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County Life for Friday 8 November 2024
This week Country Life chats to a veterinarian at Wellington Zoo's animal hospital, Te Kohanga, about caring for native birds brought in to the centre and we're at a forum where scientists discuss the… Audio
Capturing greenhouse gases for farm feed
In a Rotorua lab scientists are cooking up plans to create stockfeed out of captured greenhouse gases from geothermal power stations Audio
Rory Dean - a rural vet inspired to write
Rory Dean, graduated as a vet from Edinburgh University in 2015, and has already filled a book - Adventures of a Country Vet - full of adventures and experiences as a rural vet in his native UK and… Audio
On the Farm - a wrap of conditions around the country
A round-up of conditions on farms and orchards around the country Audio
Country Life Friday 1 November 2024
This week Country Life chats to a rural vet, visits a farm where horticulture is helping addicts recover and finds out about a ground breaking plan to capture greenhouse gases for feeding farm… Audio
Getting cosy and creative under canvas
Schoolchildren are learning in a bell tent on a riverside farm in South Wairarapa. They're taking part in a project connecting the community to the river and moana. Audio
Country Life for Friday 25 October 2024
This week Country Life catches up with a dairy farmer embracing regenerative farming, a Gisborne flower farmer who makes beautiful bouquets between juggling two young kids and finds out how a farm… Audio
Farming 101 What's a dag
In this first episode of Farming 101, we check in with sheep grazier Peter Crook to find out about dagging. Audio
Country Life for 18 October 2024
This week Country Life meets a keen gardener in the Far North, hops in the sheepyards to learn about dagging and we talk farm emissions with a sheep and beef farmer in Wairoa. Later we take a look… Audio
Country Life Friday 11 October 2024
This week Country Life joins the Girls Who Grow programme helping bridge the urban-rural divide and get more young women into the primary sector and the team meet two North Canterbury hunters helping… Audio
Dig This - Grow Hub ignites teens' interest in horticulture
Ag classes at school sometimes get a bad rap but a new learning hub at a Bay of Plenty college is turning that around. Teens in the heart of kiwifruit country are being trained up for a career in… Audio
On the Farm for 4 October 2024
A monthly look at conditions on farms and orchards around the country. Audio
Full Episode for Friday 4 October 2024
This week Country Life checks in on Miley sheepdog in training - and joins Katikati College students learning more about a future in horticulture. Audio
144 Islands - A Northland vineyard inspired by vines from days
Old grape vines clambering over a tumbledown shed were the start of Jake Dromgool's own wine-growing venture 144 Islands. He grows a dizzying array of varieties on the volcanic soils outside Kerikeri.
…Full Episode for Friday 27 September 2024
This week Country Life is in a vineyard in Northland and heads to a farm on the Hurunui River, where off the beaten track tourism is sustaining two generations of sheep farmers. Audio