A carbon-credit land rush is hollowing out New Zealand farm country ↧ ↧ A carbon-credit land rush is hollowing out New Zealand farm country At the start of lambing season, Fiona Ramsden’s farm near the New Zealand village of Pongaroa is a picture of rural life: newborn lambs trailing their mothers across steep pasture, fields dotted with spiky native palm trees, and a pretty white homestead that dates back about a century.