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A race against time at Fieldays
9:17 PM.Fieldays being held in late-November wasn't the only difference to the annual offering. Mark Eager and Lizzie Stephenson were put in the drivers seat of a tractor in a race they dubbed against the… Read more Audio
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On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ
9:07 PM.Rain has come back to Northland in the past few days. It's a blessing to see conditions like these in the summer months as soil moisture levels won't be improving from now. Silage making is in full… Read more Audio
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Country Life for December 9 2022
9:07 PM.A Year on the Farm - Part 3: Dagging Ewes to prevent Flystrike, Ian Moore, tractor racing and On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ. Read more Audio
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Restoring the balance of nature along the Kaikōura coastline
9:29 AM.A trapline snakes its way along the coast between the Awatere River in Marlborough and Oaro River in North Canterbury. It's there to protect endangered native birds from introduced predators. The Te… Read more Audio
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Meet the Number-8-wired minds at Fieldays innovation hub
9:21 PM.More than 60 creative problem solvers were finalists in the Fieldays Innovation Awards this week. Read more Audio
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On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ
9:15 PM.Hawke's Bay has had good weather for flowering vineyards. A dairy farmer in Southland says grass is shooting out of the ground after a good dose of rain. Read more Audio
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Rayne Bradley ticks the year off
9:07 PM.In a series about a rural teen heading to the city to study, Country Life catches up with Taumarunui-born Rayne Bradley who is about to spread her wings. Read more Audio
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Country Life for 2 December 2022
9:07 PM.Country Life takes a walk along a coastal trapline in Kaikoura, checks in with rural teen Rayne Bradley who's about to spread her wings and visits the Fieldays Innovation Hub. Read more Audio
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Hip hop dancer embraces the farming life
7:38 PM.Hawke's Bay farm manager Viliata Junior Fonoti Taulago has been known to bust moves in the paddock. Read more Video, Audio
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Ex-midwife in high spirits after setting up farm distillery
7:24 PM.A sheep and beef farm on the foothills of the Seaward Kaikoura Range is home to a boutique distillery. Justine Schroder converted a shed into the Mt Fyffe Distillery three years ago and she's never… Read more Audio
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Life on the road as a Wilderness Vet
7:18 PM.Our guest this week is Caroline Murray - a vet in Blenheim doing things a little differently. She calls herself the Wilderness Vet and has taken on the role of working for herself, with her car acting… Read more Audio
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On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ
7:11 PM.There's an explosion of grass in Waikato this week after countless days of rain and warmish weather, calves are being weaned and drenched on the West Coast and winter crops are in the ground in South… Read more Audio
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Why right now is the best time to get out freshwater fishing
7:07 PM.Fishing licences are down this year which could mean more opportunity for a successful catch. Fish and Game ranger Adam Daniel lets us in on his favourite places to go in the Central North Island. Read more Audio
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Country Life for 25 November 2022
7:05 PM.Hiphop dancer embraces the farming life, Ex-midwife in high spirits after setting up farm distillery, Life on the road as a Wilderness Vet, Why right now is the best time to get out freshwater fishing… Read more Audio
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25 Years of Country Life - Avonstour Farm
8:16 AM.Organic farmer John Earney has been hosting WWOOFers on his Taranaki farm for ten years. "Willing Workers on Organic Farms or World Wide Workers on Organic Farms but I say willing workers because if… Read more Audio
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Out-of-the-box beef farmer aims for no waste
1:38 PM.Claire Wells is one of few farmers who get to meet all their consumers face-to-face. The Gladstone beef farmer has just launched a gate-to-plate meat box business. Her subscribers pay for a "kinder"… Read more Audio
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On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ
9:11 PM.In Manawatu it's gone from being too wet to drive tractors on paddocks to hanging out for rain. While on the West Coast of the South Island, farmers are shutting up paddocks for silage, and some are… Read more Audio
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Country Life Friday November 18 2022
9:07 PM.Out-of-the-box beef farmer aims for no waste, 25 Years of Country Life - Avonstour Farm, Guest - Mike Barham and On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ. Read more Audio
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Farmers crowd source to save Taihape station from forestry
9:07 PM.Mike Barham, a farmer from Hawke's Bay, is leading a crowd funding syndicate to save one farm from being sold into forestry. Mangaohane Station, nearly 5000 hectares just off the Napier-Taihape Road… Read more Audio
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Farmers proud to be guardians of ancient drawings
3:19 PM.There are hundreds of drawings on limestone rock, some of which could be up to 1000 years old, in South Canterbury. Peter Evans believes it was his grandfather who discovered the ancient drawings on… Read more Audio
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Massive Anzac carving stands tall in Rissington
1:35 PM.Two First World War soldiers have emerged from the remnants of a dying redwood at a fork in the road in rural Hawkes Bay. The massive sculpture is a tribute not just to those who went to war from… Read more Audio
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25 Years of Country Life - The Leatherman Inventor
7:14 PM.Back in 2002, in this interview from the archives, Tim Leatherman recounts how he came up with the nifty gadget known as the Leatherman. Read more Audio
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On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ
7:07 PM.In Taranaki the temperature gauge is rising and pasture growth is finally looking good. In Southland, they're flat out tailing and some farmers are pleasantly surprised that their lambing tally is… Read more Audio
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Country Life for 11 November 2022
7:06 PM.This week Country Life heads to Rissington where locals in the tiny Hawkes Bay settlement have driven a huge project to remember those who went to war. An iconic redwood at a fork in the road has been… Read more Audio
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A year on the farm: Tailing the spring lambs
9:31 PM.A mob of bouncy lambs locate their baaing mums after having their tails docked by Oxford farmers Alistair and Genna Bird. Read more Video, Audio