Sally Round

This week on Country Life, Dana Thompson and her family are living off the land in South Otago and helping others who want to do the same. She shares what she has learned in a weekly blog and a vlog… Audio

Docking's started in blustery weather in the North and in Te Waipounamu it was a wild week for many on both sides of the main divide. Audio

This week Country Life meets a Tapanui farmer who breeds head-turning cattle, visits an old dairy factory being saved from ruin and heads to Northland to meet a rural woman who wears many hats… Audio

Dr Jessica Hutchings, (Ngai Tahu, Gujarati), is an organic farmer, yoga teacher and "recovering" academic who's written books on Maori food security. She has been a leader of the hua parakore or Maori… Audio

Urban farming in the Hutt Valley helps feed hundreds, a kanuka honey natural healthcare product is to be sold in North America, a former airline pilot says many out-of-work colleagues will consider… Audio

The Hawkes Bay countryside has been transformed by winter rain. In the McKenzie Basin, merino shearing is underway. Audio

The Port Hills are still scarred after devastating fires burned across 2000 hectares of bush and farmland in 2017 but every year volunteers head up into the hills to replant them with native bush; a… Audio

Anna Blair Northland Bull farmer, Dairy Trainee of the Year from 2019, Phil Guscott talks farm succession. Audio

The problem of passing on the family farm to kids has long been a headache for farmers. But it's become even more of a predicament as the farming population ages. There's a range of questions - what… Audio

When Richard Ashcroft was a boy he loved sailing toy boats down a stream, building huts and swinging on vines in the bush. He thinks modern day kids especially those in towns and cities have been… Audio, Gallery

There's been perfect lambing weather in the North Island and calves are arriving early in Otago. Audio

Regional wrap; a census of rare breeds in NZ; Free to Roam; An action-packed farm experience for urban kids; Feedback from listeners. Audio