Country

In another blow for the events sector the South Island's largest springtime event, the Canterbury A and P show has been cancelled.

Due to take place next month the event usually attracts a hundred… Audio

Farmlands, which has about 80 stores around the country, recently trialed two pop up vaccination clinics at its stores and now more are in the pipeline. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

A new industry report has found there's big opportunities for New Zealand's farmers to take advantage of the global regenerative agriculture trend. But it also found the absence of a clear definition… Audio

News from the rural and farming sector with RNZ's Maja Burry Audio

News from the rural and farming sector including how a report is looking at the opportunities presented by regenerative agriculture with RNZ's Maja Burry. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector, including how farmers and growers in parts of Waikato are adjusting to Level 3 restrictions. 

Maja Burry has the Rural News.

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Geoff Ross & Justine Troy swapped their busy urban Auckland lives to embark on a new adventure on their Otago high country farm, Lake Hawea Station. They founded the vodka brand 42 Below in their… Audio

Eighteen year old Kaitlyn Lamb sometimes works in her family's vegetable garden at night because her days are so crammed full volunteering to improve the environment. She's the only New Zealander… Audio

The sowing season is in full swing at Andrew Currie's Avonmore farm near Methven in Canterbury. When Country Life turned up the third generation cropping farmer was drilling spring malting barley. Audio

Bee science has been used to save an elephant and the Queen is a fan of pohutukawa honey - a former president of the Bee Keeping Association has been digging deep into the industry's archives. Audio

In Horowhenua a wet and cold period this week has slowed up asparagus production. Good weather in Canterbury has allowed for a range of tasks to be completed including spraying, drilling, dagging… Audio

Full Episode. Farming in the Future - Rotorua teenager takes her ideas to the world, Good seed makes a good crop, The Buzz on NZ's bee-keeping history and the Regional Wrap. Audio

A farmer who contracted Covid-19 last year is encouraging people to get vaccinated, no matter where they live in the country.

This comes as rural health experts call for data on how the rollout in… Audio