Country Life for Friday 23 May 2008
Friday 9pm and Saturday 7am
Country Life for 23 May 2008
Intro and Guest
Recovery from a serious farm related injury at the Burwood Spinal Unit is going well for Mike Brock.
Regional Conditions
Grass growing in the north, cautious optimism for sheep and beef farmers and South Island dairy cows dry off.
A snap-happy farmer
Farmer and keen photographer Ruth Renner runs diggersvalley.co.nz, a picture filled website detailing her farming week.
Stephan Matthew and Ruth Renner, a couple who run a "days of our lives" web page about farming their angus cattle in the Far North.
KiwiSavers
A group of local volunteers from Arthur's Pass are going out of their way to save the few remaining great Spotted Kiwi's that live in the valley around the village.