Rural
Dumped roosters running wild Whakatāne
Dumped roosters are roaming Whakatāne, but residents concerned for their welfare say it's hard to get anyone to take responsibility.
Wool prices solid, but farmers hoping for rises in future
A review of the latest wool season shows prices were stable, with some wool types approaching three-year highs.
Glorit? Never heard of it
You've probably never heard of Glorit until Northland's power was cut off the other week - Leonard Powell went there to have a look around Audio
Midday Rural News for 3 July 2024
Geo-political tensions will make trading conditions difficult for our exporters. Audio
Farmer's fight with depression: 'We lost Wayne, bit by bit'
Tyler Langford says watching her husband succumb to mental illness was like watching him "disappear before your eyes". Video
Kaputī and kaitiakitanga in Taemaro Bay
Sandra Heihei is the 17th generation of her family living in remote Taemaro Bay. She and her husband Alfonso live off grid and are among kaitiaki of this ancestral coastal land. Passing on knowledge… Audio
Compost replaces chemical fertilisers on South Otago dairy farm
Regenerative farming suits Mark Anderson down to the ground. He's focused on putting as much life and diversity back into the land and says the benefits to the entire farm, and his own well-being, are… Audio
Bringing kiwi back to the capital: A national taonga returns to Wellington
A night out tracking the new kiwi which call Wellington, and Terawhiti Station, home with the Capital Kiwi Project team. Audio
Rural News Wrap
A round-up of the week's agricultural news from RNZ's rural news desk. Audio
Country Life for Friday 28 June 2024
This week the Country Life team spends a night out tracking kiwi in the capital, meets a family living off-grid on their ancestral land in the Far North and visits a South Otago dairy farm where… Audio
'Who wouldn't want kiwi in their backyard?'
Terawhiti Station is the cornerstone of a project that has seen kiwi return to the capital. Audio
Where Wellington's wild things live
Terawhiti Station, a 4800-ha farm off Wellington's west coast, is the cornerstone of a project that has seen kiwi return to the capital. Audio
Get your skates on
People in the small farming community of Staveley in Canterbury are hoping their newly upgraded ice rink can stand up to global warming after locals pitched in to pay for a new refrigeration system. Video, Audio
Rural News Wrap
A round-up of the week's agricultural news from RNZ's rural news desk. Audio
Swapping swipe cards for spuds
Sarah Mosley is a chip off the old block. The former Wellington hotel manager is following in her father's footsteps after she headed home to join the family potato-growing business in South Otago. Audio
Country Life for Friday 21 June 2024
Country Life meets a former hotel manager who's swapped swipe cards for growing spuds, goes for a skate at a country ice rink and visits the farm at the centre of Wellington's kiwi project. Audio
From farm to fabric to fashion
Georgina Lawson and her husband Willie farm 3000 sheep at Merton in North Otago. Last year, Georgina launched a line of 100 percent woollen coats made from the clip of their farm's Romdale hoggets. Audio
The secret life of bees
With more than 50 years' experience in the apiary industry, Frank Lindsay is a hive of information when it comes to all things bee. Audio
