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From woolshed to bed - two sisters spin their homeware dreams
7:32 PM.How did two sisters design throws and blankets using lambs wool from the family farm? Kate Cullwick and Prue Watson share the secret to their Foxtrot Home business success and why it's essential to… Read more Audio
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A blast from the past - Mustering in Marlborough
7:22 PM.It's 1956 and in the heat of February seven shepherds, a pack train and 40 dogs drove 4000 ewes from remote Bluff Station, 90 kilometres down the back country to Kekerengu for shearing. Read more Audio
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Young fruit growers climb the hort ladder
7:16 PM.Kaahu Birdling and Jordan Popata are supervisors at Thomas Brothers Orchard in Riwaka. They manage their own teams and are embracing every opportunity to learn about leadership and orchard management.
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A wrap of the week's rural news
7:07 PM.More government support will be heading the way of farmers and growers in the Marlborough, Tasman and Nelson districts where an intense dry spell has been labelled a medium-scale adverse event. Read more Audio
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Country Life for Friday 15 March 2024
7:07 PM.From woolshed to bed - two sisters spin their homeware dreams, Young fruit growers climb the hort ladder, A blast from the past - Mustering in Marlborough and a wrap of the week's rural news Read more Audio
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'Give us a break!' say surfing farmers
7:38 PM.Every Thursday afternoon, Banks Peninsula farmers head to the beach in Hickory Bay and ride waves to forget about work. Farmer and surfing coach, Kristin Savage, runs the Surfing for Farmers… Read more Audio
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"Fresh ideas, younger muscles" - taking on the family farm
7:22 PM.Sarah Maxwell switches from inseminating cows in the morning to shifting cows and sheep in the afternoon, working at the local sale yards and more besides. Read more Audio
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'No turning back' - From Bluff to Picton on horseback
7:16 PM.Karolin van Onna and her friend had dreamt about horse trekking the length of the South Island for years - and last summer they finally did it. Read more Video, Audio
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A wrap of the week's rural news
7:07 PM.A chat about the top stories this week from RNZ's rural news team with Susan Murray in Kirikiriroa Hamilton. Read more Audio
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Country Life for Friday 8 March 2024
7:07 PM.'Give us a break!' say surfing farmers, a back country dream comes true on horseback, Sarah Maxwell's farming journey and a wrap of the week's rural news. Read more Audio
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Inspired farmers take action to clean waterways
7:38 PM.A catchment restoration project in the Marlborough Sounds is bringing a farming community together to tackle water quality issues and achieve wider conservation goals Read more Audio
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Wool, sweat and shears - Golden Shears underway in Masterton
7:22 PM.The Golden Shears is underway in Masterton, and from early Thursday the War Memorial Stadium has been buzzing to the sound of shears, woolhandlers' brooms and the cranking of wool presses. Read more Video, Audio
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Australian winegrowers protest over plummeting returns
7:16 PM.Many wine growers in Australia's largest wine region are in crisis mode due to plummeting prices for their grapes. Chris Archer works in the Australian and New Zealand wine industries and has been… Read more Audio
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On the Farm - a wrap of conditions on farms around the country
7:07 PM.Kiwifruit are looking good in Hawkes Bay. Some flooded vines have died but generally recovery is better than expected. Conditions are very dry in Marlborough so many farmers are offloading stock due… Read more Audio
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Country Life For Friday 1 March 2024
7:07 PM.Behind the scenes at the Golden Shears, a conservation project in the Marlborough Sounds, crisis among Australia's winegrowers and On the Farm Read more Audio
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Sheafs, cabers and tartan on show at Turakina Highland Games
7:40 PM.Tartan, bagpipes, sheafs and cabers were out in force at the Turakina Highland Games, billed as New Zealand's longest-running such event. They're into their 160th year. Read more Video, Audio
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'He's a very good looking pig, that one!'
7:27 PM.Rick Martin and Nairn Illingworth farm a drove of happy heritage pigs on their small farm in Marlborough's Onamalutu Valley Read more Audio
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Truck driver takes to the water to reach farms
7:19 PM.A large blue truck and trailer unit has become a common sight in the Marlborough Sounds as it's barged to farms to pick up and drop off livestock. 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 Sally Murphy. Read more Audio
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Country Life for Friday 23 February 2024
7:07 PM.This week on Country Life, how stock are barged in and out by sea after roadways are blocked, a visit to the Turakina Highland Games, and a chat with heritage pig farmers in Marlborough. Read more Audio
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Ancestors roots run deep at Wairau Pā vineyard
7:40 PM.Haysley MacDonald was born and bred on the family farm near Marlborough's Wairau Bar, or Te Pokohiwi. The coastal land, that overlooks Cloudy Bay, is where his ancestors first landed over 800 years… Read more Audio
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Farming to the beat of his own drum
7:27 PM.Former Wellington Percussionist, Jeremy Fitzsimons, is now based on the family farm in the Kauaeranga Valley near Thames. Bryan Crump paid him a visit. Read more Audio
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Farmers from around the world, Jana Gäbert
7:19 PM.Jana Gabert runs a dairy farm about 30 kilometres south of Berlin. She is among farmers around Europe who have taken to the streets in protest about increasing costs and regulation amid high… 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 Sally Murphy. This week marked a year since Cyclone Gabrielle tore through the East Coast of the North Island, causing wide… Read more Audio
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Country Life for Friday 16 February 2024
7:00 PM.Ancestors roots run deep at Wairau Pā vineyard, Farming to the beat of his own drum, Farmers from around the world: Jana Gäbert, dairy farmer from Germany and the Rural News Wrap.
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