Duncan Smith

The Country Life team is on the hunt for New Zealand's oldest pair of gumboots. Most farmers attending the Kauroa Weaner sale near Raglan agreed that one or two years was their oldest pair. However… Audio

Wairarapa has been sweltering while down south the ram is out on early country. Audio

North Island farmers are hoping for rain this weekend. In the South Island some West Coast dairy farmers have moved down to once a day milking. Audio

Rod Millen is a New Zealand and international motor racing champion who has lived in the United States since 1978. He now commutes every two weeks between California and Hahei in the Coromandel . Rod… Audio, Gallery

New Zealand has about ten flower exporting companies, with three or four doing the bulk of the trade. NZ Bloom is one of them and managing director David Ballard says it's a competitive, fascinating… Audio

A chance comment by US TV personality Martha Stewart about twenty years ago, got Jane Bryant into growing hydrangeas. These old fashioned multi coloured flowers are in demand internationally… Audio, Gallery

Central parts of Waikato are starting to look quite dry, but elsewhere a lot of the North Island is still quite green. The South Island's east coast is generally holding up well with enough moisture… Audio

The three thousand kilometre walkway from Cape Reinga to Bluff runs beside Sam Adams' isolated King Country farm. He's amazed at the number of people doing the trail over summer. Walkers need about… Audio

Lincoln University lecturers Guy and Sue Trafford (above) are setting up a sheep milking operation on their property near Darfield in Canterbury. The milk from their flock of 200 sheep will be used to… Audio

RSE workers are arriving for the apple harvest, the heat's driving down milk production and pasture growth in Southland is topping out after some good rain. Audio

The chairman of the 2016 International Sauvignon Blanc Celebration talks about the wine event that was held in Marlborough this week. Audio