Country Life

On a slightly overcast Saturday in November, Horowhenua growers opened their doors to 2,000 members of the public for the third annual Horowhenua Taste Trail. The event is a chance for local producers… Read more Audio, Gallery

A dedicated group of locals are creating Ellesmere Historical Park near Leeston for future generations of Selwyn District residents. 8,000 local objects have been donated to the collection. Read more Audio, Gallery

Taranaki is looking very green and farmers are complaining that it's harder to manage a surplus of feed than a deficit. Milk production is about 7 percent ahead of last season. Artifical insemination… Read more Audio

Taste Horowhenua, Teachers Skip Class for the Day, Preserving Local Heritage for the Benefit of Future Generations and the Regional Wrap. Read more Audio

A busload of Canterbury secondary school teachers visited farms, agribusinesses and a microbrewery recently for Teachers Day Out – a development day organised by NZ Young Farmers. This year, about 400… Read more Audio, Gallery

One of Miles Anderson's key goals is to make strong wool great again. To achieve that, the South Canterbury sheep farmer and Federated Farmers Meat and Wool chair has his work cut out for him. Miles… Read more Audio

It's the time of year when hinds have their young. According to Raroa Deer Stud's manager Bill Robinson fallow deer have fawns and red deer have calves so Country Life's out trying to spot newborn… Read more Audio, Gallery

Seventy percent of the national persimmon crop's grown in the Gisborne region. Growers are planting more trees as the export markets look promising. Read more Audio

In the Bay of Plenty, kiwifruit orchard bees are pretty well all through their pollination work. Some places here got well over 100mm of rain this week. Contractors on the West Coast are flatstick… Read more Audio

Weeks of warm, wet weather in the Pukekohe district has lead to a glut of vegetables. Growers are getting as little as 30 cents per head of broccoli. Read more Audio

A Fibre Facelift for Crossbred Wool, Deary Deer - It's a Calf, Persimmons - A quiet achiever for Gisborne growers, Eat your Greens! and the Regional Wrap. Read more Audio

Ryan McDonnell comes from a "really heavy spray background" but now manages four organic kiwifruit orchards. Country Life tags along as BioGro auditor Vivienne Cruickshank checks out whether they're… Read more Audio