This week Country Life is at the last day of the kumara harvest in Northland, joins a quartet of otters at Wellington Zoo for dinner to learn more about where the animals' food comes from and speaks to Inglewood vet Neil Chesterton about a lifetime of treating lameness in dairy cows.

Country Life for 10 May 2024

News & Politics

Why shouldn't we choose a wine for its label?  And what are "heuristics"? We all know there are techniques supermarkets use to get us spending money and Episode One takes a deep dive into "loss-leading products" and the "compromise effect". Marketing professor and ''professional people watcher'', Ekant Veer, explains what it all means and teaches Katy how to buy a jar of artichoke hearts.

Supermarket Strategies

Do influencers and celebrities with large social media followings have a responsibility to speak out on political and other issues?

The attention economy and influencing of influencers

The latest News in Cook Island Maori ( Te Reo Maori Kiki Airani), brought to you by our partners Pacific Media Network

News in Cook Islands Maori  2`1 May  2024

BBC World's Pete Ross joins Nights to talk about the latest on the situation in Iran, a decision expected on whether WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States and the trial set to begin in Germany of alleged ringleaders in a suspected far-right plot to overthrow the government.

BBC World Lookahead with Pete Ross

ODT sport reporter Kayla Hodge chats the all-female High Performance Sport NZ centre in Dunedin, a New Zealand paralympian shaping up well ahead of this years' Paralympics, and injuries mounting up in the ANZ premier league netball competition.

Country Life for 10 May 2024

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