Country Life for Friday 19 April 2019

9:36 PM.Olia Alpatskaya is from the Ural Mountains in Russia and trained as a mining engineer. She came to New Zealand for a better life with her children and to escape biting minus 30 winter temperatures… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:22 PM.South Otago farmer Stephen Jack is working on a sheep breeding project that grows meat, but also has finer wool which can be sold for profit. He has developed a 23 to 25 micron dual purpose animal… Read more Audio

9:12 PM.The remote, rural Colville community is digging deep trying to fund a new wellbeing and education centre for its 700 strong population. The purpose-built complex would house medical and social… Read more Audio

9:07 PM.It's been a marvellous week for harvesting kiwifruit in Bay of Plenty. On Marlborough hill farms calf weaning has finished and ewes are on a fast rotation while the ram is out. Read more Audio

9:03 PM.Fruit, Flowers and Fragrances, The Colville Project, Micron Matters and the Regional Wrap. Read more Audio