Susan Murray

Most of the North Island hoped in vain for passing thunder storms to drop rain this week, but only Gisborne, parts of Hawkes Bay and Wairarapa were lucky. In the South Island rain did fall in… Audio

Inundated and Indisposed: A Story of Flood Recover Part One, Inundated and Indisposed: A Story of Flood Recover Part Two, La Vie en Rose, On the road with Sister Christine and the Regional Wrap. Audio

Blades of Glory, Meaty Mushrooms, Forests for Farmers, California Wild Fires and the Regional Wrap. Audio

Northland has had a good week with sunshine during the day and showers at night. There is enough rain to keep pasture ticking over which means there's still good demand for store cattle at the sale… Audio

Wairere Rams - Tough Nuts, The Drunken Nanny, Kai and Culture and the Regional Wrap Audio

Hot, calm days are suiting bees on orchards, but Hawkes Bay hasn't had any significant rain for six or seven weeks and it needs some. Eastern Marlborough is drying up too so farmers are offloading… Audio

Learning on the Land, Active in AI, Zespri's New CEO and the Regional Wrap. Audio

Very little grass silage has been made in dairy farming areas of the North Island so farmers are being warned they probably won't be able to buy any when they need it. Audio

Country Life whizs around a Space Museum in a small Waikato town .. there are plenty of interactive displays as well as genuine space suits and other artefacts from space programmes. Also, Environment… Audio

Mad about Sheep, British Bubbles, Assessing the Damage, the Regional Wrap and Are Aliens into Agronomy? Audio

In King Country fine weather is let docking gangs separate thousands of lambs from their tails, and asparagus is growing better with warmer, drier conditions . Farmers in Canterbury are planting… Audio

Keeping it Natural, Cracking it, A Good Yarn and the Regional Wrap. Audio

At last some more stable fine weather is letting North Island farmers get onto cultivating pastures and making silage, while at the top of South Island flower bud thinning is underway in kiwifruit… Audio