Rural
Country Life for 9 October 2020
Country Life this week follows a cow podiatrist tending his patients' feet. It can be a mucky job but enormously satisfying! And Dr John Hellstrom talks about how the Marlborough Sounds is fighting…
AudioWater rules concerns drive farmers' tractor hui
More than 150 Southland farmers on tractors hve descended on Invercargill for a town and country hui.
Midday Rural News for 9 October 2020
More than 150 Southland farmers descended on Invercagill this morning in their tractors for a town and country hui, which has just got underway.
Eric Frykberg has nga korero e pa ana ki te taiwhenua.
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The Hoofman:trimming cattle hooves around the nation
Johan Buys is the Hoofman. His job is trimming the hoofs of the country's cattle. He caught up with our Country Life producer Carol Stiles while doing a spot of hoof trimming - or cattle podiatry as… Audio
Midday Rural News for 8 October 2020
The insurance industry says an escalating fire problem must be kept under control.
Eric Frykberg has the rural news. Audio
Midday Rural News for 7 October 2020
The horticulture industry is still holding onto hope that some RSE workers from the Pacific may be able to come into the country to help pick fruit this season.
Eric Frykberg has nga korero e pa ana… Audio
Lake Ōhau blaze: Farmed areas are very flammable - professor
Farmers are being short-sighted by claiming that the loss of grazing land has helped to fuel the devastating fire at Lake Ōhau, a plant ecologist says. Audio
New Zealand's horticulture labour shortage won't have RSE help
At a meeting with local growers in Hastings this afternoon, the Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi was adamant the Government won't let in workers from overseas to help with a horticulture labour… Audio
Midday Rural News for 6 October 2020
A new report predicts big costs to the health budget from any significant reduction in the amount of land currently available for growing fruit and vegetables.
Eric Frykberg has te pūrongo taiwhenua.
…Waitaki District Mayor on Lake Ōhau fire damage
Locals have begun to pick up the pieces after fires roared through Lake Ōhau Village in the Mackenzie Country.
Today residents will be allowed, under supervision, to make brief trips into their homes… Audio
Federated Farmers blames DOC for Lake Ōhau fire
Federated Farmers is blaming the Department of Conservation for bad land management which led to the huge fires in Lake Ōhau.
At least 20 homes have been destroyed in the township, and the High… Audio
Effort to extinguish Lake Ōhau fire continue amid strong winds
The effort to extinguish the fires at Lake Ōhau in the Mackenzie Basin will continue this morning after warm temperatures and strong winds frustrated firefighters on Monday.
Lake Ōhau locals were… Audio
Lake Ōhau residents hope to collect belongings today
Residents of Lake Ōhau Village are hoping they will get a chance to retrieve essential items from their homes today.
A huge blaze, which began early Sunday morning destroyed or damaged an estimated… Audio
Showing Lake Ōhau residents fire damage emotional - FENZ
Fire crews have been working through the night to extinguish the Lake Ōhau fire in the Mackenzie Basin.
Up to half of the properties in Lake Ōhau Village were damaged or destroyed by the fire that… Audio
Lake Ōhau resident shares story of 'terrifying night'
Fire crews have been working through the night to stop any further damage to property in Lake Ōhau Village.
It's estimated that up to half of the properties in the Mackenzie Basin settlement have… Audio
Lake Ōhau resident's lucky escape
Fire crews have been working through the night to stop any further damage to property in Lake Ōhau Village.
It's estimated that up to half of the properties in the Mackenzie Basin settlement have… Audio
