Day of celebration at Northern A & P show
By David Hill
The Northern (Rangiora) Agricultural and Pastoral Association's 150th anniversary show will be a celebration of the district's past.
While the day's programme is...
Action packed three days at 150th show
By DAVID HILL
The Topp Twins are coming to Rangiora to help celebrate the 150th Northern (Rangiora) Agricultural and Pastoral Show.
The iconic New Zealand performers...
Enhanced dog and stock control team
By ROBYN BRISTOW
An enhanced dog and stock control service has started in the Hurunui District Council with Sean Quinn being employed to do the...
Glyphosate impact debated
By DAVID HILL
The Waimakariri District Council is to seek advice from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, as seeks to make sense of conflicting...
Record crop in drought
Canterbury’s drought has helped the region’s wheat growers produce a bumper crop.
Foundation for Arable Research chairperson and farmer David Birkett is in line to...
Spring lambs bring renewed optimism
The new lambing season has brought some fresh optimism for North Canterbury farmers.
The mild winter and recent rain has made for a comfortable lambing...
Trial produces abundant grass in Nth Canty
North Canterbury sheep and beef farmer, Hamish Murray, got more grass than he bargained for this spring when trialling liquid nitrogen and gibberellic acid.
Mr...
Historic church repairs finally under way
‘‘Several hundred tonnes of church’’ was hauled on to red zone land this week.
Kaiapoi’s St Bartholomew’s Anglican Church building was moved on to neighbouring...
Helping hand for groups
A native walkway though waste land adjacent to the Waikari’s Village Green has been given a hand up.
The Waikari Volunteer Fire Brigade has been...
SI Field Days sites open
Online applications are open to exhibit at the South Island Agricultural Field Days (SIAFD) being held at Kirwee next year.
SIAFD will take place from...
