Country Life for Friday 3 February 2023

9:40 AM.A new mountain bike park has the run of the hills at Rick and Julia King's farm at Clarence near Kaikōura. It's the brainchild of their daughter Genevieve and has replaced the Merino sheep and cattle… Read more Audio

7:21 PM.With no flora experience but the need for a new direction, Colin and Mary Birch have become the owners of a lily nursery in Cambridge. Read more Audio

7:11 PM.Farmers in Tairāwhiti are looking forward to having more boots on the ground this month to help clean up their farms still littered with forestry debris from recent floods. Regional Federated Farmers… Read more Audio

7:07 PM.Assessment of damage is underway in Pukekohe after a deluge of rain saw onions floating down the street and farms turned into lakes. Kiwifruit vines and structures have also been wiped out - while… Read more Audio

7:07 PM.This week Country life is at a new mountain bike park that has the run of the hills at Rick and Julia King's farm at Clarence near Kaikōura. The team also visits flood-stricken growers south of… Read more Audio