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• Paradise In Paroa

  If you want a chicken, you might want to head to Paroa. For on Rutherglen Road, a shop stocks anything the lifestyle block owner may need, run by an owner with a colourful past.

• Greymouth Bug Spread Sparks Concern: Beekeeper

  The risk of toxic honey - causing delirium to coma or death - could increase in the South if climate change helps to introduce new insects to the region, a long-time commercial beekeeper says.

• Pgg Wrightson Half Year ProfiT Dips, Company Warns Of Challenges For Agriculture Sector

  Negative sentiment among rural real estate buyers has seen PGG Wrightson's half year profit dip from the record high reported last year as the company warns of a challenging year for the agriculture sector.

• "Correct Loading" - That'S The Secret.

  Stock truck driver, Barry Thomson, well known throughout the Coast, drove for 51 years, following in his father's footsteps. He married Anne Marie 48 years ago and they had two daughters and five grand daughters. He was devastated when she was diagnosed with cancer and died 14 days later, mid-way through 2022.

• Volkswagen Tiguan R

  Volkswagen had injected some 'hot hatch' fire power borrowed from the legendary Golf 'R' hatch into its top selling SUV Tiguan - but is it the real performance SUV?

• Growers Urged To Check For Maize Pest

  West Coast maize and sweetcorn growers are urged to be on the lookout for newly arrived tropical insect pest fall armyworm which can cause economic as well as physical damage to crops if not found early.

• Rural Catch-Up At The Ross Cattle Sales

  Wednesday, January 25 was yet another day of hot, dry weather, and the animals awaiting sale at the Ross yards were restless, as were stock agents, Robbie Lash and his boss, Barry Fox, the day's auctioneer.

• Life on Lemon Acres

  "I grew up at Ikamatua, on the family farm at Mossy Creek where we had about 1000 ewes and I learned to shear sheep, that was about 40 years ago.

• Hyundai Kona Hybrid

  Finally, we have a hybrid version of Hyundai's popular compact Kona SUV, begging the question - why has it taken so long?

• Reclassifying stewardship land on the West Coast

  Access to rivers is at the heart of many West Coasters' identities. So, we are working closely with the Department of Conservation (DOC) to protect that right as it reclassifies its stewardship land.

Featured documents

• Stud farming of Mahitahi

  Down State highway 6, south of Bruce Bay, take a left at Condons Road, and you will find the stud farm of South Westland identity Thomas Condon. Four Hereford heifers, a mix of polled and horned, were selected by Thomas Condon snr in 1975, providing the basis for Flagstaff Herefords which today is...

• Calving at the Kennedy's farm

  Straddling the Atarau road in the Grey Valley, the Kennedy farm runs along the banks of the Grey River, flanked at one end by the Craigieburn, and Rough river. Where once the 400ha ran sheep and beef, today there is a herd of around 800 milking cows. West Coast Grassroots visited on a sunny August...

• Carrying on the Foster name

  A long and productive chapter closed on Grey Valley farming and agriculture with the sad passing of Russell 'Brent' Foster in November last year. An Ahaura-based contractor for 50 years, RB Foster all began with a small 1938 International tractor. MEG FULFORD sat down with the Foster family in...

• West Coast Dairy Award Winners

  Robyn Mare of Greymouth was named the 2022 West Coast/Top of the South Dairy Manager of the Year at the 2022 West Coast/Top of the South Dairy Industry Awards dinner held in Shantytown last Thursday....

• West Coast dairy winners toasted

  First-time entrants from Reefton who embrace a sustainable version of farming were announced as major winners in the 2021 West Coast/Top of the South Dairy Industry Awards....

• The mail must get through!

  Mahia Fisher's rural delivery van is a reliable feature on our country roads, and Grassroots reporter MEG FULFORD spent a day with her to see what it takes to get your mail and packages from A to B, and the reasons Mahia loves her role so much....

• Carrying on the Foster name

  A long and productive chapter closed on Grey Valley farming and agriculture with the sad passing of Russell 'Brent' Foster in November last year. An Ahaura-based contractor for 50 years, RB Foster all began with a small 1938 International tractor. MEG FULFORD sat down with the Foster family in...

• West Coast Dairy Award Winners

  Robyn Mare of Greymouth was named the 2022 West Coast/Top of the South Dairy Manager of the Year at the 2022 West Coast/Top of the South Dairy Industry Awards dinner held in Shantytown last Thursday....

• Stud farming of Mahitahi

  Down State highway 6, south of Bruce Bay, take a left at Condons Road, and you will find the stud farm of South Westland identity Thomas Condon. Four Hereford heifers, a mix of polled and horned, were selected by Thomas Condon snr in 1975, providing the basis for Flagstaff Herefords which today is...

• Atarau farmer's surprise win

  The recent Top of the South Dairy Awards were held at Shantytown, and a first-time entrant took out the title of dairy assistant of the year. MEG FULFORD went along to find out more about young Sam Smithers, what sets him apart, and why animals love him....