Country Life for Friday 17 April 2020

9:30 PM.Old dairy factories can be found throughout New Zealand. Some are crumbling and scrawled with graffiti but others have taken on a new lease of life. The Old Dairy Factory in Norsewood is now a… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:25 PM.Kim Tatham has recently won an award for her service to rural health. She has a dental practice in Piopio; a town with fewer than 400 residents. Read more Audio

9:20 PM.We speak to former Speaker David Carter at home on his farm in Banks Peninsula and the Minister for Agriculture Damien O'Connor on his eight hectare lifestyle block in the Tasman district. Read more Audio

9:13 PM.Winter's on its way with a chill in the air and snow in the south but not nearly enough rain to break drought. Farmers are feeding the soil to keep growth going with more stock than normal to feed. Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Jono Walker of the Farmers' Markets New Zealand explains how artisan growers are coping during the Covid-19 lockdown. Read more Audio

9:03 PM.Rural MPs during lockdown, the dentist in Piopio, Norsewood's old dairy factory now humming to new tunes, and a look and growing and farming conditions around the country. Read more Audio