19 November, 2010
The cliche about small towns being so quiet you could fire a shotgun down the main street and not hit anyone pretty much described Sundays in the North Canterbury town of Oxford - until the opening of Jo Seagar’s cook school and cafe, and the advent of a farmers’ market.
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Submitted by: Amanda Cropp | Categories: Small Business, Rural Life, New Zealand
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Submitted by: Carlos Alejandro Falcó Chang | Categories: Rural Life, Illustrations, Fishing
11 September, 2010
The basics on how to check on chooks' health; what can go wrong and how to fix it. Part three of a series on backyard poultry keeping.
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Submitted by: Heather Carston | Categories: Hobbies & Pets, Food & Wine, Rural Life, New Zealand, Animals
11 September, 2010
This is part two in a series of three articles about keeping chickens and deals with preparing a chicken for the table.
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Submitted by: Heather Carston | Categories: Hobbies & Pets, Rural Life, Food & Wine, New Zealand, Animals
11 September, 2010
Even citydwellers can have chooks on small sections, creating a good food producer for the family that costs remarkably little yet provides hours of fun.
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Submitted by: Heather Carston | Categories: Rural Life, Hobbies & Pets, New Zealand, Animals
03 September, 2010
If you had suggested to me ten years ago that I would one day own a dog, I can imagine myself saying, "You must be joking - no way!" Times change, writes Dave Wolland.
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Submitted by: Dave Wolland | Categories: Columns, Rural Life
09 June, 2010
Story about the successful biological control of current rodent infestation.
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Submitted by: Chris 'Worzel' Sellars | Categories: Columns, Rural Life, Humour & Satire
30 May, 2010
I was hoping to get myself one or several rabbits for the pot, and to do so I was soft-footing it along the edge of a large paddock of new grass that backed on to a big section of bush running up into the Hakarimata Ranges, west of Ngaruawahia.
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Submitted by: Kingsley Field | Categories: Columns, Recreation, Rural Life, New Zealand
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Submitted by: Dave Wolland | Categories: Viewpoints, Farming, Rural Life
27 May, 2010
There's a special kind of clarity that comes with a frosty morning, writes Kingsley Field.
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Submitted by: Kingsley Field | Categories: Columns, Features , Rural Life, New Zealand
26 May, 2010
Last of the series. Comments and story of Mrs Rat.
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Submitted by: Chris 'Worzel' Sellars | Categories: Rural Life, Animals, Humour & Satire
26 May, 2010
A timely reminder to people about what happens if you're a sheep.
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Submitted by: Chris 'Worzel' Sellars | Categories: Rural Life, Animals, Humour & Satire
26 May, 2010
A sad but humorous tale of a spider's quest for lasting love.
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Submitted by: Chris 'Worzel' Sellars | Categories: Rural Life, Animals, Humour & Satire
26 May, 2010
The touching story of two wild bush pigs that find a home with a farmer. Incorporates a moral about the pitfalls of civilization.
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Submitted by: Chris 'Worzel' Sellars | Categories: Columns, Rural Life, Animals, Humour & Satire
26 May, 2010
Country Critters installment no 2. Humorous stories submitted by creatures of my acquaintance.
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Submitted by: Chris 'Worzel' Sellars | Categories: Columns, Rural Life, Animals, Humour & Satire
26 May, 2010
The first of my 'Country Critters' series. Short humorous tales told by the animals themselves and plagiarized by me.
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Submitted by: Chris 'Worzel' Sellars | Categories: Columns, Rural Life, Animals, Humour & Satire
12 May, 2010
Does naming cows help them be more productive? Dave Wolland finds there's a lot to be said for friendly milking shed.
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Submitted by: Dave Wolland | Categories: Columns, Rural Life, Cartoons, Animals
10 May, 2010
There are health dangers associated with acrylimide in baked, roasted and fried food, but luckily we have a huge range of food to choose from compared to our ancestors, writes Dave Wolland.
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Submitted by: Dave Wolland | Categories: Food & Wine, Viewpoints, Rural Life
08 March, 2010
Outdoors columnist Kingsley Field remembers what it was like to be a boy on a farm when he was young, and wonders how often boys today get the room to strike out and find their own boundaries.
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Submitted by: Kingsley Field | Categories: Families , Columns, Rural Life
08 March, 2010
Outdoors columnist Kinsgley Field finds out what smart hunters stash in their backpacks when they head into the bush come deer hunting season.
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Submitted by: Kingsley Field | Categories: Columns, Rural Life, Hunting
08 March, 2010
Outdoors columnist Kingsley Field writes about the harrier we so often see as we drive along highways and country roads but so seldom take the time to find out more about.
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Submitted by: Kingsley Field | Categories: Columns, Rural Life, Animals
08 March, 2010
Outdoors columnist Kingsley Field talks about duck shooting season and why tens of thousands of New Zealanders, aged 10 to 90, eagerly anticipate this time of year. Ideal for publication in early May.
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Submitted by: Kingsley Field | Categories: Columns, Rural Life, Hunting
08 March, 2010
Outdoor columnist Kingsley Field sets out at the beginning of the hunting season keeping his eye out for hares... and a dinner of hare back steaks.
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Submitted by: Kingsley Field | Categories: Columns, Rural Life, Hunting
