High Country
Kiwi actress Sara Wiseman on stage performance, playing an ape and why she 'adores' working in Australia
After making her name on television, Kiwi actress Sara Wiseman returns to the Auckland stage this month in the acclaimed medical drama The Effect. She talks to Susie Ferguson about theatre acting… Video, Audio
Downhill adventures for diversifying farmers
A new mountain bike park has the run of the hills at Rick and Julia King's farm at Clarence near Kaikōura. It's the brainchild of their daughter Genevieve and has replaced the Merino sheep and cattle… Audio
Weather update -- Erin Cassie at Erewhon Station
Now we're heading to the normally-picturesque Erewhon Station, a high country property nestled right amongst the Southern Alps, to see what's happening there. Leaser holder Erin Cassie is with us for… Audio
Severe weather update with Philip Duncan
It's going to be a weekend of wet and wild weather in Canterbury. Philip Duncan joins the show for an update on what's happening in southern and central Canterbury and what people can expect from here… Audio
Calls for compensation for walking track property owners
A high country farmer who has up to 100,000 people walking through his property each year says there should be compensation for landholders affected by increasing visitor numbers. A draft report… Audio
A high country way of life
Is traditional high country farming under threat? RNZ Rural reporter, Alexa Cook works on a cattle muster and explores why, and if, New Zealand should hold on tighter to its high country farms. Video, Audio
Mustering courage
Precariously straddled on the Clarence Fault, New Zealand's most isolated high country station has held its first autumn muster since the Kaikōura earthquake. Alexa Cook reports.
Gallery
High country sheep saved from kea attacks
High country sheep have been saved from being eaten alive by kea. Kea strikes - which happen when the native bird digs its beak into the wool, eating it, the fat and the flesh - have long been a… Audio
Insight for 1 June 2014 - High Stakes in the High Country
In this week's Insight Graeme Acton travels to the heart of the South Island High Country, where farmers and environmentalists are locked in a battle pitting farming intensification against those who… Audio
Geordie Hill Station Childhood Memories
Two sisters, Sheila and Marge, grew up on a high country station up the Lindis Pass in the late 1940s and 50s. They reminisce about rural life, which included spending three days riding horses to… Audio
Feature Guest - Iris Scott
Iris Scott was one of the first female graduates of Massey University's s veterinary science degree, and went on to take over the 100-year-old Rees Valley station at the head of Lake Wakatipu. Her… Audio
Turning lives Around
Cosmo Kentish-Barnes heads into Canterbury's iconic high country in search of a horse trek run by the Christchurch based 180 Degrees Trust, that operates development programmes for teenagers who have… Audio