Rural

Leonard Powell meets the Northland farmers growing multiple varieties of bananas. Audio

It's 30 years since the Elworthy family began the Tora Coastal Walk, one of the first multi-day hikes on farmland in NZ. It's been the key to this marginal farm's survival. Audio

Dozens of shearers slipped on their moccasins for the Shear For Life charity shearing event at Hinds, raising $150,000 for the Ashburton Cancer Society and Hospice Mid Canterbury. Audio

The team at Waka Dairies near Dannevirke is turning waste from milking cows into fertiliser that can be worked back into the farm. Audio

A round-up of the week's news from the primary sector Audio

Country Life this week heads to a woolshed where hundreds of sheep are being shorn for charity and finds out how the Tora Coastal Walk's helped a rugged sheep and beef farm weather tough times. Audio

Joyce and Jock Wyllie first met when she was a locum vet visiting his isolated farm in Golden Bay. The busy couple were in no hurry to tie the knot though. "We'd known each other for 17 years before… Audio

We catch up with Miley the young Huntaway and her trainer Chris Shaw as she celebrates her first birthday and see what this pup's been up to. You'll be blown away by how much progress she's made. Audio

How do New Zealand's farming leaders juggle the farm with the many other hats they may wear? This week we catch up with Wayne Langford. He's not only a dairy farmer, the president of Federated… Audio

A round-up of conditions on farms and orchards around the country. Audio

This week, the team meet farmers Joyce and Jock Wyllie, who first met when she was a locum vet visiting his isolated farm in Golden Bay, checks back in to see what progress Miley the Huntaway is… Audio