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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 8 September 2023
7:07 PM.This week Country Life finds out what crops are being sown in mid-Canterbury, heads to a lamb rescue centre in Wairarapa and finds out how scientists and tangata whenua are working together to save… Read more Audio
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Erewhon Station: Where the tractors have four legs
2:18 PM.There were no tractors in sight when Cosmo Kentish-Barnes visited Erewhon Station. Instead a team of eight Clydesdales were churning the soil over in preparation for sowing. Read more Audio
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Just pay what you can, says Ōtaki vege grower
9:40 AM.Jon and Tae are preparing their rented land near Otaki to start producing "pay-what-you-can" vege boxes in the spring. It's a small-scale social enterprise aimed at making healthy food more accessible… Read more Audio
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Wellbeing programme 'grateful for rural New Zealand'
7:14 PM.Rural Change founder Elle Perriam is proud of the efforts of rural New Zealand to help those who need it most. Read more Audio
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On the Farm - a wrap of conditions around the country
7:07 PM.Nelson is a picture, positive mindsets are coming back in Hawkes Bay and there's a feeling that a genuine spring is around the corner. August's farming conditions around the country. Read more Audio
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Country Life for Friday 1 September 2023
7:07 PM.Just pay us what you can, says Ōtaki vege grower, Home of the working horse, Wellbeing programme "Incredibly grateful for rural New Zealand" and On the Farm - a wrap of conditions on farms and… Read more Audio
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Backyard bananas in the Buller
9:23 AM.A botanist on the West Coast wants locals to start planting growing edible perennials that are growing in his nursery and food forest. Read more Audio
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At the cutting edge - 'It's hard work making a top axe'
7:33 PM.You won't find anything mass produced at Tuatahi, a small town business exporting handcrafted axes and saws to competitive woodchoppers around the world. Read more Video, Audio
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Calving brings the whisper of spring
7:19 PM.Morrinsville farmer Peter Le Heron gives an update on the calving season. Read more Audio
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Clean-up a pleasant surprise for Hawkes Bay apple grower
7:19 PM.Clean-up a pleasant surprise for Hawkes Bay apple grower. Read more Audio
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Rural News Wrap
7:07 PM.RNZ's rural news reporter, Leah Tebbutt, takes a look at the week's agricultural news. Read more Audio
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Country Life for 25 August 2023
7:06 PM.A business at the cutting edge of axe-making, growing edible perennials on the West Coast, in the calving shed and a catch up with a cyclone-struck apple grower. Read more Audio
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Aladdin's cave of country music memorabilia
9:13 AM.There's no room left in Barry Skinner's music museum in Hector. "I've run out of wall space so I'm hanging off the roof now," says the dobro and lap-steel playing collector. Read more Video, Audio
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A year on the farm: 'The young bull's semen is not that active'
7:36 PM.In this episode Alistair and Genna have empty heifers to deal with after their new bull delivers low pregnancy rates. Read more Audio
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Farmers help to restore one of New Zealand's most polluted estuaries
7:21 PM.Leah Tebbutt heads to Bay of Plenty to find out how farmers are restoring the health of one of New Zealand's most polluted estuaries. Read more Audio
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Country Life for 18 August 2023
7:06 PM.A Year on the Farm with Alistair and Genna Bird, farmer efforts to restore the Waihi estuary and a visit to a small country music museum in Hector on the West Coast. Read more Audio
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Maramataka another layer of diversity to a Bay of Plenty farm
10:23 AM.Mohi Beckham is helping to turn a tired and depleted land into a fertile and productive farm. But the benefits extend to more than just the land. Read more Audio
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Gin distillery fizzes with plans for home-grown juniper
7:33 PM.Kapiti distillers harvest kawakawa from their historic Wairarapa farm to make award-winning gin. They're also trialling growing juniper berries and planting more natives. Novel pest traps, a bottle… Read more Audio
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Supreme bacon brings home supreme prize for Hawke's Bay butcher
7:19 PM.Wild Game owners Jordan and Varnnah Hamilton-Bicknell were named Supreme Winner in both the bacon and the ham categories of the 100% New Zealand Bacon & Ham Awards. Read more Audio
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Rural news wrap
7:12 PM.RNZ's rural news reporter, Sally Murphy, takes a look at the week's rural news. Read more Audio
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Country Life for 11 August 2023
7:07 PM.This week Country Life is in the bush picking kawakawa destined for artisan gin, a Bay of Plenty farmer recounts his story improving the land and his own mental health and - with the lambing season… Read more Audio
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Lambing's taking off on end of runway farm
9:07 AM.The paddocks on James Thompson's city limits sheep farm are starting to look like the arrivals lounge at Christchurch Airport during the school holidays. Read more Audio
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A conversation in the cookhouse
10:17 AM.Country Life talks to Jen Chrisp who cooks for the shepherds at Puketoro Station. She's carrying on the cookhouse tradition of New Zealand's extensive and remote back country farms. Read more Audio