Takeover bid?
OPINION: Canterbury milk processor Synlait is showing no sign of bouncing back from its financial doldrums.
A Hawke's Bay Syrah has won the top prize at the 2015 Air New Zealand Wine Awards, presented on Saturday night at Nelson's Saxton Stadium.
The efforts of farmers to improve the health of the Piako River in the Waikato region have been recognised.
Joanne Taylor's rural lifestyle magazine Latitude has won the supreme award at the Enterprising Rural Women Awards held in Nelson on Saturday.
The 153rd Canterbury A&P Show is over for another year and exhibitors and animals headed home on Friday evening for a well-earned rest.
The judging is over although the detailed results have been embargoed until 9 October. You will find them on boutiquewines.com.au/6-nations-wine-challenge after that date.
The new entry criteria for the 2016 New Zealand Dairy Manager of the Year means dairy workers with a variety of backgrounds, experience and skills are able to enter.
Two highly respected international wine personalities will be joining this year's Air New Zealand Wine Awards judging panel.
OPINION: Canterbury milk processor Synlait is showing no sign of bouncing back from its financial doldrums.
OPINION: It seems every bugger in this country can get an award these days.