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Country Life for 13 October 2023
7:07 PM.A year on the farm: Lambing is in full swing on the Bird's hill block, Canine Control, a feature from the Country Life archives by Carol Stiles, From water to wine: The story of Dancing Petrel and the… Read more Audio
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Dog trialling is in the blood
4:18 PM.Champion dog trialler Clark Chrystal fosters his daughters love for the sport. Read more Audio
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'Vegetables have something to do with it' says centenarian
12:14 PM.Alan Wilcox of Pukekohe celebrated his 100th birthday. He walks down a lifetime and legacy of growing with Country Life. Read more Audio
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Piglets go back to the same teat, says free-range pig farmer
9:37 PM.Sows lounge in the sun as their piglets play, while others feed their litters in the privacy of their own cozy shelter at Hamish and Angela Cottle's free range pig farm near Timaru. Read more Audio
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Rural News Wrap
7:07 PM.Duncan Smith and Sally Murphy take a look at the week's agricultural news. Read more Audio
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Country Life Friday October 6 2023
7:07 PM.This week on Country Life it's farrowing time when Cosmo visits a free-range pig farm near Timaru, Leah meets a horticultural legend and proud centenarian, and a dad and daughter dog-trialling duo… Read more Audio
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Barker's of Geraldine thriving after linking up with French jam maker
11:37 AM.The fruit preserving business was founded in the late sixties by Anthony and Gillian Barker as a way of supplementing their farm income. Now it employs over 250 people and produces about 800 finished… Read more Audio
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From the archives: A visit to Sam Neill's Central Otago vineyard
7:19 PM.Veteran New Zealand actor Sir Sam Neill takes Country Life on a tour of his Central Otago vineyard just before the 2023 season got underway. Read more Audio
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'Keep eating it' - Kumara growers need help to leave dismal season behind
7:14 PM.Ruawai kumara grower Warwick Simpson hopes seed contingency schemes will bring hope to the paddocks. Read more Audio
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On the Farm - a wrap of conditions on farms and orchards around
7:07 PM.Despite a dry period in Pukekohe in the middle of the month, warmer temperatures and residual soil moisture has stimulated crop growth. Most farmers are through calving on the West Coast and are busy… Read more Audio
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Country Life for 29 September 2023
7:07 PM.This week on Country Life; Since the late sixties, Barkers of Geraldine has been filling Kiwi pantries with jams, syrups and sauces, and since linking up with a French jam maker the rural business… Read more Audio
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Passion unfurled at butterfly house in Hope
3:17 PM.Ian Knight has a passion for monarch butterflies. He used to farm them at his property in Hope, near Nelson, to be released at weddings all around the country. Now he just enjoys watching them hatch… Read more Audio
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The polar explorers putting their 'hearts and souls' into hemp
7:38 PM.Which hemp cultivars grow best on a Karamea dairy farm? With the goal of helping to reduce carbon emissions, Jake Gibbons and Kathy Blumm are finding out. Read more Audio
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Must Love Dogs
7:31 PM.Kelsie Meads and her sidekick heading dog Sass are one of 12 duos taking part in this year's Trans-Tasman Cobber Dog Challenge. Small in stature but not in attitude, Sass is vying for the top spot. Read more Audio
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Rural News Wrap
7:07 PM.Fonterra makes a record profit, the wine sector is trying to make use of its by-product, a far north strawberry grower has had to diversify their crops and it's mental health week - what's the message… Read more Audio
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Country Life for 22 September
7:05 PM.Polar veteran turns to industrial hemp farming, Passion unfurled at a butterfly house in Hope, Porangahau's love of winter sports , Must Love Dogs - the Cobber Dog Challenge and the Rural News Wrap. Read more Audio
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Pōrangahau's love of winter sports
7:00 PM.The coastal village of Pōrangahau in Central Hawkes Bay has a rich history of supporting winter sport. Like many small farming communities in Aotearoa, sport brings people together. Read more Audio
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'Born with wellies on' - ex cop takes farming in her stride
1:18 PM.Former cop, Lee Askew, traded her police vest for farmer's boots to rear a herd of Red Devon cattle near Gisborne. There have been plenty of challenges rearing artisan meat for her stall at the… Read more Audio
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'I've been chased by wolves twice' - Timaru farmer
6:00 AM.An injured hawk rests on Remus Coman's arm. He found it in a ditch on his cattle grazing farm. Hidden under it, an inked wolf forms part of a tattoo that tells stories from his youth in rural Romania.
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Chocolate maker in search of the origin of his own confection
7:14 PM.Young kiwi chocolatier Johnty Tatham traces the origins of the cacao beans he uses for his handcrafted chocolate - farmers in Peru. Read more Audio
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Rural News Wrap
7:07 PM.RNZ's rural news reporter, Sally Murphy, takes a look at the week's agricultural news. Read more Audio
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Country Life for 15 September 2023
7:07 PM.A cattle grazing farmer in South Canterbury is caring for an injured hawk he found in a ditch, Johnty Tatham's Lucid Chocolatier brand has been made from his family's sheep and beef farm and the team… Read more Audio
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A rescue centre for lambs - 'where there's a heartbeat, there's hope'
7:40 PM.Jacqui Friedrichs has almost reached the limit in her lamb orphanage east of Carterton. It's been a tough lambing season and there is high demand for her intensive care. Her husband thinks she's mad… Read more Audio
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Race to save Rotorua's native trees nurtures local rangatahi
7:22 PM.As forest scientists work to restore native tree species threatened by myrtle rust, a Jobs for Nature programme is empowering young Rotorua men to connect with nature. Read more Audio
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Spring has sprung and sowing has begun
7:14 PM.The cash crops are going in and the last of the trading lambs are heading off at Tim Cookson's farm near Hororata in Canterbury. Read more Audio