Running high country farm easier without trampers, climbers, walkers, tourists
Lockdown meant fewer visitors to sheep and beef farm stationed next to a national park.
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Cold temperatures expected to linger until tomorrow, when they would begin to rise.
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Why farmer's posting naked pics every day of lockdown
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Covid 19 coronavirus: Meat plant workers express safety concerns
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Covid 19 coronavirus: Grapes harvested under strict protocols
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Covid-19 coronavirus: Meatworks staff tell of safety fears
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Newlyweds both descendants of All Blacks
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Coronavirus: Tourism workers pick new viticulture opportunities
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Coronavirus: Careful management ensures Wanaka dog trials go ahead
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Coronavirus: Orchards nervous about labour shortage
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'True Kiwi spirit': Distillery offering free sanitiser to local community and businesses
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Driving spree of destruction leaves two sheep dead
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Coronavirus: Great Easter Bunny Hunt postponed
Great Easter Bunny Hunt postponed until Queen's Birthday weekend.
Wanaka Show: Cute sheep all the rage at UK weddings
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Industry better than ever says Merino Breeders president
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Biography of prominent figure in Otago's pastoral history
Jane Shennan is on a mission to tell the story of her great-grandfather, Watson Shennan.
Wanaka Show: Chaos at annual Jack Russell race
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Good expectations for Central Otago wine after cooler summer
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Dogs make Otago farmer's day
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Oamaru Airport dairy training farm in limbo
School was due to open this month, but the academy was not able to fill classes.
'Mongrel': Farmer subjected teen to prolonged sexual abuse
Mother of teen: 'I thought she was safe but in fact I was sending her to the lion's den'.