Country Life

• FULL SHOW: Country Life for 7 November 2025

  Country Life meets Berwick Settle who's worked on huge dairy farms in Russia and China, joins a shearing gang for a day and finds out about the world of heritage seed saving.You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.In this episode:0:30 - A kiwi's life in the world's largest dairy farms9:30 - Rural News Wrap15:23 - From the Archive: Sheep on the board35:31 - Saving seeds, saving storiesWith thanks to:Berwick SettleJemma OstenfeldNgā Taonga Sound & VisionMake 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 [email protected] to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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• From the Archive: Sheep on the board

  In this story for the long-running programme Spectrum, first broadcast in 1972, Jack Perkins joins a Wairarapa shearing gang, on a farm near Masterton. It starts at the beginning of a day's shearing, with sounds of sheep in the yards, dogs barking and shepherd's whistling.You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here. With thanks to:Ngā Taonga Sound & VisionGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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• Rural News Wrap for 7 November 2025

  A round-up of the week's news from the primary sector. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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• Saving seeds, saving stories

  There's a story to many of the heritage seedlings which Jemma Ostenfeld grows on a patch of borrowed land in the eastern Bay of Plenty. You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.With thanks to:Jemma OstenfeldGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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• A kiwi's life in the world's largest dairy farms

  Twenty years ago Berwick Settle was a Southland sharemilker. Since then he's worked in some of the biggest dairy farms in the world, helping set up farms in China and Russia where cows live year round in huge barns, a far cry from New Zealand's pastoral system. You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.With thanks to:Berwick SettleGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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