Southern Alps Sprouts owner Karen McGrath shares her business' journey.

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

With thanks to:

• Karen McGrath, Southern Alps Sprouts

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This week Country Life is at a rural school in Wairarapa celebrating its sesquicentennial and visits a Taranaki piggery to hear how one farming family is adapting to major changes in New Zealand's pork industry.

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

In this episode:

• 0:47 - On the Farm
• 7:58 - Good greens, small sprouts
• 14:33 - Room to oink
• 28:40 - 150 years of Tinui School

With thanks to:

• Karen McGrath, Southern Alps Sprouts
• Karl Stanley
• Duncan Smith, Amanda Aitken, Jenny Balfour, Reverend Steve Thomson, Ian Perry, Phyllis French, and Caryl Forest

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This week Country Life gets some tips for the coming season from drought-hardened farmers, meets a flower grower turning blooms into bouquets and balms and heads to the Clash of the Colleges where students compete in ag events.

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

In this episode:

• 1:09 - Rural News Wrap
• 9:33 - The Potion Room: 'Therapeutic flowers'
• 16:06 - A clash-course in agriculture
• 29:46 - Lessons from the dry years as El Niño gathers force

With thanks to:

• Kelly Doyle, The Potion Room
• Daniel O'Regan, Tess Bamford, Maddi Ballinger, Evan McSherry, and Chris Adams
• Willie Falloon, Hannah French, John Booth, and Robert Hickson

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Country Life meets a New Zealander looking after rescue bears in rural Germany and visits an orchid farm in Taranaki.

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

In this episode:

• 0:58 - Rural News Wrap
• 8:25 - The Kiwi among bears in Bavaria
• 16:32 - From the Archives: Striding out on Te Aratipi Station
• 35:25 - An Eye for an Orchid

With thanks to:

• John Pickard
• Ro, Ed, Selby and Harry Palmer, Te Aratipi Station (for the original story, see here)
• Eric Lander, Wendy Holt, and Chris Garrett

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Country Life checks in with the Electoral Commission about rural voting enrolments and turnout, gets stuck into a spring tidy of Gianina's garden, and visits pubs around the lower South Island to learn what makes a publican. Country Life checks in with the Electoral Commission about rural voting enrolments and turnout, gets stuck into a spring tidy of Gianina's garden, and visits pubs around the lower South Island to learn what makes a publican.

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

In this episode:

• 0:58 - Rural News Wrap
• 6:38 - The state of the rural vote
• 14:23 - Garden Diaries: Spring has sprung (for the original story, see here)
• 29:55 - A conversation with Country Pubs

With thanks to:

• Karl Le Quesne
• Hannah Zwartz
• Keith Fenwick, Donna Hall, Jim McDougall, Pravesh and Monika Kumar

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A wrap of news from RNZ's rural newsdesk.

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This week Country Life is food foraging around Christchurch, picking flowers for a floral fundraiser and finding out what it takes to become a top young winegrower.

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

In this episode:

• 0:54 - Rural News Wrap
• 7:40 - Green fingers, golden flowers
• 14:13 - Tomorrow's vineyard leaders put to the test
• 27:36 - From red zone to restaurant

With thanks to:

• The O’Boyle family, Marangai
• Sam Bain, Nicky Grandorge, Kris Godsall, Cyril Butler, Paul Fairweather, James Kenny, Alex Coombs
• Adam Harrison, Shannon Dwyer, Tussock Hill Restaurant

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A wrap of the week's news from RNZ's rural news team.

You can find more from RNZ's rural news team, here.

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