Country Life

Landowners in Karamea aren't beating around the bush when it comes to riparian planting. They're making the most of a local not-for-profit nursery and planting service that grows and eco-sources trees.

Kauri Forno, Jen Chrisp, Clean Stream Nursery, Japanese farmer and conditions wrap.

Country Life talks to Jen Chrisp who cooks for the shepherds at Puketoro Station. She's carrying on the cookhouse tradition of New Zealand's extensive and remote back country farms.

Kauri Forno runs a tree nursery in Gisborne which has been donating trees around Te Tai Rāwhiti for the past three decades. The Women's Native Tree Project Trust started with the aim of planting a tree for every woman in the region.

A lot of lambs hit the ground during the recent cold snap and losses are a growing concern in Te Tai Tarawhiti while in Otago there's more feed sitting around than usual so farmers are set up pretty well for the incoming spring.

Chihiro Hanyuda moved to New Zealand seven years ago...now she is an award winning dairy farmer.

Kim Swan, joins Country Life this week for a chat about her latest book and what it takes to be a woman on tough terrain.

Two organisations have teamed up to encourage hunters to cull high-density goat populations across the country with prizes up for grabs.

RNZ's rural news reporter, Sally Murphy, takes a look at the week's agricultural news.

Karamea dairy farmer Peter Langford says he and his wife Debbie are ready to hang up their gumboots. With none of their four children keen on taking over the farm, it's now up for sale - lock, stock and barrel.