Sally Round

Bay of Plenty kiwfruit growers are being kept awake at night over the worker shortage and calves are being weaned, drenched and vaccinated in South Otago. Audio

Country Life chats with North Otago students who are burying cotton undies for six weeks to see how much they degrade and we're in Gisborne measuring forests and making salads... Audio

An isolated bout of hail hit some maize crops in Waikato this week, while in the South Island the Marlborough region is looking a picture. Audio

Country Life finds out how robotics are helping a dairy farm in Manawatu and meets some farmers who switched from milking cows to milking sheep this spring. Plus with all the talk around regenerative… Audio

While thousands of seasonal workers are now to be allowed in to work in the horticultural industry, some farms will still be short of workers due to border restrictions.

But robots are making life… Video, Audio

Country Life this week is out with a vet getting up close and personal with rams and the team's meeting some champion pigs. Audio

The Solomon Islands government is moving to suspend Facebook in the country saying people are being abusing it. Activists say it's a threat to freedom of expression and local businesses fear cutting… Audio

The Solomon Islands government is moving to suspend Facebook in the country - saying it's being abused.

A ban would put the Pacific island nation alongside just four other countries in the world… Audio

Country Life this week speaks to a couple who have developed avocado varieties they say NEVER produce a dud, takes a tour of a grand historic home in Rangitikei and talks to an Otago couple making the… Audio