Country Life

John Douglas runs the tiny Te Hera vineyard on Te Muna Road just out of Martinborough in South Wairarapa. Pruning is coming to an end and it's been a long hard slog for the former psychiatric nurse who's hands-on in every aspect of his business.

Bay of Plenty kiwifruit growers are finishing off winter pruning and having the end of season tidy up. With good weather across Canterbury and winter feed crops mostly finished, tractors have been busy cultivating paddocks for spring sowing.

A cow sanctuary at Cust, pruning vines in Wairarapa, Otorohanga new medical centre and the Regional Wrap.

Jason Prior is a beekeeper who produces up to 60 tonnes of honey a year, has a nursery that sells trees bees love and is about to plant 1000 cider apple trees.

Roscoe Taggart is a third generation farmer at Cust in North Canterbury. He took over the running of the family farm five years ago. The 28-year-old is phasing out the sheep breeding component of the farm his grandfather started in the late 50s so that he can focus more on cropping and precision agriculture.

It's 10 years since Lindy Nelson set out on a path which led to the Agri-Women's Development Trust, which has helped hundreds of women - and men now too - make change in New Zealand's primary sector and in rural communities.

It's 10 years since Lindy Nelson set out on a path which led to the Agri-Women's Development Trust, which has helped hundreds of women - and men now too - make change in New Zealand's primary sector and in rural communities.

Vegetable crops are on a bit of a go-slow in the Pukekohe district because it's been so wet and in Southland farmers are doing the rounds to check for cast ewes...

Mark Bocock rears 4500 calves a year at his property near Te Awamutu in Waikato. At this time of year he's working 12 hours a day, making 140 farm visits a week to pick up calves.

Trees, Bees and a Nice Cold Cider Please, Changing the way the family farms, Beefing up women's voices - a decade on, calf rearer Mark Bocock and the Regional Wrap.