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Country Life

RNZ

The Country Life team take you all over the motu to hear the extraordinary stories of every day rural New Zealand.

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Episodes

300 episodes

  1. FULL SHOW: Country Life for 13 November 2026 49:51
  2. Woodchester Station: 10 years on after the Kaikōura quake 22:13
  3. Kiwi Country Kids: A glimpse into country life 11:54
  4. Branching out: Forestry opportunities in India 7:24
  5. Rural News Wrap for 13 November 2026 6:21
  6. FULL SHOW: Country Life for 6 November 2026 50:44
  7. 75 years of country calls and clinic care 22:40
  8. Growing mushrooms from fairytales 14:49
  9. Changes coming to rodeo welfare code 6:08
  10. Rural News Wrap for 6 November 2026 5:06
  11. FULL SHOW: Country Life for 30 October 2026 51:58
  12. Riding into rodeo season 20:40
  13. It takes a village 14:49
  14. The making of Te Tairāwhiti: Getting land use 'wrong' and where to from here 7:38
  15. On the Farm for 30 October 2026 7:16
  16. FULL SHOW: Country Life for 23 October 2026 50:26
  17. Ride along: Ninety years helping drive Hawke's Bay's economy 17:34
  18. Future-focussed food forests 15:40
  19. Fleeces fly again at Napier's WoolWorks 7:54
  20. Rural News Wrap for 23 October 2026 7:03
  21. FULL SHOW: Country Life for 16 October 2026 50:36
  22. What it takes to run a country pub 19:42
  23. Garden Diaries: Spring has sprung 15:17
  24. The state of the rural vote 7:46
  25. Rural News Wrap for 16 October 2026 5:41
  26. FULL SHOW: Country Life for 9 October 2026 49:14
  27. An eye for an orchid 13:02
  28. From the Archives: Striding out on Te Aratipi Station 18:40
  29. The Kiwi among bears in Bavaria 8:06
  30. Rural News Wrap for 9 October 2026 7:23
  31. FULL SHOW: Country Life for 2 October 2026 48:31
  32. Lessons from the dry years as El Niño gathers force 17:48
  33. A clash-course in agriculture 13:26
  34. The Potion Room: 'Therapeutic flowers' 6:32
  35. Rural News Wrap for 2 October 2026 8:18
  36. FULL SHOW: Country Life for 25 September 2026 51:10
  37. 150 years of Tinui School 21:48
  38. Taranaki pig farmer goes whole hog to stay ahead 13:57
  39. Good greens, small sprouts 6:35
  40. On the Farm for 25 September 2026 7:12
  41. FULL SHOW: Country Life for 18 September 2026 50:39
  42. 25 years of farmland conservation 18:48
  43. 'Looking for an edge': Data driven decisions on a Māori owned farm 14:50
  44. The farm photographer who captured a changing New Zealand 8:24
  45. Rural News Wrap for 18 September 2026 6:19
  46. FULL SHOW: Country Life for 11 September 2026 50:29
  47. The small town growing a forest 21:13
  48. A 24/7 milk machine: The Good Cow 12:40
  49. Rural News Wrap for 11 September 2026 7:15
  50. Turning tallow into skincare 7:51