Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa
13 February 2012 - 12:20 am NZ time
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Country Life
with Dempsey Woodley, Carol Stiles, Susan Murray & Cosmo Kentish-Barnes
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Audio from Friday 13 August 2010
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- 21:05 Intro and Regional Wrap
Calving's keeping dairy farmers busy and where lambing has started, survival's been good. (4′20″)
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- 21:09 Sheep Heaven
Susan Murray's off to sell the wool from her ten sheep. (6′55″)
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- 21:15 St Andrew's Limes
Ant Williams grows limes in frosty Hawkes Bay. He makes a range of lime-based products he sells at the Hawkes Bay farmers market and in specialty food stores around the country. (14′53″)
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- 21:29 Dam Water
The Hurunui Water Project has plans for a 75-metre high dam across the south branch of the Hurunui River. Some North Canterbury farmers wholeheartedly support the idea, but others in the community are strongly opposed to the scheme. (24′47″)
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Spot the difference: (Left) North Canterbury Farmer Mark Zino is in an unirrigated paddock of Kale on his farm. (Right) Ten minutes later Mark's in another paddock of the same crop that's been irrigated. (Bottom) Lime grower Ant Williams.
The Team
Presenters:
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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