Hawke’s Bay
FARMING Lifestyles
May 2017 Edition
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“Twenty per cent of New Zealand will be covered in unwanted wilding conifers within 20 years if their spread isn’t stopped. They already cover more than 1.8 million hectares of New Zealand and until now have been spreading at about five per cent a year,” says Minister of Primary Industries Nathan Guy. “The National Wilding Conifer Control Programme was put in place in 2016 to prevent their spread and systematically remove them from much of the land already taken over.” Minister Guy says wilding conifer are incredibly hard to get rid of once they become established. “Prevention is the best form of management. Removing young seedlings before they start producing seeds costs less than $10 per hectare, but removing mature trees can cost over $10,000 per hectare.” Conservation Minister Maggie Barry says wildings compete with native plants and animals for sunlight and water and can severely alter natural landscapes. “The control programme is to protect our conservation land, iconic landscapes, tourist routes, high country farming heritage and sensitive water catchments from these invaders,” Ms Barry says. “Last year the Government committed an additional $16 million to wilding control over the next four years and
that’s on top of an $11 million already spent each year.” “Control work has involved targeted aerial spraying of individual trees in remote areas where there is light wilding infestation, and ground control in more heavily infested areas. The programme this year covers 14 initial priority areas, including extensive areas of conservation land and farmland in Central North Island, Marlborough, Canterbury, Otago and Southland.” Minister Barry says wildings are public enemy number one in the War on Weeds and top the Dirty Dozen 2017 list. “The Department of Conservation’s Community Fund has financed a number of community groups, trusts and organisations to carry out wilding conifer control ion work in 2016/17, complementing the work of the national control programme by reducing wilding conifer spread in low density areas.” The Wilding Conifer Control Programme has already started preliminary planning for 2017/18 control operations. The Programme is being implemented by the Ministry for Primary Industries, Department of Conservation, and Land Information New Zealand in partnership with other central government agencies, iwi groups, local government, forestry and farming industries, landowners, researchers and community trusts and organisations.
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New Zealand’s native fungi could hold the answer to antibiotic resistance crisis amid growing concern over the need to combat antibiotic resistance. Considered one of the greatest public health threats of the modern age — a campaign has been launched to determine if a collection of fungi, unique to New Zealand and the Pacific, could hold the key to discovering new antibiotics. Cure Kids, the nation’s leading charitable funder of child health research, has kicked off its ‘Fight Against Superbugs’ crowdfunding campaign. “Countries around the world have been asked to act now. New Zealand may be a small nation, but our native fungi and our unique biodiversity could provide an answer to this global problem,” says Cure Kids Research director Tim Edmonds. “If we don’t act now and discover new medicines, it is predicted that within a generation, antibiotic resistance will overtake cancer as the leading cause of premature death worldwide. “We know that antibiotic resistance is an issue many New Zealanders are concerned about. Particularly for those children at greatest risk of infections.” The ‘Fight Against Superbugs’ campaign aims to raise $250,000 to support pioneering research by scientists at the University of Auckland
who will study fungi from a collection by Landcare Research. Fungi are a proven source of antibiotics, such as penicillin, and most antibiotics in clinical use are from soil microbes. Microbiologist, Dr Siouxsie Wiles, head of the Bioluminescent Superbugs Lab at the University, and her team aim to mine 1000 prioritised fungi from the collection of 10,000 over the next 12 months to identify pathogenfighting properties. Dr Wiles’ team have piloted the approach, screening 300 fungi, using a cultivated form of bacteria that’s been engineered to glow when alive. When the bacteria stop glowing, it signals potential antimicrobial qualities in the fungi which then undergo more tests. “We are really hopeful that we will make rapid progress in our search for new antibiotics. Children are at increased risk and more vulnerable to infectious diseases. We are particularly hopeful we will identify fungi that are able to kill the bacteria responsible for many of the serious diseases rife in New Zealand such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA),” says Dr Wiles. “While current antibiotics have proved highly effective in the defence
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against infectious diseases, common bacteria regularly develop new strains that resist these antibiotics.” Dr Wiles recently published her book ‘Antibiotic resistance — the end of modern medicine?’ Which explores the threat to humans, agriculture and
animals from superbugs and antibiotic resistance. She says antimicrobial resistance threatens to undo many of the medical achievements of the last century. To join the ‘Fight Against Superbugs’ visit www.curekids.org.nz
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Geoff and Nicola Wright create award winning wines at Wright’s Vineyard and Winery with winemaking skills coming down through the generations from Geoff’s Croatian family.
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he couple won the Hill Laboratories Harvest Award at this year’s East Coast Ballance Farm Environment Awards. A third generation winemaker, originally Geoff was a chartered accountant but driven by the same pioneering spirit as his Croatian greatgrandfather Stanko Jurakovich, Geoff left
Auckland in 1999 with a dream to own his own vineyard and winery. Stanko immigrated to New Zealand as a child and secured his winemaker’s licence in Kumeu, Auckland, on March 14, 1931. In 1944, Stanko’s land was sold to San Marino Vineyards, which is now forms part of the well known winery Kumeu River, belonging to the Brajkovich
Harvest time is a family affair for the Wright family family. Nicola is a qualified lawyer and moved to Gisborne in 2004 to meet Mr Wright, who she hoped would be a winemaker. “I didn’t realise I would have to plant the vineyard out myself and although I wasn’t blessed with a green finger, I do have a pioneering spirit, am a risk taker and believe in myself,” she says. She is in charge of marketing and distribution and also has her own criminal legal practice. The couple base their business on hard work, sweat and Kiwi ingenuity and their enthusiasm and energy exhibited for their family, business and organic principles were noted by the Award’s judges. “They don’t walk the talk they run it,” the Award judges said. The business has three sites — the winery and a coastal vineyard on the Wharerata Road at Manutuke and valley and terrace vineyards in Ormond Valley Road. The main grape varieties are Chardonnay, Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir.
“We harvest our grapes by hand and then produce our wine in our winery,” says Geoff. “We harvest just under 100 tonne and produce just under 100,000 bottles a year. Our approach is not on quantity but sustainable quality. The three vineyards are certified organic and biodynamics is practised on them.” The couple have a great understanding of the soil and its biodiversity and monitor it regularly to deal with any issues that come along before they become significant. “We established the first vineyard on bare land in Ormond Valley in 2005 and used grapevine cuttings sourced in 2003. While establishing the vineyard, we worked during the week in their professions to fund the venture. “Weekends were spent working the land and we kept an area of native plantings and a pond that we are developing into a wetland. We later bought the valley and coastal vineyards and converted them. “In 2009 we purchased an under-vine
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Just under 100 tonne of grapes are harvested each year cultivator with a change-over head to a tiller, which helps us avoid using herbicide around the grapevines.” Geoff and Nicola have four Dexter heifers that they use to provide fertiliser and raw materials for many of their biodynamic preparations. “We have planted lavender as well as this helps to camouflage the smell of the ripe grapes and reduces the need for bird bangers,” said Geoff. “We have an olive grove with 600 trees that we produce olive oil from for the local market and we have 100 gum trees which we use for firewood and we will use the wood to supply the pizza oven at our cafe/cellar door over summer.” The wine is sold under the
labels Wrights Wines and the Natural Wine Co and is sold around New Zealand as well exported to China and the Pacific Islands. “From our business perspective, we are making and pitching high quality but affordable organic wines, readily available throughout supermarkets. We take two approaches, we do the old world styles with the Wrights’ brand, and new world winemaking styles using modern techniques with the Natural Wine Co brand. “We established the business from scratch as a husband and wife team and are getting really good reviews.“ Nicola says they are living the dream of being sustainable, self-employed and
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GENERATIONS INCLUDE TREES BY ANN MORGAN PHILIP AND ROBYN HOLT HAVE FARMED THE ORIGINAL PART OF MARAETARA NEAR BAY VIEW FOR 35 YEARS. TREES HAVE BEEN GROWN ON THE PROPERTY BY FIVE GENERATIONS AND PHILIP CONTINUES TO PLANT AS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
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we’re in a better position with capital inputs. The farm has traditionally been a dry farm with very little natural water so we’ve had to spend a lot of money to get water in every paddock, but once you have the water, the opportunity to fence off northerly and southerly faces gives you more options. “Having so much shade on the farm, thanks to the trees, also reduces the need for as much water.” Philip uses his love of projects to aesthetically improve non-productive parts of the property. “There is a seven-hectare dry, easterly cliff face overlooking the estuary which has been planted with thousands of native plants and we have built a small
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Ministry for the Environment and statistics NZ recently released a damning report showing increasing nitrogen and phosphorus in a percentage of NZ rivers. Surprise surprise! this whole problem of excess nitrates and phosphorus in our rivers have never been called to account. I am not talking about farmers here, although they are the ones copping the flak. I am talking about the major NPK fertiliser companies who sell 90% of the phosphorus and nitrogen in NZ and have been for the past 20-plus years. NZ farmers have been brainwashed into thinking that all this phosphate and nitrogen is needed to be profitable. Have these environmental alarmists ever stopped to think that these major fertiliser companies have become billion dollar industries from propaganda to push the sales of the very products these guys make. They have assumed the responsibility to educate students attending NZ educational institutions into the NPK propaganda machine who then go out and advise farmers to push it on. The sooner the proponents of environmental improvement refocus on the cause, the faster these challenges will be achieved.
There are great changes beginning where farmers are utilising real science rather than following the NPK accepted principles that grow grass but don’t strictly follow scientific principles. There is accurate data and case studies demonstrating amazing results including better animal health, higher production and higher profit with as little as 80kg N/ha applied, which is the sort of targets we should be seeking. General farmer usage would be around 200 to 250kg N/ha. Education is the best way forward rather than the threat of enforcement of more rules and reduction of our great farming future. This education has got to start with the consultants who are talking to farmers and giving them the advice. Consultants are the very people who can affect farmers change because they are who farmers trust and seek advice from. Currently, this radical change to drastically reduce nitrogen and phosphate use unnecessarily is coming from farmers who are entrepreneurs and can think outside the square. These very
farmers have gone out of their way to reeducate themselves and have found a better path. The biggest challenge to this change is coming from their trusty consultants who put doubt into this new path. If farmers and consultants feel challenged to act, please contact me.
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Brainwashed The clean rivers plan, which is sweeping the country, is to drastically reduce nitrogen applications on farm, based on historical data. For farmers hell-bent on trying to mitigate too many changes in management in future will be looking at management now to alter that data. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to deduct that one such tool would be to drastically increase nitrogen use now therefore boosting historical data, which will be used to determine their future allocation. This whole scandal has arisen because farmers have been brainwashed into thinking that urea grows grass and that profitability will drop correspondingly as that nitrogen is reduced. This new environmental report is calling for a drastic reduction in cow numbers, which would be akin to the idea of drastically reducing cars to cut the road toll! Some common sense is needed here, and I would hate to see people with this line of thinking being able to determine the direction of our farming future. It sickens me to see that the culprits of
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Fire equipment preparedness It takes ‘just two minutes’ from smolder to disaster. When fire strikes it is too late to plan for the emergency. Only with preparedness and a sound safety programme will you be ready in the event of a possible disaster. Fire Equipment Hawke’s Bay Ltd was started by managing director Donna O’Connor more than nine years ago, with the aim of providing Hawke’s Bay families and businesses with a local option, at a competitive price. Sales and service consultants, Trevor Keighley and Damon Rangitaawa, will give all the advice you need to ensure you, your family, staff, equipment and buildings are appropriately covered. By taking preventative action and having the appropriate extinguisher
available in the right place, and ensuring it is in good working order, will reduce the impact if a fire has been discovered in the early stages of ignition. Just having a fire extinguisher is not enough. Do you and your staff know how to use it? When was it last serviced? Can you be 100 per cent certain that it has not been discharged or lost pressure through the years? The company provides new equipment or pressure testing and recharging of
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existing equipment, which may be more cost effective. Farmers can gather their fire extinguishers up and bring them in for checking with loan units provided if pressure testing is required (this is done five yearly). This option keeps the travel charge out of the total cost. Phone first for details. Fire Equipment Hawke’s Bay stocks the latest in fire safety equipment, which it will install and maintain as part of your annual inspection. The range
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Providing auction opportunities Quentin and Ali de Groot took over the ownership of Kauri House Auctions in April, purchasing the company from Peter Maidens. “We are an auction house and hold weekly auctions specialising in general items, estate clearances, tools and farm equipment. We also hold antique auctions approximately every quarter,” says Ali. Kauri House Auctions provides an estate clearance service using its furniture removal staff and company removal truck. A vendor number is assigned and goods are sold on behalf. “This often solves the dilemma people have of not knowing what to do with excess furniture and items they are left with and do not require,” says Ali. “If you are moving house or have an estate to clear, we can organise our professional staff at AA Hawke’s Bay Removals to assist. We offer a quick and efficient furniture and household removal service, making relocating easier for our clients. Kauri House Auctions holds regular weekly auctions every Thursday at 10am. View day is on Wednesday from 8.30–6pm, for those interested to view. Absentee bids are also accepted on-site Wednesday or over the phone 06 877
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The recent tropical storms which have battered the central North Island have thrown the issue of disaster preparedness into sharp focus. Here in the North the toll was less severe than elsewhere, but disasters can take many forms. It’s not just the weather which poses a threat, and some disasters can be easily averted before they happen. At the major end of the scale, preparing to get through major events such as cyclones is all about forward planning. Check out civildefence.govt.nz to find out what you need in a survival kit should evacuation prove necessary or if you’re stuck in your home without electricity. For those of us in rural areas, it’s a good idea to have power on demand. A modern battery pack can keep your phone and laptop charged as well as jump start your vehicle — or a generator could prove more than useful in a prolonged power outage. For many, though, it’s the little disasters which prompt the question
‘who can we call?’ Far more common than storms or earthquakes are incidents such as breakdowns, broken windows, busted appliances and stained carpets. For many of these, the solution begins with knowing which local tradespeople will come to you in an emergency, or where to go for specialist services such as automotive key cutting or gas heater repairs. The temptation certainly exists to have some small fixes around the home seen to by a handy mate or simply sorted DIY. But it’s important to stay within the new building and renovating rules even in the circumstance of necessary repairs
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W H O A R E YO U G O I N G T O C A L L ? other time of the year, such as during silage cutting or maize planting is costly and annoying, but it can be a matter of life and death on a cold winter’s morning during calving. Talk to the machinery and vehicle pros now to ensure first-time starts when the pressure is on. The other aspect of weathering the knocks of day-to-day life is insurance — because major disasters around the home are quickly made to disappear by a good insurance company. With so many variables, it’s important to tailor a policy that fits your lifestyle. Remember — many things are fully covered by insurance, which you may not expect. An example — if an unsightly stain mars your carpet and can’t be shifted by commercial cleaners, your insurance may very well cover replacing the carpet for that entire room. The trick here is to have seasoned experts match the colour, pattern and orientation as best as possible — and to ask for advice before deploying home cleaning alternatives. Similarly, those cracked windscreens, chips and dents can be made to disappear by an alliance between a trusted insurer and your local panelbeaters, painters and auto
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Ford’s record of success with the Ranger ute rolls on into 2017, with the big blue oval brand preparing themselves for another blockbuster visit to Mystery Creek in the mid-year. But there’s something else afoot before the Field Days fun, and it’s caused a literal blackout. Ford has always been big sponsors and fans of the All Blacks, and ahead of the forthcoming British Lions tour it has released a special edition of both the Ranger and the Everest sports utility, all tricked out in a new, deeper shade of midnight black and all garnished with extra add-ons such as nudge bars, interior detailing, roll bars and massive mag wheels. The overall impression of the FX4 Ranger is of a machine as solidly planted as the All Black’s defensive line and as aggressive as their forwards. That’s entirely the idea, of course — and it feeds into an emerging trend for the new generation of ute owners to want something different. When muscle cars were all the rage in the 1970s, nobody wanted a stock model off the yard. Everyone wanted the limited edition, tuned, pinstriped, candy-flake paint job hot-rod version. It’s becoming a similar world in the top end of the emerging Kiwi super-ute culture, one which mirrors the truck modding exploits of America’s F150 and Dodge Ram owners. Not content with being one of a huge number of drivers who now take advantage of the comfort and space of
the 21st century light commercial by making it their daily ride — and thus blending into the crowd — those with the need to be seen are embracing special editions like the FX4 with both hands. It’s not just this big black tribute to the ABs which is so coveted. Before Ford’s designers added the custom blackout to their top selling ute there have been others taking the initiative. Customised ‘stealth’ edition Ranger utes appeared on the North Shore, boosting the image above and beyond that of the factoryspecced Wildtrak. Then a series of West Coast Edition Rangers were created in Dargaville, in the West Kaipara, with a variety of combinations of LED lamps, bars, mags, tyres, detailing and interior finishes. So far, no two have been the same, and they have been sold as far away as the West Coast — of the South Island! With other brands such as Nissan releasing special edition utes too —
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