Emu Farming in New Zealand

Emus with plenty of rom to run - Photo Theresa Sjoquist

Emu Farming – a brief outline of farming emus, and the health-enriching oil they’re farmed for. IMPORTANT: This is the website of a Writer. We do not sell emus, emu eggs, or know where to get them from.  Emus are farmed for the fat laden saddle across their backs which is rendered for omega rich […]

Pekin Duck Farming in New Zealand

Pekin ducks at Mahurangi Ducki Farm inside - Photo Theresa Sjoquist

Farming Pekin Ducks for eggs in New Zealand is providing a lucrative income for Pete and Katie Mitchell who supply to the NZ Asian market. IMPORTANT: This is the website of a Writer. We do not sell, ducks, or duck eggs, and we do not know where to get them from. Pekin Ducks There are […]

Avocado Growing in New Zealand

Gavin Wollsey of Tapora checking his avocado crop, Northland, New Zealand - Photo Theresa Sjoquist

Avocado growing in NZ – a brief look at an avocado orchard in Northland, New Zealand, and the growing conditions, pollination, pollinisers, and harvesting. Gavin Woolsey and his wife, Trish have cultivated more than 4,000 avocado trees in a small corner of northern New Zealand which provides the precise growing conditions ideal for the green […]

Vetiver – Natural Erosion and Flood Control

Rick Fisher with young Vetiver plants in nursery

Vetiver is a plant native to India which is now extensively used for erosion and flood control in over 70 countries worldwide. Rick Fisher was friends with a chap who worked for New Zealand’s then DSIR, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. That friend had become familiar with a plant being introduced to New Zealand […]

Buffalo Dairying in New Zealand

Phil with one of their buffalo - Dairy Flat, North Auckland, New Zealand

Buffalo dairying and Buffalo cheese-making go hand in hand on this water buffalo farm in northern New Zealand. When Annie Wills and Phil, her husband, decided that they would like to do something different with their Hanoverian stud property north of Auckland, they were sure they’d come up with the right idea when they saw […]