A new farm and property development are the latest projects for Timaru’s Pye, who has come a long way since leaving school at 15 to work on a family farm. Dubbed Australasia’s “spud king,” Pye ...

Though their patriarch appears to have had a bit of a quiet year, the Pye family empire continues to wield its enormous influence in New Zealand and across the Tasman. Headed by “spud king” Alan Pye, ...

Rob and Mandy Pye are clearly passionate about caring for Mandy’s Kōkopu family farmland at Ruatangata West, near Whangārei. The couple met at university while both completing teaching degrees.