FULL SHOW: Country Life for 17 October 2025
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.
Add to basket failed.
Please try again later
Add to Wish List failed.
Please try again later
Remove from Wish List failed.
Please try again later
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 17 October 2025
-
Narrated by:
-
By:
About this listen
This week Country Life talks to researchers who say there’s potential for the brown kiwi to become a pest patroller in orchards and vineyards. Mark Leishman pulls on his Country Life gumboots to meet an entrepreneur behind an intriguing gateway made of the toughest timber – ironbark, and a visit to a Waikato farming family who’ve been integrating robotics and automation into their dairy operation.
You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.
In this episode:
- 0:36 - Kiwi on pest patrol
- 14:33 - Rural News Wrap
- 18:32 - Ironbark - the wood as hard as steel
- 32:51 - Tech is key on this Tirau dairy farm
With thanks to guests:
- Isobel Castro and Karen Mason
- Steve Evans
- Brett and Linda Coubrough
Make sure you’re following us on your favourite podcast app, so you don’t miss new episodes every Friday evening.
Send us your feedback or get in touch at country@rnz.co.nz
Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
No reviews yet
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.