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Country Life for Friday 29 December 2017
Country Life's summer series runs until January 19th 2018. The team will be back with new stories from rural New Zealand on Friday, January 26th.
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Old dogs, new homes
9:40 PM.In the past five years, Retired Working Dogs Adoption has rehomed hundreds of huntaways, eye dogs and beardies that are too old to work, have been injured or are just not up to the job. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Bow ties and backpacks
9:15 PM.Julian Goulding has swapped city life and a corporate wardrobe for bare feet, a t-shirt and life in the King Country. He's moved to Taumarunui where he has started a custom-made bow tie business… Read more Audio
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Living lightly on the land
9:35 PM.Geoff Copstick farms angora goats and cattle on his 90 hectare Northland property. He and his wife Kate live "off the grid" and see living in harmony with the land as the ultimate sustainable… Read more Audio