Forest owners baulk at ETS fee

Owners of forests registered in the Emissions Trading Scheme are challenging the introduction of an ongoing cost recovery fee, Rebecca Greaves reports.


A tale of four electorates: Rural NZ takes a step to the right

While voters in rural electorates took a right turn at the recent election, the trend has been to greater diversity, Hugh Campbell writes.


25 years of shemozzling

An event conceived over a beer at the pub 25 years ago to draw the country folk closer to their Hunterville village neighbours, the Shemozzle quickly drew…


All quiet around the Beehive

Relishing the lack of politics in the void after the election, Carterton farmer Mark Guscott has enjoyed a good lambing, and reveals his regenerative move.


First up, best tractor

With the onset of lambing and calving, Suzie Corboy has taken leave from her other job as an ambulance officer.


No longer the outlaws

Charlotte Rietveld relishes the opportunity to dress for an award-winning occasion.


Shear determination

Four more rural men will put themselves through a gruelling 24-hour Shear 4U shearathon for the second year running, all in the name of charity.


In the wake of Gabrielle

Hawke’s Bay farmers are showing a heightened interest in protection and remedial work following the devastation of Cyclone Gabrielle and climate predictions.…


Right tree, right place

An extensive tree planting programme on Awapapa Station, near Gisborne, is bearing fruit. Trees and stock co-exist in a system that benefits the land and the…


Head-to-head with the neighbours

New Zealand's Trans Tasman test team went head-to-head with the Australians to take the Purina Pro Plan Trans Tasman Dog Trial Test Series at the Ashburton A&P…