Sally Wenley
Weather: Parts of Northland, Coromandel cut off by floods, slips
Northland schools and parts of the Coromandel Peninsula are inaccessible as flooding and slips have blocked multiple roads.
The regions have been hammered by gale force winds and torrential rain.
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Wild weather lashes upper North Island
Torrential rain and severe wind gusts are sweeping across the upper North Island causing slips, fallen trees and power outages.
Early this morning parts of Northland had surface flooding and the… Audio
25 Years of Country Life - Our man in Pukekohe
Throughout our quarter century we've relied on good hearted and informed people from around the country to share with us what's happening in their region. Their comments are compiled into the rural… Audio
25 Years of Country Life - Our man in Pukekohe
Throughout our quarter century we've relied on good hearted and informed people from around the country to share with us what's happening in their region. Their comments are compiled into the rural…
AudioCountry Life for October 14 2022
Country Life is at a bull sale in North Canterbury, hears from long-time Pukekohe correspondent Stan Clark and learns how flour is ground the old fashioned way, by wind, in Foxton.
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Country Life for October 14 2022
Country Life is at a bull sale in North Canterbury, hears from long-time Pukekohe correspondent Stan Clark and learns how flour is ground the old fashioned way, by wind, in Foxton.
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Country Life for October 7 2022
This week Country Life hops on board a truck heading out to clean septic tanks, chats to a 13-year-old budding scientist who's helping beef up cattle with an experiment involving copper and discovers… Audio
A farmer's son and budding scientist
Thirteen-year-old budding scientist Finlay Ludbrook has had success with an experiment to see whether giving copper to cattle calves improves their condition. Audio
Country Life for October 7 2022
This week Country Life hops on board a truck heading out to clean septic tanks, chats to a 13-year-old budding scientist who's helping beef up cattle with an experiment involving copper and discovers…
AudioA farmer's son and budding scientist
Thirteen-year-old budding scientist Finlay Ludbrook has had success with an experiment to see whether giving copper to cattle calves improves their condition.
AudioBook review: Fairy Tale by Stephen King
Sally Wenley reviews Fairy Tale by Stephen King, published by Hachette. Audio
Asparagus season about to start in North Island
Horowhenua asparagus grower Geoff Lewis tells Sally Wenley about some of the challenges of growing a commercial crop of the vegetable and the best way to eat them. Audio
Asparagus season about to start in North Island
Horowhenua asparagus grower Geoff Lewis tells Sally Wenley about some of the challenges of growing a commercial crop of the vegetable and the best way to eat them.
AudioUK company given approval to install 330k solar panels on Waikato farm
A new kind of farming could soon be having an impact on the rural landscape - paddocks of solar panels instead of cattle or crops.
A UK based company has just been given approval to install about… Audio
Country Life for 16 September 2022
Country Life is in a secret location in the centre of the North Island digging under pine trees for ginseng, a root which is prized in traditional Chinese medicine. The team is also at the only… Audio
Country Life for 16 September 2022
Country Life is in a secret location in the centre of the North Island digging under pine trees for ginseng, a root which is prized in traditional Chinese medicine. The team is also at the only…
AudioCountry Life for 2 September 2022
Country Life this week profiles two women with quite different farming journeys. Christine Fernyhough's farming experience at Canterbury's Castle Hill Station is a story of a woman midlife having a go… Audio
Fears of cow shortage as calf rearers in short supply
Fewer people are raising calves in some parts of the country this season, and concern is growing about a potential shortage of cattle further down the track. Audio
Fears of cow shortage as calf rearers in short supply
Fewer people are raising calves in some parts of the country this season, and concern is growing about a potential shortage of cattle further down the track.
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