Country CalendarStagione 56

Country Calendar is a television series covering rural life in New Zealand. Established in March 1966 and screening every year since, it is New Zealand's longest-running television series. It is currently being shown for 30 weeks of the year at 7 pm Saturdays on Television New Zealand's TV ONE, and older episodes are screened nightly on Sky TV's Heartland channel.

Dove guardare Country Calendar • Stagione 56

40 Episodi

  • Busy Lissie
    E1
    Busy LissieFive children help run their family sheep and beef farm, as well as helping their mother embark on a new venture producing honey.
  • The Vege Patch
    E2
    The Vege PatchA woman returns home to become the fourth generation to work in the family's market garden, continuing a tradition of innovation to keep the business up with the times.
  • On the Sheep's Back
    E3
    On the Sheep's BackA sheep-farming family launches a grassroots campaign to revive wool as a valued fibre, creating knitting kits to teach schoolchildren about the wonders of wool.
  • Nest Egg
    E4
    Nest EggA couple's free-range egg farm provides them an income as they head towards retirement. Their hens have a great quality of life and produce eggs for cafés around the top of the South.
  • Back to the Future
    E5
    Back to the FutureA family goes back to their roots, growing organic vegetables and milking cows in a regenerative and profitable system that's lighter on the land.
  • Steam and Honey
    E6
    Steam and HoneyA beekeeper’s adult daughter returns home with her husband and children to join the family honey business, taking it in new directions.
  • Farming at the Bay
    E7
    Farming at the BayA family carves out a varied living on a challenging coastal sheep and beef farm near Nelson, balancing livestock farming with tourism, forestry and dealing with wild goats and pigs.
  • Bella Vacca
    E8
    Bella VaccaA Northland share-milking couple finds their bottled fresh milk is so popular that they're about to take on the huge Auckland home-delivery market.
  • Honey From the Hills
    E9
    Honey From the HillsA beekeeping family produces honey from flowers growing in the Kaikoura mountains behind their home. They've also diversified into producing the beverage mead from their honey.
  • Jurassic Farm
    E10
    Jurassic FarmA family has farmed for more than a century among spectacular limestone outcrops, cliffs and caves near Waitomo and they're determined to preserve the natural landscape around them.
  • Rush Hour
    E11
    Rush HourA Motueka orcharding family say they couldn't get their harvest in without a team of RSE workers from Samoa, who also benefit from the relationship and got through MIQ in time to help out.
  • To the Island
    E12
    To the IslandA family move from town to whānau land on a remote island in Foveaux Strait south of Bluff, where they plan to farm sheep and produce mānuka honey.
  • The Forager
    E13
    The ForagerWhere most of us see just weeds, Mike King sees sources of food and flavour after years of foraging wild plants for restaurants and teaching people about what's in their own backyards.
  • Water into Wine
    E14
    Water into WineA Central Otago vineyard aims for a closed system in which all inputs come off its own land and are recycled back after the wine is made, so the only additional input is water.
  • The Deep Blue Sea
    E15
    The Deep Blue SeaA Chatham Islands family creates an international seafood export business, despite the many challenges of living in such a remote island setting.
  • Leading the Way
    E16
    Leading the WayA young Manawatu woman juggles stock work on the family farm with breaking horses, dog training, tertiary study and working as a district councillor.
  • Large as Life
    E17
    Large as LifeA Marlborough man harvests mussels for nutraceuticals and wild seaweed for natural fertilisers, and divides his time between the family rose nursery and his vineyard home.
  • Farming a Future
    E18
    Farming a FutureAn Englishman with a dream creates an organic co-op of farms producing eggs, greens, meat and milk, proving a healthy agricultural footprint can create high end food for the masses.
  • Island Hills
    E19
    Island HillsOld and new go hand in hand on a rugged high country Canterbury farm as a family finds ways to diversify and make a living on a station that's now home to the fifth generation.
  • The Limery
    E20
    The LimeryA couple set up New Zealand's only lime juicing operation on their Wairoa orchard, a breakthrough that means they can expand the business and provide income for others in the community.
  • On the Rocks
    E21
    On the RocksA Central Otago couple turns their hands to distilling whisky and gin to complement the sheep, beef and cropping operations on their station.
  • Spice of Life
    E22
    Spice of LifeThey're growing the world's most expensive spice, saffron, in northern Southland, where the quality of the sunlight makes for an almost perfect crop that's worth $50,000 a kilo.
  • Boxing On
    E23
    Boxing OnA couple continues a family tradition of market gardening but branches out into home deliveries to bolster their business, harvesting a variety of crops year-round.
  • Late Pick
    E24
    Late PickAfter growing avocados for three generations over 100 years, a family have perfected a new variety. Many who have sampled it predict it will become an international success.
  • Meat & Potatoes
    E25
    Meat & PotatoesThe fourth generation of a Manawatū family grow potatoes on leased farms in the district and run cattle & sheep as well. Their business supports their local community and school.
  • The Hard Yards
    E26
    The Hard YardsA couple wanted to run their own business, so they decided to have a go at dairying and now sell their output, including raw milk, in glass bottles direct to consumers.
  • Going Bush
    E27
    Going BushA couple quickly realised that parts of their new farm were too steep to graze stock easily, so they've planted the gullies in high-value native timber that can eventually be logged.
  • People in Glasshouses
    E28
    People in GlasshousesA family-run horticulture business grows millions of capsicums a year in their vast high-tech glasshouse operation, in the most environmentally sustainable way they can.
  • Down With the Kids
    E29
    Down With the KidsA South Auckland farmer runs one of the country's largest goat operations, breeding from the best animals and milking thousands of dairy goats to create a new milk brand.
  • Salt of the Earth
    E30
    Salt of the EarthA Rangitikei family on a coastal farm markets their sea-seasoned lamb to the world. They're also planting wetlands and pine forests to make the best use of their sandy soil.
  • Garden Bounty
    E31
    Garden BountyA couple makes a living by growing, drying and selling a wide range of medicinal herbs, while also producing most of the food they and their family eat.
  • Truffle Buff
    E32
    Truffle BuffA couple harvests world-renowned Black Perigord truffles from their Nelson orchard where they live off-grid, and sells the sought-after fungi direct to chefs in Wellington and Auckland.
  • Yellow Fever
    E33
    Yellow FeverThe COVID-19 lockdown means a couple growing daffodils can't sell their flowers at auction and the Daffodil Day event is cancelled, so they explore other ways to survive.
  • A Place for Penguins
    E34
    A Place for PenguinsA Banks Peninsula family raises cattle and exotic sheep on their historic farm, while working to make their land a haven for the little penguins that nest on the shore.
  • You Only Live Once
    E35
    You Only Live OnceA sixth generation dairy farmer who lived with depression changes his focus to restore balance to his life, reconnect with his family and start a charity to help others.
  • Changing Times
    E36
    Changing TimesA young couple moves their cows and their family to the King Country to run their own dairy farm and lead a more balanced life, also raising Angora goats for their mohair fibre.
  • Juiced Up
    E37
    Juiced UpA couple buys an old citrus orchard and brings it back to life, growing oranges and juicing them for the local café market, and diversifying into new citrus varieties.
  • Slightly Wild
    E38
    Slightly WildA Manawatu family farming bulls, sheep and crops, branches out into growing flowers. Their great soil grows beautiful blooms which they sell at the local market and direct to florists.
  • Comfort Zone
    E39
    Comfort ZoneA couple manages an historic sheep and beef station on the wild Wairarapa coast, while also looking after the guests who stay at the luxury lodge on the property.
  • Blooming Christmas
    E40
    Blooming ChristmasA Central Otago woman builds on her experience running a tree nursery when she establishes a business growing Christmas trees for local families, along with lavender and peonies.

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