Rural
Berry grower Bob Teal - finding a niche and bearing fruit
Bob Teale's inventiveness has allowed him to keep growing a niche range of berries into his 80s. Old push chairs for harvesters and a handy little electric golf cart helps him run up and down the… Audio
The power of protein
Distinguished professor Paul Moughan from the Riddet Institute breaks down what protein is, why we need it and all the things you need to know when considering your protein fix. Audio
Midday Rural News for 6 June 2025
Livestock tuberculosis has made its way back to Hawkes Bay. Audio
Colville's tiny volunteer postal service: 'We know who's who'
An hour's drive from the northern tip of Coromandel Peninsula, you'll find a tiny post office run by volunteers. As rural postal services shrink, the small community here ensures the old motto "the…
From the Archives: My old man said follow the cows
June 1 is an important day in the farming calendar when dairy farmers relocate animals, typically from one farm to another, for the start of the new season. Back in 2009 producer Susan Murray stepped… Audio
Colville people ensure the mail gets through
An hour's drive from the northern tip of Coromandel, you'll find a tiny post office run by volunteers. As rural postal services shrink, the small community here - population about 15-hundred - has… Audio
Venture Taranaki 'Branching Out' across the region
Michelle Bauer from Venture Taranaki's Branching Out programme shares exciting new opportunities for Taranaki landowners to diversify their farming and growing operations. Audio
Country Life Friday 30 May 2025
This week Country Life moves with the cows on that traditional day of the farming calendar - Mooving Day. The team's also in northern Coromandel where locals have fought back to retain their local… Audio
On the Farm - a wrap of farming around NZ
Country Life speaks to farmers and growers around NZ to find out about growing conditions over the past month. Audio
Midday Rural News for 30 May 2025
Farmers are feeling confident dairy prices will remain strong. Audio
'Mooving Day': Farmers ask drivers not to honk
For the annual event to relocate cows they also have a plea for motorists: drive slowly.
'Don't go far enough': Industry unimpressed by government targets
The targets come after a review found the approval process wasn't always allowing timely access to the products.
Everything's coming up roses as Rural Women marks centenary
A rose created for the occasion is already two thirds sold.
The business turning kiwifruit into a leather alternative
KiwiLeather Innovations aims to repurpose the 50,000 tonnes of kiwifruit rejected in New Zealand each year.
100 years of rural broadcasting
Informing, entertaining and connecting isolated farmers was a prime goal of the Radio Broadcasting Company, officially incorporated in August 1925 and a forerunner to RNZ. As RNZ celebrates the… Audio
