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Posted at 9:55am Thursday 03rd May, 2012 | By Nik Maxwell
Nik Maxwell with a 10 point stag he shot in the Mamaku ranges.
Hi and welcome to the first column on hunting in the Bay of Plenty.
It’s been a busy few weeks over March/April. Quite easily the most exciting and anticipated time of the hunting calendar is upon us, The Roar. Plans have been made, gear packed and families waved farewell to...
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Posted at 12:04pm Wednesday 02nd May, 2012
 Time is running out for those with a creative flair who want to enter two of Fielday’s most popular competitions.
The closing date for entries for both the 2012 Fieldays Innovation Competition and the 2012 Ag Art Wear Competition is May 16.
Ag Art Wear, a competition and sub-event at NZ National Agricultural Fieldays challenges designers to create...
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Posted at 10:48am Wednesday 02nd May, 2012 | By Elaine Fisher
 The `forest fairy’ skipping along the narrow bush path stopped beside a slender tree.
“That’s a pittosporum turneri and it’s very rare,” said Jemma Shaw with authority few six-year-olds could match. A little further on she pointed out white coral lichen and then ran off to catch up with the family dog Tui. Later,...
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Posted at 9:43am Wednesday 02nd May, 2012 | By Elaine Fisher
 Tony Parkes has tolerated the impacts on his business and property values of three power pylons on his Ohauiti farm but now Transpower wants legal restrictions placed on what he can do around the lines, he’s had enough.
“What they are asking amounts to land theft,” says Tony.
Twins Kyle and Regan Parkes (13) and their father Tony illustrate...
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Posted at 9:10am Wednesday 02nd May, 2012
 Seven of the country’s top young farmers including a Bay of Plenty representative will battle it out in the grand final of the National Bank Young Farmer Contest in Dunedin from May 23 to 26.
Sam Williams is representing the Waikato and Bay of Plenty after winning the regional finals in March and he features on the National Bank’s goyoungfarmer.co.nz...
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Posted at 11:33am Tuesday 01st May, 2012 | By Elaine Fisher
Dairy Woman of the Year Barbara Kuriger with husband Louis, who changed her mind about a future in dairying.
Farming didn’t figure in the early career plans of New Zealand’s first Dairy Woman of the Year, until love changed her mind.
Barbara Kuriger, inaugural winner of the Dairy Women’s Network, Fonterra sponsored award, says...
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Posted at 11:28am Tuesday 01st May, 2012
 Coast & Country has a new editor. Elaine Fisher has joined the team now that Sheryl Brown has left to write for Rural News and the Dairy Exporter. Elaine is an experienced rural journalist whose career in newspapers began even before she left school.
“Mr bus driver, Gus Dallas, himself a former journalist, suggested this career and got me my first...
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Posted at 9:26am Tuesday 01st May, 2012 | By Elaine Fisher
 The New Zealand kiwifruit industry needs more `teeth’ to protect it from further spread of Psa-V and future pest and disease threats, believes Barry O’Neil, newly appointed chief executive for Kiwifruit Vine Health.
Legal powers similar to those for the control of TB in livestock could assist the industry to take action over Psa-V and any...
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Posted at 8:28am Tuesday 01st May, 2012
 Thinking like a cow and succession planning are on the agenda for the second DairyNZ Farmers’ Forum to on May 23 and 24 at Mystery Creek Events Centre in Hamilton.
The two day event will bring farmers together with industry leaders, key advisors, government representatives, scientists and agri-business professionals to share expert insights and...
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Posted at 9:34am Saturday 28th Apr, 2012
 The restricted fire season in the Western Bay of Plenty is drawing to close with Monday, April 30, being the last day of the season.
Matakana, Rangiwaea and Motiti Island remain in a year round restricted fire season.
Fire fighters battled a one hectare blaze on the hills of Welcome Bay earlier this year.
Principal Rural Fire officer Barry Low says...
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