FULL SHOW: Country Life for 14 August 2026
Country Life visits a centre helping injured birds of prey return to the wild and an insect farm breeding beneficial bugs. You can find phot...
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20 of 378 episodesRaptor rescues in Timaru
The NZ Raptor Trust has spent the last decade helping birds of prey recover from road accidents and return to the wild. You can find photos...
A force to be reckoned with
Bioforce grows beneficial insects, sending them around the country to gardeners and orchardists, providing a fighting force to beat back pes...
Instagram-able rural scene causing headache for locals
Dairy farmer Amanda Jordan lives in view of one of Aotearoa's most beautiful sights, but she says visitors are playing with lives snapping p...
Rural News Wrap for 14 August 2026
A wrap of the week's news from RNZ's rural news team. You can find more from RNZ's rural news team, here . Go to this episode on rnz.co...
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 7 August 2026
This week Country Life delves into the world of rare breeds, meets a farmer foraging seed for her native trees and heads to an olive grove o...
From hill country to olive country
After decades farming sheep and beef on rugged hill country, Diana and Grant Crosse made an unlikely career change, swapping livestock for o...
The farmer with the seed fridge
Farmer Sandra Campbell shows us the native trees she's grown from foraged seed, and how they're making her farm a "nicer place to be." You c...
Rare breeds at Avonstour Heritage Farm
John Earney finds the value in rare, sometimes almost forgotten breeds of animal. The president of the Rare Breeds Conservation Society of N...
Rural News Wrap for 7 August 2026
A wrap of the week's news from RNZ's rural news team. Make sure you’re following us on your favourite podcast app, so you don’t miss new epi...
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 31 July 2026
This week Country Life digs into the arable world, meets the maker of the world's "supreme champion cheese" and learns about growing plants...
Hydroponics in Horowhenua: Growing with water
Husband and wife duo Tony and Lisa Dale-Low traded corporate life in the city for growing fresh herbs and salad greens. You can find photos...
A world champion from a little town called Eltham
In the heart of Taranaki dairy country, a large silver trophy has arrived from Europe. The team at Lactalis' Bridge Street plant in Eltham a...
The state of the arable industry - and it's future
Scott Champion shares how the Foundation for Arable Research is working to rebuild confidence and stability in the cropping sector. With tha...
On the Farm for 31 July 2026
A wrap of conditions on farms and orchards around the country. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 24 July 2026
This week Country life talks to an American poultry farmer about her bird flu experience, visits a llama farmer and meets a family who've be...
Celery, butterflies and Travis the goat
For 120 years, the Franklin family has farmed celery through changing markets, wild weather and six generations of family life. Alongside th...
Addicted to yarn: Llama herd follows love of fibre
It was the 1990s when many farms were looking to diversify. 'Why not llamas?', thought Southland spinner and farmer Janette Buckingham. You...
What New Zealand can learn from a farmer who lived through H5N1
What happens when bird flu arrives on your farm? Delaware poultry farmer and educator Georgie Cartanza shares her first hand experience of a...
Rural News Wrap for 24 July 2026
A wrap of the week's news from RNZ's rural news team. You can find more from RNZ's rural news team, here . Go to this episode on rnz.co...