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Country Life takes you down country roads to meet ordinary people achieving their dreams. We live in a beautiful country...
Anisha sits down with a country musician, Gianina joins a Waikato farmer on a deer hunt, and Sally visits the Carb Club, a shared food-growi...
It takes a grower, a gatherer - of people - and a plot of land to create a "carb club". The idea is to make it easier for people to grow sta...
A chat about New Zealand's country music scene with Ashburton-based artist, Molly Harrison. With thanks to Molly Harrison Listen to her musi...
Gianina Schwanecke heads for the hills of Waikato to learn more about the art of deer stalking during the roar. You can find photos and read...
A wrap of conditions on farms and orchards around the country. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Gianina chats with an Otago taxidermist during the roar; Sally visits Halcombe, a community remembering its Home Guard this ANZAC weekend, a...
Anisha heads to Geraldine High School to learn about their farming skills course, the Primary Industries Academy. Learn more about Geraldine...
Many small towns in New Zealand had their own "Dad's Army" during the second world war. But far from feeble and fumbling like those in the w...
"Once the reds start roaring, it really, really gets busy," Oliver Garland of All Over Taxidermy says. You can find photos, here . With than...
A round-up of the week's rural news. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
This week on Country Life Gianina meets a worm farmer in Hawke's Bay, while Sally drops in on a Kerikeri orchard growing dragon fruit and An...
A trial of the striking and exotic dragon fruit is hitting its straps in Northland. Could the new sweet varieties grown under cover be a via...
Canterbury is an arable powerhouse, but in recent years, many have started moving into dairying. What's behind the change? You can find phot...
Trevor Hellyer made the move from one mud loving animal to another - changing from pig farming to worm farming just outside Havelock North....
A wrap of news from RNZ's rural news desk Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Country Life visits New Zealand's only cranberry farm, finds out about the origins and passion for the trusty ute and meets Laura Watson of...
Anisha Satya visits New Zealand's only cranberry farm - and samples the produce. You can find photos and read more about the stories in this...
While Americans have their pick-ups, Kiwis and Aussies have the ute. Mark Leishman finds out about the ubiquitous farmers' and tradies' vehi...
Laura Watson is a the fourth generation of her family to run Monowai Station. She's not only helping restore wetlands and pockets of native...
A round-up of the week's rural news. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
This week Country Life meets some pioneer egg producers and a farmer growing and harvesting an ancient grain. You can find photos and read m...
From moving to cage-free farming in the 90's, becoming SPCA animal welfare accredited and launching a liquid egg processing plant - the Benn...
Amid a growing eat local movement, durum wheat is being grown and turned into pasta by an artisan food producer and a group of Wairarapa far...
A round-up of the week's rural news. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
For a few years now Lisa Daunton has been stocking food banks in Te Tai Rāwhiti with wild venison which she harvests with fellow hunters. Wi...
Country Life meets a family using bullock-power instead of diesel to grow their own food, and gets a taste of the tomatoes grown by some of...
Bullocks and horses power the Land's farm in the Hokianga where three generations live off-grid, growing practically all their own food with...
From Italy to Wellington's south coast, growing and eating great food is central to the Cuccurullo family maintaining its cultural heritage....
Anisha Satya chats with Kristine Asuncion, Filipina dairy farmer and advocate. With thanks to: Kristine Asuncion Go to this episode on rnz.c...
A wrap of conditions on farms and orchards around the country. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Country Life visits a mosque in remote Southland, the sheep of the future in Northland, and traverses Mid Canterbury's rivers and shorelines...
Farmers, tradies and 4x4 enthusiasts are doing their bit to protect Mid Canterbury's rivers and oceans. You can find photos and read more ab...
Climate change, increasing costs, fussier consumers and changing rules have researchers and breeders working hard to develop a sheep that wi...
Chicago-based Global Dairy Platform's executive director Donald Moore on the importance of addressing emissions reductions with a 'global ma...
A round-up of the week's rural news. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
The Mataura Masjid provides a place of community for those from as far as Roxborough and Tapanui to Wyndham. You can find photos and read mo...
After her time at the Shepherdess muster, Country Life presenter Gianina Schwanecke shares the latest podcast from RNZ made in collaboration...
This week Country Life is helping with the grape harvest, taking you line-dancing and meeting rural women at the Shepherdess Muster. You can...
A weekend retreat filled with crafts, relaxation, learning, fun and connection in the remote rural community of Tokanui in Southland. You ca...
The rurally-rooted dance style has had a resurgence across New Zealand. Country Life attends a class to learn why. You can find photos and r...
Harvest time at Big Sky Wines, established by Kath Jacobs and Jeremy Corban, begins or ends with friends and neighbours in the vineyard help...
A round-up of the week's rural news. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
ANZ's general manager for business and agri discusses how the Fonterra consumer brands sale will impact rural towns and supermarket shelves....
Country Life visits the Duff family's permaculture farm in the Hawke's Bay, a farming festival in North Canterbury, chats to young Kiwi pilo...
The Underground Festival brings rural folk from across the motu together to learn about regenerative agriculture, and share kai from the lan...
The Duff family's focus is working with nature when it comes to their permaculture farm and organic nursery, Kahikatea Farm. You can find ph...
Kiwi pilot Henry Phelps has gone from wilderness flying to helping combat Australia's bushfires, flying planes with special technology which...
From wild deer to huhu grubs - the Wildfoods Festival in Hokitika celebrates all foods foraged and feral. Anisha Satya talks to vender coord...
A wrap of conditions on farms and orchards around the country. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Country Life is with blade shearers from around the world in a woolshed in Tinui and immersed in the many attractions of the tiny community...