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How one woman's 'childhood dream' led her to a Kiwi dairy farm
5:23 PM.Chihiro Hanyuda moved to New Zealand seven years ago...now she is an award winning dairy farmer. Read more Audio
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Half price natives - and planted for free
7:33 PM.Landowners in Karamea aren't beating around the bush when it comes to riparian planting. They're making the most of a local not-for-profit nursery and planting service that grows and eco-sources… Read more Audio
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A tree for every woman
7:15 PM.Kauri Forno runs a tree nursery in Gisborne which has been donating trees around Te Tai Rāwhiti for the past three decades. The Women's Native Tree Project Trust started with the aim of planting a… Read more Audio
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On the Farm - a wrap of conditions on farms around the Country
7:07 PM.A lot of lambs hit the ground during the recent cold snap and losses are a growing concern in Te Tai Tarawhiti while in Otago there's more feed sitting around than usual so farmers are set up pretty… Read more Audio
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Country Life for Friday August 4 2023
7:07 PM.Kauri Forno, Jen Chrisp, Clean Stream Nursery, Japanese farmer and conditions wrap. Read more Audio
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Crafting honey and art from bees
7:30 PM.Cate and Mike King of Pauariki Honey lost a quarter of their hives after Cyclone Gabrielle hit Tairāwhiti in February. They also faced a poor season of manuka flowering. But the raw beauty of the… Read more Audio
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"Bring the cash in a suitcase and the farm's yours!"
7:22 PM.Karamea dairy farmer Peter Langford says he and his wife Debbie are ready to hang up their gumboots. With none of their four children keen on taking over the farm, it's now up for sale - lock, stock… Read more Audio
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Wild goats in hunters' sights in crack down on destructive population
7:18 PM.Two organisations have teamed up to encourage hunters to cull high-density goat populations across the country with prizes up for grabs. Read more Audio
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Pig hunting escapades of a woman in pink
7:15 PM.Kim Swan, joins Country Life this week for a chat about her latest book and what it takes to be a woman on tough terrain. 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 28 July 2023
7:06 PM.This week Country Life meets a couple who are still inspired by the rugged beauty of Tairāwhiti to produce honey and art from their bees despite having lost many of their hives to Cyclone Gabrielle… Read more Audio
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The Whanganui forest which never stopped growing opportunity
11:22 AM.Richard Thompson planted Papaiti forest with alternative species 30 years ago. He never dreamt at the time he would become a timber merchant with a joinery workshop and retail shed. Read more Audio
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Hard work makes dreams come true
7:30 PM.Christopher and Siobhan O'Malley stand in a paddock with smiles that could melt one of the nearby West Coast glaciers. The couple have finally achieved their long-term goal of farm ownership and now… Read more Audio
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Agricademy - reinventing agricultural training in NZ
7:15 PM.Agricademy doesn't have classrooms or a campus, instead students can dip in and out of on-line videos, filmed with experts in the dairy or wool shed. 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 21 July 2023
7:06 PM.This week Country Life meets the O'Malleys who have realised their dream of farm ownership after saving for ten years. Also, ag training without a classroom and a forester making the most of his 30… Read more Audio
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Farming and surfing a good balance for young Ag leader
7:22 PM.As well as managing 4 farms and 35 staff, Jack Raharuhi is a passionate surfer who finds his mindfulness on the water. Country Life visits him at Pāmu's Cape Foulwind farming complex near Westport. Read more Audio
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'A dream from growing up' - Bay of Plenty oyster farm owner
9:15 AM.Under new ownership Tio Ōhiwa, or Ōhiwa Oyster Farm as it was formally known, is bringing fresh oysters and opportunity to locals' plates. Read more Audio
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Ngā kura huna - on a path to hidden treasure at Opepe
7:35 PM.Push your way through a tangle of bush only kilometres from the Napier-Taupō highway and you are on an ancient pa site. Tangata whenua sheltered here hundreds of years ago but this site is known to… Read more Video, 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 14 July 2023
7:07 PM.Oyster farm, Jack Raharuhi, Opepe and the Ag news roundup Read more Audio
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Bulls for sale after Gabrielle - celebrating the wins
7:35 PM.Kokopuru Station in northern Hawke's Bay had slips and sinkholes a-plenty but the Hallmark Angus cattle stud managed to rebuild the farm ahead of their annual bull sale. Read more Audio
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Three generations on the same rural route
7:23 PM.Lee Pryor has been delivering post along the Whakatāne coastline for 25 years, but he is not the first in his whānau and now his wife has even joined the ranks. Read more Audio
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A quarter-acre food paradise in Gisborne
7:15 PM.Adrian Sutherland has more than a hundred fruit trees on his slice of suburban Gisborne and plenty of veges besides. 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