Sheep Farming
'The first thing I did was collect seeds'
89-year-old Fraser Ross has been restoring a podocarp forest remnant for nearly half a century. Arowhenua Bush near Temuka was damaged after a severe norwesterly gale struck the district in 1975. Video, Audio
'I don't expect perfection' says farm dog trainer
From the Country Life archives - we meet former shepherd Anna Holland who trains people to train dogs. Audio
A fleece as white as snow
Wool needs all the help it can get and Richard Kettle of Animal Health Direct says he has the answer to rejected wool due to staining. Audio
Creative in the Caroline Valley
Kim Spencer-McDonald says she knows a number of women who, as she did, have fallen in love with the farmer but not necessarily the farm. She says meaningful, stimulating off-farm jobs are difficult to… Audio
Country Life catches up with advocate for wool, Steve Knudsen
In 2008, Country Life met farmer Steve Knudsen on an extremely steep Taranaki farm he called Vertigo Station. Steve's since bought and now lives on another much more friendly farm. He's still farming… Audio
8: Colonists and Courts
Through the final quarter of the 19th Century Pakeha settler numbers swelled. The immigrants sought land and started to create a new, distinct culture. But their land gain came at the cost of Maori… Audio
Farming – the Morrison family business
The Morrison family has been farming the same bit of land near Marton since 1864. More recently they've expanded and have purchased a hill country farm nearby. Will Morrison works Mangara Station and… Audio, Gallery
Saving Lambs
Dr Clive Dalton says improved fertility in our national sheep flock and lamb mortality rates are linked. Audio
Counting Heads
Every year for the past 18 years, Welsh farmer Rhys Howatson has spent a few weeks in New Zealand pregnancy scanning sheep. He's scanned millions of them. Audio
The Drunken Nanny
Wairarapa sheep and beef farming couple Amanda and Lindsey Goodman have now added dairy goats to the mix. Lindsey squeezes in milking once a day and Amanda makes award-winning fresh goats cheese. Audio, Gallery
Shear Warmth
Lyn Neeson and her daughter-in-law Monique Neeson were looking at the wool cheque from the family's remote King Country farm and thought there must be a way to earn more from wool. They now make… Audio
Making Tracks in North Canterbury
Country Life visits two families at Conway Flat who run a private hill country walkway leading from windy hilltops to the cliffed coastline which connects their sheep and beef farms. Audio, Gallery
Regional Wrap
Feijoa harvesting's underway, at Ruatoria on the East Coast the ewes are in good nick for the ram and a young Taranaki dairy farmer is gearing up for National awards. In the South Island, fruit… Audio
Mustering Memories
More than 50 years ago Dave Withers was a musterer on the North Island's vast Ngamatea Station. Musterers and teams of dogs would head out for weeks on end combing the rugged landscape for mobs of… Audio, Gallery
Rural Curiosities
Andy Fox is a fourth generation sheep and beef farmer and a director of Beef and Lamb New Zealand, he's also amassed a huge collection of rural memorabilia on his Scargill property and is breeding… Audio
Taste the Exotic
Brian Hales farms exotic sheep alongside his commercial flock in Wimbledon, southern Hawkes Bay. Recently he invited the public onto his farm so they could see the sheep being shorn, run their fingers… Audio