A few photos from the 2009 Annual Southdown Tour.
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- Stuart Neill of Pukatea Dairy Farms named regional supreme winner in Canterbury Ballance Farm Environment Awards 2025 06/03/2025Judges said Pukatea Dairy Farms chooses to do the right thing, rather than the easy thing. […]
- Hawke’s Bay farmer Harvey Nelson’s comeback: Coast to Coast race planned after rescue helicopter saves him from horror accident 06/03/2025Seven gruelling surgeries and a painstaking skin graft won't hold Harvey Nelson back. […]
- Trade uncertainties weigh on NZ market amid US tariffs, Spark downgraded, Fonterra bats away Bega speculation - Stock Takes 06/03/2025Fisher & Paykel Healthcare under pressure as analyst forecasts $100m in additional costs. […]
- Stuart Neill of Pukatea Dairy Farms named regional supreme winner in Canterbury Ballance Farm Environment Awards 2025 06/03/2025
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- Building refreshedTaieri Historical Society committee member Peter Thomson (left) and president Neil Gamble show the n […]
- Machines knit up wool manufacturingAcrux Wool Systems chief executive Tim Symon has brought in robotic muscle via 14 whole-garment knit […]
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- New Zealand's top axeman readying himself for New Zealand Rural GamesKing Country woodchopper Jack Jordan achieved the sport's first ever three-peat at last year's Timbersports World Trophy in Italy. […]
- NZ Merino Company suppliers have two farmers suspended after animal welfare investigationTwo farmers have been temporarily suspended as part of a New Zealand Merino Company investigation into allegations around animal welfare at some of it […]
- New reservoir planned for Hawke's BayHawke's Bay Regional Council is exploring the feasibility of a new water storage facility near Whanawhana in Hawke's Bay. […]
- Farmer who invented edible bale netting, Kiwi Econet, gets overseas interest in productSince Grant Lightfoot shared his story on Country Life last week, he's received dozens of calls and even more emails from farmers interested in h […]
- Concerns immigration policies eroding RSE workers' rights - unionsThere were close to 9000 workers in Aotearoa under the RSE scheme. […]
- Pāmu reports half-year net profit of $62 millionPāmu - formerly Landcorp - is the country's largest pastoral farmer, managing about 360,000 hectares across 112 farms. […]
- Toa Henderson wins Golden Shears OpenThe Northland shearer has become the first debut finalist to win the Golden Shears Open in 15 years. […]
- Country Life: Could small-scale farms be the best way to feed the country?Alison Bentley is a small-scale farmer with big ideas on how smaller farms can help solve the growing problem of food insecurity in New Zealand. […]
- Country Life: Conditions on the farmGrapes are being picked in Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa, Taranaki's in drought and the hop harvest is about to start in Tasman. […]
- Edible bale netting - 'No one else is doing it. Just little old Grant from Orepuki'Paddocks free of plastic wrapping waste are becoming a reality thanks to Grant Lightfoot. […]
- Drought declared in Taranaki amid 'desperate conditions'Hot dry conditions and below average rainfall have affected pasture growth and farmers have had to feed-out or sell livestock earlier. […]
- New Zealand's top axeman readying himself for New Zealand Rural Games
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