Country Life for Friday 20 October 2023

7:07 PM.The Rural Contractors body wants the new government to make it easier to get skilled workers and the seaweed sector is hoping some changes will be made so it can grow and profit from the lucrative… Read more Audio

7:07 PM.Country Life takes you back to school this week, where rural students plant fruit trees and tend to chickens. We also meet James Robbie who switched from working in insurance to working the land and a… Read more Audio

7:10 PM.A young man who switched from working in insurance to working the land was one of the finalists for Beef and Lambs emerging leaders award. Read more Audio

7:17 PM.Take a trip with Country Life to Auckland's northernmost school, Tomarata School, where kids are found tending to chickens and planting fruit trees. Read more Audio

7:31 PM.Porangahau farmer Bayden Andersen shares the unique challenges and triumphs of managing an estate like its his own, while raising a family in the Central Hawkes Bay. Read more Audio

9:38 AM.A two-year farm cadet programme is turning fresh-faced school leavers in hardy, no-nonsense shepherds on a high-country station in Canterbury. Read more Audio