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We had a Tropical Cyclone hit the centre of the North Island of New Zealand last week, I am a lot further south so didnt get any damage, sadly there was loss of life, I read that one women crawled up into her roof space thinking she would be safe from the flooding, she drowned the water came up...

So my house in the city is currently for sale and as soon as its sold I will be moving to my land and living in my barn that is 90% finished. I have started enquiring about prices for solar power and would like to get a Tesla power wall battery for it. I am a low power user and estimate I'm...

This is about as large as a predator is in my country (NZ) I hate Feral cats with a passion due to how destructive they are, our native birdlife and reptiles are precious. I have started setting stoat traps as well. It has been a pretty bad year for feral cats. I have seen good numbers of ground...

I just thought I would put this here just for anyones interest. Wild breed sheep are popular here in NZ due to their hardiness, I have had both Pitt Island sheep and Arapawa sheep, they self shed their fleece, will survive on just about anything, and they dont bleat. Arapawa goats are now one of...

Has anyone used Borax or a combination of Borax/Pyrethrum to protect against Borer ? I will be making my own cabin with both commercially treated framing timber and some trees I will be harvesting myself to use internally (not external framing or exposed anywhere to the weather)

Hello. I am very new to this site, a huge part of my self sufficient lifestyle is getting my own meat. We dont have seasons for hunting here and deer are registered as a pest so we can shoot anything and any amount. I usually average 15-20 deer per year, all red deer and Fallow. I still have my...

Hello. I live in New Zealand and have about 30 acres of land I am currently working on to build a cabin, I have cleared about 200 Pine trees to make a safe area to build/work on. I love growing my own food along with hunting and diving. I do everything I can to provide my own meat (mostly...