Country Life for Friday 29 July 2011

9:45 PM.Smack in the middle of some of the country's most expensive real estate is a full working farm. Cornwall Park and the farm within it have occupied the land around Auckland's One Tree Hill for more… Read more Audio

9:31 PM.Kieran McCauley is the one-man-show behind Brew Moon, a brewery near Amberley in North Canterbury that produces a range of handcrafted beers. Audio

9:20 PM.For the third year, Rural Women New Zealand has offered an Enterprising Rural Women's award, and this year a company called Nestling was the North Island winner. Amelia Nurse went to visit Mari Fe… Read more Audio

9:17 PM.Sheep Heaven has more wool to sell. Some from the just shorn hoggets, and some lambs wool held from last spring. With basically a doubling in wool prices since January, will the wool cheque cover the… Read more Audio

9:10 PM.After a chilly start to the week, the North Island ended up mildish and dry by Friday. The South Island's east coast around Christchurch and coastal Southland got snow, but inland areas were snow… Read more Audio

9:05 PM.An employee of New Zealand's largest fresh market tomato grower, Status Produce from Pukekohe, has won the Young Grower of the Year competition, run by Horticulture New Zealand. 29 year old Ben Smith… Read more Audio