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 celebrates Matariki with stories about Māori horticultural wisdom and a couple setting up star gazing experiences on their farm.
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
- 6:02 - Nick Roskruge - digging into indigenous knowledge
- 14:05 - 'We can grow anything here': A family's growing experiment
- 28:36 - Stars, ...
This Matariki, the stars align for Mark and Susannah Guscott - award winners bringing whakapapa and astronomy together on their sixth-generation Wairarapa farm.
You can find photos and read more about this episode on our webpage, here.
You can learn more about Glen Eden Farms, here. You can also learn more about their Star Safari, here.
And for Whitimanuka Retreat, see here.
In this episode:
- 0:50 - Roots that run deep
- 5:13 - Changin...
The McClutchie whānau explores growing different crops, with aspirations to grow Māori medicinal plants, on their family whenua in North Taranaki.
You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.
You can learn more about Venture Taranaki's Branching Out, here. Or by listening to this interview with Michelle Bauer here.
With thanks to:
- Rawiri McClutchie, Davis McClutchie, Richard McClutc...
Nick Rahiri Roskruge is Country Life's guest this week. His work in agriculture and soil science have taken him far afield looking at crops sustaining indigenous communities.
You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.
With thanks to:
- Nick Roskruge
A round-up of the week's news from the primary sector.
This week Country Life is out and about at Fieldays, meets a boy with a side hustle farming quail eggs, and chats around the kitchen table with the Harvey family about their century of farming.
You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.
In this episode:
- 0:41 - Rural News Wrap
- 7:45 - Rural Women NZ at 100
- 15:45 - The Quail Kid - cracking the egg market aged 12
- 27:45 - From generation to g...
Strong family support, innovation and a dash of good luck have seen the Harvey family of Wairarapa clock up a hundred years on Daisybank Farm near Martinborough. They're banking on a similar mix to see them through the next century.
You can find photos and read more about this episode on our webpage, here.
In this episode:
- 1:02 - Life at Daisybank
- 4:10 - The next generation takes over
- 7:23 - 100 years of farming
- 10:17 - 100 years o...
Hamish Sturgeon is on his first farming venture rearing quails for their eggs. They're healthy, delicious and it's a fun side-hustle keeping the cute little birds fed, watered and healthy, the young teen says.
You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.
With thanks to:
- Hamish Sturgeon and his mum Briar Sturgeon
- Giovanni Vico
As Rural Women New Zealand marks its centennial year, it hopes a $250,000 boost in government funding can help fuel its mission to connect, support, and advocate for women in rural communities. President Sandra Matthews is Country Life's guest this week.
You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.
You can read more about the centenary rose, here.
With thanks:
- Sandra Matthews, Rural Wom...
A round-up of the week's news from the primary sector.
This week Country Life delves into the world of protein, finds out how a small community raises money for a rescue service through its hunting competition and meets an orchardist with a knack for upcycling as well as growing.
You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.
In this episode:
- 0:44 - Rural News Wrap
- 07:30 - The Power of Protein
- 16:48 - Bob Teal's Bruntwood Orchard
- 30:23 - ...
The annual Pongaroar hunting competition is remote Tarara District helps hunters and farmers tackle growing pest numbers, while getting together and raising funds for the local rescue helicopter.
You can find photos and read more about this episode on our webpage, here.
With thanks to:
- Abbey Maher
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Bob Teale's resourcefulness has allowed him to keep growing a niche range of berries into his 80s at Bruntwood Orchard near Cambridge. He uses upcycled push chairs as picking trolleys and adapted his golf cart to run under his DIY tunnel houses.
You can find photos and read more about this episode on our webpage, here.
With thanks to:
- Bob Teal, Bruntwood Orchard
Distinguished professor Paul Moughan from the Riddet Institute breaks down what protein is, why we need it and all the things you need to know when considering your protein fix.
You can find photos and read more about this episode on our webpage, here.
With thanks:
- Distinguished professor Paul Moughan, The Riddet Institute
A round-up of the week's news from the primary sector.
You can find more from the rural news team here
This week Country Life moves with the cows on that traditional day of the farming calendar - Mooving Day. The team's also in northern Coromandel where locals have fought back to retain their local post office and finds out about diversification in Taranaki.
You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.
In this episode:
- 0:53- On the farm
- 8:34- Venture Taranaki 'Branching Out' acr...
June 1 is an important day in the farming calendar when dairy farmers relocate animals, typically from one farm to another, for the start of the new season. Back in 2009 producer Susan Murray stepped out with some farmers to find out what the day - now known as Mooving Day - involves.
With thanks to:
- Mike and Raewyn Sweeney, and Gary Coombe
For more on Mooving Day, click here .
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An hour's drive from the northern tip of Coromandel, you'll find a tiny post office run by volunteers. As rural postal services shrink, the small community here - population about 1500 - has taken things into its own hands to ensure the old motto "the mail must get through".
You can find photos and read more about this episode on our webpage, here.
With thanks to:
- Peter Sander
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Michelle Bauer from Venture Taranaki's Branching Out programme shares exciting new opportunities for Taranaki landowners to diversify their farming and growing operations.
You can learn more about Venture Taranaki's Branching Out, here.
You can also find our previous interview with organic dairy farmer Janet Fleming who's taking part in the trial, here.
With thanks to:
- Michelle Bauer
Country Life speaks to farmers and growers around NZ to find out about growing conditions over the past month.
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