Southland Police are reminding all Southland and Invercargill along with Riverton residents to ensure your property is secure. Police have responded to reports of burglaries of two holiday homes in Riverton in the past week. In one of the burglaries a reasonably distinctive surfboard was stolen, as
Outspoken Southland farmer Ray McCrostie is on a quest to find out about the land under his gumboots. He’s developing a low cost, portable water-quality monitoring station for farmers, with Clint Rissman, a scientist who used to work for Environment Southland, and automation engineer Richard Dean. T
Dairy giant Fonterra is forecasting another big loss as it writes down the value of underperforming overseas assets. The co-operative is forecasting a loss of between $590 million and $675m for the year current financial year. Fonterra said it expected to write down the value of four significant ove
Dairy giant Fonterra is forecasting another big loss as it writes down the value of underperforming overseas assets. The co-operative is forecasting a loss of between $590 million and $675m for the year current financial year. Fonterra said it expected to write down the value of four significant ove
Southland Police are reminding all Southland and Invercargill along with Riverton residents to ensure your property is secure. Police have responded to reports of burglaries of two holiday homes in Riverton in the past week. In one of the burglaries a reasonably distinctive surfboard was stolen, as
Outspoken Southland farmer Ray McCrostie is on a quest to find out about the land under his gumboots. He’s developing a low cost, portable water-quality monitoring station for farmers, with Clint Rissman, a scientist who used to work for Environment Southland, and automation engineer Richard Dean. T
A Southland student has added wandering bison to her list of potential traffic hazards when driving overseas. Kayla Calder, 17, who’s from Dipton, has just returned from a three-week TeenAg exchange to the United States. “It was the trip of a lifetime. I had an amazing time. It was great to experien
Silere Alpine Origin Merino lamb is now being showcased by the UK’s leading online supermarket retailer. The product, a joint venture between 100 per cent farmer-owned co-operative Alliance Group and The New Zealand Merino Company, has gone on sale with British online supermarket Ocado. Online super
As part of a government industry agreement, dairy farmers are required to cover 30 percent of the estimated $880 million cost of eradicating the cattle disease, Mycoplasma bovis. In February Dairy NZ started consulting with its farmer members on a proposal how to pay its share of the M bovis respons
A talented trio from Tapanui in West Otago has taken out the national final of a hotly-contested agri-food competition. Shamus Young, 13, Archie Chittock, 12, and Flynn Hill 12, from Blue Mountain College have won the AgriKidsNZ Grand Final in Hawke’s Bay. The trio beat 60 other students from around
A Southland project designed to empower rural communities and create connected trading routes has been chosen to take part in 2019 Kiwi Fintech Accelerator programme. The Longwood Loop is a Western Southland-based trading route with 80 members that is designed to create a self-managed economy to rej
