Sally Round

A southerly cruised through the Bay of Plenty making it miserably cold for staff continuing to prune kiwifruit. Bud burst has started in Marlborough vineyards. Some growers have been fighting frosts… Audio

Country Life is out whitebaiting on the first day of the season and chats with the co-founder of a NZ start-up developing a process which could disrupt the dairy industry and Cosmo Kentish-Barnes… Audio

A toddler on her back, a newborn in front and five dogs alongside... that's how you might find Taihape sheep and beef farmer Mairi Whittle. She's the fourth generation of her family to farm a steep… Audio

Early fruit trees are blossoming, asparagus heads are peeping out and lambing is in full swing as spring touched down this week after a miserable winter. Audio

Country Life this week profiles two women with quite different farming journeys. Christine Fernyhough's farming experience at Canterbury's Castle Hill Station is a story of a woman midlife having a go… Audio

The Country Life theme music has been introducing the programme for all of the show's 25 years on the airwaves. So who's behind it? Audio

A garden is being developed on the slopes of Te Mata Peak to enable more people easy access to rongoā Māori - traditional Māori healing with the help of plants. Tyne Nelson is among those leading the… Audio

Farmers In Waikato say they don't want any more rain for some time as July had double the usual amount. Calving is well underway In Southland and cows are munching their way through beet and swede… Audio

Putting a steak in the ground with heritage breed, The mandolin and the man behind the Country Life theme, Rongoā - a pathway to wellness on Te Mata Peak and On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions… Audio

Echo loves rolling in the snow but he has an important job to do while he's in the white stuff. He's an avalanche rescue dog and we are out with him and his handler keeping up his finely tuned skills… Video, Audio

Dairy farmers near Tauranga say their paddocks are drying off nicely during drier weather this week and in Southland ewes are being moved onto crops before lambing next month. Audio

Country Life heads to the slopes with a very special dog who's training to sniff out people buried in avalanches. The team also meet a 23 year old poultry farmer and visits one of the country's oldest… Audio