The topic is my community, the district of Wimbledon/Herbertville with emphasis on the role of women in the paid work force. The method used was a survey sent out to every household in the district (excluding holiday ...

The survey was taken over the Moa-Nui Dairy Co-operative supply area. The questionaire was sent to all Shareholding farmers and also to all Sharemilkers. 1039 farm owners and 260 sharemilkers received the questionaires. ...

The objectives of this project are to firstly to raise awareness of planning for retirement and farm succession. The second objective is to formulate and enunciate a consideration of the key elements of viability, ...

The primary objective of this project is to give the readers a greater understanding of what is expected of each party as and when they enter into a sponsorship agreement. Many rural events rely heavily upon sponsorship ...

The New Zealand Beef Industry is a niche producer of a global commodity which is undifferentiated in the market place. Being grass fed beef from a huge number of different breeds, we have a product that lacks consistency ...

The introduction of some agricultural biotechnologies in New Zealand has created considerable controversy. The main objections concern possible harm to man, damage to the environment and discomfit about the 'unnatural' ...

The district lies approximately 60 kms southeast of Hamilton, and encompasses three towns. Tirau, in the north (closest to Hamilton), Putaruru about 12 kms south of Tirau, and Tokoroa another 20 km south. Traffic volumes ...

There are many different components in bovine milk which change between farms, herds, individual cows, stage of lactation and types and levels of nutrition. Any variation in milk composition must have a return to either ...

Farming with tuberculosis (TB) in the endemic area of North Canterbury has major implications to management practices. Although industry sectors are structured differently, the impact of TB is similar across the board ...

Rural communities can take pride in the way they have grasped opportunities to develop innovative health services at a time when the Crown is requiring relevant, responsive and affordable services. This report begins ...