Cosmo Kentish Barnes
Regenerating stream is great news for Rakaia salmon
It's been 70 years since fresh mountain water rippled through the east branch of Glenariffe Stream in Canterbury's Rakaia Gorge. Now, thanks to a generous bequest, it will soon flow again.
AudioCountry Life for 23 September 2022
Young salmon urged to linger for longer in fenced off waterway, Aiming for Sweet Success - from old carpet factory to vertical strawberry farm, Asparagus season about to start in North Island and On… Audio
Country Life for 23 September 2022
Young salmon urged to linger for longer in fenced off waterway, Aiming for Sweet Success - from old carpet factory to vertical strawberry farm, Asparagus season about to start in North Island and On…
AudioSweet success for siblings at Waitaki Valley orchard
Growing stone fruit at Waitaki Orchards is a family affair. Justin and Julie Watt bought the 34-hectare property in 2003 and their six children all learnt how to prune, pick and pack. Their… Audio
Sweet success for siblings at Waitaki Valley orchard
Growing stone fruit at Waitaki Orchards is a family affair. Justin and Julie Watt bought the 34-hectare property in 2003 and their six children all learnt how to prune, pick and pack. Their…
AudioCountry Life for 16 September 2022
Country Life is in a secret location in the centre of the North Island digging under pine trees for ginseng, a root which is prized in traditional Chinese medicine. The team is also at the only… Audio
Country Life for 16 September 2022
Country Life is in a secret location in the centre of the North Island digging under pine trees for ginseng, a root which is prized in traditional Chinese medicine. The team is also at the only…
AudioCanterbury sheep farmers roll out woollen exercise mats
Best of 2022 - With crossbred wool prices remaining low, Canterbury sheep farmers Jane and Mark Schwass are producing exercise mats with their wool clip. Audio
Canterbury sheep farmers roll out woollen exercise mats
Best of 2022 - With crossbred wool prices remaining low, Canterbury sheep farmers Jane and Mark Schwass are producing exercise mats with their wool clip.
AudioCountry Life for 9 September 2022
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
Country Life for 9 September 2022
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…
Audio25 Years of Country Life - Queen of the Castle
In celebration of Country Life's 25th anniversary, we're sharing a popular 2008 story about writer Christine Fernyhough's midlife change from the Auckland business world to farming on a high-country… Audio, Gallery
Country Life for 2 September 2022
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
25 Years of Country Life - Queen of the Castle
In celebration of Country Life's 25th anniversary, we're sharing a popular 2008 story about writer Christine Fernyhough's midlife change from the Auckland business world to farming on a high-country…
AudioCountry Life for 2 September 2022
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…
AudioSniffing dog stops wallabies skipping south
A cute detection dog called Toby is helping an Otago pest control team track down wily wallabies crossing the Waitaki River. The Aussie imports are escaping South Canterbury's Wallaby Containment… Audio
Sniffing dog stops wallabies skipping south
A cute detection dog called Toby is helping an Otago pest control team track down wily wallabies crossing the Waitaki River. The Aussie imports are escaping South Canterbury's Wallaby Containment…
AudioSheep farmer struggles to control huge hungry hoppers
Best of 2022 - Back in the 1950s, a group of wallabies turned up at Wainui Station... and never left. Audio
Sheep farmer struggles to control huge hungry hoppers
Best of 2022 - Back in the 1950s, a group of wallabies turned up at Wainui Station... and never left.
AudioMoving to the lambing beat
Every morning during lambing Alistair Bird heads out with his binoculars and a Go Pro camera to look for new born lambs and birthing ewes that are struggling. He uses the GoPro to record the highs and… Audio