Country Life

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The Country Life team take you all over the motu to hear the extraordinary stories of every day rural New Zealand.

Episode Date
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 8 May 2026
May 08, 2026
Hunting out the next generation of hunters at the Pureora Hunting Competition
May 08, 2026
On-farm conservation
May 08, 2026
Skinny-dipping inspires back-to-nature rural venture
May 08, 2026
Rural News Wrap for 8 May 2026
May 08, 2026
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 1 May 2026
May 01, 2026
Pumpkins, potatoes and a plot of land: Welcome to the Carb Club
May 01, 2026
Country music talks with Molly Harrison
May 01, 2026
We hunt at dawn
May 01, 2026
On the Farm for 1 May 2026
May 01, 2026
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 24 April 2026
Apr 24, 2026
Fencing in the classroom
Apr 24, 2026
From Farm to Front Line: Halcombe honours its Home Guard
Apr 24, 2026
Roar ready: Busy season underway for taxidermists and wild game butchers
Apr 24, 2026
Rural News Wrap for 24 April 2026
Apr 24, 2026
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 17 April 2026
Apr 17, 2026
Here be dragons, under cover in Northland
Apr 17, 2026
Arable farmers chase greener pastures
Apr 17, 2026
Wonder Worm
Apr 17, 2026
Rural News Wrap for 17 April 2026
Apr 17, 2026
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 10 April 2026
Apr 10, 2026
Crunchy, crispy cranberries
Apr 10, 2026
Mustering the trusty ute at Methven A&P Show
Apr 10, 2026
Laura Watson's 'pinch me' moment
Apr 10, 2026
Rural News Wrap for 10 April 2026
Apr 10, 2026
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 3 April 2026
Apr 03, 2026
Poultry 'pioneers': Three generations of Bennik's behind an egg empire
Apr 03, 2026
Four farmers, one forgotten grain and the pasta-maker bringing it to the plate
Apr 03, 2026
Rural News Wrap for 3 April 202
Apr 03, 2026
Answering the roar - hunting venison for people in need
Apr 03, 2026
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 27 March 2026
Mar 27, 2026
Off-grid, thriving and feeding whānau without fossil fuels
Mar 27, 2026
Roots that run deep - Capri tomatoes
Mar 27, 2026
Standing up for migrant farmers
Mar 27, 2026
On the Farm for 27 March 2026
Mar 27, 2026
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 20 March 2026
Mar 20, 2026
A trap down the river: Pest control along Mid Canterbury's waterways
Mar 20, 2026
Meaty, eco-friendly, good-looking but not so woolly - the making of NZ's future flock  
Mar 20, 2026
The future role of meat and dairy in feeding humans
Mar 20, 2026
Rural News Wrap for 20 March 2026
Mar 20, 2026
The Masjid that's made a home in Mataura
Mar 20, 2026
What to Listen to Next: Far From Town
Mar 15, 2026
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 13 March 2026
Mar 13, 2026
Making memories at the Shepherdess Muster
Mar 13, 2026
Let's go line dancing
Mar 13, 2026
Pick and be merry - harvest time at Big Sky Wines
Mar 13, 2026
Rural News Wrap for 13 March 2026
Mar 13, 2026
Dairy payouts and Kiwisaver changes with Steve Hayidakis
Mar 13, 2026
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 6 March 2026
Mar 06, 2026
A walk through Aotearoa's farming festival
Mar 06, 2026
Permaculture power in Poukawa
Mar 06, 2026
Young kiwi pilot helps map and fight Victoria's devastating bushfires
Mar 06, 2026
Weird, wacky wildfood
Mar 06, 2026
On the Farm for 6 March 2026
Mar 06, 2026
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 27 February 2026
Feb 27, 2026
Duntroon - the biggest little town in the valley
Feb 27, 2026
Sharpening their edge for the Golden Shears
Feb 27, 2026
An Oxford professor on the future of food and food production
Feb 27, 2026
Rural News Wrap
Feb 27, 2026
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 20 February 2026
Feb 20, 2026
Turning brewery gunk and forest junk into something good for the soil
Feb 20, 2026
Moonshine matriarch: Southland's tradition of distilling Scottish whisky
Feb 20, 2026
Rural News Wrap for 20 February 2026
Feb 20, 2026
A festival for farmers
Feb 20, 2026
BONUS: The Detail - The wine industry headache
Feb 18, 2026
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 13 February 2026
Feb 13, 2026
Ruby jewels of Otago a Lunar New Year treat
Feb 13, 2026
Growing a farmer - Archie's life as a Pāmu apprentice
Feb 13, 2026
New study into growing crops under solar panels
Feb 13, 2026
Rural News Wrap for 13 February 2026
Feb 13, 2026
A yarn on the farm with beef farmer Craig Pickens
Feb 13, 2026
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 6 February 2026
Feb 06, 2026
A Little Route 66 on State Highway 8
Feb 06, 2026
Shaking it all up in a greenhouse trial
Feb 06, 2026
130 years: Take a punt on the Tuapeka Mouth Ferry
Feb 06, 2026
Rural News Wrap for 6 February 2026
Feb 06, 2026
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 30 January 2026
Jan 30, 2026
Camp ovens, bullockies and other tales from the bush
Jan 30, 2026
Ikea owner's first New Zealand forest: 'Timber production first and foremost'
Jan 30, 2026
Growing demand for on-farm fun from international tourists
Jan 30, 2026
On the Farm for 30 January 2025
Jan 30, 2026
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 19 December 2025
Dec 19, 2025
Life's a strawberry patch with the Roys of Piopio
Dec 19, 2025
RD6: Life along the Whanganui River
Dec 19, 2025
How planting exotic trees can enable native trees to grow
Dec 19, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 19 December 2025
Dec 19, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 12 December 2025
Dec 12, 2025
The trainer turning animal tricks into teen confidence
Dec 12, 2025
Cornwall Park: The farm within the heart of a city
Dec 12, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 12 December 2025
Dec 12, 2025
BONUS: The Detail - Calls for urgent action over deer control
Dec 09, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 5 December 2025
Dec 05, 2025
The Wayleggo Cup - a Trans-Tasman sheepdog test
Dec 05, 2025
Cash cow: Tangihau Angus' record-breaking bulls
Dec 05, 2025
Risqué and Rural
Dec 05, 2025
On the Farm for 5 December 2025
Dec 05, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 28 November 2025
Nov 28, 2025
Hawke's Bay farm's agritourism 'terroir'
Nov 28, 2025
Spreading the word about avocados
Nov 28, 2025
Keeping salad greens on the shelves, 52 weeks of the year
Nov 28, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 28 November 2025
Nov 28, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 21 November 2025
Nov 21, 2025
Inside New Zealand's Kiwifruit Breeding Centre
Nov 21, 2025
'Poo hunter': In the name of science
Nov 21, 2025
Farmers' ag drone venture takes flight
Nov 21, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 21 November 2025
Nov 21, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 14 November 2025
Nov 14, 2025
Living the High Country Life
Nov 14, 2025
Massey University's 'outdoor farm classroom' celebrates 30 years
Nov 14, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 14 November 2025
Nov 14, 2025
Jefferson Fellow Kate Green on the future of food security
Nov 14, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 7 November 2025
Nov 07, 2025
From the Archive: Sheep on the board
Nov 07, 2025
Saving seeds, saving stories
Nov 07, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 7 November 2025
Nov 07, 2025
A kiwi's life in the world's largest dairy farms
Nov 07, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 31 October 2025
Oct 31, 2025
Eketāhuna Museum - keeper of the community's stories
Oct 31, 2025
Breeding the 'wagyu of lamb' for an every-changing farm environment
Oct 31, 2025
A 'numbers game': LIC's quest to breed low methane emitting bulls
Oct 31, 2025
On the Farm for 31 October 2025
Oct 31, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 24 October 2025
Oct 24, 2025
Clydesdales - the gentle giants of the horse world
Oct 24, 2025
Battling off-roaders and pests at Thornton Lagoon
Oct 24, 2025
Kiwi Country: New book explores rural New Zealand through 100 objects
Oct 24, 2025
The Waimate Trail
Oct 24, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 24 October 2025
Oct 24, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 17 October 2025
Oct 17, 2025
Tech is key on this Tirau dairy farm
Oct 17, 2025
Ironbark - the wood as hard as steel
Oct 17, 2025
Kiwi on pest patrol
Oct 17, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 17 October
Oct 17, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 10 October 2025
Oct 10, 2025
From the Archive: Mustering at Molesworth
Oct 10, 2025
The 'big money' changing hands at the Feilding saleyards
Oct 10, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 10 October 2025
Oct 10, 2025
Mooncakes under a southern sun
Oct 10, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 3 October 2025
Oct 03, 2025
The Clip: Wool to Wear
Oct 03, 2025
The high-tech dairy hub feeding China's sweet tooth
Oct 03, 2025
The art of the auction
Oct 03, 2025
On the Farm for 3 October 2025
Oct 03, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 26 September 2025
Sep 26, 2025
Sniffing out a new life at Trufflewood
Sep 26, 2025
A life on the land at Lansdown Farm
Sep 26, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 26 September 2025
Sep 26, 2025
Taking physio to the farmers
Sep 26, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 19 September 2025
Sep 19, 2025
The many lessons of the pā harakeke
Sep 19, 2025
Huhana Smith - artist, scholar, activist and farmer
Sep 19, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 19 September 2025
Sep 19, 2025
Romene: From sheep to sheet mask
Sep 19, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 12 September 2025
Sep 12, 2025
Tracks Well-Travelled: A farewell to Cosmo Kentish-Barnes
Sep 12, 2025
Flat out calving but the robots are on the job
Sep 12, 2025
Jacob Smith - lacing up a future for NZ wool
Sep 12, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 5 September 2025
Sep 05, 2025
From the Archive: Farmer retires land he says "shouldn't ever have animals on it"
Sep 05, 2025
For the love of the bush
Sep 05, 2025
On the Farm
Sep 05, 2025
From the beach to the hills
Sep 05, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 29 August 2025
Aug 29, 2025
Symposium reflects shift in dairy farming
Aug 29, 2025
Could old-school tools change how we garden?
Aug 29, 2025
Green brew benefits for livestock emissions
Aug 29, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 29 August 2025
Aug 29, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 22 August 2025
Aug 22, 2025
Wholly Cow: Cambridge butcher's childhood dream come true
Aug 22, 2025
From gumboots to storybooks - farming with a twist of magic
Aug 22, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 22 August 2025
Aug 22, 2025
Creamy, sustainable and high in fibre - barley eyes up the dairy aisle
Aug 22, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 15 August 2025
Aug 15, 2025
From the Archive: Mud and Blood
Aug 15, 2025
Miley the Huntaway's a 'main act' now
Aug 15, 2025
Here Now: Yuki Fukuda's trials with rice
Aug 15, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 15 August 2025
Aug 15, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 8 August 2025
Aug 08, 2025
Kōrero and Kai - sharing stories and flavours on the marae
Aug 08, 2025
The Soil Hacker - one farmer's quest to outsmart the weather
Aug 08, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 8 August 2025
Aug 08, 2025
'Planning key' to getting winter grazing right
Aug 08, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 1 August 2025
Aug 01, 2025
Calving a niche - Faith Farm Fresh keeps milk flowing direct to customers
Aug 01, 2025
Harnessing plant power to combat vineyard threats
Aug 01, 2025
One year, one hospital, one community
Aug 01, 2025
On the Farm for 1 August 2025
Aug 01, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 25 July 2025
Jul 25, 2025
'Learning along the way' with agrivoltaics
Jul 25, 2025
Sweet success for Coromandel couple's organic honey
Jul 25, 2025
Connecting people 'from the land' with those working on the land
Jul 25, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 25 July 2025
Jul 25, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 18 July 2025
Jul 18, 2025
Double Blow: Tasman's rural resilience tested by back-to-back storms
Jul 18, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 18 July 2025
Jul 18, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 11 July 2025
Jul 11, 2025
City to Farm: How leftovers are giving back to the land
Jul 11, 2025
From the Archive: Working Dogs go under the Hammer
Jul 11, 2025
North Canterbury teens crowned farming champs
Jul 11, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 11 July 2025
Jul 11, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 4 July 2025
Jul 04, 2025
Snorts, snuggles and second chances at animal sanctuary
Jul 04, 2025
Crooked Vege's pay-what-you-can model feeding families two years on
Jul 04, 2025
Agrecovery: Rural recycling on the rise
Jul 04, 2025
On the Farm for 4 July 2025
Jul 04, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 27 June 2025
Jun 27, 2025
Roebuck Farm: Where the garden beds are rich 'like chocolate cake'
Jun 27, 2025
Bokashi by the Tonne: Farmers turns waste into natural fertiliser
Jun 27, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 27 June 2025
Jun 27, 2025
Dollars for nature - a look at biodiversity credits
Jun 26, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 20 June 2025
Jun 20, 2025
Stars, soil and whakapapa - 'We're just caretakers really'
Jun 20, 2025
'We can grow anything here': A family's growing experiment
Jun 20, 2025
Nick Roskruge - digging into indigenous knowledge
Jun 20, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 20 June 2025
Jun 20, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 13 June 2025
Jun 13, 2025
From generation to generation - a century at Daisybank
Jun 13, 2025
The Quail Kid - cracking the egg market aged 12
Jun 13, 2025
Rural Women New Zealand at 100
Jun 13, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 13 June 2025
Jun 13, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 6 June 2025
Jun 06, 2025
The small town hunting competition that's helping save lives
Jun 06, 2025
Berry grower Bob Teal - finding a niche and bearing fruit
Jun 06, 2025
The power of protein
Jun 06, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 6 June 2025
Jun 06, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 30 May 2025
May 30, 2025
From the Archives: My old man said follow the cows
May 30, 2025
Colville people ensure the mail gets through
May 30, 2025
Venture Taranaki 'Branching Out' across the region
May 30, 2025
On the Farm for 30 May 2025
May 30, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 23 May 2025
May 23, 2025
Demand for caskets made from sheeps wool on the rise
May 23, 2025
100 years of rural broadcasting
May 23, 2025
Farming 101: The difference between a heading dog and a Huntaway
May 23, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 23 May 2025
May 23, 2025
Preserving native bush and local history on the 'perfect farm'
May 23, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 16 May 2025
May 16, 2025
A day in the life of a rural midwife
May 16, 2025
Where there's wool there's a way
May 16, 2025
Lambs are flying out of the pens at the Canterbury Saleyards
May 16, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 16 May 2025
May 16, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 9 May 2025
May 09, 2025
Harvesting time is nuts at busy walnut orchard
May 09, 2025
Devcich farm shines a light on Dalmatian pioneers
May 09, 2025
Muttonbirding - 'It's a part of who we are'
May 09, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 9 May 2025
May 09, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 2 May 2025
May 02, 2025
Life is gourd for pumpkin seed growers at Summer Hill Seeds
May 02, 2025
South Auckland artist absorbs farm life on high country station in Southern Alps
May 02, 2025
Farming 101: Grapevine pruning
May 02, 2025
On the Farm for 2 May 2025
May 02, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 25 April 2025
Apr 25, 2025
Simmental cattle breeder Tony Thompson's life of legacy
Apr 25, 2025
Heights Farms built on family
Apr 25, 2025
Organic vege farm mushrooms under green fingered growers
Apr 25, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 25 April 2025
Apr 25, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 18 April 2025
Apr 18, 2025
Farming with a toddler in tow
Apr 18, 2025
Wairarapa farmer 'proud' of DIY lake
Apr 18, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 18 April 2025
Apr 18, 2025
A garden to munch on
Apr 18, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 11 April 2025
Apr 11, 2025
Clevedon - where the water buffalo roam
Apr 11, 2025
Weathering the 'worst drought in 50 years' as an organic dairy farmer
Apr 11, 2025
Eco-sourced plants are flying out the gate at a Rūnaka-owned nursery
Apr 11, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 11 April 2025
Apr 11, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 4 April 2025
Apr 04, 2025
'Milk from an almond, then why not a sheep': Fernglen Farm's sheep dairy addition
Apr 04, 2025
Southland retiree takes injured night birds under her wing
Apr 04, 2025
SheepMaster: Hawke's Bay farm's foray into shedding sheep
Apr 04, 2025
On the Farm for 4 April 2025
Apr 04, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 28 March 2025
Mar 28, 2025
On-farm learning a success - "I've been enjoying it. I like being with the cows and being in the shed"
Mar 28, 2025
The Kūmara Connection
Mar 28, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 28 March 2025
Mar 28, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 21 March 2025
Mar 21, 2025
Highlands Station - a farm shaped by an eruption
Mar 21, 2025
Deep dive: See the potential that is seaweed
Mar 21, 2025
Sheep to chic with cosy crossbred wool
Mar 21, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 21 March 2025
Mar 21, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 14 March 2025
Mar 14, 2025
Southland show at 'the hole in the bush' still going strong after 85 years
Mar 14, 2025
Farming in the lap of luxury
Mar 14, 2025
'From red tape to red carpet': The new market possibilities in India
Mar 14, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 14 March 2025
Mar 14, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 7 March 2025
Mar 07, 2025
How about them apples? The team behind New Zealand's future apples and pears
Mar 07, 2025
'Back to the land': Commune still going strong after 50 years
Mar 07, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 7 March 2025
Mar 07, 2025
Grape picking starts soon at organic Waipara Valley vineyard
Mar 07, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 28 February 2025
Feb 28, 2025
Small but mighty - could small-scale farms be the best way to feed the country?
Feb 28, 2025
Farmer rapt with edible bale netting
Feb 28, 2025
Shear joy: Wairarapa town hosts annual Golden Shears competition
Feb 28, 2025
On the Farm for 28 February 2025
Feb 28, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 21 February 2025
Feb 21, 2025
Farmers turn weed into wellness products
Feb 21, 2025
Sino-vino ties: A wine-lover linking China and New Zealand
Feb 21, 2025
Ag student's dreams come true 15 years on
Feb 21, 2025
Rural News Wrap for 12 February 2025
Feb 21, 2025
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 14 February 2025
Feb 14, 2025