Country Life for Friday 23 January 2015

9:31 PM.Residents of the Quaker Settlement in Whanganui aim to live lightly on the land and use permaculture practises on their eight hectares near Virginia Lake. A dam at the back of property now collects… Read more Audio

9:19 PM.Jonathan Branton-Casey has found homes for over 40,000 unwanted commercial hens in the past five years and spends most of his evenings tending to them on his lifestyle property in North Canterbury. Read more Audio

9:05 PM.Rebecca Reider is the coordinator of the Organic Focus Vineyard Project that's documenting and demonstrating the realities of organic growing in three major New Zealand wine regions. Read more Audio

9:11 PM.The East Coast of the North Island from Gisborne to Wairarap is looking very parched and lamb prices have dropped heavily, while in the South Island all regions apart from the West Coast desperately… Read more Audio