Country Life for Friday 24 May 2024

7:43 PM.From a block of gorse-infected scrubland on Banks Peninsula, renowned botanist Hugh Wilson has spent half a lifetime growing Hinewai Reserve into a 1600-hectare paradise of regenerated native forest… Read more Audio

7:28 PM.Blacksmith Jamie Hughes has a niche business crafting knives and hand-forged metalwork for chefs, farmers and tourists from his smithy in Norsewood. Tough economic times means he's feeling it from all… Read more Audio

7:20 PM.Serena Lyders has found her calling as a traditional Māori healer, giving back to rural communities and working with shearers all around the motu. Read more Audio

7:12 PM.A round-up of the week's agricultural news with RNZ rural news reporter Sally Murphy Read more Audio

7:08 PM.This week Country Life meets a traditional Māori healer helping shearers around the motu and things heat up in a blacksmith's forge in Norsewood. Later we explore a native forest that grew from rough… Read more Audio