High Country

After making her name on television, Kiwi actress Sara Wiseman returns to the Auckland stage this month in the acclaimed medical drama The Effect. She talks to Susie Ferguson about theatre acting… Video, Audio

A new mountain bike park has the run of the hills at Rick and Julia King's farm at Clarence near Kaikōura. It's the brainchild of their daughter Genevieve and has replaced the Merino sheep and cattle… Audio

Now we're heading to the normally-picturesque Erewhon Station, a high country property nestled right amongst the Southern Alps, to see what's happening there. Leaser holder Erin Cassie is with us for… Audio

It's going to be a weekend of wet and wild weather in Canterbury. Philip Duncan joins the show for an update on what's happening in southern and central Canterbury and what people can expect from here… Audio

A high country farmer who has up to 100,000 people walking through his property each year says there should be compensation for landholders affected by increasing visitor numbers. A draft report… Audio

Is traditional high country farming under threat? RNZ Rural reporter, Alexa Cook works on a cattle muster and explores why, and if, New Zealand should hold on tighter to its high country farms. Video, Audio

Precariously straddled on the Clarence Fault, New Zealand's most isolated high country station has held its first autumn muster since the Kaikōura earthquake. Alexa Cook reports.

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