Olives
Huhana Smith - artist, scholar, activist and farmer
Huhana Smith grows olives, fruit and harakeke on six hectares of land at Kuku north of Wellington. It's a productive testing ground for growing healthy food and, potentially, a sustainable fashion… Audio
Summer Series: Country Life for January 5
Stories from the 2023 archive: Leah meets a Northland olive grower, Cosmo's scratching cows with Loulou the Cow Whisperer and Sally's out hunting for a good cause. Audio
Summer Series: Country Life for January 5
Stories from the 2023 archive: Leah meets a Northland olive grower, Cosmo's scratching cows with Loulou the Cow Whisperer and Sally's out hunting for a good cause.
AudioThe versatility of olives
Helen Melser's The Olive Tree in My Kitchen explores the versatility of the fruit and is a homage to the olive tree. Over the years she's produced many olive products from her grove in the Wairarapa… Audio, Gallery
Dali olive oil - a picture of health
Ross Vintiner has carved an interesting career - from the maelstrom of politics alongside David Lange to the relative peace of an olive grove in Wairarapa. Along the way he's developed an interest in… Video, Audio
Dali olive oil - a picture of health
Ross Vintiner has carved an interesting career - from the maelstrom of politics alongside David Lange to the relative peace of an olive grove in Wairarapa. Along the way he's developed an interest in…
Video, AudioFruit, flowers and fragrances: life on an organic orchard
Olia Alpatskaya is from the Ural Mountains in Russia and trained as a mining engineer. She came to New Zealand for a better life with her children and to escape biting minus 30 winter temperatures… Audio, Gallery
Fruit, flowers and fragrances: life on an organic orchard
Olia Alpatskaya is from the Ural Mountains in Russia and trained as a mining engineer. She came to New Zealand for a better life with her children and to escape biting minus 30 winter temperatures…
AudioEuropean Farming Insights
Former RNZ Rural News reporter Alexa Cook is travelling through Europe with her boyfriend. She tells Cosmo about the farming observations she has made in Portugal and southern Spain. Audio
European Farming Insights
Former RNZ Rural News reporter Alexa Cook is travelling through Europe with her boyfriend. She tells Cosmo about the farming observations she has made in Portugal and southern Spain.
AudioRichard Mabey: the cabaret of plants
British writer and broadcaster whose work takes a cultural perspective on the natural world. His latest book is The Cabaret of Plants: Botany and the Imagination. Audio
Bio Dynamic Bert
Bert van Heuckelum has been told he could plant a broomstick and it would grow. The green-fingered Katikati orchardist left Holland in 1983. His dream was to live self-sufficiently in New Zealand. Audio
Bio Dynamic Bert
Bert van Heuckelum has been told he could plant a broomstick and it would grow. The green-fingered Katikati orchardist left Holland in 1983. His dream was to live self-sufficiently in New Zealand.
AudioThe Good Oil - Wairarapa's Olive Harvest
Martinborough is celebrating its second olive festival this weekend (27-29 June). It marks the culmination of the annual olive harvest in the Wairarapa region, which boasts the biggest concentration… Audio
Autumn fried mushroom and chicken liver mosaic
Recipe by Phillip Kraal
From Afternoons on Friday 4 April 2014
Summer Pasta Salad with Salami
Recipe by Phil Russ
From Nine To Noon on Monday 31 March 2014
Late Summer Stuffed Aubergines
Recipe by Laura Faire
From Nine To Noon on Monday 3 February 2014
Quinoa Salad with Spinach, Olives and Roasted Peanuts
Recipe by Cathy Duffield
From Nine To Noon on Monday 20 January 2014
