Country Life

Country Life checks in with the Electoral Commission about rural voting enrolments and turnout, gets stuck into a spring tidy of Gianina's garden, and visits pubs around the lower South Island to learn what makes a publican.

You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.
In this episode:
0:58 - Rural News Wrap
6:38 - The state of the rural vote
14:23 - Garden Diaries: Spring has sprung (for the original story, see here)
29:55 - A conversation with Country Pubs
With thanks to:
Karl Le Quesne
Hannah Zwartz
Keith Fenwick, Donna Hall, Jim McDougall, Pravesh and Monika Kumar
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How are pubs across the central South Island faring in 2026 - and what do their futures look like?
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With thanks to:
Keith Fenwick, Donna Hall, Jim McDougall, Pravesh and Monika Kumar
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The warmer weather means it's time to turn my attention back to the garden, bringing in the crops ready for harvest and preparing my seedlings for the coming season too.

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You can find our first diary entry and details of the garden set up, here.
With thanks to:
Hannah Zwartz
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Electoral Commision chief executive Karl Le Quesne chats about rural voters, and how they can turn out to the polls in October.
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With thanks to:
Karl Le Quesne
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A wrap of news from RNZ's rural newsdesk.
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