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More support for drought-affected North Canterbury farmers
Prolonged dry weather and challenging financial conditions have made circumstances tough for farmers in the the region.
They're farming Kingfish out here
NIWA has just opened a new Aquaculture Centre in Ruakaka which can produce 600 tonnes of Kingfish a year. Audio
Midday Rural News for 14 August 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
Morning Rural News for 14 August 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
Court ruling against Chinese-owned forest company welcomed
The court said the company must cease discharging woody debris and sediment - slash.
Midday Rural News for 13 August 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
'We've lost control': Farmers push for new breakaway council
A group is calling for six district councils to amalgamate and end their involvement in Environment Canterbury.
Midday Rural News for 12 August 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
Morning Rural News for 12 August 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
Growing future growers in Wairoa
Tatau Tatau o Te Wairoa celebrates its first commercial apple harvest and the first of its horticulture cadets graduating. Along with Ohuia Incorporation, the trust has planted 28-hectares of… Audio
MenzShed - a place where blokes can be blokes
A backyard initiative is keeping blokes busy in North Canterbury. The Cheviot MenzShed is a tooled-up workshop where men can tinker, talk and share their skills with the local community. Audio
The rural dunny - a good place to do your business
A trip to the archives with a nostalgic tribute to that most humble and human New Zealand institution, the dunny, from a feature produced in 1975 by the team from long-running RNZ show Spectrum. Audio
Taking salad to the next level in Taranaki
A Waverley business has cut the ribbon on a 900 square metre state-of-the-art tunnel house. Salad Brothers took over the 1.1 hectare site about 18 months ago and aims to produce half a million… Audio
Country Life for Friday 9 August 2024
This week on Country Life a high-tech lettuce farm in Taranaki, a tribute to the old fashioned dunny, a backyard project keeping blokes busy in North Canterbury and hort cadets in Wairoa getting their… Audio
Midday Rural News for 9 August 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
Quad bike warning after four farmers die in three weeks
Principal inspector Graham Bates says their sympathies are with every family - but the four deaths in three weeks was part of a worrying trend.
Morning Rural News for 9 August 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
Midday Rural News for 8 August 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
Morning Rural News for 8 August 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio