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Country Life for Friday 9 August 2013
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Intro and Moon Over Martinborough: A Book Reading Part Three
9:05 PM.The heart-warming story of how two American city slickers came to settle in rural Wairarapa and the challenges they face living on the land. Read by the author Jared Gulian. Audio
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Regional Wrap
9:11 PM.In the North Island the dry conditions are continuing so rain would be welcome. In the South Island the mild weather has been ideal for calving. Audio
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Ahuwhenua Young Maori Farmer of the Year
9:16 PM.Twenty-two-year-old Jordan Smith grew up in Auckland, but he always wanted to go farming. Now this pin up boy for sheep and beef farming is loving life as a shepherd on a northern King Country farm… Read more Audio
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The Ballance Farm Environment Awards
9:29 PM.The supreme winners of the 2013 Ballance Farm Environment Awards, Craige and Roz Mackenzie, run an intensive arable operation near Methven in Canterbury that uses precision agriculture to maximise… Read more Audio
2013 Ballance Farm Environment Award winners, Roz and Craige McKenzie, under their new irrigation system.
Ahuwhenua Young Maori Farmer of the Year, Jordan Smith.