Leah Tebbutt
Kotare Subtropicals on a mission to reduce banana imports
Geoff Mansell is growing bananas and many other subtropical fruits to supply local supermarkets and he hopes others will do the same. Audio
Country Life Friday 2 February 2024
Country Life goes bananas, meets an award-winning Waipara farmer and checks in on Raglan's seed bank. Audio
Rural Taranaki turns on the festive charm
The Grinch is surfing through paddocks and cows are driving tractors on the rural roadside of Taranaki...but who won the festive farm art competition? Audio
Country Life for Friday 22 December
"My pop owned a milk run" says farmer who bottles his own milk, All the time in the world, Festive farm art in Taranaki and On the Farm - a wrap of conditions on farms and orchards around the country.
…'Welcome to the top of the world' at Blue Duck Station
Country Life goes on the trail of the elusive whio at Blue Duck Station while learning about the efforts to conserve the history and preserve biodiversity. Audio
Country Life for 15 December 2023
This week Country Life heads to a chicken trailer in the middle of a paddock which is producing eggs and helping the soil and goes on the trail of the elusive whio at Blue Duck Station. Audio
Pest control creates balance for Northland farmer
When Geoff Crawford started trapping for pests on his farms, he was catching 70 possums a week. Now he's lucky if he gets seven...and the community have jumped on board too. Audio
Country Life for 8 December 2023
This week on Country Life; A dairy programme in Sri Lanka is lifting rural communities out of poverty. Selina Prem Kumar and charity Tearfund set the programme up in 2009 and with help from Kiwi… Audio
Country Life for Friday 1 December 2023
Christmas cakes, a deer hunting legend, rehoming racehorses and building a wetland on farm Audio
Country Life for Friday 24 November 2023
Wool's versatility showcased, knives out in Waiuku and a chat with farmers' market rep Jono Walker. Audio
Country Life for Friday November 17 2023
Country Life is at an asparagus harvest near Mangaweka and meets some of the harvesters from Vanuatu. The team checks out some rare horse breeds at the Canterbury show and meets a Banks Peninsula… Audio
A doctor, an island and oil: The olive journey of Peter Crelinsten
Twenty-five years ago on a Mediterranean island a retired doctor learnt about olives. Now he's brought that knowledge, and the pursuit of their health benefits, to Kerikeri at Puketi Olive Farm. Audio
Country Life for Friday 10 November 2023
Country Life meets 89-year-old Fraser Ross, who has been lovingly restoring a podocarp forest remnant for nearly 50 years. Arowhenua Bush near Temuka was damaged after a severe norwesterly gale struck… Audio
From sea to land: The kingfish farm of the future
For over 20 years NIWA scientists have been researching the feasibility of growing fish on land - now they believe it's ready for commercial uptake. Audio
Country Life for Friday October 27 2023
Kingfish farming, returning paddock to wetland, and drug rehabilitation through farming Audio
Why rural schools rule
Take a trip with Country Life to Auckland's northernmost school, Tomarata School, where kids are found tending to chickens and planting fruit trees. Audio
Country Life for 20 October 2023
Country Life takes you back to school this week, where rural students plant fruit trees and tend to chickens. We also meet James Robbie who switched from working in insurance to working the land and a… Audio
From water to wine: The story of Dancing Petrel
An idyllic lifestyle change for Kim and Graham Gilkison from Taranaki to the Far North saw them also purchase a languishing vineyard. Five years later, they're producing award winning wines. Audio
Country Life for 13 October 2023
A year on the farm: Lambing is in full swing on the Bird's hill block, Canine Control, a feature from the Country Life archives by Carol Stiles, From water to wine: The story of Dancing Petrel and the… Audio
'Vegetables have something to do with it' says centenarian
Alan Wilcox of Pukekohe celebrated his 100th birthday. He walks down a lifetime and legacy of growing with Country Life. Audio