21 Apr 2023

Country Life for Friday April 24 2023

From Country Life, 7:07 pm on 21 April 2023
Geckos share the one-room living space with Celia and Alastair. After five months in cramped tents and huts on the Te Araroa Trail, they felt they could give tiny-house living a go.

Off-grid living and farming carbon Photo: RNZ/Sally Round

Country Life this week visits former Wellington mayor Celia Wade-Brown at her off-grid tiny house in the Tararua ranges. She chats about how to farm carbon and living a simpler life with geckos, skinks and eels while regenerating the bush on her doorstep. Also, Plant and Food Research scientists Ross Bicknell and Philippa Barrell  are leading a project focused on developing new variants of pinot noir grapes to help the wine industry address current and anticipated challenges.