Country Life for Friday 6 May 2022

4:23 PM.Jack and Eleanor Patterson started with a dozen Polwarth sheep but that's grown into a flock of over 200. It wasn't the original plan though and now the hobby has turned into a business and the… Read more Video, Audio

10:40 AM.Tiny country halls in Hawke's Bay are ringing to the sound of music as creator, curator and roadie Jamie Macphail takes his Small Hall Sessions around the province. Read more Video, Audio

9:17 PM.Farmers at Hamilton's Frankton sales are buying in the hope that rain will eventually arrive. Read more Audio

9:10 PM.In Hawkes Bay a lamb finisher currently has 27,000 labms on his farm, about 5,000 more than last year, because there's so much feed. Read more Audio

9:05 PM.Nine hundred East Coast farmers are being surveyed to get a real understanding of how much damage was caused by a storm in late March. Read more Audio

9:05 PM.Country Life this week is having a yarn about Polwarth sheep and joins the audience at a country hall in Hawke's Bay which is among several in the district playing host to live music by top musicians.