Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa
13 February 2012 - 12:31 am NZ time
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Country Life
with David Knowles, Carol Stiles, Susan Murray & Cosmo Kentish-Barnes
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Audio from Friday 19 March 2010
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- 21:05 Intro and Regional Wrap
Drought still gripping Northland while other previously okay regions have dried dramatically. Central Otago's desperate for rain, some farmers are depressed. Snow's fallen on ranges. (6′42″)
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- 21:14 Sheep Heaven
Clive, Ray and Susan go ram collecting at Bill and Sue Garland's property. The border leicester called William makes it safely home and starts doing the business. (14′00″)
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- 21:21 Living Between the Lines - Sallie's Memories (part two)
Episode two of a new 8-part series about rural life seen through the eyes of a young farmer's daughter from Murchison in the 1930's, based on Sara Newman's book of the same name. Read by Yvonne Martin and produced by Cosmo Kentish-Barnes. The music is from the Radio New Zealand Sound Archives recorded by the peacetime mobile unit of the New Zealand Broadcasting Service. (8′41″)
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- 21:29 Artificial Pollination
Bay of Plenty company Pollen Plus is the largest producer of pollen in the world. Each November one hundred tonnes of male kiwfruit flowers are picked so the pollen can be extracted and sold. Steve Saunders and Dr Mark Goodwin. (21′35″)
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Clockwise from the top: The kiwifruit flowers ready to be milled, Steve Saunders vacuuming the dried anthers just before the pollen is shaken out and Dr. Mark Goodwin.
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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
Post: PO Box 489, Hamilton
Phone: 07 8580729 or 03 3748444
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