Rural
Covid-19: Concern after Aucklanders flee city for Ruapehu
Ruapehu community leaders are unhappy their area is being used as a Covid-19 bunker for Aucklanders.
When city went into Alert Level 3 on Sunday, a bunch of residents packed their bags and drove to… Audio
Midday Rural News for 16 February 2021
Farmers and growers take on day two of the regional lockdown in Auckland
Rurals reporter, Susan Murray, has mo nga korero e pa ana ki te taiwhenua. Audio
Tangaroa Walker: life on the farm
By the time Tangaroa Walker was six, he'd lived in 16 different places, been to six primary schools, and had been adopted twice. As an 11 year old he met a dairy farmer, driving a pretty nice car, who… Video, Audio
Midday Rural News for 15 February 2021
There is hope a changed southern border for the new Auckland Level 3 lockdown will improve the flow of fresh fruit and vegetables to that city.
Rural reporter, Susan Murray, has mo nga korero e pa… Audio
Fonterra discharging nitrogen-heavy water onto 'ghost farms'
Fonterra cleared the cows from 16 farms and is using the land to dispose of wastewater, which could be leaching a colourless, tasteless and odourless pollutant into private drinking water supplies.
Banking on hemp becoming mainstream
Jamie Engelbrecht was born and bred on a sheep and beef property in Waimate then studied farm management at Lincoln University. He quit his job recently as an ASB rural manager to focus on a hemp… Audio
Banking on hemp becoming mainstream
Jamie Engelbrecht was born and bred on a sheep and beef property in Waimate then studied farm management at Lincoln University. He quit his job recently as an ASB rural manager to focus on a hemp…
AudioTrees, Trees, Trees
Willy and Kelsi Haenga's Gisborne-based business, FarmCare, is plugging a gap helping busy farmers plant trees to keep waterways clean and stop erosion. Audio
Trees, Trees, Trees
Willy and Kelsi Haenga's Gisborne-based business, FarmCare, is plugging a gap helping busy farmers plant trees to keep waterways clean and stop erosion.
AudioSummer Series - A Rabbiting Life
Max Nelson is one of the last of the old-time rabbiters who fought plagues of rabbits in places like the back country stations of Marlborough. He worked for Awatere Rabbit Board in the 1960s and a lot… Audio
Summer Series - A Rabbiting Life
Max Nelson is one of the last of the old-time rabbiters who fought plagues of rabbits in places like the back country stations of Marlborough. He worked for Awatere Rabbit Board in the 1960s and a lot…
AudioOn the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ
Waikato is trucking steadily into a drought and Marlborough has seen one of its earliest picks for pinot noir bubbles. Audio
Full Episode for Friday February 12 2021
On Country Life tonight, an old-time rabbiter shares stories of his life fighting the rabbit plague on Molesworth Station and Cosmo talks to Jamie Engelbrecht who quit his bank job to focus on hemp… Audio
Full Episode for Friday February 12 2021
On Country Life tonight, an old-time rabbiter shares stories of his life fighting the rabbit plague on Molesworth Station and Cosmo talks to Jamie Engelbrecht who quit his bank job to focus on hemp…
AudioMidday Rural News for 12 February 2021
High freight costs have pushed passionfruit growers to focus more on the domestic market this season.
Rural reporter Maja Burry has mo nga korero e pa ana ki te taiwhenua. Audio
Call for new framework to protect land for growers, farmers
The agriculture industry is welcoming the RMA's demise but wants the government to put in place protections for prime growing land and food security.
