Country Life
with Carol Stiles, Susan Murray, Cosmo Kentish-Barnes & Duncan Smith
Saturday at 7am
Coming Up
9:06 pm Friday 24 May: Country Life
The Otepopo cemetery in Herbert, North Otago, is perched atop a windswept hill with sweeping views over the district. Jim and Nancy Craig, who farm the land around the cemetery, and Herbert historian Dorothy McKenzie meet Cosmo Kentish-Barnes at the site to share its history and some of the stories of those who are buried there.
Also this week, Genoese Foods: Each week crates and crates of basil are flown into Auckland from Fiji. They’re then freighted to Levin where they are made into pesto by a former asparagus grower.
Audio
Audio from Saturday 7 January 2012
Not all audio is available due to copyright restrictions.
- 21:13 Vitally Valuable Vet
Theresa Hoyle set up a veterinary practice in the small rural town of Wairoa four years ago. She now employs a second vet and two trained vet nurses. She helps the SPCA fundraise to pay for medical treatment for the animals, does house calls for the elderly and poor, and runs first aid classes for working dogs. (16′04″)
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- 21:18 Avocado Picking
Avocados for the domestic and overseas markets are coming off trees thick and fast. It will be the biggest crop ever picked in New Zealand and Country Life joins those on the hydra ladders picking the fruit, following it through to the packhouse. (19′46″)
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- 21:32 Murray Heays
80-year-old Murray Heays is one Hawke's Bay's first deer farmers. Throughout the 1970s he captured wild deer on his steep, gorge carved, property west of Tutira. After gradually fencing them in and getting them calm, he began harvesting velvet, travelling to South Korea on several occasions to sell the product. He returned one time with a suitcase stuffed full of US dollars. (20′03″)
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The Team
Presenters:
Carol Stiles
Susan Murray
Cosmo Kentish-Barnes
Duncan Smith
Produced by Carol Stiles, Susan Murray and Cosmo Kentish-Barnes
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