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Country Life for 27 May
Country Life this week visits an avocado grove on Banks Peninsula, a spud grower in Canterbury using solar power and finds out about the Ngawha Innovation and Enterprise park being built near Kaikohe… Audio
Some shearing gang members in line for 22% pay hike
The shearing sector is being encouraged to increase minimum pay rates in a bid to retain workers.
Midday Rural News for 27 May 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Avocados thrive in sunny south
Richie Bocock believes his avocado grove on Banks Peninsula could be the southernmost in the world. Audio
Morning Rural News for 27 May 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Midday Rural News for 26 May 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Morning Rural News for 22 May 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Oil pressers optimistic despite low olive produce
Olive oil growers in Wairarapa are optimistic about the season's harvest, despite some very wet weather to start with.
Midday Rural News for 25 May 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Twizel among the coldest spots in the country
New Zealand is closing in on winter and temperatures are nose-diving. Twizel in the South Island is one of the coldest spots in the country - hitting -4.1 degrees earlier this week. We hear from… Audio
Morning Rural News for 25 May 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Midday Rural News for 24 May 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Meat industry celebrates 140 years since first frozen shipment to the UK
Celebrations are taking place today to mark 140 years since the first shipment of frozen New Zealand lamb landed in the UK.
140 year anniversary of first frozen NZ lamb shipment to London
Today marks 140 years since the first shipment of frozen New Zealand lamb made it to London. No mean feat, the successful shipment paved the way for what is now a billion dollar export industry… Audio
Morning Rural News for 24 May 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Midday Rural News for 23 May 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Morning Rural News for 23 May 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Small and proud - Northland's wine industry bears fruit
Northland produces a tiny fraction of New Zealand's but it now boasts 40 keen grape growers, up from just two in the 1980s. Audio
Missile shaped fish screen hits the Rangitata River
A state-of-the art fish screening facility in mid-Canterbury prevents fish from entering the Rangitata diversion race intake at Klondyke and being swept into the 67km-long canal scheme. Audio
Empowering rangatahi in the primary industries
Cheyenne Wilson is it's first chair of the Food and Fibre Youth Network. She tells Country Life it was established last year to give young people a voice and a place at the table in the agricultural… Audio
