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Country Life for Friday 4 June 2021
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Country Life for 4 June 2021
9:05 PM.Country Life talks to a farmer picking up the pieces after the mid Canterbury floods and takes a tour of a multi-million-dollar Rotorua building designed to showcase the sustainable use of wood. And… Read more Audio
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Picking up after the mid Canterbury Floods
9:06 PM.Mid Canterbury farmer Rhys Roberts was badly hit in the floods last weekend. As CEO of Align Farms, he farms mostly dairy on two properties on the south side of the Ashburton River. The river was… Read more Audio
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On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ
9:07 PM.Taranaki is looking lush and in the South Island kiwifruit vines are being very carefully pruned in Nelson. Read more Audio
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Tracy Brown - Nuffield Scholar
9:14 PM.Matamata dairy farmer Tracy Brown is among a batch of Nuffield scholars taking a closer look at New Zealand agriculture with overseas travel out of the question due to Covid-19. The Nuffield programme… Read more Audio
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Te Whare Nui o Tuteata - The Way of the Future
9:25 PM.Scion's new $14m building has been designed to welcome in the public and to showcase the sustainable use of wood. Read more Audio
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Diversity Key for Gorge Grower
9:35 PM.When Jeremy Naylor bought Okainamu farm in the Upper Wairoa Gorge in 1982 it was a neglected grazing unit. Over time he's planted heaps of trees on the secluded property and transformed it into a… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Plumb crazy about crayfish
9:45 PM.Strange fishy sculptures made out of recycled stuff are popping up on the shoreline at Riversdale. They're the work of country plumber Jeff Burnett, who can't keep his hands off junk. Read more Audio