Rural
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.
Midday Rural News for 11 February 2021
The state-owned farmer Pāmu has reported a small half-year profit.
Rural reporter Maja Burry has mo nga korero e pa ana ki te taiwhenua. Audio
Passionfruit glut expected after limited exports this year
Consumers are set to enjoy a glut of passionfruit after export woes hit the industry.
LDR South Auckland: DHB reviews lockdown procedures
It's time for us to catch up with one of the ace reporters from the Local Democracy Reporting programme, the free public-interest news service dedicated to strengthening coverage of parts of New… Audio
Potato exports plummet in December amid dumping claims
New Zealand's potato trade is struggling as exports to some key markets plummeted in December, new figures show.
Midday Rural News for 10 February 2021
Northland farmers are facing a second summer of drought conditions.
Maja Burry has mo ngā korero e pa ana ki te taiwhenua. Audio
Business booming for Matakana family making deluxe hutches
A serious head injury has lead to a successful business for Matakana family. Chris Jamieson started Hutch and Coop making rabbit and guinea pig hutches as well as chicken coops, and business is… Audio
Sustainable beef patties?
A year long trial has shown that beef patties can be produced sustainably across the supply chain in New Zealand, according to the Ministry for Primary industries. Audio
Midday Rural News for 9 February 2021
A new campaign to fill harvesting jobs on orchards and vineyards in the Nelson Tasman region has attracted 400 applications in less than a week.
Maja Burry has mo nga korero e pa ana ki te taiwhenua.
…Social media could be boosting sales of exotic kiwano fruit
Somewhere just outside Te Puke, fields of strange alien-like vines are growing large egg-like mottled golden fruits, covered in sharp spikes - and US buyers can't get enough.
