Horticulture

Bob Teale's inventiveness has allowed him to keep growing a niche range of berries into his 80s. Old push chairs for harvesters and a handy little electric golf cart helps him run up and down the… Audio

A wrap from RNZ's rural news desk Audio

Michelle Bauer from Venture Taranaki's Branching Out programme shares exciting new opportunities for Taranaki landowners to diversify their farming and growing operations. Audio

Country Life speaks to farmers and growers around NZ to find out about growing conditions over the past month. Audio

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

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

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

They started growing vegetables in a paddock for lockdown vege boxes. Five years on, Penny Platt, her brother Ollie and Issac Green grow over 40 crops on 24 hectares of chemical free farmland. Audio

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

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

Landscape designer and market gardener Cath Goodrick enjoys showing how people to incorporate kai into their gardens. Audio

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

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

It's nearly time for the kumara harvest at Kai Rotorua and a new storage building there is waiting for its first crop. It's made out of hempcrete, an exciting new material made from hemp. One of the… Audio

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

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

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

We find out what it takes to produce some of New Zealand's tastiest apples by heading inside Plant & Food Research where they help Prevar create new apple and pear varieties Audio

We find out what it takes to produce some of New Zealand's tastiest apples by heading inside Plant & Food Research where they help Prevar create new apple and pear varieties Audio

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