Cosmo Kentish Barnes

Warm, wet conditions are the order of the day around the North Island while in the South pruning's in full swing and ewe scanning continues in most regions. Audio

The Thornbury Vintage Tractor and Implement Club in Thornbury, Southland is the oldest vintage tractor club in New Zealand. It was formed over 50 years ago by three gentlemen following the recovery… Audio

Fonterra shows thousands of people through its Te Rapa site. Audio

The Gore Organic Food Co-Op has moved into a modest room in Brennan Lane, behind the old Creamoata factory that once was the home of Fleming's oatmeal porridge. While passing through Gore recently… Audio

As well as farming a small number of Merinos and Alpacas on her Swannanoa lifestyle block, Maria Churchill and her children also breed Chinchillas that are growing in popularity as a household pet. Audio

The Rangiora 8 Seconds Bullriding Rodeo pits New Zealand best riders with a truckload of angry Kiwi bulls that are bred to buck. Audio

Since the February 22nd earthquake, an influx of displaced Christchurch residents have made North Canterbury their temporary home. Cosmo Kentish-Barnes finds out how some people have coped with this… Audio

The Aromaunga Flowers nursery in Heathcote, Christchurch sits right above the point where the earthquake struck on 22 February. Cosmo Kentish-Barnes visits the growing business to find out what damage… Audio

Anne Thompson runs The Watford Grange Llama Park near Templeton in Canterbury, which is home to a herd of over one hundred Llama and is open to the public who are encouraged to mingle with these… Audio

The final part of this story that's set in Murchison in the 1930's, about rural life seen through the eyes of a farmer's daughter. Based on Sara Newman's book of the same name. Read by Yvonne Martin… Audio

An 8-part series set Murchison in the 1930's about rural life seen through the eyes of a farmer's daughter. Part 4 recounts the day of the 1929 Murchison earthquake from a child's perspective. Based… Audio

Episode two of a new 8-part series about rural life seen through the eyes of a young farmer's daughter from Murchison in the 1930's, based on Sara Newman's book of the same name. Read by Yvonne Martin… Audio

Episode one of a new 8-part series about rural life seen through the eyes of a young farmers daughter from Murchison in the 1930's, based on Sara Newman's book of the same name. Read by Yvonne Martin… Audio

The community's become one of the largest contributors to the West Coast economy and is based on a 1700-hectare inland farm where nearly 500 people live in relative seclusion. Audio

The Isaac Wildlife trust in Canterbury owns and runs Peacock Springs, an idyllic and safe environment for endangered New Zealand wildlife. This privately funded park covers a huge area of quarried… Audio

Large blocks of crown pastoral land in the South Island high country are going into private ownership through the tenure review process. Cosmo Kentish-Barnes finds out how tenure review works, if it's… Audio

Wayne Ashton is a second-generation apricot grower and the family's Sunbury Park Orchard in Central Otago brand produces New Zealand's most popular homegrown dried apricot. Audio

Very low pasture covers on most North Island farms, and down south the Dusky Sound earthquake has got everyone rocking. Audio

Professional rabbit hunter Bill Linwood works on several high country stations In Central Otago. Audio

Ormond Aquaculture is based near the Wairau Valley township in Marlborough. It's here that Cosmo Kentish-Barnes meets up with aqua farmer and environmental award winner Peter Wilhelmus whose organic… Audio