Stories
A Hauora approach to harvesting
Monday, 1 May 2023
Hauora is the Māori philosophy of health, which put into context of a berry farm, means producing delicious products in an environmentally friendly and sustainable manner.
Get your Berries Direct
Friday, 17 February 2023
One of the largest blueberry growers in Canterbury, is based right here in Weedons.
A purple delight in Dunsandel
Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Discover Selwyn’s purest growing lavender, its health benefits and the story behind growing this purple beauty.
Handy Dandy Shandy’s
Monday, 9 May 2022
Shandy’s, made up of Sharon and Andy Howard, started selling sauces, oyster mushrooms, elderflower cordial, pates and pestos in 2020. The mushrooms are grown at their Sheffield home and sauces handcrafted in their kitchen, with stunning views overlooking the Southern Alps.
Crafting malt in Dunsandel
Wednesday, 13 April 2022
It’s a warm, Friday, summer evening. Gabi and Doug Michael head to their local pub after work for a drink.
They sip on craft beer and smile to themselves, knowing they were a part of making that beer - and almost any beer crafted in New Zealand!
“Three Boys Brewery, Sawmill Brewery …,” Gabi starts to make a list of her brewers and then says it’s probably easier to list how many breweries they don’t supply their malt to - it’s a much shorter list!
The bliss of picking blueberries
Wednesday, 22 December 2021
The buzz of high country honey
Monday, 29 November 2021
Selwyn has over 20 honey producers, apiaries and beekeepers buzzing about. From Leeston through to Selwyn high country, you can find a variety of honeys, bee products and beekeeping services. Coalgate Honey Co. is one of Selwyn’s honey producers and Selwyn’s only business to win an award at New Zealand’s Apiculture 2021 competition.
Selwyn’s best kept secret recipe
Friday, 10 September 2021
Want to blow away a cold? Try a delicious mousetrap; a toasted slice of bread with gooey melted cheese and… purewasabi paste! Wasabi is generally served with fish or sushi, but Fenton Wood, owner of purewasabi by Coppersfolly, says not to knock this new combination until you try it.
Keeping the name, changing the farm and creating a baaa of soap
Thursday, 2 September 2021
Heather McMillan used to walk out of her back door in Upper Hutt to be surrounded by two and half acres of bush and the sound of native New Zealand birdlife. Now stepping out into her backyard of 35 hectares in Selwyn, she is greeted by Becky the dog and over 300 sheep.
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A Little Red Farm in Hororata
Monday, 24 May 2021
What comes first, the chicken or the egg? For Dee Oliver and Brendon Albon, their chickens come first. Their small Hororata chicken farm, Little Red Farm is free-range and pasture-raised, meaning every week the sheds and chickens are moved and put on fresh grass.