Country Life for Friday 19 June 2020

12:15 PM.New Zealand's earliest European-era star observatory on a farm near Featherston - built by an amateur astronomer/farmer in 1867 - could be saved in the nick of time. The Carkeek Observatory is now… Read more Audio

9:34 PM.The sheep are being dagged at Carl and Tori Uren's Le Bons Bay farm this week. The couple produce cross-bred wool at the scenic Banks Peninsula property, but it's actually high country merino wool… Read more Audio

9:12 PM.In 2008, Country Life met farmer Steve Knudsen on an extremely steep Taranaki farm he called Vertigo Station. Steve's since bought and now lives on another much more friendly farm. He's still farming… Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Drought hit Hawke's Bay has had rain and in the South Island, Tekapo farmers have been working in temperatures that have barely hit five degrees. Read more Audio

9:00 PM.Full Episode - Country Life 19 June 2020. Read more Audio