Useful resources
Information on this website
- Find information specific to your property’s soils
- Planting resources
- Regional Plan rules
- Pest Control Hub
- Animal welfare in an emergency
Other organisations
- Government website settled.govt.nz offers advice on essential research to do before you buy
www.settled.govt.nz/blog/buying-a-lifestyle-block - Lifestyleblock.co.nz has hundreds of articles on a wide range of topics, plus forums where you can ask questions of others on lifestyle blocks
www.lifestyleblock.co.nz - An introduction to keeping animals on lifestyle farms in New Zealand published by rural supplies cooperative Farmlands
Farmlands Lifestyle Guide (PDF, 14MB) - NZ Lifestyle Block, a monthly magazine and website
www.thisnzlife.co.nz/nz-lifestyle-block - Weedbusters, an initiative that supports individuals to control weeds that threaten New Zealand’s unique biodiversity and biosecurity
www.weedbusters.org.nz - Beef & Lamb – keep up to date with various drystock issues by signing up to Beef & Lamb NZ’s newsletter. Their website has a lot of useful information that is relevant to lifestylers as well as commercial farmers
beeflambnz.com