Duncan Smith

Waikato and Taranaki dairy farms have never looked better at this time of year, and it's been relatively balmy in the deep south; Bringing More Kai to Kaipara; Sending fine wine to Finland; Made of… Audio

Wilencote Polled Herefords introduced the hornless Hereford breed to New Zealand back in the 1920s and the Humphreys family still runs the stud today, with the fifth generation waiting in the wings… Audio, Gallery

Calving's started as winter arrives in the far north and stock are tucking in to winter crops around Canterbury Audio

Farmers in the picturesque Matukituki Valley near Wanaka are enjoying being able to move stock easily now that tourist traffic has quietened down. The mild start to winter around much of the country… Audio

It's still horrifically dry in Southern Hawkes Bay and some Gisborne mandarins are being held on trees until demand picks up post lockdown, while in the South Island green kiwifruit are being… Audio

Hawkes Bay is in dire straits with a continuing drought, Northland which was in one of the worst droughts on record, has had rain. A parched Marlborough received rain last weekend and South Otago is… Audio

Farmers in most parts of the country are longing for rain forecast for this weekend. RSE workers have finished long seasons in New Zealand but many can't get home to the Pacific because of Covid-19… Audio

Dams are being cleaned out in Northland to improve water storage and at the top of the South Island the hop harvest has been producing good yeilds. Audio

Planting, weeding and making products from essential oil is keeping a couple busy at a lavender farm in lockdown, orchids bloom in Horowhenua, ANZACs remembered in tiny Wimbledon and The Nineties File… Audio

Winter's on its way with a chill in the air and snow in the south but not nearly enough rain to break drought. Farmers are feeding the soil to keep growth going with more stock than normal to feed. Audio