Farming
From shearing shed to chic
Country Life visits a shearing shed where the wool clip's being turned into fashionable woollen coats.
Inside the Kiwi cream cheese factory whipping up treats for Asia
A growing taste for pastries, cakes and dairy-topped drinks in China and Southeast Asia is fuelling demand for New Zealand-made cream cheese.
The Clip Wool to Wear
Driven by a desire to find a pure New Zealand wool coat, and to find more use for the bales of wool sitting idle in the shearing shed, Charlotte Bell started her fashion business The Clip. She and… Audio
The high-tech dairy hub feeding China's sweet tooth
A growing taste for pastries, cakes and dairy-topped drinks in China and southeast Asia is fuelling demand for New Zealand-made cream cheese. Country Life takes a tour of Fonterra's high-tech factory… Audio
The art of the auction
Feilding livestock agent and saleyards auctioneer Alex Stewart on breaking into an old man's game, human calculators and conducting the sale. Audio
Full Episode for Friday 3 October 2025
This week Country Life is inside one of Fonterra's large dairy plants and meets a Canterbury farming couple tailoring woollen coats from their family's flock. Audio
'Out of control' love for tractors forces Kiwi to auction 116
Two rugby field-sized sheds have been barely enough to contain Wānaka man Allan Dippie's obsession.
Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
Our Minister of Fruit and Veggies goes bananas. Audio
Man banned from owning deer after dead animals found on farm
Northland farmer Niven John Lowrie banned from owning or managing deer for three years.
New Zealand's rural freshwater at risk, study finds
Canterbury, Waikato and Southland had the highest amounts of contamination.
Wine export volumes strong, value down slightly in year ended June
NZ Winegrowers annual report indicates exports rose 5 percent by volume in the year ended June, though the value of exports was down slightly at $2.10 billion.
LDR's Southland report with Matt Rosenberg
LDR's Matt Rosenberg has all the news from the neighbourhoods around Invercargill/Southland. Audio
