Rachel Whalley
Country schoolchildren prepare to spread their wings
Country Life's guests this week are preparing for a big week in Wellington with schoolchildren who have only ever met online. The primary students are soon to leave their remote and rural schools for… Audio
Country schoolchildren prepare to spread their wings
Country Life's guests this week are preparing for a big week in Wellington with schoolchildren who have only ever met online. The primary students are soon to leave their remote and rural schools for…
AudioMatatā family to move out of home after rezoning
A Bay of Plenty family are having to move out of their home because of a rezoning of land due to risk.
In 2005, the Awatarariki fanhead on the coast of Matatā flooded with slurry, rocks and timber… Audio
Two households left in Matatā red-zone
D-day has come for Matatā residents in a red-zoned debris flow risk area, and they are now squatters on their own land.
In 2005, the Awatarariki fanhead on the coast of the Eastern Bay of Plenty was… Audio
Online learning here to stay after Covid-19 lockdown
Friday marks the official end of a school year that some hope has permanently changed the way classrooms work.
The national and Auckland lockdowns forced hundreds-of-thousands of students and their… Audio
Covid-19: Schools, universities prepare for shut-downs
Schools and universities are figuring out how to teach students from home if they are shut down because of the Covid-19 virus.
They say it is not easy to set up an online course and one Wellington… Audio
Matata residents weigh up Government offer
Matata residents are weighing their options, after local councils and central government offered to buy properties in a dangerous debris flow zone at a market rate.
The decision comes 14 years after… Audio