Country Life for Friday 30 April 2021

9:03 PM.Country Life is off to New Zealand's largest farm, Molesworth to check out work being done to control wilding pines. And looking on the bright cider life with a couple producing a beverage from thirty… Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Most North Island regions that desperately needed rain didn't get any this week and snow has appeared on Mounts Ruapehu and Taranaki, meanwhile the situation is grim on many Marlborough and North… Read more Audio

9:14 PM.The Cook Island's Fresh Fish company lost 95 percent of its business when tourists stopped visiting. It supplied hotels and restaurants. Now fishers are back working thanks to a marketing campaign to… Read more Audio

9:20 PM.Thirty varieties of cider apples are growing in Caroline and Alex Peckham's orchard in Upper Moutere. Fruit from the 6000 trees is transformed into sparkling cider in the orchard's cidery. Read more Audio

9:40 PM.Wilding pines are a huge problem on Molesworth Station, New Zealand's largest farm. We're out on a remote hillside with a gang of workers and their chainsaws. Many are new to the job including a young… Read more Audio