In 1897, seven year old Far North pioneer dairyman, Howard Dunn, was helping to hand-milk 30-40 cows at Pamapuria. The milk was stored in large vats which were then hand-skimmed for the cream from which the family of fifteen made butter and sold it to the gum-fields settlers for 6d a pound. The farm also […]
The importance of bees was highlighted by their virtually total absence on Kawau Island, when Kevin and Melissa Wallace, now based at Port Albert, lived there. Melissa says, “We moved from Auckland city living to island living where suddenly shopping for food and necessities only once a month became a reality. That meant we were […]
An interview with research scientist, Charles Mitchell, who has managed and built up whitebait populations and is now turning to marine polyculture. Charles Mitchell, a research scientist, says the complaint about whitebait in New Zealand in the 70s was that there wasn’t enough, so he started research into the management and enhancement of whitebait stocks. […]
Interview with Jan Mitchell, past Secretary of the New Zealand Donkey Society. How to look after donkeys and what to expect from these gentle animals. Jan Mitchell recently lost Benjamin — a much-loved donkey and family friend of over 20 years — to leukemia. He was 30 years old. “I could see he was on […]
Growing the edible red Brazilian pineapple, Ananas bracteatus, in New Zealand provides a viable commercial crop for flowers and also potentially for fruit. Growing Pineapples in New Zealand Having studied naturopathy, Clinton Scott became entranced by herbs as medicines and so began down a new track of permaculture, and self-sufficiency, developing along the way a […]
Theresa Sjoquist
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Theresa Sjoquist
