Country Life for Friday 28 October 2022

9:00 AM.This year we’re celebrating 25 years of one of RNZ’s best-loved programmes. Each week on Country Life we meet the people bringing New Zealand’s primary produce to the world. Producers travel around… Read more

7:07 PM.Most farms are pretty short of grass in Northland and supplementary feed suppliers say there has been a big uptake. Strong wind has stopped spraying in its tracks for an olive grower in Wairarapa… Read more Audio

7:07 PM.Country Life is at a lake brought back to life near Kaikōura, we find out the damage frost can do to kiwifruit vines, and meet two farm managers who no longer reach for their gumboots first thing in… Read more Audio

7:13 PM.Kiwifruit orchard foreman Dave Trafford takes Leah Tebbutt through the vines on the back of the quad bike, where mere metres apart the vines change from luscious and green, to barren as if they've… Read more Audio

7:19 PM.Spencer Kahu has been farming in the Kaikōura District since he was 14. Now he's 24 and manages two large properties and for him, sustainability, conservation and gathering kai for the whānau go hand… Read more Audio

11:31 AM.A high-tech farming system which lets dairy cows move around without fences has also meant big changes for dairy workers. The young team on Pete Morgan's farm aren't just moving breaks and pushing… Read more Audio