Rural

A forestry leader says export prices for logs are sky rocketing as Chinese buyers look to rebuild inventories.

Maja Burry has the rural news. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

Dairy NZ says a shift to Level 2 restrictions will make it easier for the industry to cope with Moving Day.

Maja Burry has the rural news. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

Farmers in Wairarapa are banding together to send feed north, as Hawke's Bay battles the worst drought the region has experienced in decades.

Maja Burry has the rural news. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The Norsewood cemetery reveals a lot about the hardy Scandinavians who came to NZ in the 1870s. What they found here is far from what they were promised but many lived to a ripe old age despite the… Audio

SMASH has been set up to help dairy farmers, particularly those with smaller operations, run successful businesses. Audio

Dayanne Almeida is a self-professed 'sheep nutter'. Since Country Life met Dayanne three years ago she has bought her own flock and has become entranced by deer. Audio

Ni-vanuatu workers on an orchard in Central Otago are desperate to return home to help rebuild their villages after Cyclone Harold struck last month but Covid-19 has got in the way. Audio

Hawkes Bay is in dire straits with a continuing drought, Northland which was in one of the worst droughts on record, has had rain. A parched Marlborough received rain last weekend and South Otago is… Audio

Rosemary Freeman is switching her role as an AgResearch technician for an apple picking role until the country moves out of Covid restrictions. Audio

SMASH, Norsewood cemetery, an apple picking guest, stranded RSE workers from Vanuatu, the Regional Wrap and what has happened next for Dayanne Almeida. Audio

Going bush after going stir crazy  Video