Country Life

Tamsin Wilson's carefully picked flowers are airfreighted twice a week to Hong Kong, where chefs and home cooks are snapping them up.

Thousands upon thousands of posts have been made during a social media campaign celebrating dairying during the month of February. Country Life talks to Dr Jude Capper, the woman behind Februdairy.

Weaner fairs are just starting in Northland and prices are expected to be on a par with last year. Waikato farmers are still making silage which is a rare occurrence for early March. More rain at the start of the week in Canterbury has been great for pasture and greenfeed growth, but continues to make harvesting crops very difficult.

Country Life's nibbling on flowers and hears about the success of Februdairy - a month long social media campaign to celebrate dairying… Also, the team goes behind the scenes at the Hurunui Race and Gala Day. The biennial community event was held recently at Medbury in North Canterbury and attracted more than 2000 race-goers. Proceeds from the gate are destined for cancer support groups in Hurunui, Cheviot and Amberley...

Niva and Yotam Kay grow vegetables on just 1000 square metres of land in the Kauaeranga Valley and last year produced a staggering 8 tonnes of vegetables from it. They say they can do even better.

Taranaki farmers have been mucking in together and sharing generators to get cows milked. There's cleaning up to do following damage from former cyclone Gita.

Mid-Canterbury farmer and Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year, Jessie Chan-Dorman, tells Cosmo her remarkable family story that begins when her mum arrived in New Zealand from Hong Kong as an 11-year-old orphan and was placed with a family in Invercargill. Jessie and her husband Hayden lease 420 hectares and milk 950 cows at Dorie. Prior to farming she received an honours degree in animal science and has worked in various roles across policy, research and development and sustainable farming.

KPMG's global head of agribusiness, Ian Proudfoot, has five topics on his mind: new food protein choices, large multi-national companies swallowing up small companies, Biosecurity issues in New Zealand, farmer resilience, and Mount Albert Grammar School's farm.

Country Life meets a couple who try to live self sufficiently on their piece of paradise in the Kauaeranga Valley, near Thames.

Country Life heads to the top of Mount Murchison for the 2018 Hang Gliding Nationals.