North & South

SOWING MACHINE

IT’S AN IDEA that seems so obvious, but it took an Aussie to come up with it and pioneer a new way to plant millions of trees throughout New Zealand.

When Sue Streatfield arrived here 10 years ago, she couldn’t believe nobody was using direct-seeding machines to plant trees and revegetate rural areas. In her previous job,

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