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juneNew ExpertThis month, goodGround is delighted to welcome Irina Blaj, our new Banking Expert!  Irina is an ASB Business Manager, which is actually a mobile business lending manager. Coming from Romania, she has an MBA in International Business Relationships, and also specialised in Intercultural Management and Multicultural Negotiations, which she finds very helpful here in the New-Zealand environment. Click HERE to find out more about Irina and how she can help YOU now! Don't forget that all our experts are available to you as goodground users, and in addition our virtual vet is available to all goodground subscribers - so SUBSCRIBE now for free help and advice at any time! Featured ProductGreystone VacsGreystone Vacuums save time and clean up paddocks easily! Introducing the new and innovative, test proven models: YardVac Length 1200 width 700 height 900 weight 35kgThe popular little YardVac is designed to be easily moved around by hand. Ideal for smaller blocks, Alpaca farms, cleaning out stables and a multitude of tasks around the farm, home or business.PaddockVac Length 1500 width 800 height 900 weight 65kgThe PaddockVac is simply the most efficient method of picking up horse manure. Designed to be towed by quad bike or ride on mower, this machine will ensure pasture maintenance is a whole lot easier.MaxiVac Length 1800 width 1000 height 1000 weight 110kgMaxiVac is the big brother of the family. Designed with the larger property inmind, the huge 720 litre collection capacity quickly gets the job done. Similar in design to the successful PaddockVac with the same quality features, just BIGGER!! Find out more about these brilliant Vacs HERE Martin says Your trees are earning you money while you sleep! They are doing this in several ways. Firstly and most importantly by growing wood which can eventually be turned into money at your discretion. Secondly your trees are absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and thus crating a ‘carbon credit’. This is a tradeable commodity which can be turned into money also at your discretion. Whoops – you can’t because the Government nationalized carbon credits - in a stroke they have almost killed the golden Goose. All may not be lost as a quite outstanding article published by the New Zealand Forest Owners Association points to a solution. Please read New Zealand can meet it's Kyoto Obligations by unlocking the potential of forestry. I am very keen to get feedback in this subject so please send me your thoughts. Next month – facts and figures on lifestyle blocks. The Rodney district has the most lifestyle blocks in New Zealand – all 10,071 of them. They cover 52,216 ha and have an average size of just over 5ha. Karla says This months feature property is a great block in the hills of Waipu.Awaiting title it’s expected to be approximately 25ha more or less. This block has pleasant sea views from various site locations and wide Bream Bay views. This block could make an ideal development block or just create an absolutely private lifestyle space and enjoy a Bream Bay lifestyle. What’s also exciting is that a neighbouring block is also listed so there could be an advantage to purchase them both. We have a number of experts online that may be of use when exploring this property. Potential here is limited by ones imagination.  Steph says This month saw the launch of a new organization created to help grow domestic and export sales of organic products to a billion dollars by 2013.The group is called ‘Organics Aotearoa New Zealand’, and includes representatives from a range of sources including lifestyle farmers, educators and researchers, international exporters of kiwifruit, apples and dairy and certification bodies. The executive director is former deputy leader of Act Ken Shirley. “We have a reputation as a world leader in innovation and sustainable environmental management and our biggest challenge is to lift production to meet increasing global demand for organic products that have internationally recognised certification and consumer appeal,” says Shirley. |