Palmerston livestock agent Gerard Shea says times are tough in the farming industry and hopes sharing his own story about depression will encourage others to seek help if they too are struggling.
The Teviot Valley Water Care group recently established native plantings to reduce the amount of phosphate entering the Cave Creek catchment through soil run-off.
The series "Outstanding Outhouses" features images of striking structures on southern farms including this red shed on a farm in Paerau on the southern edge of the Maniototo.
A Mid Canterbury collective of mainly farmer-led catchment groups has found bringing the community together to improve local environments is paying off.
Hororata farmer John Grigg is helping a multi-agency project keep trout and eels out of a stretch of the Bealey Stream so the critically threatened Canterbury mudfish can thrive.
Beekeepers say New Zealand needs a new approach to a hive-destroying disease that is leaving those affected out of pocket, uncompensated and devastated.
The number of dams across Otago that could need a new "potential impact classification" shows how sensible recent changes to dam safety regulations were, an Otago sheep and beef farmer says.
A "long and dusty road" lies ahead for North Otago farmers as drought conditions look set to continue for months, not weeks, a long-term weather forecaster has warned.