Carol Stiles

Farmers in the far north have had to get their wet weather gear out this week and pruning has started on orchards and vineyards. Audio

Country Life this week talks to workers who've switched to dairying from quite different careers and love the farming life. In The 90s File we speak to Riley Kennedy who is keen to tell stories about… Audio

New Zealand's live lobster industry is worth about $320 million annually, much of it sold to China. However, back on January 24 exports came to a halt when China shut down its Chinese New Year… Audio, Gallery

Originally from Oklahoma, Matt is a PhD student at Lincoln University. He's working with Callaghan Innovation and Agriseeds on promoting better health and nutrition for dairy cows, sheep and deer. Audio

Frosts tickled much of the North Island this week. Now saleyards have opened the demand for store stock has improved. Audio

The Shearing Contractors Association says it may have to recruit newcomers to the industry if shearers and shed workers form the northern hemisphere are unable to come in to New Zealand this year. Audio

It's back to business in market town Feilding and the live lobster industry claws its way back now that air freight to China has resumed. The Shearing Contractors Association says it may have to… Audio

It's still horrifically dry in Southern Hawkes Bay and some Gisborne mandarins are being held on trees until demand picks up post lockdown, while in the South Island green kiwifruit are being… Audio

Country Life has a bit of a dry programme today : there is the personal impact of the severe drought in Southern Hawkes Bay ... a convoy of trucks taking stock food from Wairarapa to Hawkes Bay, and a… Audio

Hawkes Bay is in dire straits with a continuing drought, Northland which was in one of the worst droughts on record, has had rain. A parched Marlborough received rain last weekend and South Otago is… Audio

SMASH, Norsewood cemetery, an apple picking guest, stranded RSE workers from Vanuatu, the Regional Wrap and what has happened next for Dayanne Almeida. Audio

Farmers in most parts of the country are longing for rain forecast for this weekend. RSE workers have finished long seasons in New Zealand but many can't get home to the Pacific because of Covid-19… Audio