Rural
Call for quad bike ban for under-16s
Doctors are urging New Zealand and Australia to ban the use of quad bikes by children under 16, saying the death toll is "quite frankly unacceptable".
Heavy rain breaks Northland drought
Heavy rain in Northland has finally broken the drought that has plagued the region over summer.
Rural women 'backbone of the economy'
It's International Women's Day and New Zealanders should pay tribute to rural women because they are essentially the backbone of the economy, says the Rural Health Alliance.
Why is palm kernel use declining on farms?
Kathryn Ryan talks with agri-business consultant Alison Dewes and Federated Farmers' Dairy Chair Andrew Hoggard, about how the decline in imports of palm kernel extract. Imports of palm kernel extract… Audio
Dairy prices fall in latest auction
Dairy prices have fallen to their lowest level in five months in the latest auction.
Morning Rural News for Tuesday 7 March 2017
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Bovine TB found in Tasman herd
Bovine tuberculosis has been found in Golden Bay for the first time in a decade.
Watching the fleece fly
Country Life was there when the handpiece buzzed at the 17th World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships in Invercargill. Audio, Gallery
Watching the fleece fly
Country Life was there when the handpiece buzzed at the 17th World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships in Invercargill.
AudioKiwi quinoa
On a rugged sheep and beef farm near Taihape, Dan and Jacqui Cottrell grow New Zealand's only commercial crop of the ancient South American grain. Audio, Gallery
Kiwi quinoa
On a rugged sheep and beef farm near Taihape, Dan and Jacqui Cottrell grow New Zealand's only commercial crop of the ancient South American grain.
AudioRegional Wrap
The North Island is having a late summer and store lamb prices have increased, while in the South Island some farmers on the West Coast have turned their irrigation on! And a haze is in the air as mid… Audio
Fit for farming
Ian Handcock's Fit for Farming movement encourages farmers to be active off the farm. One farmer is taking it to an extreme and will attempt to milk 4,000 cows in 12 hours. Audio
