Sheep

High country sheep have been saved from being eaten alive by kea. Kea strikes - which happen when the native bird digs its beak into the wool, eating it, the fat and the flesh - have long been a… Audio

New Zealand's first shipment of frozen mutton was slaughtered at Totara Estate and sent to Britain from Port Chalmers in 1882. It was the beginnings of New Zealand's multi-billion dollar frozen meat… Audio

Phil King is a 70 year old central Hawkes Bay farmer. He's been a champion ram breeder and fat lamb produce, President of the Royal Agricultural Society of NZ and organiser of the AC Cameron Award… Audio

The 2014 New Zealand Sheep Dog Trial Association Tux South Island and New Zealand Championship is being hosted by the Geraldine Collie Dog Club at Waihi Station near Geraldine. There are four events… Audio

The first University of Otago Scottish Writers Fellow combines her love of music with her desire to write.

Janice Galloway has collaborated with opera companies and artists, and written a much loved… Audio

Sheep, Dog and Wolf's Daniel McBride and Flo Wilson of Seance and Foxtrot-fame in conversation; Liam Finn recalls his Lester Osborne debut at the inaugural camp. Audio

Recording under the name Sheep, Dog and Wolf, multi-instrumentalist Daniel McBride juggles a dizzying array of instruments, with guitar, saxophone, clarinet, cello, vocals and drums all finding their… Audio

Steve Wilde on the trail of Shrek. Audio

Is it a Geep? Or a Shoat? Taieri Plains farmer Graeme Wallace has discovered what appears to be a cross between a sheep and a goat when getting his mob in for tailing recently. Audio

Daniel McBride introduces the song 'Guaranteed Defective' Audio

Natural history writer Alison Ballance re-visits the subantarctic Campbell Island two decades after her first trip. Audio

Can the sheep industry recover from its current doldrums? Audio