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'This scholarship will allow me to focus even more on my academic and career goals.'
The prickly history of boxthorn and Taranaki's inventive solutions
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Why this rural town expects a big crowd at its special Anzac Day service
Between 500 and 600 people, including Australians, are expected to attend.
Whanganui's own war artist Ted Lewis
Ted Lewis served as a war artist during WWII, capturing scenes in Italy and Egypt.
Why demand for cottage cheese 'is going nuts'
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Fonterra CEO Miles Hurrell joins The Country
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'They can shear the sheep': Historic farm recreated in Minecraft for study
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How high costs and red tape are stifling NZ's medicinal cannabis industry
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The latest from Blue Duck Station on The Country
Todd McClay, Dan Steele, Stefan Vogel, and Rebecca Keoghan.
'Aspiring leaders': HortNZ invites applications for board opportunity
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Kiwi sets world shearing record in historic South Africa feat
Copp and Tienie du Plessis tallied 970 at Teebus Waters, near Steynsburg.
'Cherished': Taupō farm vehicle victim described as 'beautiful pou'
A long-time friend said they are 'extremely broken'.
'Quite a lot at times': Farming with a toddler in tow
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The Country: Warwick Catto on the Ballance Farm Environment Awards
Phil Duncan, Cameron Bagrie, Lindy Nelson, and Warwick Catto.
Wairarapa farmer’s DIY lake brings ‘peace of mind’
Man-made lake provides water storage for farm and a recreational asset for the community.
Brent Mountford on farming the land he grew up on
Couple's dream was to come back home, farm, and return the land to its original form.
Pest trap library to span across Rangitīkei rivers
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Easter feasting has nothing on this farmer's appetite
By one o’clock, what a man needs is viscera, innards, guts, offal.
'We’re a cautious country': What's stopping NZ's food innovation?
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'Talking point': 1930 Ford pick-up turns heads at farmers' markets
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No room? No worries. Top veges to plant in your tiny garden
OPINION: Make the most of your limited patch with high-return vegetables.
'Enormous potential': Three opportunities for NZ food innovation
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Experiments in aerial topdressing in 1949
"The aircraft which had arrived in New Zealand would be assembled shortly."
Marcus Musson: No tariffs for timber but NZ forestry not out of the woods
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Can NZ become a food innovation powerhouse?
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'Really excited': Waikato farming family's hazelnut success
The Scott family ran a small beef operation but felt they needed to diversify.
'All the misfits': Meet the quirky animals at Whakamārama farm
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The great feijoa divide: NZ's enduring love/hate relationship
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The Country: Arable farming update with Blair Drysdale
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The big benefit of tree planting on Hawke's Bay farms
“It’s not just theory, it’s happening, on farms and hillsides across Hawke’s Bay."
Gisborne grape harvest at an end
The last grapes have come off the vines for this Gisborne wine vintage.