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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.

Where to Watch Country Calendar • Season 57

40 Episodes

  • Winning Ways
    E1
    Winning WaysA couple with no farming experience return to the husband's family land and prove so successful that they win the ultimate award - the Ahuwhenua Trophy for dairy farming.
  • Fired Up
    E2
    Fired UpA North Canterbury family, farming sheep and beef, stage a controlled burn-off to save their good livestock country from the encroaching wilding pines threatening their pasture.
  • Back on the Land
    E3
    Back on the LandIwi owners of an Eastland sheep and beef farm turn their fortunes around, buy more farms and move into new ventures to create more jobs in their community.
  • Spearheading
    E4
    SpearheadingA Horowhenua market gardening family creates year-round work for their team by adding hydroponic berryfruit and dairying to their asparagus operation.
  • The Whole Story
    E5
    The Whole StoryA woman splits her time between the family farm and her veterinary work, as well as running a new social enterprise focused on sustainable farming.
  • A Good Egg
    E6
    A Good EggA former electrician and his wife turn their backyard chook run into a free-range egg farm, selling to restaurants until COVID forces them to seek new markets.
  • Fine Fibre
    E7
    Fine FibreA father and son break with tradition by mustering with a helicopter on their high country sheep station, but produce some of the world's finest merino fibre.
  • Wonder Weed
    E8
    Wonder WeedA paua fisherman on Rakiura/Stewart Island joins a research mission exploring the use of seaweed to reduce methane emissions and help fight climate change.
  • Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
    E9
    Wolf in Sheep's ClothingA traditional sheep farming family use their coarse wool to make their own line of high-end bags, hats and wallets.
  • Tiger by the Tail
    E10
    Tiger by the TailA Southland cropping and sheep-farming family develops a traditional whisky distillery on their farm, doing everything themselves from grain to glass.
  • Top of the Crops
    E11
    Top of the CropsA sheep and crop-farming family branches out into new ventures, including tulips and hemp.
  • Fly My Pretties
    E12
    Fly My PrettiesA beekeeper successfully combines his natural love of bees with a wish to explore new ways of doing things
  • Keeping it Irish
    E13
    Keeping it IrishA woman whose passion for rare Irish Sport Horses saw her buy her first at 17 aims to breed the perfect horse on the sheep farm she runs with her husband.
  • High Flyers
    E14
    High FlyersOne cousin grows crops such as sunflowers and canary seed, while the other runs a factory that turns the grain into birdseed products.
  • My Aim is True
    E15
    My Aim is TrueA keen hunter-gatherer from the top of the south turns his passion for spearfishing into a business and showcases his way of life on his own TV show
  • Fruitful Future
    E16
    Fruitful FutureA Nelson family expands their kiwifruit and apple orchard into a thriving business, employing the entire family and meeting staffing challenges by innovating.
  • Carbon Zero
    E17
    Carbon ZeroTwo successful entrepreneurs go back to their rural roots, buy a high-country station and convert it into New Zealand's first carbon zero certified farm.
  • Station Bred
    E18
    Station BredIn Rangitikei, a farming family on a big hill-country station seek a better return for their coarse wool by turning it into blankets that they design and sell themselves.
  • Where the Wild Things Are
    E19
    Where the Wild Things AreA family farming near Aoraki Mt Cook harvests their wilding pine trees and puts the proceeds back into their sheep & beef operation.
  • It's Only Natural
    E20
    It's Only NaturalA dairy farmer makes big changes to the way he runs his farm, putting the welfare of his herd ahead of other priorities such as profit.
  • Bearing Fruit
    E21
    Bearing FruitWhen a Northland couple planted New Zealand's first commercial pineapple orchard everyone told them they'd fail, but they're selling everything they can grow.
  • Sister Act
    E22
    Sister ActTwo sisters share the running of the family sheep and beef farm between them and also keep their own careers going by working part-time elsewhere.
  • Home in the Hills
    E23
    Home in the HillsA young Taranaki family farms sheep & beef on steep country, and makes the most of the mānuka they once dismissed as scrub by developing a honey business.
  • The Flattest Paddock
    E24
    The Flattest PaddockA Marlborough family, whose farm was too steep for cattle, became mussel farmers instead, and host a big equestrian event on their new farm among the grape vines.
  • Way Out Back
    E25
    Way Out BackThree generations of a farming family and their staff spend a week in a musterers' hut at the back of one of NZ's biggest privately-owned high-country stations.
  • Planting a Future
    E26
    Planting a FutureAn East Coast whānau sets about securing their family's future by restoring their lands, through partnership with a new farm carbon-forestry venture.
  • Flat Out
    E27
    Flat OutA North Island farmer moves south to manage a government-owned farm on the edge of Fiordland National Park, making changes to improve the farming system.
  • All at Sea
    E28
    All at SeaA Rakiura Stewart Island family have all made their living on the sea, catching crays or diving for pāua, and the next generation is now becoming an expert fisher.
  • Get Cracking
    E29
    Get CrackingA Canterbury family turns its bare paddocks into one of the country's largest walnut orchards, working with other local growers to process and sell the nuts.
  • Black Gold
    E30
    Black GoldA retired couple took a punt growing truffles on their Te Puke block, and are now busy producing, selling and showcasing their nuggets of black gold.
  • Vintners' Luck
    E31
    Vintners' LuckA couple develops a bare block of stony Wairarapa ground into a vineyard and olive grove producing top-class wine and oil.
  • From the Ground Up
    E32
    From the Ground Upcountry-calendar
  • Something Brewing
    E33
    Something BrewingA couple farming sheep and beef near the shores of Lake Taupō build an on-farm brewery after facing restrictions on livestock numbers and needing to diversify.
  • Ocean Farm
    E34
    Ocean FarmA Coromandel man joins with a mussel farmer to trial growing seaweed in a 3D ocean farm to provide food for restaurants and to mitigate climate warming.
  • Fruits of Their Labour
    E35
    Fruits of Their LabourA woman uses her Thai background to start a mushroom farm in Northland, while her partner leaves the finance industry for a new life growing avocados.
  • The Full Picture
    E36
    The Full PictureDespite being busy with lambing and calving on their Rangitikei sheep and beef farm, a couple fosters art by hosting an artist in residence.
  • Growing a Future
    E37
    Growing a FutureA Gisborne couple turn their sheep and beef farm into an outdoor classroom as part of an industry-led initiative for young people keen to be farmers.
  • The Neighbourly Whey
    E38
    The Neighbourly WheyA Golden Bay dairy farm provides a way-of-life for three families, with the owner, farm manager, and neighbouring cheese-makers all working together.
  • Growing Community
    E39
    Growing CommunityA Hawke's Bay community supporting people with intellectual disabilities provides jobs on a dairy farm, cheesery and a garden.
  • Long Sight
    E40
    Long SightThe fourth generation of an Indian immigrant family works hard on their Waikato sheep, beef and dairy farm, creating a farming legacy for future generations.

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