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Peter Parsons is growing New Zealand’s largest contiguous kauri forest in rural Otago. He talks to Shawn McAvinue about his motivation for the project and his journey up to planting the first kauri trees next week. Peter Parsons is back in...
A pipe dream is now a reality in South Otago. About 25 people celebrated the opening of six new giant plastic pipes at a river mouth in Paretai last week. The pipes are part of a project to improve flood protection infrastructure by...
A Canterbury farmer selling lambs for $460 has livestock agents scrambling for the record books. Dick and Ann Frahm’s markettopping small line of Poll Dorset ram lambs were among highlight results at the Coalgate livestock sale on August 13.
The strong wool market has delivered a major reversal of the sharp downward spiral across recent sales. In a statement, PGG Wrightson auction manager Dave Burridge said 91% of the wool on offer in Christchurch sold on Thursday last...