Tim Cronshaw

New Zealand

Writer at Otago Daily Times

Journalist. Writer. Husband. Father. Contact [email protected]

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Bremworth in U-turn on synthetics

1 day ago | odt.co.nz | Tim Cronshaw

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. Rural lifeOther NewsNew Zealand carpet manufacturer Bremworth has done a U-turn a few weeks after the departure of former CEO Greg Smith to announce it will go back to making synthetic carpets. The listed company told NZX on Friday it would be reintroducing synthetic carpet to its wool carpet manufacturing in response to feedback from its major partners.
Anzco profit down at $8.4m for year to Dec

1 day ago | odt.co.nz | Tim Cronshaw

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. Rural lifeRed MeatMeat processor and exporter Anzco Foods has weathered another challenging season, posting a lower profit of $8.4 million after tax. The company’s performance for the financial year to December has come off the boil of 2013’s $44.4m, but remains in positive territory when other meat companies are posting heavy financial losses.
Pair going to great lengths on NZ-made

5 days ago | odt.co.nz | Tim Cronshaw

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. BusinessThe co-founders of a Christchurch furniture-making business are about to bring in scientists to make a finishing oil in their challenge to use only locally-made products. Innate Furniture owners Guido Loeffler and Nick Lee insist on working with sustainably harvested native timbers and domestic steel sheets for their modern and minimalist furniture designs.
Bremworth in U-turn over synthetic carpets

6 days ago | odt.co.nz | Tim Cronshaw

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. BusinessNew Zealand carpet manufacturer Bremworth has done a U-turn a few weeks after the departure of former CEO Greg Smith to announce it will go back to making synthetic carpets. The listed company told NZX today [Friday] it would be reintroducing synthetic carpet to its wool carpet manufacturing in response to feedback from its major partners.
Lifetime of dealing to culminate in ‘huge’ final auction

1 week ago | odt.co.nz | Tim Cronshaw

Saturday, 3 May 2025 You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. BusinessMr Mod is at peace with letting go a large mid-century collection of often rare design in his "grand finale", Tim Cronshaw writes. A celestial globe picked up at a flea market is perhaps Ross Morrison’s greatest find over a lifetime of dealing and trading in decorative arts.
Dynamic roles behind award success

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Tim Cronshaw

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. Rural lifeRural EventsAshburton couple Richard Grabham and Nikita Baker know every nook and corner of their contract milking business. While they have their own specialty areas, this overview of the business means they can jump into any job when either one of them needs a break or is unwell.
Wilding conifer control hit by cuts

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Tim Cronshaw

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. Rural lifeRural EventsFunding cuts are expected to push the wilding conifer problem into a "major migraine" for vulnerable high country farmland such as Molesworth and Muller stations. A national wilding conifer programme managed by the Ministry for Primary Industries, is split into 79 management units, with less than half of them active as funding has dried up.
Learning lessons from the past

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Tim Cronshaw

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. Rural lifeRural EventsA convoy of high country farmers was treated to a history of merino farming at a North Canterbury field day by Federated Farmers. About 230 farmers and industry people in 70 four-wheel-drive farm vehicles crossed the back country track on Glens of Tekoa Station through to The Grampians and Lochiel Station.
New apple brand to be grown in Mid Canterbury

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Tim Cronshaw

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. Rural lifeHorticultureNew Zealand fruit and vegetable giant T&G has set in motion the first commercial planting of Joli apples in Canterbury backed by superannuation funds. T&G’s Joli is its latest branded apple line, launched in 2023, and follows Envy and Jazz varieties.
Former B+L boss on the move to arable sector

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Tim Cronshaw

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. Rural lifeHorticultureFormer Beef + Lamb New Zealand chief executive Dr Scott Champion will take over the leadership of the Foundation for Arable Research (FAR). Dr Champion takes on the role on July 1, replacing Dr Alison Stewart who will pursue semi-retirement after seven years at the helm.