A 50 percent jump in the number of nominations for the 2021 Primary Industries New Zealand Awards underpins the amount of innovation and leadership going on in the sector and growing awareness of the need to celebrate it, Terry Copeland says. The Federated Farmers of NZ chief executive said from 65 nominations, up from just […]
Events
Apiculture conference focuses on healthy bees and growing a healthy industry
Apiculture New Zealand Conference, 24 – 26 June 2021 Hundreds of beekeepers, and others from the apiculture industry, will gather in Rotorua this June, for the first time in two years, to discuss pressing issues facing their industry and to find the country’s best honey. Apiculture New Zealand’s annual conference and trade exhibition returns to […]
Norwood raises healthy 100k for Farmstrong
Norwood’s third annual charity golf tournament and fundraising auction has raised $100,000 for award-winning rural wellbeing programme Farmstrong, significantly exceeding sums raised in previous years. All 92 golfers played 18 holes in teams of four at Wairakei Golf + Retreat, Taupo on Wednesday 12 May. The golf tournament was followed by a formal dinner and […]
Growing Kai Under Increasing Dry
Keep your Tuesday lunchtimes free for the rest of May and save-the-date for the 31st May. ‘Growing Kai Under Increasing Dry’ is a seminar series created to encourage primary sector resilience through the impacts of climate change and, as a result of that, drought. The series has been put together by science agencies The Deep […]
Thank a farmer this opening weekend
Federated Farmers wants duck hunters heading out for the season opening this weekend to enjoy themselves and to remember to thank the many farmers who provide access to their shooting spots. The ‘Opening Day’ of the duck-shooting season is a special event in rural New Zealand, with 40,000 annual participants getting ready to head out […]
Hay you! Will you help Riding for the Disabled’s Haystack Challenge?
Horses need to eat 1.5% to 3% of their body weight every day, depending on their workload and metabolism. If they aren’t foraging much grass, that can mean five or six kilograms of hay a day for an adult horse. It’s not hard to work out that NZ Riding for the Disabled, which has more […]
Magical setting for 2021 NZ Zanda McDonald Award ceremony
Organisers of the agricultural badge of honour, the Zanda McDonald Award are gearing up for the 2021 New Zealand Award celebrations, announcing that the ceremony will take place at Whangara Farms, the first place in the world to see the sun, at a special dawn ceremony on Wednesday 28 April. The award recognises talented and […]
Much to be discussed at Apiculture Conference
Rotorua will be abuzz with beekeepers and honey producers this June, as the apiculture industry gathers for the annual Apiculture New Zealand Conference and Trade Exhibition. Held from 24th-26th June at the Rotorua Energy Events Centre, the theme of Conference 2021 is ‘Healthy Bees, Healthy Industry, Healthy Future’. Apiculture New Zealand chief executive Karin Kos […]
The essential power of gratitude – Essential Day
Kim Tay of the NZ Institute of Wellbeing and Resilience explains why focusing on what’s good is vital for our resilience in the battle against Covid-19… This time a year ago, the whole of Aotearoa (and indeed the wider world) stepped up for the first big Covid lockdown. Together our nation united to face the […]
Horowhenua women share their stories
The Our Voices – Horowhenua exhibition currently on display at Te Takeretanga o Kura-hau-pō, Levin, during March uncovers the personal voice of twenty women living in the Horowhenua. Led by the social impact initiative Shepherdess, the project set out to create an opportunity for women across the Horowhenua District to tell their stories, through portraiture […]