Country Life for Friday 7 October 2022

7:10 PM.On the ceiling of a limestone cave in South Canterbury, a long, elegant sea creature has been drawn. Centuries after this taniwha [supernatural being] was carefully illustrated, the artist's pigments… Read more Audio

7:10 PM.This week Country Life hops on board a truck heading out to clean septic tanks, chats to a 13-year-old budding scientist who's helping beef up cattle with an experiment involving copper and discovers… Read more Audio

7:10 PM.Thirteen-year-old budding scientist Finlay Ludbrook has had success with an experiment to see whether giving copper to cattle calves improves their condition. Read more Audio

7:10 PM.False teeth and wedding rings are among Mac McLaren's finds during his decades in the business of cleaning out septic tanks. Read more Audio

7:10 PM.Cold and extremely wet is how most are feeling in Waikato. About 110 millimetres of rain has fallen this week. Snow fell across Canterbury this week to sea level. Grass growth remains very slow with… Read more Audio