Country Life

Country Life looks back over the Ron Vine Collection of farming photos from the 1930s and 40s, gains insights into a King Country Māori-owned farm, and learns about on-farm biodiversity efforts in Banks Peninsula.

You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.

In this episode:

• 0:59 - Rural News Wrap
• 7:29 - The farm photographer who captured a changing New Zealand
• 15:56 - 'Looking for an edge': Data driven decisions on a Māori owned farm
• 31:00 - 25 years of farmland conservation

With thanks to:

• Malcolm Duffy
• Weo Maag, Aloma Shearer, Terry Head, and Darren McNae
• Maree Burnett, Tim Coop, James Wright, Josh Foster, Sarah Anderson and Ian Luxford

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Anisha joins the Banks Peninsula Conservation Trust for a day to learn about on-farm native restoration.

You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.

With thanks to:

• Maree Burnett, Tim Coop, James Wright, Josh Foster, Sarah Anderson and Ian Luxford

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At Pukepoto it's about using data to 'grow more grass, make more money' and set the farm up for future generations.

You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.

With thanks to:

• Weo Maag, Aloma Shearer, Terry Head, and Darren McNae,

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A collection of more than 1,400 photographs taken by pioneering agricultural journalist Ron Vine between 1934 and 1947 has been recognised for its unique record of New Zealand farming, land development and Māori communities during a period of profound change.

You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.

With thanks to:

• Malcom Duffy
• Walsh Memorial Library at the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT)

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A wrap of news from RNZ's rural newsdesk.

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This week Country Life is in Ōtaki finding out about the town's plans to become carbon neutral, and looks at the art of making tallow and the different qualities of raw milk.

You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.

In this episode:

• 0:48 - Turing tallow into skincare
• 8:43 - Rural News Wrap
• 15:55 - A 24/7 milk machine: The Good Cow
• 28:38 - The small town growing a forest

With thanks to:

• Di Buchan, Cam Butler, Drew Mackenzie, Rhian Salmon, Patsy Matheson, and Leigh Ramsay

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Can a small town plant its way towards carbon neutrality? In Ōtaki, landowners, school children, volunteers and community groups are creating a ring of native forest around the town.

You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.

You can find more about the Ōtaki Carbon Forest Project, here.

With thanks to:

• Di Buchan, Cam Butler, Drew Mackenzie, Rhian Salmon, Patsy Matheson, and Leigh Ramsay

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Anisha visits The Good Cow's milk vending station in North Canterbury.

You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.

With thanks to:

• Tammy Acton-Adams

Interested in vending machine milk? Listen to Sally’s story on a stall near Wellington, here.

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A wrap of the week's news from RNZ's rural news team.

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Zoë Vaughan shares how Earth Glow converts butchery waste into balms and creams.

You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.

With thanks to:

• Zoë Vaughan

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