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More rugged than posh - playing polo the Kiwi way
7:40 PM.Summer at a sportsground in Hawkes Bay means the thud of hooves and the knock of mallets under the hot summer sun. Read more Audio
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Green learning hub grows on red zone land
7:27 PM.School students are helping turn quake-damaged red zoned land green again at the Climate Action Campus in Ōtautahi/Christchurch.
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A year after Gabrielle, "a little bit of a miracle"
7:19 PM.A year ago the Wilson family's apple trees were bowled like nine pins when logs came crashing through stop banks and silt drowned many areas. Did the trees come good? Read more Audio
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Rural News Wrap
7:12 PM.A round-up of the week's agricultural news with RNZ rural news reporter Susan Murray. Read more Audio
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Country Life Friday 9 February 2024
7:07 PM.Country Life this week - a chat with a Hawkes Bay apple orchardist one year on from Gabrielle, the Climate Action Campus in Christchurch and a polo match under the hot summer sun Read more Audio
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I'm a wee bit addicted to doing farm trials says Waipara farmer
7:30 PM.Former ag scientist, Ian Knowles, likes to lead from the front when it comes to sheep and plant trials and comparative experiments on his diverse hill country farm. Read more Audio
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Kotare Subtropicals on a mission to reduce banana imports
7:17 PM.Geoff Mansell is growing bananas and many other subtropical fruits to supply local supermarkets and he hopes others will do the same. Read more Audio
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Banking on seeds for Raglan
7:12 PM.People in Raglan have access to a community seed bank so they can plant their own vegetables and ensure local cultivars thrive. Read more Audio
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Rural News Wrap
7:07 PM.A round-up of the week's agricultural news with RNZ rural news reporter Susan Murray. Read more Audio
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Country Life Friday 2 February 2024
7:00 PM.Country Life goes bananas, meets an award-winning Waipara farmer and checks in on Raglan's seed bank. Read more Audio
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Egg farmer cracks the paddock-to-plate market
7:34 PM.Scott Jimmieson sold cars to upskill for his paddock-to-plate free range egg business. It was tough-going but good training for understanding his customers. Country Life hops in the delivery van… Read more Audio
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Summer lamb prices slide down the big dipper
7:21 PM."It's going to be a tough year. Do you want to talk to the bank manager or me?" Sheffield farmer Tom Ferguson tells Cosmo Kentish-Barnes after his on-farm lamb sale. Read more Video, Audio
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Nuffield scholar and agricultural journalist Claire Taylor
7:14 PM.Are farmers around the world telling their story well enough? Scottish ag journo and Nuffield Scholar Claire Taylor has been visiting New Zealand and spoke to Country Life Read more Audio
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On the Farm - a wrap of conditions around the country
7:07 PM.All stock are doing very well in Waikato and the maize crop is outstanding. In Canterbury grass growth is slow and even farms with irrigation have been battling to keep enough water going on. Read more Audio
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Country Life Friday January 26 2024
7:07 PM.Country Life checks in on a paddock-to-plate free range egg venture and a Canterbury lamb sale as well as consitions on farms and orchards around Aotearoa. Read more Audio
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Summer Series: Country Life for January 19
7:00 PM.Country Life visits Pamu's deer milking operation near Taupo, learns about farming by the Maori lunar calendar - maramataka - and hears about the potential for banana-growing on the West Coast. Read more Audio
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Summer Series: Country Life for January 12
7:00 PM.Stories from the 2023 archive: Cosmo's at a high country station in the far south, Leah checks in on a toy treasure trove in Te Puke and Sally's off grid with a former Wellington mayor. Read more Audio
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Summer Series: Country Life for January 5
7:00 PM.Stories from the 2023 archive: Leah meets a Northland olive grower, Cosmo's scratching cows with Loulou the Cow Whisperer and Sally's out hunting for a good cause. Read more Audio
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Summer Series: Country Life for December 29
7:00 PM.Stories plucked from the 2023 archives: Cosmo's with chooks on a cliff edge, Sally's picking apples and Leah meets a dairy farmer who hails from Japan. Read more Audio
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Rural Taranaki turns on the festive charm
9:05 AM.The Grinch is surfing through paddocks and cows are driving tractors on the rural roadside of Taranaki...but who won the festive farm art competition? Read more Audio
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'My pop owned a milk run' says farmer who bottles his own milk
7:41 PM.A rural entrepreneur is pasteurising and bottling A2 milk from his families farm and delivering it to people's doors, just like his grandfather did. Read more Audio
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All the time in the world at Colyton Clocks
7:25 PM.Colyton Clocks' Bill Williams reckons he has the largest clock collection in the world. A converted church in the village of Colyton is home to his ticking, chiming, talking timepieces dating from the… Read more Audio
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On the Farm - a wrap of conditions on farms around the country
7:07 PM.Watermelons are growing well in Pukekohe and potato crops are producing good yields at harvest. In Canterbury, baleage is being made and jersey bulls are being taken out of the dairy herd. Read more Audio
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Country Life for Friday 22 December
7:07 PM."My pop owned a milk run" says farmer who bottles his own milk, All the time in the world, Festive farm art in Taranaki and On the Farm - a wrap of conditions on farms and orchards around the country.
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Still farming, just doing it differently
3:25 PM.Country Life meets former dairy farmer Lance Gillespie, who's launching a kiwi style chicken trailer. Pasture-raised egg production fits with his interest in regenerative farming practices and… Read more Video, Audio