Cattle
'Scary ass' cows
Why Dr Neil Jordan of the University of New South Wales and the Botswana Predator Conservation Trust is painting fake eyes on cows' bottoms in Africa! Audio, Gallery
Beefalo
Southland farmers Nadia and Blair Wisely have a small but growing herd of beefalo, a bison and cattle hybrid that produces excellent meat. They started selling small quantities of the meat to local… Audio
Beefalo
Southland farmers Nadia and Blair Wisely have a small but growing herd of beefalo, a bison and cattle hybrid that produces excellent meat. They started selling small quantities of the meat to local…
AudioFish & Game criticise leniency shown to Chief Justice
Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias and her businessman husband Hugh Fletcher have been let off with a warning after their cattle were seen wading in a high country Canterbury lake. Audio
Cattle free to wander countryside
Yesterday morning we talked to an annoyed tramper after RNZ was sent photos of cows wandering through the Matukituki River on the doorstep of Mt Aspiring National Park. Audio
Greens weigh in on cattle polluting Take Taylor
A man who owns a bach neighbouring Lake Taylor says he has been complaining to authorities for the past decade about cattle polluting the lake. Audio
Forum wants all stock excluded from waterways by 2030
The Land and Water Forum advises the Government on freshwater management. Its members range from dairy giant Fonterra, to Forest and Bird, and the Environmental Defence Society. Last year it released… Audio
Decade of complaints on cattle in waterways
We turn now to Lake Taylor, scene of cattle in the water, in direct violation of rule 5.68 of the Canterbury Land and Water regional Plan which explicitly excludes, quote, "cattle standing in any… Video, Audio
Fish & Game says cattle in high country lake a PR disaster
Fish and Game says a photo of a herd of cattle in a Canterbury high country lake, is a public relations disaster for the country's clean, green image. Audio
Country Life Summer Edition Saturday, January 16, 2016
A selection of some of the best Country Life stories from 2015. In this episode: Sovrano Limoncello, A Photographer Like Alice and Golden Memories Audio
Country Life Summer Edition Saturday, January 16, 2016
A selection of some of the best Country Life stories from 2015. In this episode: Sovrano Limoncello, A Photographer Like Alice and Golden Memories
AudioCountry Comes To Town
Cosmo Kentish-Barnes is at the Canterbury A&P Show where he discovers duck herding, visits a sheep maternity ward, wanders through "Camp Gallipoli" and finds out about the Canterbury excavator… Audio, Gallery
Country Comes To Town
Cosmo Kentish-Barnes is at the Canterbury A&P Show where he discovers duck herding, visits a sheep maternity ward, wanders through "Camp Gallipoli" and finds out about the Canterbury excavator…
AudioFood for Thought
When Bruce and Denise McGill began farming organically 30 years ago they found that stock were just as healthy and production levels could be maintained, but they quickly learnt that the organic… Audio
Food for Thought
When Bruce and Denise McGill began farming organically 30 years ago they found that stock were just as healthy and production levels could be maintained, but they quickly learnt that the organic…
AudioA photographer like Alice
Alice Mabin is the Asia Pacific's Female Entrepreneur of the Year. She's a New Zealander who now roams the Australian outback taking photographs and publishing them. Alice was on horseback for five… Audio, Gallery
A photographer like Alice
Alice Mabin is the Asia Pacific's Female Entrepreneur of the Year. She's a New Zealander who now roams the Australian outback taking photographs and publishing them. Alice was on horseback for five…
AudioCattle Costs - Dr. Andrew Higgins
CSIRO Land & Water researcher Dr Andrew Higgins has developed a logistics tool called TRANSIT which will reduce the cost and time of transporting cattle around Australia. Audio
Cow deaths linked to variety of swede used in Southland
Southland vet, Mark Bryan on connecting a variety of swede to the deaths of hundreds of cows, and where this leaves Southland farmers. Audio
Belted Galloways
Linda van Eyk breeds belted galloway cattle at Pirongia in Waikato. In the US, the striking cows are sometimes called Oreos - that's because their coats resemble the Oreo cookie - which has creamy… Audio
