Country

Bay of Plenty gold kiwifruit growers are waiting for clearance to pick the fruit. Tasman apple orchardists are still crying out for workers. Audio

In Country Life this week - paddock-to-plate in a Raglan market garden and a slice of the action from the Castlepoint Beach Races which have been going for nearly 150 years. Audio

Will Bowman is part of the team that farms and ferments grapes at Black Estate's three organic vineyards in the Waipara Valley. He also makes his own wine from locally sourced grapes. His first… Audio

During a recent trip to Marton to judge at a pumpkin festival, Jesse met Tom Welch who runs Cannock Harvest with his wife Melissa. He explained to Jesse that they had recently converted from dairy… Audio

The group in charge of getting the farming sector to reduce emissions says it's on track to meet its targets. He Waka Eke Noa is the Primary Sector Climate Action Partnership that's tasked with… Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

Sharon Brettkelly takes a trip with bee rescuer Jessie Baker to look at the urban beehives that are buzzing away on city rooftops.  Audio

A major grower of Kiwifruit says the industry is going to be reluctant to share the rights to growing Sun Gold kiwifruits with China. Zespri owns the rights to Sun Gold, yet it estimates about 5500… Audio

The recent spike in dairy commodity prices has seen farmer sentiment rise sharply according to Rabobank's latest quarterly rural confidence survey. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

Forestry export prices are reaching three year highs; Foveaux Strait oyster harvesters are continuing to meet with officials to work out how to deal with the deadly parasite Bonamia ostreae which was… Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The decision over fluoridation of the country's water supplies has been handed over to the Director-General of Health. Why is this issue so divisive that it's been taken out of the hands of councils? 

Millions of sunflowers on a south Canterbury farm are just weeks away from harvest.

By next month the sunflower seeds will be processed into cooking oil, making it one of New Zealand's only locally… Video, Audio

Submissions closed yesterday on the Climate Change Commission's draft report. Amongst the 10,000 submissions is one from DairyNZ, which cautions the plan being put forward could see milk production… Audio

You may not think a country like New Zealand could be facing a timber shortage - but that's the fear - after Carter Holt Harvey decided to stop supplying timber to three major building chains. That is… Audio

When it comes to growing prodigious pumpkins, look no further Morrinsville's Tim Harris.

In fact there's no one in the southern hemisphere who can match what gets cultivated on a patch tended by… Audio