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January 31, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Marijke Dunselman, founder and CE of Agritourism NZ © David Oakley Don’t hide your light under a bushel, open the gate and share New Zealand farming with the world, New Zealand’s agritourism body says. Agritourism NZ’s founder and chief executive Marijke Dunselman said there was growing global demand for farm experiences, ... <a title="Country Life: Growing demand for on-farm fun from international tourists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/31/country-life-growing-demand-for-on-farm-fun-from-international-tourists/" aria-label="Read more about Country Life: Growing demand for on-farm fun from international tourists">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand ©Rainer Fuhrmann – stock.adobe.com New Zealand’s only dung beetle rearing facility says it may have to close if there’s not more support. Dung Beetle Innovations was launched in 2014, following a successful application to import exotic dung beetles into Aotearoa to help reduce the impacts of farming on soil and water ... <a title="Fears dung beetle investment will be flushed away" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/fears-dung-beetle-investment-will-be-flushed-away/" aria-label="Read more about Fears dung beetle investment will be flushed away">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Buyers bidding at auction at the Napier Wool Exchange in the 1960s. SUPPLIED/PGG Wrightson Heritage Collection Major wool broker PGG Wrightson will no longer hold wool auctions in Napier, after more than 140 years. The Hawke’s Bay city has hosted the firm’s wool auctions since the late 1800s, as a hub ... <a title="PGG to end Napier’s historic wool auctions marking end of an era" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/28/pgg-to-end-napiers-historic-wool-auctions-marking-end-of-an-era/" aria-label="Read more about PGG to end Napier’s historic wool auctions marking end of an era">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Up to 80 chickens can be placed in colony cages. Supplied Animal rights charity SAFE is calling on the government to follow the UK, where the government is consulting on banning caged hens. Battery cages have been banned in New Zealand since 2023, however, larger colony cages – which are much ... <a title="Animal rights group wants government to ban all caged hens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/28/animal-rights-group-wants-government-to-ban-all-caged-hens/" aria-label="Read more about Animal rights group wants government to ban all caged hens">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Farmers came from far and wide for the the Parapara-Makirikiri Sheep Dog Trial Club auction. supplied Organisers of a long-standing North Island working dog auction are in disbelief after $320,000 changed hands at their latest sale. With sheep farming riding a wave of record lamb prices and strong international demand, buyers ... <a title="Elite working dogs fetch more than $300,000 in auction frenzy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/27/elite-working-dogs-fetch-more-than-300000-in-auction-frenzy/" aria-label="Read more about Elite working dogs fetch more than $300,000 in auction frenzy">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand David Birkett Canterbury arable farmers are facing millions of dollars of losses after a third big hail storm hit parts of the region on Friday. Crops have been destroyed, while others have gone to seed due to ongoing wet weather making them unusable. Federated Farmers Arable chair David Birkett who grows ... <a title="Farmers frustrated by Canterbury’s recent bad weather" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/26/farmers-frustrated-by-canterburys-recent-bad-weather/" aria-label="Read more about Farmers frustrated by Canterbury’s recent bad weather">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Launched in 2021 Tāmata Hauhā works primarily with Māori land owners to provide them with strategies and funding to develop their land holdings and make them more productive, primarily through forestry. Gianina Schwanecke / Country Life From growing a few Christmas trees “for fun”, to a diverse range of towering exotics ... <a title="Country Life: Farming trees the Tāmata Hauhā way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/20/country-life-farming-trees-the-tamata-hauha-way/" aria-label="Read more about Country Life: Farming trees the Tāmata Hauhā way">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Mike and Angela Roy in one of their polytunnels RNZ/Sally Round Follow Country Life on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart or wherever you get your podcasts. There’s a job for even the youngest of the Roy family when the Christmas berry crush is on at their orchard in Piopio. With queues out ... <a title="Country Life: Behind the scenes at the Roy’s berry farm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/20/country-life-behind-the-scenes-at-the-roys-berry-farm/" aria-label="Read more about Country Life: Behind the scenes at the Roy’s berry farm">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Whanganui River road features an interesting array of letterboxes. Gianina Schwanecke / Country Life Tracy Marshall makes the same 150-kilometre round trip up the Whanganui River and back five times a week. “I’ve got one of the longest mail runs in our region in terms of distances, but I’ve probably ... <a title="Country Life: On the job with Whanganui River’s rural postie" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/20/country-life-on-the-job-with-whanganui-rivers-rural-postie/" aria-label="Read more about Country Life: On the job with Whanganui River’s rural postie">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A protest against the plan for meat inspection privatisation took place outside Parliament. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone A proposal to partially privatise meat inspections will actually increase costs, reduce flexibility and create capability and equity challenges within the sector, according to a leaked report funded by the government’s meat inspection service. ... <a title="Privatised meat inspections could increase costs, reduce flexibility – report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/privatised-meat-inspections-could-increase-costs-reduce-flexibility-report/" aria-label="Read more about Privatised meat inspections could increase costs, reduce flexibility – report">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand PGG Wrightson’s Culverden Store. Supplied Rural services company PGG Wrightson (PGW) has upgraded its earnings guidance amid continued strength in the agricultural sector. The company expected operating earnings of about $64 million for the year ending 30 June 2026, compared to its previous forecast of above $60m, and $56.1m the previous ... <a title="Strong agricultural sector boosts PGG Wrightson" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/strong-agricultural-sector-boosts-pgg-wrightson/" aria-label="Read more about Strong agricultural sector boosts PGG Wrightson">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Glyphosate-free oat crops in the South Island for Dunedin company Harraway and Sons. SUPPLIED/HARRAWAYS Longstanding Otago business Harraways and Sons is investing millions of dollars into its oat mill, the only operational one in Aotearoa, to meet growing demand for the healthy and humble locally-grown oat. The company, known as Harraways, ... <a title="Harraways invests $11m into NZ’s only working oat mill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/harraways-invests-11m-into-nzs-only-working-oat-mill/" aria-label="Read more about Harraways invests $11m into NZ’s only working oat mill">Read more</a>
