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Country Life
Country Life takes you down country roads to meet ordinary people achieving their dreams. We live in a beautiful country and we'd love to show it. Have you got a great photo? Drop us an email below.
Friday 7pm and Saturday 7am
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Latest audio
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Wellbeing programme 'grateful for rural New Zealand'
Rural Change founder Elle Perriam is proud of the efforts of rural New Zealand to help those who need it most. Read more Audio
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On the Farm - a wrap of conditions around the country
Nelson is a picture, positive mindsets are coming back in Hawkes Bay and there's a feeling that a genuine spring is around the corner. August's farming conditions around the country. Read more Audio
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Country Life for Friday 1 September 2023
Just pay us what you can, says Ōtaki vege grower, Home of the working horse, Wellbeing programme "Incredibly grateful for rural New Zealand" and On the Farm - a wrap of conditions on farms and… Read more Audio
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Backyard bananas in the Buller
A botanist on the West Coast wants locals to start planting growing edible perennials that are growing in his nursery and food forest. Read more Audio
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At the cutting edge - 'It's hard work making a top axe'
You won't find anything mass produced at Tuatahi, a small town business exporting handcrafted axes and saws to competitive woodchoppers around the world. Read more Video, Audio
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Calving brings the whisper of spring
Morrinsville farmer Peter Le Heron gives an update on the calving season. Read more Audio
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Clean-up a pleasant surprise for Hawkes Bay apple grower
25 Aug 2023Clean-up a pleasant surprise for Hawkes Bay apple grower. Read more Audio
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Rural News Wrap
25 Aug 2023RNZ's rural news reporter, Leah Tebbutt, takes a look at the week's agricultural news. Read more Audio
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Country Life for 25 August 2023
A business at the cutting edge of axe-making, growing edible perennials on the West Coast, in the calving shed and a catch up with a cyclone-struck apple grower. Read more Audio
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Aladdin's cave of country music memorabilia
There's no room left in Barry Skinner's music museum in Hector. "I've run out of wall space so I'm hanging off the roof now," says the dobro and lap-steel playing collector. Read more Video, Audio
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A year on the farm: 'The young bull's semen is not that active'
In this episode Alistair and Genna have empty heifers to deal with after their new bull delivers low pregnancy rates. Read more Audio
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Farmers help to restore one of New Zealand's most polluted estuaries
18 Aug 2023Leah Tebbutt heads to Bay of Plenty to find out how farmers are restoring the health of one of New Zealand's most polluted estuaries. Read more Audio
Country Life
Country Life takes you down country roads to meet ordinary people achieving their dreams. We live in a beautiful country and we'd love to show it. Have you got a great photo? Drop us an email below.
Produced by: Sally Round, Cosmo Kentish-Barnes and Gianina Schwanecke.
Friday 7pm and Saturday 7am
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- Email: country@rnz.co.nz
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- Ideas: We love to hear your ideas on stories we should be covering
- Take Part: Have you got a great photo? We would love to feature the beauty of our heartland email country@rnz.co.nz