Country Life for Friday 25 January 2013

9:05 PM.Many North Island regions are drying out quickly with high temperatures and wind, although a few lucky ones, especially in the lower part of the Island received rain last week. In the South Island… Read more Audio

9:09 PM.North Canterbury Federated Farmers President. Audio

9:16 PM.A selection of rural stories from the week. For more in depth rural stories go to Radio New Zealand news. Audio

9:20 PM.Nick Van der Sande runs a Clydsdale horse team in the small Waikato town of Pirongia. He has also started practising the Bowen technique which involves healing horses through gentle, hands on therapy.

9:28 PM.Marianne Elliott is a human rights lawyer who worked for the United Nations in Afghanistan from 2005 to 2007 and has written a book, Zen Under Fire, about her experiences there. Last year she returned… Read more Audio

9:45 PM.Dr Shrikant Jagtap is the Provincial Reconstruction Team advisor with the Department of State. He talks to Marianne Elliott about the importance of branding potatoes. Audio