Country Life

This week the Country Life team catch up with some sheep farmers busy with docking and crutching on the land, and then a taste of the sea, as they sample different seaweeds. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Farming in the wake of the Mt Tarawera eruption has tested the Ford family for nearly a century. But dam-building and a lighter footprint on the land in the sensitive Rotorua Lakes area has earned them environmental accolades. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

As part of Aotearoa's first seaweed festival, Pacific Harvest hosted a seaweed tasting event where people could sample various red, green and brown dried seaweeds. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Sometimes it takes an outsider to come in and give a dyed-in-the-wool farmer a wee nudge. This is where Southland entrepreneur Laura Todd comes in. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

A round-up of the week's news from the primary sector. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

This week on Country Life the team head to a luxury lodge where farming is all part of the experience, and Tuatapere's domain is transformed into a sensory celebration of rural life during the annual Waiau A&P Show. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Tuatapere's picturesque domain is transformed into a sensory celebration of rural life during the annual Waiau A&P Show. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Farm manager Bradley Riggs has more than just sheep and cattle to think about. He has high profile guests and celebs staying at the farm's luxury lodge and enjoys showing them the kiwi farming life and traditions. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Geoff Allott, a former Black Cap and co-founder of exporting company Quality NZ, has been in the Indian market for 12 years. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

A round-up of the week's news from the primary sector. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

We take a bite of the apple breeding process and learn what it takes to make the fruit of tomorrow and the team visit a farming commune in Golden Bay that's still going strong after 50 years. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

We find out what it takes to produce some of New Zealand's tastiest apples by heading inside Plant & Food Research where they help Prevar create new apple and pear varieties. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Rainbow Valley is located on regenerating whenua at the end of a gravel road near Tākaka. Several families share the land and help run a small farm for the benefit of the whole community. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

A round-up of the week's news from the primary sector. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

A pre-harvest update from the Greystone Wines, that recently hosted the inaugural Underground soil, food and farming festival. With viticulturalist and farming advisor, Nick Gill. You can read more here. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

We meet a small-scale farmer who has big ideas on how smaller farms can help solve the growing problem of food insecurity in New Zealand and a Southland deer farmer, who's invented a non-polluting baleage wrap that animals can eat. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Seven-hectares can produce a "magnificent" amount of food. So says small-scale farmer and Kellogg scholar Alison Bentley who's done just that, growing beef cattle, hazelnuts and a wide range of fruit on her small farm near Rotorua. Alison Bentley's Kellogg research report titled "Small scale food growers and their role in New Zealand's sustainable food future" can be found here Here is a link to the "Peri-Urban Design" concept Alison spoke of. Results of the hazelnut trial can be found here Alison’s website: https://tikiterefarm.co.nz/ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Plastic free paddocks have become a reality thanks to Grant Lightfoot. The Orepuke deer farmer has invented a nonpolluting baleage wrap that animals can eat. More info and photos can be found here Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Golden Shears President Trish Stevens shares her love of the wool industry and which heats the one to watch at this year's shearing and woolhandling championship event in Masterton. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Grapes are being picked in Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa, Taranaki's in drought and the hop harvest is about to start in Tasman. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details