Tim Cronshaw

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

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. BusinessChristchurch's Mr Mod is going out on a high note with a pair of 1960s armchairs selling for a world record price at the auction of his large mid-century furniture collection. Ross Morrison signed off as a collector and dealer after the two-day auction of 674 lots last weekend culminated in bidding reaching $13,500 for the teak armchairs by Danish designer Erik Kirkegaard.

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

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. CanterburyChristchurchChristchurch’s Mr Mod is going out on a high note with a pair of 1960s armchairs selling for a world record price at the auction of his large mid-century furniture collection.

1 week 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 Mid Canterbury farmer who died after a farm accident is in the running for major recognition at the Primary Industries New Zealand Awards. The late Federated Farmers leader Chris Allen is a finalist, along with Waikato-Hauraki-Coromandel Rural Support Trust co-founder Neil Bateup and Taranaki rescue helicopter fundraiser Ian Jury, for the Rural Hero of the Year award.

1 week 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 MeatThe next few weeks will tell if high export beef prices and a more upbeat mood rubs off on farmer spending at Canterbury bull sales. After stud breeders opened up their selections in annual bull walks last week farmers will be putting together a want-list now they have a better picture of the catalogue lineups for rising 2-year-old bulls.

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

Wednesday, 28 May 2025 You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. Rural lifeDairyDewhirst Land has eliminated synthetic nitrogen from its Canterbury soils which are about to get a bacteria and fungi boost, Tim Cronshaw writes. A Canterbury dairy farming family with a herd of 1700 cows is about to go deeper into soil health after being free of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser for three years.