Rural
Regional Wrap
Lovely calm and sunny days, with cool nights, let North Island farmers and croppers get onto the land for cultivation or repair work, and the kiwifruit harvest had an uninterrupted week for a change… Audio
Hazelnut Harvesting
Gilda Otway grows hazelnuts in the Puaha Valley on Banks Peninsula using permaculture and organic principles. Audio
Hazelnut Harvesting
Gilda Otway grows hazelnuts in the Puaha Valley on Banks Peninsula using permaculture and organic principles.
AudioFull Episode for 28 April 2017
Hazelnut harvesting, Regional wrap, Te Whare Ra and Wimbledon remembers. Audio
Full Episode for 28 April 2017
Hazelnut harvesting, Regional wrap, Te Whare Ra and Wimbledon remembers.
AudioThe arachnologist with a fear of spiders
Kathryn Ryan meets world leading spider scientist, Dr Robert Raven. He is the principal curator of spiders at the Queensland Museum, who recently discovered 50 new species in Northern Queensland… Audio
Reduce dairy cow number to stop water harm - ecologist
A minister's remark that the intensification of dairy farming can't go on is decades too late, says ecologist Mike Joy.
Changing Chinese fashions slam NZ wool market
The New Zealand wool market is being hit by a change in Chinese fashion to finer-fibre wools, New Zealand Wool Services International says.
Vegetable shortage could continue for months
A nationwide shortage of vegetables may last for several months after crops were destroyed in recent flooding. Video, Audio
Water demands would dry up iconic central Otago river, farmers say
Water flow demands by Otago Regional Council would dry up an iconic river in the Maniototo every summer, a group of local farmers says.
Water Fools? Sacred pipi beds polluted
A Bay of Plenty iwi is devastated that local dairy farms have polluted its sacred pipi beds with ecoli bacteria. Audio
Shearing for Michael
Neighbours, friends and strangers took to the boards recently in Whangamomona for a 24-hour shearathon to raise money for suicide prevention. Michael Herlihy, a talented shearer and the youngest of… Audio, Gallery
