Country Life:Tangihau Angus' record-breaking bulls
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