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Country Life for Friday 2 June 2017
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Making Motutapu a Legacy
9:28 PM.Motutapu Island in the Hauraki Gulf is pest-free DOC-owned land and home to brown kiwi, saddlebacks and takahe – but the main activity comes from a commercial beef farm. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Potty About Crayfish
9:15 PM.As a child, Dennis Burkhart pulled up crayfish pots by hand with his brother Trevor. In 1975, the pair bought a small processing factory and now their company is of NZ's leading exporters of live… Read more Audio
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Riding High
9:06 PM.Kurow stock agent Madison Taylor is the Heartland Bank Young Auctioneer of the Year and has competed as a bareback rider in an annual Trans-Tasman rodeo challenge. Read more Audio
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Regional Wrap
9:10 PM.On Central North island hill country farms second shearing continues and farmers are cracking on with maintenance. In Canterbury large numbers of dairy cows have moved from dairy farms to support… Read more Audio
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Country Life for 2 June 2017
9:05 PM.Kurow stock agent Madison Taylor, crayfisherman Dennis Burkhart and farming on Motutapu Island. Audio