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Couple runners-up for Bay of Plenty Share Farmer of the Year at NZ Dairy Industry Awards.

The horses harrow paddocks, feed stock and gather cows and calves.

“She’s not afraid to get stuck in and regularly works alongside the team on site.”

“I say yes to pretty much any farm training offered where I can learn more.”

The hatchery relies on fishing and game bird licence revenue, not taxpayer funding.

Scott Bright uses the Caterpillar on his land, but he doesn’t want to overwork it.

Keith’s early 1900s Ruston engine once powered Mercer Quarry before restoration.

The 1917 tractor was sent from the US to Britain to boost wartime food production.

Bryan Hayward now milks up to 240 cows across 85 hectares in Putāruru.

Now semi-retired, Brett Petersen happily gives away the bananas he grows.

Nicoli Fife competed at the 1978 World Championships in Kentucky with Mark Todd.

Ryan McPherson swapped a planned Wall Street career for sheep milking in Lichfield.

Sarah Oliver runs a fully certified organic veganic garden near Waitetuna.

Visitors can see vintage tractors, cars and a 100-year-old shearing plant.

The Fairbairns flew by helicopter into private land in the Ahimanawa Range.

The 1953 Farmall FC sports a rare loader and grader blade combination.

Bea Spraggs grows heirloom fruit to feed her year-round preserving.

The family’s Mystery Creek block now hosts two home businesses and three houses.

The 3-tonne 1939 Ford flathead V8 was imported from the United States.

Annie Perkins has bought into the business, learning alongside John Woolford.

Gill handcrafts balms and sprays from kawakawa, yarrow, plantain and tallow.

Founder Sean Mills spent four years perfecting the native pekepeke-kiore crop.

Jas Singh Mander left India in 2015 to study dairy farming in Rotorua.

Alf Williamson’s prized 1992 Foden S106 has clocked more than 1.6 million km.

The Dodds' Te Puke block includes a truffière and 3.5ha of protected native bush.

Kevin talks to his bees, handles them and spends time with the hives almost every evening.

Coast & Country News marks 300 editions in October 2025, spanning 25 years in print.

The museum holds rare machinery, including New Zealand’s last intact Crabtree engine.

Visitors can cuddle guinea pigs and watch mice, chinchillas, and lizards.

Caitlin Snodgrass won the 2025 Auckland/Hauraki Dairy Trainee of the Year title.

The project has secured a $10 million government grant over five years.