Opinion: A glasshouse or a tunnel house, which suits your needs?

"New Zealand has to-day 40 pigs for every 1000 cows, an increase of 10% in seven years."

Andrea Coleman knows a thing or two about composting. Kem Ormond finds out more.

OPINION: They may be unattractive and difficult, but that doesn't mean they're not tasty.

By 1937, New Zealand flax seeds were used to establish a farm in "Charleton", England.

Harakeke holds significant cultural importance at Quaker Settlement

Opinion: Yams are New Zealand’s little pink morsels of sweetness.

"Its barrel alone weighs more than nine tons, and its gear box weighs three tons 6cwt."

Floc panels, made in Christchurch, adhere like wallpaper, with natural adhesive.

Opinion: A worm farm and nutrients are a great combination for the vegetable garden.

1930s starlings attacked hawks and stole from letterboxes, but they still had fans.

The trust's mission is to find the best foods in the world for human health.

Mandy Steel peels 20kg of horseradish by hand, four days a week.

"Even Wainui Beach experienced a frost."

Opinion: Want to know the sure sign your kūmara are ready to be harvested? Read on.

Opinion: Be brave and give lettuce soup a go, you may get a real surprise.

"Southland sportsmen claim that North Island stores have received ample supplies."

Opinion: A garden retreat in winter? Why not build a shed close to your vegetable patch?

"We trace the abolition of ploughing matches to jealousy of local ploughing associations."

Opinion: Kem Ormond looks into the boxthorn hedge and the inventive methods to tackle it.

Ted Lewis served as a war artist during WWII, capturing scenes in Italy and Egypt.

OPINION: Make the most of your limited patch with high-return vegetables.

"The aircraft which had arrived in New Zealand would be assembled shortly."

The Egg Project near Himatangi Beach is a family-run organic chicken farm.

Opinion: Red cabbage has always been a firm favourite with me.

"It is hardly possible now to obtain the splendid even lines of merino ewes."

Brooke Atkinson won the 2025 NZ Rookie Barrel Racing and All-Around Champion titles.

Opinion: Daylight saving means less time to potter in the vegetable garden in the evening.

Canterbury shows NZ settlers the "practicability of establishing ostrich farms".

"This novel method of mustering attracted considerable attention from passers-by."

OPINION: Kem Ormond on the benefits of both varieties and which is best for your garden.

Opinion: I have always had this saying, “A house is not a home without a lemon tree".

KMR is NZ's largest harbour restoration initiative and second-largest catchment group.

“If this goes on, in 10 years there will be 100,000 acres devoted to thistle."

Annabel Morgan works in a surf shop by day and paints the sea by night.

If a sheep was not shown in its natural colour "it was not worthy of being shown at all".

"Agriculture is far from being a sunset industry".

Opinion: Kem Ormond is stripping her garden of produce before winter arrives.

Kem Ormond's three days at Blue Duck Station were truly something special.

Opinion: Usually used in desserts, I can’t imagine serving rhubarb up with my peas.

Waikato BOP Young Farmer grand finalist takes on The Country's Fast Five.

"The truck, travelling at a slow speed, failed to balance and completely capsized."

Wool has played a significant role in Woodville's local economy and town life.

Nigel Ogle has transformed an old cheese factory into Tawhiti Museum in Hāwera.

OPINION: If your garden isn’t under snow, you can continue to plant and sow all winter.

"The remains of at least a dozen moas were unearthed by a farmer recently."

Jack Courtman wants to own his own herd of Herefords one day.

Opinion: Well-organised gardeners can be rewarded with carrots almost all year round.

Some farmers ran foul of the Shearers Accommodation Bill of 1919.

Maniototo sheep and beef farmer keen on others to have a "celebratory chop" on Saturday.

Opinion: It's time to start thinking about autumn - and even winter.

Three Fates recently released its 2024 chenin blanc, a familial collaboration.

Opinion: Kem Ormond battles oxalis, convolvulus and veldt grass.

"People seldom tame eels for pets, but a Buller family has done just that."

Emile Siers-Jamieson launched REGEN+ to create supplements from beef cattle by-products.

Nourished for Nil runs seven services a week, serving up to 450 people daily.

The Bennik family farms 216,000 layers across various sites in New Zealand.

Opinion: Wow, this summer is shaping up to be a wonderful growing season.

"The King ... wearing a waistcoat of that glossy fur, has caused a boom in moleskins."

Michael and Susie Woodward run 250 Angora goats alongside dairy cows at Cowgora Hills.

Opinion: This hardy perennial plant is easy to grow and is cold and drought-tolerant.

"Discovery should impel people throughout New Zealand to persist in sanitary precautions."

"Cases of spontaneous combustion are not uncommon after haymaking."

"A day of real pleasure, the races being held on New Year’s Day each year."

Opinion: Bees and other pollinators are vital to every garden.

"After tea, we had a concert and all declared that it was the merriest we had ever seen."

OPINION: Kem's mulching and watering to keep her vegetable garden cool.

"On arriving at the courthouse, they actually tried to sell the pig to its real owner."

OPINION: There’s almost no easier way to preserve food than dehydrating.

There's something for everyone at the Geraldine Vintage Car & Machinery Club Museum.

'In the future, I would like to have one of the biggest studs in New Zealand.'

Bee care was generating quite the buzz back in the day.

OPINION: Kem's potato salad and lamb rump salad are ideal for Christmas.

Opinion: With the right care, courgettes can provide a bountiful harvest.

Kem Ormond takes a look at the world of farming back in the day.