There are two sorts of harvest on Country Life this week - muttonbirds on the tītī islands and walnuts at one of Canterbury's biggest walnut orchards. Also, a trip into the past to visit an historic farm on the Coromandel peninsula, linked to immigrants from Dalmatia.

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

In this episode:

• 0:42 - Rural News Wrap
• 5:55 - Muttonbirding - 'It's part of who we are'
• 14:34 - Devcich farm shines a light on Dalmatian pioneers
• 30:00 - Harvesting time is nuts at busy walnut orchard

With thanks to guests:

• Daniel Tarrant, Ruapuke Uncut
• Lorenza Devcich, Devcich Historic Farmstead
• Clive Marsh and Heather North

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