Bruce Leonard was raised on a dairy farm in Okoroire and is the first to say that he didn’t like school at all and left at 16 to go hay baling.... Read More

  A Coromandel orchardist is calling for changes in the avocado industry.   Allan Dickinson has around 600 Hass trees on seven hectares... Read More

  More than 100ha of farmland and native bush has been gifted to Bay of Plenty Regional Council by community stalwart and farmer Ian Noble and... Read More

New Zealand’s kiwifruit industry is breathing a sigh of relief after the Environmental Protection Authority released its decision on Hi-Cane use... Read More

Whether you picnic amongst scenery off the beaten track or enjoy lunches on stations with the runholders – the views will be the same. “Unrivalled,”... Read More

Otorohanga-based Heli A1 not only serves across the country but has also gone global with its specialist helicopter operation. Davin Mudford, who founded... Read More

Since its inception in 2014, Goodwood has been a pioneer of sustainable solutions by recycling untreated timber wood waste, preventing it from going... Read More

A Matamata business has developed a water filtration system which transforms wastewater from a vineyard or dairy farm into drinking standard water. Forsi... Read More

Foresta – an Australian ASX-listed company – is embarking on a significant initiative in the Bay of Plenty. The company’s latest venture... Read More

  Whatever your electrical, refrigeration and air-conditioning needs are, the team at Dobsons are the right people for the job.   They have... Read More

As New Zealand’s housing landscape evolves, so too does Advantage Designer Homes’ approach to creating homes. “Anticipating significant... Read More

When she’s not tending her one-acre country garden at Otamarakau, near Pukehina Beach, mixed media artists Angela McKenzie is busy creating chaos... Read More

As the worker bees mill over hectares of land, pollinating flourishing kiwifruit and avocado orchards, their keepers collect the reward both in dollars... Read More

The Sculpture Park at Waitakaruru Arboretum is a regional resource that is the result of an interest in regenerating land, a love of art, and a couple’s... Read More

Vintage machinery collector Malcolm Lumsden has family history around Ohinewai going back to 1912 when his grandfather, John Lumsden, and his wife Jessie,... Read More