Shareholders of Dairy Holdings Ltd, which owns 58 dairy farms in the South Island, have bought shares owned by the collapsed South Canterbury Finance.

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Redback spiders could thrive in some areas of NZ, posing a real threat to native wildlife, a scientist says.

A farmer wants TrustPower to check its lines after eight cows died when a 33kV line dropped on his farm.

Chinese-backed interests are reported to also be looking at up to 100 dairy farms in Otago and Southland, plus a factory.