Country Life for Friday 2 October 2015

9:30 PM.Peter Simpson moved onto his Coromandel farm as a three month old in 1927. Peter, his father and brother broke in much of their land with a horse and plough. In the ensuing decades it's been a dairy… Read more Audio

9:15 PM.The use and significance of the New Zealand wool bale stencil from colonial times to the present day. Annette O'Sullivan's research is piecing together the story of why the stencil became a shipping… Read more Audio

9:05 PM.New Zealand Avocado chief executive Jen Scoular attended the World Avocado Congress in Peru. Read more Audio

9:11 PM.Five people from the land talk about farming conditions in their region, including one million apples trees have been planted in Hawkes Bay this season and in Canterbury tailing is in full swing. Read more Audio