Rural

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The Environmental Protection Authority says a review of how some chemicals are used in New Zealand could have implications for the agricultral sector. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

When you visit Klaus Lotz on his small plot of community-owned land in the Far North settlement of Matapouri you'll first be offered a cup of coffee. That might seem like commonplace Kiwi hospitality… Audio

The deer industry is looking to attract skilled, enthusiastic newcomers. Many deer farming pioneers are now wanting to retire. Audio

Welcome rain has fallen in the North and South Island. Substantial snow has fallen in Central Otago but elsewhere in the south lambs are growing well in good conditions. Audio

Regenerative agriculture in Northland. What do we taste and why do we like it? The deer industry is looking to attract skilled, enthusiastic newcomers. Audio

New Zealand red meat exports topped six-point-seven billion dollars in the financial year to September - 1.2 billion up on the year before, New Zealand's largest kiwifruit grower, Seeka expects to… Audio

Rob Barnes wanted a more rural lifestyle for his family. So, they moved to Wellsford and he makes the round trip between Wellsford and Auckland everyday. That's 840 kilometres a week, $800 in petrol a… Audio

Biosecurity New Zealand says 18 farms in Canterbury are now on the suspect list for a new potato virus, and testing has been widened to the North Island, and a new $13 million hop breeding programme… Audio

Former West Auckland toy-lending librarian Anne Riley and Gore library manager Lorraine Weston-Webb talk about their services and how families make use of them. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

New Zealand's only large-scale American style, intensive, grain-fed feedlot farm is non-compliant. And it has been for more than three months. Environment Canterbury says the Ashburton feedlot is yet… Video, Audio