Country Life for Friday 19 May 2023

5:32 PM.Hinds at Pāmu's Aratiatia deer milking unit are finishing up providing rich creamy milk for the season. Country Life is there at milking time to see how it's done. Read more Video, Audio

7:20 PM.The Rural Change Fund saw demand increase from 5 applications a week to 25. Now, when rural people need it most, the wellbeing programme has been put on pause. Read more Audio

7:16 PM.Australian food writer-turned-food activist Matthew Evans was in North Canterbury last weekend talking to local growers about what keeps the earth, and us, healthy. Read more Audio

7:07 PM.RNZ's rural news reporter, Leah Tebbutt, takes a look at the week's agricultural news. Read more Audio

7:06 PM.Country life this week spends the morning in a milking parlour with a difference. All the stalls are highsided, tailored for the deer which are providing rich creamy milk. Also Australian chef and… Read more Audio