Coast & Country rural news & lifestyle
How a poultry club became a lifelong passion
Fiona Taylor joined the Waikato Poultry and Pigeon Club and became a judge and steward.
Swedes: $7 for sheep food? – Hunter Wells
OPINION: Corriedales are munching swedes for free across the South Island.
'Trailblazers': Women honoured in mining awards
Four women have been recognised in the recent mining awards.
Strengthening the Eastern Bay farming community
Farmers in the Bay of Plenty enjoy free surf sessions and barbecues.
How Federated Farmers shapes policy for Bay of Plenty farmers
Brent Mountfort leads Federated Farmers in advocating for 500 members on rural issues.
Hill farming and Arabian horse breeding in Taumarunui
The Duncans breed Crabbet Arabians, known for their stamina and agility.
Young Farmers visit Fieldays as they gear up for grand final
A couple of top Young Farmers popped in to talk to The Country's Jamie Mackay too.
How the Rural Advocacy Hub is bringing unity to Fieldays
Politicians, including Agriculture Minister Todd McClay, plan to attend.
Fieldays kicks off today: what’s the outlook?
Fieldays spokesperson Taryn Storey joins Ryan Bridge on Herald NOW to take the pulse of the rural sector as the iconic agricultural event kicks off. Video / Herald NOW
Hunter Wells: Talking tractors with the face on the $5 note
OPINION: Hunter Wells hobnobbed with Sir Edmund Hillary and has the photo to prove it.
'Exciting': Turning blueberry waste into eco-friendly packaging
Scion and Mamaku Blue are developing sustainable fibre trays for blueberries.
'Bold step': Fieldays Society's sustainability push
The National Fielday Society disclosed its Scope 3 emissions for the first time this year.
Easter feasting has nothing on this farmer's appetite
By one o’clock, what a man needs is viscera, innards, guts, offal.
'Talking point': 1930 Ford pick-up turns heads at farmers' markets
A Coast & Country story about a Ford pick-up.
Avocado success despite industry challenges
Supplied: The DMS Avocado Division packed a record 405,000 Class One trays this season.
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Tradie's remarkable revival of long-lost NZ clothing brand from his backyard shed
Nikolai Solakof had never sewn before reviving Oscar Eide from his shed.
'Expand my horizons': Scholarship fuels student's global ambitions
Eibhlin Lynch and Jack Green will share the 2025 John Perrin Scholarship.
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'Expand my horizons': Scholarship fuels student's global ambitions
Eibhlin Lynch and Jack Green will share the 2025 John Perrin Scholarship.
Historic homestead welcomes visitors after transformation
'I came here in December and I just fell in love.'
'Benefits are amazing': Farmers bitten by the bokashi bug
'We get a lot of people come past here going ‘why is your place so green?’'
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'Mortified': BoP Harbourmaster acts to prevent another Rena disaster
He has banned large vessels from using the gap between Astrolabe Reef and Mōtītī Island.
New speed cameras to tackle high-risk BoP roads
Construction starts on July 14 and will take three to four weeks to complete.
'Oh hell, yeah': Pensioner moves from leaky caravan to new elder village
Steven Connelly, 67, has shifted into a new home in Katikati after six years in a caravan.