Country Life for Friday 28 August 2020

9:05 PM.The Port Hills are still scarred after devastating fires burned across 2000 hectares of bush and farmland in 2017 but every year volunteers head up into the hills to replant them with native bush; a… Read more Audio

9:07 PM.The chief executive of Deer Industry New Zealand, Innes Moffat says it will be a tough 12 months for venison sales as Covid-19 disrupts supply chains and slows down the sale of premium meats. Read more Audio

9:10 PM.The Hawkes Bay countryside has been transformed by winter rain. In the McKenzie Basin, merino shearing is underway. Read more Audio

9:19 PM.Annabel Angland from Peregrine Wines is the Corteva Central Otago Young Viticulturist of the Year 2020 and is looking forward to representing the region at the national finals in Martinborough in… Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Waikato farmers Bart and Vanessa van de Ven have battled through a couple of trying calving seasons but this year they have had time to 'cruise'. Bart says brilliant weather has helped but he's also… Read more Audio

9:39 PM.The Port Hills are still scarred after devastating fires burned across 2000 hectares of bush and farmland in 2017. But every year, volunteers head up into the hills to replant them with native bush. Read more Audio, Gallery