FULL SHOW: Country Life for 28 August 2026
This week Country Life is on a high tech beef farm and visits a training centre teaching how to handle rural health emergencies. You can fin...
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20 of 390 episodesTechno grazing on an intergenerational family farm in Taranaki
Introducing virtual fencing and other technology has helped the Hardwick-Smith family double the profitability of some parts of their sheep...
Training the future of rural emergency care
The Rural Health Academic Centre, Ashburton, teaches young doctors and nurses how to handle rural emergencies. You can find photos and read...
Farming 101 - Triple Trouble?
With lambing well underway, sheep grazier Peter Crook shares some down-to-earth advice on how to deal with triplet lambs. With thanks to: Pe...
The Bird Nurse
Injured feathered patients find a safe and restful spot to recuperate in Averil Osborne's ward. With thanks to: Averil Osborne Go to this ep...
On the Farm for 28 August 2026
A wrap of conditions on farms and orchards around New Zealand Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 21 August 2026
This week Country Life is on farms looking for meteorites, and newborn calves, visits a herd home for cows and takes you into the world of a...
Great ball of fire, tiny rocks and a very big paddock
Searching for a bit of space debris in a farm paddock is like looking for a needle in a haystack, except you're not quite sure where the hay...
Herd home: How a Taranaki dairy farm lifted its milk solids by 30,000 kilograms
Spending an extra half a million dollars building a herd home for his cows means Paul Kuriger can milk for an extra month while helping prot...
From the Archives: It's calving time
Back in 2021 producer Sally Round got up before the birds to meet Carterton dairy farmer Jodie James and his team to find out what happens o...
What's for Smoko with Philippa Cameron
Our Changing World's Claire Concannon talks to station cook Philippa Cameron. You can find photos and read more about the stories in this ep...
Rural News Wrap for 21 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 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...
Raptor 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...