Duncan Smith
On the Farm - a wrap of conditions around the country
A round-up of conditions on farms and orchards around the country. Audio
Full Episode for Friday 13 December 2024
This week the team meets a farming family in Golden Bay who grow, process and sell homegrown meat direct to the public. Audio
On the Farm - a wrap of conditions around the country
A round-up of conditions on farms and orchards around the country. Audio
Full Episode for Friday 22 November 2024
This week Country Life's on a dairy farm where school kids are planting habitat for the endangered Canterbury Grass Skink and learning about biodiversity and pest control. Audio
Touching Distance by Carl Nixon from The Waters
Mark is living in the house he's renovating and observes a boy next door being smacked around which prompts him to confront the bullying stepfather.
Read by Duncan Smith Audio
Return to Harikoa Bay by Owen Marshall
The Undertaker's Story is a darkly comic revenge story that plays out amongst the members of a highly respectable golf club. Audio
The Undertaker's Story by Owen Marshall
The Undertaker's Story is a darkly comic revenge story that plays out amongst the members of a highly respectable golf club.
Written by Owen Marshall
Read by Duncan Smith
Recorded by Phil benge
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On the Farm - a wrap of conditions around the country
It's been a kind winter for most North Island farmers now busy with lambing and calving, with warmer temperatures and plenty of rain helping to keep the grass growing. Meanwhile sheep farmers in the… Audio
Country Life for Friday 16 August 2024
This week the Country Life team meet the Steenkamp family who are milking it in Wellington. The family runs The Brooklyn Creamery, supplying the city with fresh goat's milk and goat's milk products… Audio
Country Life for Friday 16 August 2024
This week the Country Life team meet the Steenkamp family who are milking it in Wellington. The family runs The Brooklyn Creamery, supplying the city with fresh goat's milk and goat's milk products…
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Country Life for Friday 9 August 2024
This week on Country Life a high-tech lettuce farm in Taranaki, a tribute to the old fashioned dunny, a backyard project keeping blokes busy in North Canterbury and hort cadets in Wairoa getting their… Audio
Country Life for Friday 9 August 2024
This week on Country Life a high-tech lettuce farm in Taranaki, a tribute to the old fashioned dunny, a backyard project keeping blokes busy in North Canterbury and hort cadets in Wairoa getting their…
AudioOn the Farm - a wrap of conditions around the country
In Pukekohe, a mild winter weather has prevailed with regular rainfall. Vegetables are literally jumping out of the ground. Marlborough grape growers have finished with pruning and most are on track… Audio
