FULL SHOW: Country Life for 30 October 2026
This week Country Life digs into land uses on the East Coast, visits an old rural school turned communal village and checks out the action a...
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20 of 435 episodesRiding into rodeo season
Anisha experiences the Methven Rodeo, and meets the people behind it. You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on...
It takes a village
On the site of an old school south of Ōtaki, Makahuri is becoming a village of homes, gardens, chickens, cows and neighbours who look out fo...
The making of Te Tairāwhiti: Getting land use 'wrong' and where to from here
Māori agribusiness consultant Hilton Collier on Te Tairāwhiti's changing land uses. You can find photos and read more about the stories in t...
On the Farm for 30 October 2026
A wrap of conditions on farms and orchards around New Zealand A wrap of conditions on farms and orchards around the country. Go to this epis...
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 23 October 2026
Country Life hops in the cab of a stock truck moving cattle, joins a crew planting a food forest in Canterbury and takes a tour of the count...
Ride along: Ninety years helping drive Hawke's Bay's economy
Gianina takes a drive through remote parts of Hawke's Bay with Stephenson Transport, a multi-generation family run business still going stro...
Future-focussed food forests
A supermarket in forest form - Anisha joins researchers at Lincoln University to see how fruits, veggies and medicinal plants can coexist in...
Fleeces fly again at Napier's WoolWorks
After devastating cyclone damage, WoolWorks' Napier plant is humming again, transforming fleece from hill country shearing sheds into the cl...
Rural News Wrap for 23 October 2026
A wrap of news from RNZ's rural newsdesk. You can find more from RNZ's rural news team, here . Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more...
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 16 October 2026
Country Life checks in with the Electoral Commission about rural voting enrolments and turnout, gets stuck into a spring tidy of Gianina's g...
What it takes to run a country pub
How are pubs across the central South Island faring in 2026 - and what do their futures look like? You can find photos and read more about t...
Garden Diaries: Spring has sprung
The warmer weather means it's time to turn my attention back to the garden, bringing in the crops ready for harvest and preparing my seedlin...
The state of the rural vote
Electoral Commision chief executive Karl Le Quesne chats about rural voters, and how they can turn out to the polls in October. You can find...
Rural News Wrap for 16 October 2026
A wrap of news from RNZ's rural newsdesk. You can find more from RNZ's rural news team, here . Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more...
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 9 October 2026
Country Life meets a New Zealander looking after rescue bears in rural Germany and visits an orchid farm in Taranaki. You can find photos an...
An eye for an orchid
Eric Lander has grown cymbidium orchids for nearly half a century. His blooms can be found in vases from Dubai to New York, carefully bred a...
From the Archives: Striding out on Te Aratipi Station
Set on the coast of Hawke's Bay, Te Aratipi Station offers walkers on the farm views across the bay, from the Māhia Peninsula right around t...
The Kiwi among bears in Bavaria
John Pickard chats to Country Life from the German countryside where the New Zealander has an unusual job helping rescued bears learn to hib...
Rural News Wrap for 9 October 2026
A wrap of news from RNZ's rural newsdesk. You can find more from RNZ's rural news team, here . Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more...