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Country Life for Friday 5 July 2019
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From protein powder to protea flowers
9:34 PM.Jessica Cooke was a personal trainer in Christchurch before returning home to Banks Peninsula six years ago to take over her mother's floriculture business on the family's steep seven hectare property… Read more Audio, Gallery
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The Waiuku company making fence posts from used plastic
9:20 PM.Waiuku-based company Future Post blends granulated soft plastics with chipped up milk bottles to produce sturdy recyclable fence posts. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Westland Woes
9:07 PM.Colin van der Geest is dairy farmer based on the West Coast. He spoke to RNZ's Maja Burry about why he made the decision to back the sale of Westland Milk Products to China's Yili conglomerate. Read more Audio
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Regional Wrap
9:14 PM.Farmers in Northland are in good spirits because they've hardly had to put on their wet weather gear. Canterbury's had another amazing weather week with the temperature gauge nudging 20 degrees on… Read more Audio
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Full Episode for Friday July 5 2019
9:04 PM.Flower Power on the Peninsula, Plastic Posts, Westland Woes and the Regional Wrap. Read more Audio