Country Life

Gales in Canterbury have toppled trees and taken out power. Avocado growers are having a rocky start to the export season.

This week, Country Life is on the sidelines of a heartland rugby game on the West Coast - tradition meets passion as four South Westland teams compete for the region's foremost rugby prize, the Woodham Shield. The team also dip back into the files and find out how the little Rockit apple is taking off and taste the final wine produced after following Te Hera vineyard's winemaker through last year's vintage.

This week, Country Life is on the sidelines of a heartland rugby game on the West Coast - tradition meets passion as four South Westland teams compete for the region's foremost rugby prize, the Woodham Shield. The team also dip back into the files and find out how the little Rockit apple is taking off and taste the final wine produced after following Te Hera vineyard's winemaker through last year's vintage.

Internet learning is extending the horizon for children at remote Makuri School. They link up with teachers and pupils in other rural and remote schools around the country for lessons on astronomy, a second language and even song writing. Country Life spends a day at the primary school near Pahiatua.

Internet learning is extending the horizon for children at remote Makuri School. They link up with teachers and pupils in other rural and remote schools around the country for lessons on astronomy, a second language and even song writing. Country Life spends a day at the primary school near Pahiatua.

Trays of greens are starting to fly out of the shed door at Jess Murchie-Brown and Don Murchie's vertical farming set-up on their rural lifestyle block south of Christchurch. It's proving to be a welcome income stream for the couple after an injury meant Don could no longer work as a builder.

Trays of greens are starting to fly out of the shed door at Jess Murchie-Brown and Don Murchie's vertical farming set-up on their rural lifestyle block south of Christchurch. It's proving to be a welcome income stream for the couple after an injury meant Don could no longer work as a builder.

The inaugural Gullies Art Residency will be taken up by Auckland artist Andrew McLeod early next year. He'll spend eight weeks at The Gullies, a sheep and beef farm in Rangitkei.

The inaugural Gullies Art Residency will be taken up by Auckland artist Andrew McLeod early next year. He'll spend eight weeks at The Gullies, a sheep and beef farm in Rangitkei.

Three students from Mackenzie College / Aro o Te Tika in South Canterbury have developed a solution to stop water troughs from freezing over in winter.