RURAL ADVERTISING

Reach farmers in the South

If you're looking to advertise to farmers or growers, Allied Media offers a range of trusted channels to help you reach rural New Zealand.
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Looking to connect with farmers, growers, and rural communities across the South? We offer a range of trusted channels through the Otago Daily Times, our Rural Life publications and other community newspapers. With strong local engagement and readership across key agricultural regions, we can get your message into the heart of rural New Zealand.

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Rural Champions

Rural Champions is our biggest rural campaign. It celebrates the people who keep the rural South ticking: the farmers, producers, innovators and workers who go the extra mile.

Through a mix of print, digital and event coverage, we share their stories and recognise their contribution to rural communities across the region.

Businesses can get involved through sponsorship and advertising, offering huge reach across our rural network. It’s about shining a light on the people who make rural life better for everyone.

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Southern Rural Life

Southern Rural Life is the leading rural newspaper in the South, filled with wide-ranging news and views on the primary industries as well as the local people that work within the sector. Delivered free to every rural mailbox in Otago and Southland, from the Waitaki River to Bluff.

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Canterbury Rural Life

Canterbury Rural Life is delivered monthly to RDs in Canterbury, from the Waitaki River in the south to the Waimakariri River in the north. Canterbury Rural Life brings you the very latest in local news, events and people in the rural sector.

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RuralLife.co.nz

Rural Life is the Otago Daily Times’ dedicated hub for stories from across the southern countryside - celebrating the people, places, and progress that shape rural New Zealand. From farming innovation and local agribusiness to community events and on-farm life, Rural Life showcases the heartbeat of the South’s primary industries and the communities behind them.

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Southern Field Days

Allied Media is proud to be the official media partner of Southern Field Days. Set over three days, this iconic event showcases the latest in rural technology, equipment and ideas from around the world.

Fill out the form below to get more information about how you can reach our rural audience before, during and after Southern Field Days.
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Advertise with Allied Media

Local reach.

We’re based here. We know the rural market.

Multi-channel.

Print, digital, events: we can do one or combine them all.

Real people.

You’ll work with a local sales team who’ll actually pick up the phone.

Be seen in the South.

Advertise to rural New Zealand.