Country Life for Friday 17 November 2017

9:46 PM.The small Waikato town of Kihikihi is home to a space museum which has artefacts from the Russian and American space programmes, interactive activities and a real-time stream from an international… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:07 PM.The cherries are early this year and it’s looking like a bumper crop too, says an Otago orchardist. Read more Audio

9:27 PM.New Zealander Julian Hansen has a master's degree in political science and Russian, and he speaks Thai, Russian and Khmer. Over twenty years ago he went to Cambodia to work on development projects… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:35 AM.Environment Southland's farm plan is being taken up by an increasing number of farmers. So far, more than 400 farmers have been offered free, farm-specific environmental management advice through the… Read more Audio

9:14 PM.The Douglas-Clifford family run a 22,000 stock unit sheep, beef and deer breeding and finishing property at Motunau, north of Christchurch. They are the proud winners of the 2017 Canterbury Ballance… Read more Audio

9:09 PM.Very little grass silage has been made in dairy farming areas of the North Island so farmers are being warned they probably won't be able to buy any when they need it. Read more Audio

9:05 PM.Country Life whizs around a Space Museum in a small Waikato town .. there are plenty of interactive displays as well as genuine space suits and other artefacts from space programmes. Also, Environment… Read more Audio