Farming
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
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…
AudioMidday Rural News for 20 Ocotber 2023
The best of the best were crowned at the Beef and Lamb New Zealand awards on Thursday night.
Hundreds gathered at Christchurch's Te Pae convention centre to celebrate.
Monique Steele has the rural… Audio
Winter grazing flyovers show most farms are following rules
Most Waimakariri farmers are complying with winter grazing rules, Environment Canterbury says.
Midday Rural News for 19 October 2023
A dry early spring is creating uncertainty as to whether the largest dam to be built - since the Clyde Dam three decades ago - will be filled as hoped, by December.
Monique Steel has the rural news.
…Midday Rural News for 18 October 2023
A recently released University of Auckland study has found NCEA results and University Entrance rates were about 15 percent lower for rural students, compared to their urban counterparts.
Monique… Audio
Aviation and deer industry trailblazer Sir Tim Wallis dies aged 85
Sir Tim Wallis the founder of one of New Zealand's biggest airshows, and an aviator and deer farmer, has died aged 85. Audio
Farm manager broke tails of 116 cows, sentenced to home detention
Four cows needed their tails amputated and 116 suffered pain and permanent damage after a farm manager deliberately broke the tails, some more than once.
Ban on live animal exports likely to be overturned by new government
Live animal exports by sea are expected to resume after a National government forms, but it could be a year before the first shipment leaves.
Morning Rural News for 17 October 2023
The seaweed sector is hoping some changes will be made so it can grow and profit from the lucrative wild algae, which is worth more than $20 billion a year globally. Monique Steele has the rural news.
…Axing fair pay agreements, full return of 90-day trials on business wishlist
Nowhere else in the world forces employers to the table for collective bargaining across an entire sector, the BusinessNZ chief executive says. Audio
Midday Rural News for 16 October 2023
There's a whole new cohort of farmers and those with backgrounds in primary industries set to make it into parliament, following early election results.
Most notably, it looks like former Federated… Audio
A year on the farm: Lambing is in full swing on the Bird's hill block
The newborn lambs hide amongst gorse to escape the chilly winds and Alistair plants poplar poles on erosion-prone hill country. Audio
A year on the farm: Lambing is in full swing on the Bird's hill block
The newborn lambs hide amongst gorse to escape the chilly winds and Alistair plants poplar poles on erosion-prone hill country.
Audio'I don't expect perfection' says farm dog trainer
From the Country Life archives - we meet former shepherd Anna Holland who trains people to train dogs. Audio
