Country Life
with David Knowles and Susan Murray
Friday 9pm and Saturday 7am
Audio from Friday, 03 October 2008
Not all audio is available due to copyright restrictions.
- 21:15 Intro and Drought
- There are early signs of a dry start to summer. (duration: 3′32″)
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- 21:15 Regional Conditions
- North Island grass growth's a bit slow and frosts tickle the Southern North Island and South Island. (duration: 6′36″)
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- 21:30 Agri News
- A campaign for a $150 lamb, dung bettles, robot milking and science lessons don't engage youngsters. (duration: 4′04″)
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- 21:30 Having a Blast
- Ian Park, Roger Readington and Giles Russell love blowing things up. Today's job: a 500 metre long boggy drain in Manawatu. (duration: 14′23″)
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- 21:45 Kakanui Willow
- Vannier Mike Lilian has been weaving for twenty-five years and is one of only two or three full time willow weavers in NZ. (duration: 20′58″)
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(Pictured below) Mike Lilian in his workshop in Kakanui and some of his willow creations.
(Below left) Construction blasters Ian Park (middle) and Roger Readington (right) .(Below right) The blasting team getting ready for the big blow.
The Team
Susan Murray
Carol Stiles
Cosmo
Kentish-Barnes
Dempsey Woodley
Produced by Carol Stiles, Susan Murray and Cosmo Kentish-Barnes
email: countrylife@radionz.co.nz
Post: PO Box 489, Hamilton
Phone: 07 8580729 or 03 3748444
About Country Life
Country Life is a weekly, rural magazine programme.
It won the award for Best Daily or Weekly Series of under an hour’s duration at the 2007 NZ Radio Awards.
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