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Country Life for Friday 2 September 2016

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 26 August 2016
  • Next Episode: Friday, 9 September 2016
  • Whareroa Farm
  • A Preference for Permaculture
  • Whitebaiter Murray Arnt
  • Regional Wrap
  • Whareroa Farm

    rural farming
    Whareroa Farmer Drew Brown

    9:33 PM.On weekends and on summer evenings, the carpark at Whareroa Farm on the Kapiti Coast is full. Mountain bikers, walkers and families enjoy the farm. However, ten years ago it was about to be subdivided… Read more Video, Audio

  • A Preference for Permaculture

    rural farming
    andrew martin tamarillos

    9:18 PM.Andrew Martin has swapped the high life for a life in which he tries to life as self sufficiently as possible on a small block in the western Bay of Plenty. Read more Audio

  • Whitebaiter Murray Arnt

    rural Bay of Plenty
    Sydney Silky Jackie:owned by Murray Arnt

    9:05 PM.78 year old Murray Arnt has been whitebaiting every season since he was six. He's never missed a beat. This season he's perched on a narrow plank beside the Tarawera River in Bay of Plenty, with his… Read more Audio

  • Regional Wrap

    rural farming
    working dogs

    9:10 PM.The price of indoor tomatoes has shot up and early stone fruit trees are in flower in the north of the South Island. Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 26 August 2016
  • Next Episode: Friday, 9 September 2016
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