Rural Life, Health & Wellbeing
From dairy farm to café: Couple's organic cheese success
Kelvin and Cathy Haigh's cheeses have won them many awards over the years.
Vege tips: Welcoming bees and insects to your garden
Opinion: Bees and other pollinators are vital to every garden.
'What a feast we had': A 1930s farming Christmas
"After tea, we had a concert and all declared that it was the merriest we had ever seen."
Vege tips: It's going to be a hot one – lettuce not fry
OPINION: Kem's mulching and watering to keep her vegetable garden cool.
GP finds his 'happy place' in avocado orchard
Tauranga GP Dr Andrew Corin balances work with avocado farming and creative writing.
Boozy Christmas farm theft leads to comedy of errors in 1923
"On arriving at the courthouse, they actually tried to sell the pig to its real owner."
Vintage treasures await at Geraldine's car and machinery museum
There's something for everyone at the Geraldine Vintage Car & Machinery Club Museum.
Farmer, soldier, vet: The man behind Comley Green
Nichol Ashton Larney arrived in NZ in 1875 and became prominent in the Piako District.
Meet the 13-year-old aiming to build a major NZ sheep stud
'In the future, I would like to have one of the biggest studs in New Zealand.'
Lifestyle news from around NZ
‘I’d love to run another one’: King’s niece teases Olympic return
Zara Tindall won a silver medal at London 2012 and has Brisbane in her sights.
‘Shocked and saddened’: Royal nanny’s stepson named as New Orleans attack victim
Pettifer's stepmother Tiggy Legge-Bourke was nanny to Princes William and Harry.
'Best thing for our marriage': How ecstasy use is on the rise among older Kiwis
Ecstasy is the second most commonly used illicit drug in New Zealand after cannabis.
More Rural Life, Health & Wellbeing
'It doesn't feel like work': Laura turns horse dream into thriving business
"I dreamed of owning my own farm and I always wanted to be involved with horses."
Off-grid living at Golden Bay farm
The farm grows, processes and sells beef, lamb and farm produce directly to the public.
Chilled journey: Novel 1930s method for transporting bees
Bee care was generating quite the buzz back in the day.
Vege tips: Salad recipes for your Christmas table
OPINION: Kem's potato salad and lamb rump salad are ideal for Christmas.
Eau de parfarm: Pongs from the paddock - Hunter Wells
OPINION: Hunter Wells recounts an on-farm olfactory conversation from back in the day.
When coffee leads to collaboration
It all began on a cold, dank National Fieldays morning at Mystery Creek.
Mother-daughter duo not horsing around with barrel racing
'Doing something both you and your daughter love is something really special.'
Wild venison for those in need
'There are people doing it tough and red meat is often missing from foodbank parcels.'