There's huge concern about low aquifer levels around many North Island regions, and snow is blanketing Otago.

A number of out of work airline pilots are considering roles as large machinery operators and tractor drivers. Former pilot Andy Pender says he won't be surprised if they find they are happy working in the country and they don't go back to flying.

Urban farming in the Hutt Valley helps feed hundreds, a kanuka honey natural healthcare product is to be sold in North America, a former airline pilot says many out-of-work colleagues will consider driving tractors, and our look at farming conditions around the country

The Port Hills are still scarred after devastating fires burned across 2000 hectares of bush and farmland in 2017. But every year, volunteers head up into the hills to replant them with native bush.

Waikato farmers Bart and Vanessa van de Ven have battled through a couple of trying calving seasons but this year they have had time to 'cruise'. Bart says brilliant weather has helped but he's also putting a smooth calving down to meticulous planning in the dry season.

Annabel Angland from Peregrine Wines is the Corteva Central Otago Young Viticulturist of the Year 2020 and is looking forward to representing the region at the national finals in Martinborough in October. The Lincoln Uni viticulture and oenology graduate is also co-captain of the Southern Blast netball team.

The Hawkes Bay countryside has been transformed by winter rain. In the McKenzie Basin, merino shearing is underway.

The chief executive of Deer Industry New Zealand, Innes Moffat says it will be a tough 12 months for venison sales as Covid-19 disrupts supply chains and slows down the sale of premium meats.

The Port Hills are still scarred after devastating fires burned across 2000 hectares of bush and farmland in 2017 but every year volunteers head up into the hills to replant them with native bush; a dream run for calving on a Waikato farm; 90's file young viticulturist Anna Angland, an outlook for the deer industry and the regional wrap.

Anna Blair farms 1000 bulls on her Northland farm. She never answers her phone when she's working with them as she needs to keep her wits about her.