Country Life for Friday 23 November 2018

9:45 PM.Trevor Courtney has always liked beer, and now the drummer for '60s band Chants R&B is growing his own hops. After a 40-year music career, Trevor and his wife Lyndsay now have a lifestyle block in… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

9:16 PM.Business is "going really, really well" at the apple, kiwifruit and grape orchard near Gisborne that Tim Egan co-owns. Apples and kiwifruit are replacing traditional crops like sweet corn, peas and… Read more Audio

9:07 PM.The people are great, the work is varied and the pay is okay, say the crew of nine who work on Illawarra Orchard – a 39-hectare property near Gisborne with apples, grapes and kiwifruit. Read more Audio

9:10 PM.Rain in Wairarapa has set the region up for December, but pumps are draining floodwater from Taieri farms in the South Island. Read more Audio

9:03 PM.Wild About Hops, Apples and kiwifruit replacing cropping on Poverty Bay flats, Happy Hort Helpers and the Regional Wrap. Read more Audio