Protea and Leucadendron Growing – New Zealand

Leuchadendron

Commercial Protea and Leucadendron growing in NZ – a brief look at the requirements of growing proteas and leucadendrons for export. Proteas and Leucadendrons In New Zealand Proteas and leucadendrons are grown for export to Pacific rim markets. The large stiff majestic protea blooms in pinks, whites and greens, with petals finished in feathery wafting […]

Possum Trapping for Fur in New Zealand

Possum fur goes into the lucrative high-end possum/merino blend clothing trade. Possum trapping helps wildlife management by culling an introduced pest. A lucrative income is being derived in New Zealand through trapping and plucking the fur of an introduced pest, the opossum, generally called possum. With a dedicated approach in areas where possums thrive, just […]

Raising Ostriches – African Blue Neck

Brutus, ostrich rooster on the Penell farm in Far North, New Zealand - Photo Theresa Sjoquist

Keeping African Blue Neck Ostriches. Basics on raising ostriches for harvesting of meat. Blue neck Ostriches are huge flightless birds native to the arid interior of the African continent. Aggressive Males A new male introduced to a paddock will be insecure and somewhat manageable for a few days, but beyond that he takes charge. A […]

Conspiracy to Make You Happy

Rainbow - Photo Theresa Sjoquist

Today we can see the shifts in consciousness virtually as they occur.  Recently The Secret made a global hit with many, and backed by a plethora of reading from such authors as Neale Donald Walsch, Eckhart Tolle, Marianne Williamson and others, a significant proportion of  humanity is looking at life differently. Ultimately it doesn’t matter which […]

Te Paki Station – Far Northern New Zealand

Paua Wharf and Parenga Harbour, Far Northern New Zealand - Photo courtesy of Far North Regional Museum

Te Paki Station – Northland, New Zealand. A brief history and a glimpse of pioneer life early last century in the isolated far north of New Zealand. Te Paki Station, 20kms below New Zealand’s northern most point at Cape Reinga, is now owned and managed by the crown, but it was orginally a wedding gift […]