Horses

Painter, poet, curator and writer Gregory O'Brien discusses Horse with Hat by Marty Smith, and Edwin's Egg & Other Poetic Novellas by Cilla McQueen Audio

Kawakawa resident Chloe Phillips-Harris loves horses so much that she is going to compete in the 1000km Mongol Derby horse race across Mongolia to raise money for two charities. Chloe will be racing… Audio

Weta Digital, the people who did the special effects in Lord of the Rings, King Kong and Avatar, approached Massey University vets to try and create the most realistic horses possible for a movie… Audio

Equine Dentist Warwick Behrns spends his days working on the mouths of horses, donkeys and sometimes even zebras. He says when he's watching horses race, he can tell immediately which ones have dental… Audio

Cosmo Kentish-Barnes heads into Canterbury's iconic high country in search of a horse trek run by the Christchurch based 180 Degrees Trust, that operates development programmes for teenagers who have… Audio

Doug Wallace uses horses to pull a bush-tram through his plantations near Taupo. Audio

Ailsa is a fan of horses, glow worms and drawing fairies and mermaids. Audio

In summer months, all over the country, horse riders gather to trek over farmland and bush paths for anything from two days, to a week or more. Country Life joins 23 keen individuals who are part of… Audio

Its a long way from Taranaki to the steppes of Mongolia, and its a long way across the steppes of Mongolia when you're on the back of a horse. But that's where Neeta Burnside will be journeying to… Audio