Country Life

Stray bus visits Murupara in Tuhoe country, Snowberries with Plant and Food, and Southern Girl in Kingston Central Otago, Kiwifruit grower David Jensen. Read more Audio

Converting to organics has been a rewarding challenge for filmmaker and farmer Gaylene Barnes and her brother Andrew. They grow vegetables commercially on the family farm at Highbank in Canterbury… Read more Audio, Gallery

Susan Murray checks in with an apple harvesting gang and an apple orchardist who says proposed wage increases will cost him an extra $75,000 dollars a year. Read more Audio

Marlborough Sounds sheep farmer Noel Moleta is turning his hand to growing hops after purchasing a 122-hectare property near Tapawera. So far he has planted 14 hectares and another 15 are going in… Read more Audio

Many North Island areas received good volumes of welcome rain last weekend, some dairy herds are being dried off and the South Island feijoas, apples and kiwifruit are filling Tasman's cool stores. Read more Audio

Farmers and software design boffins are getting together this weekend to find solutions to farming problems. Read more Audio

Niki Guy-Junker lives nine kilometres from her letterbox in Central Otago. She grows most of the produce she needs to make ready-to-eat meals in her home kitchen for elderly people in Roxburgh, Clyde… Read more Audio

The rigours of shearing need to be better understood by health professionals so they can help shearers overcome injuries, says a movement mechanics coach. Read more Audio

Many North Island areas are looking forward to forecast rain this weekend. Northern Southland's having a magnificent autumn. Read more Audio