Reflecting and connecting in our rural communities
Reflecting and connecting in our rural communities
Steve and Tracy Henderson share the realities and learning curves of a busy dairy farming enterprise via their social media platform Legendairies.
Rural life
Reflecting and connecting in our rural communities
Reflecting and connecting in our rural communities
Bronwyn Cairns has had a long involvement in the red meat sector.
Commitment, innovation key for community, future
Commitment, innovation key for community, future
Balclutha accountant Jimmy Johnstone is a lover of open spaces.
Enhancing wellbeing builds communities
Enhancing wellbeing builds communities
Kathryn Wright’s career is now focused on rural mental health.
Moving from music industry to wool
Moving from music industry to wool
PGG Wrightson's new wool manager Rachel Shearer picked up some good lessons from a stint in the rock and roll world, writes Tim Cronshaw.
Faulks welcomed on to Ravensdown board
Faulks welcomed on to Ravensdown board
Fertiliser co-operative Ravensdown has a new director after South Island shareholders voted North Otago farmer Kate Faulks on to the board.
Commitment, innovation key for community, future
Commitment, innovation key for community, future
We are fortunate indeed to live in a country with so much natural beauty, something never to lose sight of as we contemplate changes and challenges we are less enamoured with.
Enhancing wellbeing builds communities
Enhancing wellbeing builds communities
My role is to support rural people and those who work in the agricultural sector, so I write this with my family and with other rural families in mind.
Reflecting, growing and connecting in our rural areas
Reflecting, growing and connecting in our rural areas
Our industry does so much more than just produce red meat, it creates many other forms of value as well.
Sustainable progress for the next generation
Sustainable progress for the next generation
The wait is over. The finalists have been selected for this year’s Otago Daily Times-Rural Life Rural Champions campaign which celebrates those who make their rural communities a better...
Maintaining the momentum
Maintaining the momentum
The finalists have been selected for this year’s Otago Daily Times-Rural Life Rural Champions campaign which celebrates those who make their rural communities a better place to live.
Making something that lasts forever
Making something that lasts forever
Jack and Kate Cocks farm at Mt Nicholas Station, on the shores of Lake Wakatipu.
Important to recognise, reinforce and nurture rural communities — advocate
Important to recognise, reinforce and nurture rural communities — advocate
Phill Hunt has held numerous voluntary roles in Otago over the decades.
Economic, environmental sustainability key for utopian future
Economic, environmental sustainability key for utopian future
The wait is over. The finalists have been selected for this year’s Otago Daily Times-Rural Life Rural Champions campaign which celebrates those who make their rural communities a better...
Rural Champions finalists determined
Rural Champions finalists determined
The wait is over.
Waimumu farmer turns focus to ‘a bit more beef’
Waimumu farmer turns focus to ‘a bit more beef’
Jason Smith is holding his first yearling cattle sale at Charlton Saleyards near Gore this month.
Farmer draws on own experience to help others
Farmer draws on own experience to help others
Southland Federated Farmers president Jason Herrick shares his story of how he came from the very bottom to now being a rural leader.
Cooking up a career helping new mothers
Cooking up a career helping new mothers
Farming mum Jo Harris has ventured in the world of business starting her own e-commerce company.
Growing tomorrow’s farmers and the opportunity to employ
Growing tomorrow’s farmers and the opportunity to employ
Reporter Shawn McAvinue spends five minutes talking to Growing Future Farmers student success lead Amy Priest, of Lumsden.
An eye for detail
An eye for detail
A trained panel beater has gone from taking dents out of cars to become the country's top cereal grower, Tim Cronshaw reports.