Country Life for Friday 10 July 2015

9:40 PM.Vet Christine Hahn is used to working on lions, snakes and vultures but now she is turning her attention to working dogs and kunekune pigs. Christine moved to New Zealand earlier this year from South… Read more Audio

9:28 PM.John Knight reckons he has shot and killed thousands animals during his hunting career. He spent much of it deer culling from helicopters on the West Coast. This involved hanging off the side with a… Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Blocks of new apple trees have been planted in the Wairoa region...but none of the locals or even people overseas will get to crunch on them. The plantings are part of a new venture for fruit and… Read more Audio

9:05 PM.Last weekend Mid Canterbury dairy farmer Matt Bell won the National Young Farmer Contest ... this year the three day, annual competition was held in Taupo. Matt says when he was young he really looked… Read more Audio

9:12 PM.Taranaki and Whanganui hill country farmers are still struggling to cope after storms two weeks ago caused major slipping and floods, bull dozers can't be moved yet to help clear tracks. Meanwhile… Read more Audio