18 Apr 2018

Water wheel powers West Coast farm

From Afternoons, 1:26 pm on 18 April 2018

Power cuts are no problem for a West Coast farming couple. They are turning - literally - a stream on their property into power.

Malcolm Smith and Robyn Curtis-Smith farm near Ahaura on the West Coast and they've built a huge waterwheel in a creek that generates electricity for the farm and house.

Listen to Malcolm Smith on Country Life (13 April 2018)