Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa
13 February 2012 - 12:21 am NZ time
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Country Life
with David Knowles, Carol Stiles & Cosmo Kentish-Barnes
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Audio from Friday 10 October 2008
Not all audio is available due to copyright restrictions.
- 21:05 Intro and the 2008 Grasslands Conference
Whats on this year with Grasslands chairman Dr John Caradus. (3′27″)
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- 21:08 Regional Conditions
North Island grass growth's a bit slow and frosts tickle the Southern North Island and South Island. (6′13″)
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- 21:17 Wheat Out Of Ten
Canterbury farmer Alastair Barnett is New Zealand's top feed wheat grower for the second year running. (7′25″)
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- 21:24 Arborist Reginald Day (circa 1948)
A 1948 peacetime mobile radio unit interview with Reginald Day who talks about New Plymouth's wonderful trees. (8′12″)
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- 21:32 Milking Buffalo
Helen and Richard Dorresteyn have been perfecting the art of milking buffalo, turning the porcelain white milk into mozzarella. (24′32″)
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(Top left) Helen Dorresteyn and one of the herd. (Top right) The finished product- balls of mozzarella. Clevedon Valley Buffalo (Bottom).
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Carol Stiles
Susan Murray
Cosmo Kentish-Barnes
Duncan Smith
Produced by Carol Stiles, Susan Murray and Cosmo Kentish-Barnes
email: countrylife@radionz.co.nz
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