Country Calendar

Season 61

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 61

16 Episodes

  • Yarns from the Ridge
    E1
    Yarns from the RidgeA couple raising their young family on a sheep and beef farm in the Marlborough Sounds branch into new activities including tourism and adding value to wool.
  • So Sweet
    E2
    So SweetA family-owned business growing root vegetables in Southland's cool and fertile soils uses smart technology to help it transition into organic production.
  • Left in the Dust
    E3
    Left in the DustLEFT IN THE DUST --- An East Coast Station manager's first day on the job coincided with Cyclone Gabrielle and he's spent the time since, bringing the farm back to top production.
  • Kina Surprise
    E4
    Kina SurpriseA crew of free-divers harvest from the waters around Rakiura / Stewart Island, with the shellfish going to the lucrative local market and to Australia.
  • Generation Strong
    E5
    Generation StrongFive grown up children, with young families of their own, make the annual pilgrimage back to the family farm, inland from Wairoa, to help with the summer shear.
  • Training the Troops
    E6
    Training the TroopsA Southland farm owned by the Salvation Army trains teenagers in practical farming skills, helping to build the next generation of farm workers.
  • Garden For Good
    E7
    Garden For GoodAn ex-lawyer creates a community of food producers to provide an affordable and resilient local food supply, to mend what she believes is a broken food system.
  • Honey Bunch
    E8
    Honey BunchOn the shores of Lake Taupō a beekeeping whānau works together to carve out a unique market for raw organic honey, for both food and health products.
  • In the Roots
    E9
    In the RootsThree brothers return home to supercharge the families' Nelson market garden, growing and selling fresh produce for wholesalers and their own thriving food store.
  • Butter Up
    E10
    Butter UpA Canterbury dairy farmer builds a booming glass-bottled milk business and expands to sell butter, while trialling new initiatives on the family’s four farms.
  • Black Beauties
    E11
    Black BeautiesA South Canterbury family growing organic blackcurrants has created an international business for products they make from the superfood.
  • Digging In
    E12
    Digging InA young Kāpiti couple runs a thriving business shearing and fencing on lifestyle blocks while also taming a run-down farm and saving up to buy one of their own.
  • Class Act
    E13
    Class ActA former world-champion shearer mentors the next generation of shepherds, shearers and farmers, while managing a large Pāmu-owned King Country sheep and beef station.
  • Happy Hour
    E14
    Happy HourA busy farming family rallies their community to buy the local hotel, creating a bustling hub that unites locals and celebrates small-town spirit.
  • Wool Warrior
    E15
    Wool WarriorOn a rugged northern Wairarapa farm, a woman continues her family tradition of growing top-quality wool and selling products made from it internationally.
  • In Safe Hands
    E16
    In Safe HandsA Southland woman shares stories of mental resilience and farm safety through workshops and children's books, inspired by the couple's life on their sheep and beef station.

 

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