Carol Stiles

In the North Island calving is going well everywhere and the South Island has had a pretty kind week weatherwise with lambing and calving getting underway in many areas. Audio

Brian Peacock looks at trends in rural real estate. Audio

After a chilly start to the week, the North Island ended up mildish and dry by Friday. The South Island's east coast around Christchurch and coastal Southland got snow, but inland areas were snow… Audio

Carne Technologies is a Cambridge firm which specialises in research and development work around the electrical stunning and stimulation of meat carcasses to produce the best possible meat to eat. It… Audio

Most of the South Island's had a chance to dry out this week - but cold weather's on the way. Calves are beginning to arrive thick and fast in the North Island. Audio

Nga Uruora is a Maori phrase meaning Groves of Life - and it's also a conservation project on the Kapiti Coast. Set up in 1997, its aim is to coax back the dawn chorus from nearby Kapiti Island Nature… Audio

Hillcrest High School students head out to a dairy farm to gather information for an NCEA assessment. Audio

Wet conditions are still haunting most North Island farmers while in the South Island more snow has fallen and some farms are also struggling in the wet. Audio

The Mahi Boys work each day on farms, orchards and other rural properties in the Bay of Plenty. The men call themselves 'psych survivors' - they live with mental illness and are picking up skills they… Audio

On a wet Sunday afternoon dozens of hunters mingle outside the Ashley Hotel in North Canterbury after dropping off their entries for the annual pig hunt. Audio

The new president of Federated Farmers Bruce Wills outlines clear priorities for the organisation. He's a Hawke's Bay sheep and beef farmer, replacing Don Nicolson, who's headed the farmer advocacy… Audio

The North Island is still saturated but chilly fine days arrived mid week. In the South Island, Otago's had its first hard frost of the winter. Audio

Pollination biologist Dr. Linda Newstrom-Lloyd talks about the 'Trees for Bees' programme, which has been established by the Federated Farmers Bee Industry Group. Audio

About 400 buyers and interested observers packed into a marquee on a Waikato dairy farm on Thursday night as 90 cows and calves from New Zealand's top producing herd are sold. Extra staff were flown… Audio

A North Auckland farmer is sticking fluoro polka dot patches on a cow's rear end. Audio

North Island pasture growth rates are about double the usual for this time of year and South Island farmers are still waiting for winter to arrive. Audio

It has remained unseasonally warm in both islands and store stock prices are "hot". Audio

Carriage driving attracts a small but very dedicated group of competitors. In summer every second weekend they compete in events all around the North sland. Carriages are hitched up to ponies, grooms… Audio

A year after our first visit, we return to Omihi Primary School in the Waipara Valley to find out about a bio-diversity trail the children were creating on the school grounds. The project's completed… Audio

Summer and autumn have come together in the North Island with very mild, but also very wet conditions. It's much the same in the South Island with warm weather helping push grass growth along still. Audio