Murray Barker was a self-confessed drifter until he was offered the chance to take over a small goldfish farm near Te Aroha. He has expanded the enterprise and now sells over one million fish each year within New Zealand.
Julian O'Brien reports on Glyn and Dora Saunders who bought their Wairarapa farmlet to retire on but whose lives have turned out much busier than planned.
Country Calendar celebrates the life of John Clarke by re-airing an episode from 1974. This episode is the first time the character of Fred Dagg was brought to TV audiences.
Country Calendar celebrates the life of producer Frank Torley with an episode in which Frank tells his own story, originally aired to mark the show's 45th birthday in 2011.
A couple with a love of the ocean establishes a free-range egg farm overlooking the sea in Southland to help realise their dreams of one day sailing away.
A Canterbury farming family grows crops to harvest the seeds, which are then used by gardeners and farmers all around the world to plant their own crops.
Two American brothers enlist the help of a woman with farming expertise to create a farm and garden to provide food for their local community near Upper Hutt.
After many years working away from the land, a couple return to take over the family farms where they were brought up and develop new outlets for their lambswool.
An award-winning South Auckland couple builds a team to embrace new farming and conservation practices to future-proof their dairy and sheep & beef operations.
A Canterbury man shares with farmers, the knowledge of his tipuna, his passion for mahinga kai or food gathering, and the value of protecting our waterways.
A Gisborne family grows citrus and apples for the domestic and export markets, processing it in their new packhouse, and providing work for locals & travellers.
A Motueka family grows heritage varieties of apples, pears and plums on their organic orchard, selling the fruit and producing cider vinegars, juices and tonics.
Two shepherding brothers on a vast East Coast hill country station go on to buy the property and draw the community together for their traditional on-farm sale.
A Central Otago orchardist runs an export cherry business, built up from childhood paper-run savings and saves second-rate cherries from going to waste.
A Bay of Plenty whānau Māori runs an oyster farm, providing jobs for local rangatahi & delicious kaimoana for people passing through their coastal village.
Two young bee-keeping brothers in Manawatū have built up their honey business through hard graft, inventiveness and with timber milled from the family farm.
A North Canterbury couple produces free range eggs, beef cattle and sheep, and have started their own butchery, all built up since they moved here from Germany.