Country Life
The Country Life team take you all over the motu to hear the extraordinary stories of every day rural New Zealand.
Episodes
This week Country Life takes you to a farm grazing pigs and cattle beneath solar panels and meets organic honey producers Shayne and Elizabeth Mackenzie, and a recent Lincoln University graduate.
You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.
In this episode:
- 0:44 - An update on Tasman
- 2:22 - Rural News Wrap
- 7:32 - Connecting people 'from the land' with those working on the land
- 1...
Dual land use, with pigs and cattle grazing under solar panels, has unlocked new opportunities for Waitangi Farm in Waiuku. Mostly importantly say Nigel and Merrin Upchurch, it aligns with their values.
You can find photos and read more about this episode on our webpage, here.
In this episode:
- 0:16 - Feeding time at Waitangi Farm
- 5:03 - Homecoming and an ecologist's 'classroom'
- 9:10 - What is agrivoltaics?
- 12:40 - Lig...
A honey shed on a hill is buzzing with the sound of honey flowing into jars as the bees take a hard-earned rest from honey making. Country Life meets Shayne and Elizabeth Mackenzie whose organic honey is produced from hives scattered over remote parts of the northern Coromandel peninsula.
You can find photos and read more about this episode on our webpage, here.
You can learn more about Woodland's Honey, here.
With thanks to:
<...Time spent helping his grandparents on their whenua near Kāwhia inspired a love of farming for Harris Moana. Having just finished his Agribusiness studies he's now focussed on building his reo so he can act as a bridge between industry and tangata whenua.
With thanks to:
- Harris Moana
A round-up of the week's news from the primary sector.
This week producer Cosmo Kentish-Barnes is in his wet weather gear in the Tasman district meeting farmers and other rural residents, still battered and bruised from one catastrophic weather event, staring down the barrel of another deluge.
You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode here.
In this episode:
- 0.38 News wrap
- 6.20 Tasman's rural resilience tested by back-to-back storms
As a second weather bomb lashed the Tasman region, Cosmo Kentish-Barnes was on the ground with farmers and rural people, still battered and bruised from the first flood and staring down the barrel of another deluge.
You can find photos and read more here.
A wrap of the week's news from RNZ's rural news desk
This week Country Life follows the trail of food scraps from the table to farms with the City to Farm project north of Auckland, meets two young farming-focused youngsters at the top of their game, and dips into the archives to head to a working farm dog sale.
You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.
In this episode:
Food scraps from retirement villages and schools are helping to nourish a banana orchard and other farms via the City to Farm project, which aims to keep organic waste out of landfill and help curb climate change.
You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.
Find out more about the City to Farm project here .
A dip into the archives when Cosmo Kentish-Barnes attended the 64th annual Ashburton cattle and sheep dog sale to find out what these hard-working dogs are worth.
You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.
Rangiora High School students John Lundy and Harry Parish were awarded one of New Zealand's top primary sector accolades at last weekend's FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year Grand Final in Southland.
You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.
A wrap of news from the rural news desk
This week Country Life returns to a vegetable farm to see whether it's radical plan to feed the community is working and looks at plans for plastic waste on farm. And the team meet a animal advocate who has turned her rural property in North Canterbury into a haven for rescued farm animals.
You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.
In this episode:
- 0:43 - On the Farm
- 8:30 - Agrecovery...
Sharlene Wilson has turned her rural property in North Canterbury into a haven for rescued farm animals who find healing, freedom and a place to truly belong.
You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.
In this episode:
- 0:12 - Animals of all shapes and sizes
- 4:38 - In search of a new home
- 9:40 - Meet Marshmallow
- 13:48 - Volunteers
With thanks to:
- Sharlene Wilson, Canterbury Tails ...
Crooked Vege's pay-what-you-can model for its vege boxes may have been a radical idea two years ago but it's plan seems to be working. The small farm has had its challenges, though.
You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.
If you'd like to support Crooked Vege's fundraiser, go to their website
Agrecovery's seen huge growth in the 20 years it's been operating, with those in the primary sector looking for new ways to recycle on-farm plastic. "We know the farmers and growers are wanting solutions."
You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.
You can learn more about Agrecovery, here. And for more information about the proposed regulations, see here.
With thanks to:
- Tony Wilson <...
Country Life speaks to farmers and growers around New Zealand to find out about growing conditions over the past month.
You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.
This week Country Life dives underground to take a closer look at soils, from Canterbury farmers using the Japanese Bokashi system to a market gardener making garden beds as rich as chocolate cake in Taranaki. We also unpack the recently announced biodiversity credits.
You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.
In this episode:
- 0:48 - Rural News Wrap
- 5:52 - Dollars for nature - a loo...
Over the past 20 years, Jodi Roebuck and his wife Tanya have turned a bare paddock into a thriving market garden with an emphasis on microgreens, teachers others from around the world how to do the same.
You can find photos and read more about this episode on our webpage, here.
You can learn more about Roebuck Farm, here.
In this episode:
- 0:19 - Roebuck Farm
- 3:26 - Cover crops
- 7:04 - Microgreens
- 14:19 - Wash and pack
With thanks...
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