Carol Stiles

The Whangarei area has an estimated 1500 kilometres of dry stone walls. Some were built as early as the 1860s. Fred and Jim Osborne build and maintain walls, Catherine Ballard has written a book about… Audio

The buzz of top dressing planes can be heard in parts of the North Island and in the South, windmills have been whirring and helicopters hovering over frost prone crops. Audio

A selection of primary industry stories from throughout the week. Audio

High winds have battered the North Island and in the South, it's been raining cats and dogs. Audio

Demolition crews have levelled the old Homai College for the Blind in Manurewa and now a brand new, purpose built building has gone up in its place. BLENNZ principal Jane Wells tells us about the… Audio

Now that spring is here more and more kiwifruit orchardists are finding the vine killing disease PSA on their orchards. What do you do when your orchard tests PSA positive? Audio

A selection of primary industry stories from throughout the week. Audio

Grass growth is a little slow in the North Island and stock are on top of it in many places, in the South Island.In the South Island arable farmers are in clover. Audio

The Hakatere Station in the foothills of the Alps in Mid-Canterbury is now part of the Hakatere Conservation Park and managed by the Department of Conservation. It was once considered to be good sheep… Audio

Diane Howe delivers the mail to 500 rural customers near Hokitika. Audio

A selection of primary industry stories from throughout the week. Audio

Anton "The Chicken Boy" Cooper from Central Otago. Audio

The North Island has had a mixed bag of heavy showers, wind and sunshine and in the South Island lambing is in full swing. Audio

Carol Stiles takes a look around Hamilton's artificial limb centre with a man who has been helping people get back up on their feet for 45 years. Audio

Agricultural news. Audio

Rain in the North Island and on the mainland the sun is out and lambs are starting to come out too. Audio

The Whangarei Growers' market is the largest and oldest market of its kind in New Zealand. It was started by two growers 15 years ago who were sick of the supermarket chains squeezing returns. The… Audio

Your host at Blackball's Club Hotel is Arnie Jansen who also has a flock of sheep that regularly follow him down the road in order reach paddocks on the other side of town. Audio

A brief selection of rural news from the past week. Audio

In both the North and South Island it's been wet, wet, wet. But there is grass growth in many areas because it's been relatively mild. Audio