June 20, 2025
Special Report – Time to rethink your pre-lamb
Are your ewes performance ready this season? In this must-listen vodcast, NZVA Sheep & Beef Cattle Branch president Alex Meban of VetEast joins Sarah to…
June 11, 2025
Firearms and mental health: A Balancing Act
Firearms and mental health are a serious topic and attitudes around them can be emotional and polarising. Words Kathryn Wright.
June 11, 2025
A warming Winter crumble
The secret to a good winter-warming pudding is to have something already prepared; so when that cold weather seeps in, all you have to do is reach into the…
June 6, 2025
Keep the Sheep!
Steven Bolt is a farmer from Corrigin, in the Central Wheatbelt of Western Australia. He runs a mixed farming enterprise of merino sheep stud and cropping. He…
June 6, 2025
A quarter of our annual rainfall in 36 hours
Brent Fisher is a third-generation farmer based outside of Christchurch at Motukarara (1,000-acre hill block rising to 350m) and Greenpark (1,275 acres 2m…
June 6, 2025
Carrying our story Further: Honest reflections from India
Sam Hurley is a third-generation farmer at Papanui Estate near Hunterville and co-owner of Honest Wolf with his wife Sophie and children, Harry, Gussie and…
June 6, 2025
Protecting Central Otago’s largest stand of alpine tōtara
Andrew Paterson is a third-generation farmer at Matakanui Station near Ōmakau with his wife Tracy where they farm Polwarth merino sheep and Hereford cattle.
June 6, 2025
Conscious Valley wins Outstanding Food Producer Awards
In a quiet valley, just 20 minutes from downtown Wellington, farmer Hamish Best is marrying his passion for farming with his marketing which he hopes will…
June 6, 2025
A biodiversity blueprint
In the gullies of Clinton in South Otago, the Campbells have developed an innovative new approach to native planting and maintenance that’s more affordable,…
June 6, 2025
The Future of Forestry: Time to re-establish a native tree industry?
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton is urging a “fundamental rethink” of New Zealand’s forestry policy and its role in emissions…