Country Life

This week Country Life is at a pumpkin farm in Manawatu, finding out about seed growing and meets a photographer from South Auckland who's spending time at one of New Zealand's iconic hill country… Audio

This week Country Life meets Hawke's bay stud owner Tony Thompson who's been breeding cattle for half a century. The team also find out about an organic vege growing business in Canterbury and chat to… Audio

This week on Country Life we check out an artificially constructed lake on Braemore Farm that's built for water storage and fun... and farming with a toddler in tow. Anna and Mitch Munro are out on… Audio

This week on Country Life the team take a walk on the wild side with a herd of water buffalo in Clevedon, check out a botanical growing trial in Taranaki and visit a Runaka-owned and operated native… Audio

This week on Country Life the team catch up with a Wairarapa farming family that's added sheep dairy to their farming operation, and Gloria Harris, who runs a little owl and morepork rescue service… Audio

This week Country Life takes a look at how the folk at Kai Rotorua are preparing for the upcoming kumara harvest. Also, a training programme in Southland is giving young adults with high-functioning… Audio

This week on Country Life the team catch up with some sheep farmers busy with docking and crutching on the land, and then a taste of the sea, as they sample different seaweeds. Audio

This week on Country Life the team head to a luxury lodge where farming is all part of the experience, and Tuatapere's domain is transformed into a sensory celebration of rural life during the annual… Audio

This week Country Life takes a look at the process of breeding new varieties of apples, gets an update on the grape harvest and visits a commune in Golden Bay. Audio

Coming up on Country Life... we meet a small-scale farmer who has big ideas on how smaller farms can help solve the growing problem of food insecurity in New Zealand... and a Southland deer farmer… Audio

A farming couple in Southland are making health products from the hemp they grow, and we get some insights into the Chinese market for New Zealand wine. Audio

Country Life this week heads inside a Hawke's Bay packhouse and orchard once covered in millions of litres of silt after Cyclone Gabrielle, meets a topdressing pilot who's still flying after nearly… Audio

Country Life this week heads to a woolshed where hundreds of sheep are being shorn for charity and finds out how the Tora Coastal Walk's helped a rugged sheep and beef farm weather tough times. Audio

This week, the team meet farmers Joyce and Jock Wyllie, who first met when she was a locum vet visiting his isolated farm in Golden Bay, checks back in to see what progress Miley the Huntaway is… Audio

The best of Country Life including a microgreens farm in Te Puke, potato growing in Otago and goat milking near Wellington Audio

The best of Country Life. Audio

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The best of Country Life. Audio

Now it's time for Country Life and this week, the team brings you stories about the rodeo world and an old rural homestead which has been turned into a sumptuous retreat. Audio

This week the team meets a farming family in Golden Bay who grow, process and sell homegrown meat direct to the public. Audio