Taranaki/Manawatu Farming Lifestyles, March 2013

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Crowd numbers up at this year’s field days

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Plenty of action and woodchips flying at the Stihl TimberAce site.

Three days of fine weather helped draw in the crowds to this year’s Central Districts Field Days.

Event manager, Cheryl Riddell, said around the same number of visitors as last year went through the gate on the first day.

Competitors from all over the central and lower North Island took part in the Goldpine Doubles Power Fencing event.

“But Friday and Saturday’s numbers were up.”

Father and son team, Paul and Jason van Beers of Porangahau won the competition.

Mark Lambert of Bulls and Jeff Joines from the Kapiti Coast placed second.

Last year’s crowd numbers topped close to 39,000.

The Central Districts Field Days was brought forward a week early this year to co-ordinate with the Northland and South Island Agricultural Field Days. The change of date allowed time for exhibitors to travel and attend all three events.

Tractorpull competition entries were well up on last year.

Held at Manfeild Park in Feilding, 538 exhibitors promoted their products and services. And while the dry conditions around the country may have kept some farmers wallets closed, there were still some big gear items sold.

“A big thank you to Norwood Farm Machinery Centre who stepped up to sponsor the event and provided machinery and manpower.”

“Everyone seemed to have a good feel about it (the field days),” said Ms Riddell.

Several competitions were held during the three-day event.

Twelve excavator operators representing each region around New Zealand, took part in the 2013 National Excavator Operator competition.

James Lux, of Fulton Hogan in the Bay of Plenty, won the competition which is now into its 18th year.

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Second placegetter, Matthew Hareb of M. Hareb Excavating in Taranaki, won the competition in 2011. Steve Galbraith of Gair Contracting in Hawke’s Bay came third.

Tractorpull New Zealand chairman Vaughan Coy said the general consensus was the new single day format was a winner among the busy contractors.

Sam Harris won the standard class in the tractor pull competition, Aaron Nicholson came first in the pre-81 section, Chanika Hallett took out the modified, and Art Maandonks won the sport section.

With traditional underhand and standing chop events, axe throwing and crosscut sawing, as well as stock and modified chainsaw match racing, there was also plenty of action at the Stihl TimberAces site.

The Best of Beef competition, held in conjunction with the Central Districts Field Days drew exhibitors from the lower North Island and Hawke’s Bay. Sue Wylie of Ratalea Simmentals in Takapau won the prestigious Meat and Wool Cup.

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Plenty of action at Young Farmers regional final It was a close finish at the recent Taranaki/ Manawatu Young Farmers Regional Final with Cam Brown winning the event by a narrow margin of just three points from second placegetter Nigel Will.

Hot temperatures made tasks more difficult as the eight contestants battled it out on the practical day in Palmerston North. Competitors worked steadily through several modules, which covered working with fencing, GPS and spraying, sheep, butchery and cooking, dairy, machinery and water.

Creating an artistic focal point for the foyer at the evening show tested competitors on their floral arrangements skills. And an agri-sports challenge saw them race against the clock to perform a number of set tasks which included changing the tyres on a quad bike, building a sled, bagging potatoes, and filling a paddling pool before sitting in it to drink a bottle of fizzy and eat a can of spaghetti. Despite an initial error placing the tyres on the wrong side of the quad bike, Pete Fitz-Herbert made up time to win the agri-sports challenge. Calvin Ball took out the agri-growth challenge.

Contestants had to don a suit for the evening’s event which included a quiz and giving a speech. Cam gained the most points for his speech while Nigel led the way answering the questions.

As well as placing first overall, Cam also won the agri-business and agriskills challenges.

Cam, a 30-year-old dairy farmer from Eketahuna and chairman of the Fitzherbert Club had a solid support team behind him.

“Luck is when preparation meets opportunity,” said Cam. “I had a wide range of people behind me to offer their expertise and help me upskill.”

Cam will now prepare for the New Zealand Young Farmer Grand Final in Auckland from May 16-18.

The Taranaki/Manawatu AgriKids NZ and TeenAg regional finals were also held on the same day in Palmerston North.

Teams from Ngaere School came first and second with South Makirikiri School placing third in the AgriKids NZ section.

Palmerston North Boys High School teams took out first and third placings in the TeenAg with a Feilding High School team taking second place.

“There were some very eager and keen competitors,” said AgriKids NZ and TeenAg Project Leader Josie Hampton.

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John, Sandy and Katherine Moore of Triple M Stud had reared several different breeds of calves on their Taranaki lifestyle block before settling on Lowline cattle. It was the easy calving ability, fast growth aspect, and ease of handling that drew the family to the breed.

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he size of the Lowline also appealed to the Moore family as the breed is ideally suited to lifestyle blocks and don’t pug the ground in wet conditions.

“They also have kid appeal and good temperaments,” said Sandy.

The Moore family currently have six Lowline cattle on their four-acre block; two young bulls from this past season’s crop of calves which will be sold on and four females to calve this coming season.

A three-year-old in-calf heifer was the first Lowline to arrive on the Moore’s property in Eltham, producing a calf in October 2005. Five months later the Moore’s bought a bull calf. When he matured, he gave Triple M Stud their first crop of calves.

“We try and breed all our females each season and they have their first calves as threeyear-olds,” said Sandy.

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Aberdeen Angus breed as part of a their cattle as far north as Kumeu, and Horowhenua major breeding research project at in the south, they regularly attend shows in Stratford, Australia’s Trangie Agricultural Research Egmont and Manawatu. Each year they compete at the Centre in the early 1970s. The bulls Best of Beef promotion and show held in conjunction average 105cm in height and weigh with the Central Districts Field Days. Bi-annually the pair between 450-500kg. At 100cm tall, also show their cattle in the Waikato. the cows are slightly smaller, weighing “The aim is to get them in the public eye and support on average 350kg. other breeders who show Following the release and promote them,” of the Lowline onto the said Sandy. market in 1993, the first “We travel them in of the breed arrived in New a regular horse float Zealand two years later. but make sure we have The Moore family plenty of time to clean believe beef cattle are and present them in more suited to hill country their respective classes.” to build muscle while Preparations begin foraging for food. As their around a month before lifestyle block is a mixture the first show of the of flat and gentle sloping season. The cattle are land, feed is monitored brought into the yards carefully to avoid cattle each evening, weather becoming overweight as permitting, and haltered, this can lead onto foot and Lowlines developed from the Aberdeen Angus breed groomed and led. health problems.

“This is particularly important for the calves who we may “Lowlines require good grass with a good grazing management plan in or may not have had time to halter break and lead train. place,” said Sandy.

“Some shows require nose clips so these are put in as During the winter, baleage and hay are part of the yarding so you don’t have a massive argument on fed out to the cattle. In the lead-up to a the day of the show.” show, their feed is further supplemented Sandy said this is Katherine’s speciality. with cattle nuts and Fiber Pro. “She has a very natural way with the baby stock and they Sandy said this puts the final gloss have a natural want-to-do what she’s asking of them, usually and finishing touch to their coats and without any fear.” conditions. It also rewards them for The evening before a show, the cattle are shampooed, the halter, lead training and constant and ears, polls and toplines trimmed. Feet, eyes and ears grooming they are given. are also cleaned.

Although Sandy and daughter Sandy said the main challenge when showing is to keep Katherine (14) have previously shown the cattle and themselves clean, calm and prepared ahead of time so there is no rush.

Triple M Stud cattle have had numerous successes in the show ring and Katherine has also been recognised for her ability as a handler.

The Moore family aim to continue breeding the Lowline to produce a top grade animal, have fun and educate people about the breed.

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Rodeo runs in the Church family so it’s no surprise that fourth generation cowboy Paddy Church, followed suit.

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addy was just 11 years old when he started out calfriding. He soon showed his aptitude for the sport, winning a calf-riding title in his first year. At age 14 he progressed to steer riding, then began competing in second division bull riding, breaking into the open class and riding the big bulls soon after he turned 16.

On several occasions he has represented New Zealand in both Australia and the United States. Last year he added to his list of accomplishments, taking out Bull Riding New Zealand’s open championship and placing fourth in the Nebraska State Final in the United States.

Now at age 18, Paddy is a regular on the New Zealand rodeo circuit, travelling from Kaitaia to Invercargill.

This year he will return to compete in the United States for the third time. Paddy first travelled to the USA in 2011 at the age of 16 to ride open bulls there.

Paddy Church collects his trophies as winner of the 2011-12 Bull Riding New Zealand Championship “It was really hard the first year being away from home with strangers I’d never met before,” said Paddy.

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A successful bull rider needs to be in good shape. Alongside the physical aspects of training, teaching the mind to focus well is vital. Paddy uses gym workouts to keep fit and flexible, bareback horse-riding for timing and balance, and practises on bulls whenever possible. And all this preparation is put to the test in what is considered the most dangerous eight seconds in sport.

“Good attitude, good mind set, athletic body and a passion for the sport is important,” said Paddy.

Often when riders climb on a half tonne bovine in a narrow chute, the bull is already bucking before the gate flies open. The

Paddy said cowboys can’t make a living from rodeo in New Zealand as there aren’t enough events.

“You do need to have a job or a major sponsor.”

However, in the USA cowboys can earn big prize money. Last year’s Professional Bull Riders (PBR) champion, Silvano Alves from Brazil, won just over half a million US dollars in one season.

The New Zealand rodeo circuit runs from October to the end of April when the national finals are usually held.

Paddy will be amongst the competitors at the National Finals Rodeo in Feilding on April 5-6 where he hopes to win the finals and the title.

The event, to be held at the Manfeild arena, will include bareback, saddlebronc, bullriding, barrel racing, steer wrestling, rope and tie, and team roping events.

Paddy is a regular on the New Zealand rodeo circuit, travelling from Kaitaia to Invercargill

rider grips a flat braided rope with one hand and must only touch the bull with that hand. Riders need to be prepared for bulls to go roaring out either frontwards, backwards or sideways.

Paddy tries to keep his mind clear before the gate opens.

“Everything happens fast and thinking is too slow,” he said.

“You have to react subconsciously without thinking.”

The ability to stay mounted for the mandatory eight seconds on a bucking bull as it throws in several rears, spins and twists, increases the bull rider’s chances of taking home prize money and titles. Judges award a mark between zero to 100 with both the riders and bulls scored. This evens out the competition amongst the riders drawing the bulls, giving them an equal opportunity. Each bull has a name with some gaining a fierce reputation.

As each ride ends, Paddy considers how it went.

“If the ride went good, I’m usually so full of adrenaline and I’m happy.

“If the ride went bad, I think over what went wrong to correct it for next time.”

Thrills and spills are part of the sport. So far Paddy’s only major injury has been a concussion when he was competing in the United States last year. He spent a night in hospital and had a CAT scan.

“So I was told — don’t remember much of it,” he said.

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Farming has always been a part of Taranaki alpaca breeder Dianne Sparks’ life. She grew up on a sheep farm, then after years of living on a quarter acre section with numerous cats and birds, decided it was time to buy a larger block of land.

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Alpacas won.

“Owning alpacas is a joy, they always make you smile,” said Dianne.

“They are also very quiet only making a low humming noise to communicate with each other.

“The only downside is that they are easy to become attached to so that it is very hard to sell them.”

Dianne started with just two alpacas five years ago — a pregnant female with a cria at foot.

“Since then I have grown the herd by picking up animals with better quality fibre and mating them with show winning sires.

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a total of nineteen with more cria to look forward to,” she said.

Dianne’s property, located just 10 minutes from New Plymouth city, is predominantly steep terrain with a couple of flat paddocks. She said the flat paddocks are perfect for making hay.

“I grow my own hay crop each year and buy alpaca pellets and chaff as supplementary food.

Dianne Sparks feeding pellets to some of her alpacas

“I have grown the herd by picking up animals with better quality fibre and mating them with show winning sires.”

“I also have several Lucerne trees which the alpacas love to nibble when my back is turned.”

As alpacas prefer to eat short grass, Dianne rotates them through her paddocks alternately with a flock of Wiltshire sheep to tidy up the pasture.

She said the hills are also ideal for alpacas.

“It gives them a natural playground to frolic up and down the hillsides which is fantastic fun for the cria.”

Around November each year before the heat of summer, Dianne employs a contractor to shear her alpacas.

She said there are three styles of shearing alpacas but she prefers to use the table method as it appears to be the least stressful for the animals.

Dianne is just starting to work with the fleece she has accumulated.

“There are many options from felting to carding, spinning and weaving,” she said.

“I have imported an electric carding machine from America to start processing the fibre.”

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Long term she aims to breed alpacas with finer micron, then card and sell the fibre.

“I now have animals of good quality so I will be sending their fleeces away for competitions and I am looking at showing in the near future.”

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“Alpacas are just the most adorable animals, they are very inquisitive, easy to train and the babies are so playful.”

“The fact that they do not attempt to challenge fences was a bonus because when I bought this property it was just four huge bare paddocks with rather basic fencing,” she said.

“Fundamentally it is the gentle nature of alpacas that appeals to me.”

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Undulating terrain and farm tracks with views to the Ruahine Ranges are mapped out for the Apiti School trail bike ride on April 21.

The ride, jointly organised by the Apiti School Support Association (ASSA) members and Blair McCarroll, will cover a 35km loop track. Several farmers in the area have offered the use of their properties for the event.

Blair said farmers play a very important role in the event, providing farms to ride over and ensuring stock is shifted out of the way.

Many of the farmers also help out during the trail bike ride and lend a hand with any problems. The assistance provided by volunteers is also vitally important to organising and running the event.

Blair said there is a huge amount of work involved before and on the day. “We have meetings to plan everything, arrange permits,

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Advertising flyers are also prepared, sent out and signs placed on the roadside.

are suited to two and four-wheeled bikes. No passengers are allowed. Helmets and boots are compulsory.

“There are many hours put in preparing the track, putting out marker arrows and danger tape to ensure the riders have a fun, safe and enjoyable ride,” said Blair.

A Manawatu-Orion Motorcycle Club member has been organised to act as chief marshall during the event.

“We currently only have 11 families at the school so we need to ask our extended families and wider community for help on the day with marshalling, supervising, supplying food and manning the barbecue.”

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“We are also very grateful for the sponsorship we receive to assist us in the costs involved with running this and providing prizes.”

The entry fee of $30 per adult and $15 per child (12 years and under) includes lunch which will be provided between noon and 2pm.

Previous Apiti School trail bike rides have drawn riders from as far as Wellington and Taumarunui.

The annual ride is a major fundraiser for Apiti School.

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Step forward to raise funds for road safety charity An opportunity to remember road accident victims, their families and friends, and help to raise funds for support services for those families will run all this year.

The Step Forward fundraiser has been organised by international road safety charity, Brake. Founded in the United Kingdom in 1995 and formed in New Zealand in 2010, Brake has two key aims: preventing road deaths and injuries, and caring for people who have been bereaved or seriously injured in a crash.

Last year, 307 people died on New Zealand roads.

Brake New Zealand spokesperson Carolyn Perry, said that’s 307 families who found out the devastating news that their loved one would not be coming home.

“Many more families, friends and communities will have been affected by someone they care about being killed or seriously injured in a crash.”

The Step Forward campaign asks people to set themselves a sporting challenge that relates to the number 307, in remembrance of those who lost their lives on New Zealand roads in 2012.

“Everyone can take part — adults and children, individuals and groups, and there are lots of ways to challenge yourself,” said Miss Perry.

Some suggestions include: — swimming 307 lengths of a swimming pool with sponsorship for each length swum — jog, or work out in the gym, for 307 minutes (five hours) with sponsorship for every minute — hold a 307 minute cricket, rugby or soccer game with sponsorship for every minute played or point scored — cycle 307km over a week or a month, with sponsorship for every kilometre.

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The funds raised from the Step Forward campaign will go towards Brake’s work supporting people affected by road accidents and to prevent deaths and injuries on roads.

The Step Forward fundraiser, organised by international road safety charity Brake, will run all this year to remember road accident victims, their families and friends.

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Scientific trials haven’t shown any evidence of that. There is no proof that hard hooves minimise lameness. If you believe that lameness is caused by physical forces then you should be very surprised. Consider this, our soldiers in the army wear proper army boots rather than sneakers. The army boots can handle the rough landscape much better than sneakers. If you harden up the hooves then they accordingly should be a lot more hard wearing, and therefore be able to cope with their physical environment better resulting in less ‘stone bruising’ and white line disease. But that doesn’t seem to be the case at all. How can you explain that?

If you have been reading my articles then you probably know what I am going to say. Our experience is that we can go to a farm where the hooves are really soft and yet there is very little haemorrhage in the hooves. Then we go to farms where the hooves are very hard to the point where it almost feels like we are cutting concrete and yet the hooves display much more haemorrhaging.

How can you explain that from a physical damage point of view? The reason is that it is not physical force that causes the problem. The problem comes from the inside out rather than from the outside in. The live tissue (corium or quick) is unhealthy and this is where the haemorrhage and defects develop from.

So no matter how hard you make the hooves if the corium is unhealthy you will still end up with lame cows. I would argue that if you have lame cows you are better off to have your cows on soft feet instead.

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When you see a case the best thing is to take a photo and email it to us, make it dry with a paper towel and spray it with tetravet. Repeat this treatment in about five days.

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Foot baths should only be used as a disinfectant for things like footrot and Digital Dermatitis. Many of you may not know what Digital Dermatitis is — that is why I have included this photo with this article. Digital Dermatitis is an infectious disease in the skin above the heel bulb of the claw. This is a big problem in Europe and America.

It is also a good idea to walk the herd through a foot bath with formalin. In this case it needs to be a bath and not a mat because the liquid needs to get up onto the skin above the claw. A mat can’t do that.

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Dairying Soil Matters — with Peter Burton

What we can learn from the clover root weevil With the gap steadily closing between the cost of producing a kilogramme of milk solids and the amount of money received, the arrival of the clover root weevil this season is unwelcome.

Healthy clover in a permanent clover rye grass pasture is capable of fixing more than enough nitrogen for the production of 18,000+ kilogrammes of dry matter annually.

In pasture the role of pests is to ensure that weakened plants are not able to grow to maturity and produce seed, — only the strongest survive which is why not all clover is damaged.

In the short term applying fertiliser nitrogen seems the only logical solution to the damage caused by the root weevil.

A severe root weevil infestation may effectively reduce the amount of clover fixed nitrogen by as much as 90%.

Clovers flourish in pastures as plant available nitrogen declines, hence the application of fertiliser nitrogen reduces the reason for their existence. The plants that do survive struggle to compete with grass for moisture, nutrient, and sunlight, and therefore become the target of both flea and weevil.

This suggests that a little in excess of 200kgN/ha should be applied to maintain normal pasture production.

Urea, the cheapest form of fertiliser nitrogen, is currently $745.00+GST/ tonne ex store, which means the cost of 200kgN is $323.91+GST. That’s a cost of $48,586.95 for 150ha without the cost of cartage and spreading, roughly the price of a new ute.

Conversely reducing the amount of nitrogen applied and lifting plant available calcium will bring about resurgence in the amount of clover in the sward. Clovers contain up to four times the calcium of rye grasses, just one of the reasons that

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The percentage of the clover in the pasture from the conventional properties averaged 13% over the four months with 27% clover content in the pastures using DoloZest based programmes.

Not only is the clover content higher in properties applying DoloZest, but damage by clover flea and weevil is limited to such an extent that less than 20kgN/ha is required to grow in excess of 18 tonne of pasture in a twelve month period.

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Preventing facial eczema Facial Eczema is a disease caused by fungal spores from the fungus Pithomyces chartarum that produce a toxin which when ingested by cattle can lead to the damage of liver and bile ducts. This fungus (FE) can cause lower milk production and occasionally death from liver damage. The damaged liver is unable to rid the body of wastes and the breakdown product of chlorophyll build up in the body causing sensitivity to sunlight, which can then lead to inflammation of the skin.

The first signs of FE usually show up as a drop in milk production soon after the intake of toxic spores (sub clinical FE), other signs may include cows being restless at milking time, seeking shade and licking their udder. As facial eczema becomes more obvious, another drop in milk production may be seen and exposed un-pigmented skin may thicken and peel, especially prone are the white areas on cattle, teats and udder and inside the hind legs may also be affected. It is important to remember that not all animals may show physical signs of clinical facial eczema, but some may have had liver damage occur (sub clinical FE).

Facial Eczema spores are produced when minimum grass temperature are above 12° for two or three nights and humidity is usually high, this can occur in the months (January to May). The fungus grows on soft matter in the base

of the pasture, so hard grazing during this period of increased spore activity may also increase the risk of spore uptake by cattle.

Prevention should start early with Zinc treatment, ideally two to three weeks before the spore growth danger period, for the most beneficial protection.

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Zinc 50 has a nil milk withhold period and is suitable for dairy cows. Zinc 50 is available from your local veterinarian.

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Bridging the gap to sustainable living

by Denise Gunn A new Taranaki-based sustainable property business, Green Bridge, is assisting clients to achieve their renovation, building and landscaping goals.

Husband and wife team Daniel Woolley and Bena Denton established Green Bridge to work with clients to incorporate sustainable living practises into their urban or lifestyle properties.

Green Bridge offers anything from a few hours advice, right through to designing, specifying and overseeing the various aspects of a client’s renovation, new build, productive garden and landscaping projects.

business in Wellington. Bena’s degree in interior architecture included several papers in environment architecture and she has also completed a course in organic horticulture. Both have professional experience working in related fields overseas and have also gained permaculture design certificates.

And the couple have first-hand knowledge of the challenges involved in developing a sustainable lifestyle property.

“In a field that encompasses many facets and which is becoming increasingly complex, we guide our clients through assessing their unique building, water, energy and landscape requirements,” said Daniel.

“We then explain the options available, design a solution, and oversee the various stages/aspects of your project including bringing in the external experts required to help people live more sustainably.”

Green Apple can be added to drinking water, dry feed or mineral drenches such as Zinc Oxide or Magnesium Sulphate/ Chlorides and this makes it an ideal partner when using Zinc products to treat Facial Eczema.

Backed with extensive qualifications, backgrounds and experience in design, interior architecture and permaculture, the couple are passionate about linking people with the resources required to turn their sustainable property dreams into reality.

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To build or renovate Building for a sustainable future When the first European homes were built by colonial settlers over 150 years ago, the main concern of their builders was self sufficiency.

Without a power grid or reticulated water it was of utmost importance that each home could stand alone, supplying more than just shelter.

Today we have almost come full circle, as environmental consciousness and a financial savvy lead new home builders to consider a wealth of new options when building — options which can literally take a new home ‘off the grid’ with some planning and foresight.

And while for some the extreme option of severing the ties with municipal infrastructure and the power companies seems a little excessive, a gradual or phased implementation of new ‘green’ technologies can surely save money — a point which everyone can get behind.

When it comes to saving power, the seeds of sustainability are planted early.

The alignment of your new home to the sun plays a key role, and architects can maximise the heating power of natural sunlight with light wells, heat-absorbent materials and ‘smart’ glass in their designs. Add in solar panels to harness the free ‘nuclear power’ of our closest star and your hot water bill (which can be up to a third of your total power bill) can be drastically reduced.

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New tools help manage rivers in forests Staying connected with science developments often provides opportunities to innovate in ways not first envisaged by those who initiated the science. In one recent example, work undertaken by NIWA to develop a Rivers Environments Classification (REC) has been applied by PF Olsen to help manage rivers and streams in the forests it manages.

The REC is a spatial dataset that classifies all river segments according to a variety of factors that influence their primary physical state.

With over 2,685 km of streams to look after in all the forests PF Olsen manages and 1,058 km within our Forest Stewardship Council Certified estate, Kit Richards, PF Olsen’s Environment Manager could see an immediate potential for application of this dataset.

“One of our challenges is that we constantly acquire, at short notice, new forests to manage on behalf of clients” says Kit. “We may know nothing much about the streams within the area

yet our harvest planners may have to prepare initial estimates and concepts for planning and budgeting. By linking our Riparian Management Rules to the stream classes, through our Forest Information and Planning System (FIPS), we can immediately understand some of the likely constraints. We can then generate the rules that contractors will have to follow for the stream categories in an area they are working in and present these on harvest plan maps and prescriptions.”

As well as providing a framework for PF Olsen’s riparian rules, the system also enables analysis of the variations between the types of

This forest stream has harvested plantation forest just metres from its banks

river systems we have to manage in This information too is very helpful different regions. In more recent times to PF Olsen managers when planning the Department of Conservation has operations. developed a spatial model that relates data from the national freshwater fisheries database to the REC system to create the Fresh Water Environments NZ (FWENZ) system. This can provide predictions of probability of occurrence of native fish including threatened species This is sample of a chart from the within stream sections.

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