FULL SHOW: Country Life for 19 June 2026
Country Life heads to Gore for the Tussock Country Music festival, visits a woollen mill in the heart of a remote hill country station whose...
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20 of 335 episodesA country music pilgrimage
Anisha visits Gore for a slice of the Tussock Country Music Festival - boots, utes, mullets and all! You can find photos and read more about...
Closing the loop: wool to yarn without leaving the farm
Taking the wool off the sheep's back and turning it into yarn within a few paces of the shearing shed has been a dream come true for a North...
Rural News Wrap for 19 June 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...
Wonderful Wool: Nuffield scholar see's bright future for natural fibre
Wairarapa-based Nuffield Scholar Lisa Portas recently wrapped up her research looking into why New Zealand's strong-wool sector struggles to...
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 12 June 2026
This week Country Life heads to a basketball game to celebrate rural migrants, checks out the new tech at Fieldays and follows the journey o...
From the Archives: City to Farm
Food scraps from retirement villages and schools are heping to nourish a banana orchard and other farms via the City to Farm project, which...
Migrants give back to their communities
Anisha learns how the rural Filipino migrant community has grown in the last 20 years - and watches some basketball. You can find photos and...
Galvbike: E-bike makers riding agritech wave at Fieldays
Anthony Clyde, considered the godfather of e-bikes in New Zealand, has created a new electric farmbike that's proving a hit at Fieldays, the...
Rural News Wrap for 12 June 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...
Country Life's Garden Diaries: From lawn to leafy greens
Follow along over the next few months as Gianina Schwanecke turns her backyard into a food garden in the name of resiliency. You can find ph...
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 5 June 2026
Country Life digs into the art of growing your own food and dips into the archives to to visit one of the country's longest running alternat...
From the Archives - A visit to Rainbow Valley
Rainbow Valley in Golden Bay is one of New Zealand's longest running alternative communities. Country Life paid the community a visit last y...
From the Philippines to Southland
Guillermo and Christina Tolentino share the joys and challenges of migrating to rural New Zealand. With thanks to: Guillermo Tolentino Chris...
Rural News Wrap for 5 June 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 29 May 2026
This week Country Life is at a training centre for wild Kaimanawa horses, and checks out the oyster harvest in Bluff. You can find photos an...
Oysters every way
Anisha heads to Bluff to understand the state of the wild oyster fishery. You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episod...
Teaching trust to the Kaimanawas
Kelly Wilson trains Kaimanawa wild horses at the sanctuary she's built on just over 18 hectares, a few minutes out of Taupō. Jimmy Ellingham...
Northland pests no match for backyard trap-maker
Steve Allan's been trapping and making traps for nearly 50 years. His simple, strong kill traps made in his home factory in Northland have e...
On the Farm for 29 May 2026
A round up of conditions on farms and orchards around the country You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our...