Country Life for Friday 25 August 2023

9:23 AM.A botanist on the West Coast wants locals to start planting growing edible perennials that are growing in his nursery and food forest. Read more Audio

7:33 PM.You won't find anything mass produced at Tuatahi, a small town business exporting handcrafted axes and saws to competitive woodchoppers around the world. Read more Video, Audio

7:19 PM.Morrinsville farmer Peter Le Heron gives an update on the calving season. Read more Audio

7:19 PM.Clean-up a pleasant surprise for Hawkes Bay apple grower. 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.A business at the cutting edge of axe-making, growing edible perennials on the West Coast, in the calving shed and a catch up with a cyclone-struck apple grower. Read more Audio