Country Life for Friday 13 April 2018

9:21 PM.Malcolm Smith and Robyn Curtis-Smith have transformed an abandoned West Coast gold mining valley into fertile farmland for their cattle. They've also built a house and a huge waterwheel that generates… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:20 PM.The Central Otago settlement of Ophir has the dubious honour of being the coldest place in the country. Sam Leask should know. Every day the sheep farmer ducks out to record the temperature, then… Read more Audio

9:13 PM.Dr Clive Dalton, a retired animal scientist, says New Zealand needs to seriously look at many farming and recreational practises that we see as "normal" and question how they'd look to overseas… Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Farmers across the country have been reaching for their winter woolies this week. The apple harvest in Hawkes Bay has only a couple of weeks to run. Weaning is underway in Marlborough. One farmer says… Read more Audio

9:03 PM.Wheel of Fortune, A Cool Farm, Squeaky Clean? and the Regional Wrap. Read more Audio