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Fighting the Fall Armyworm
Alison Watson has extensive international experience dealing with the fall army worm which can wipe out crops. The pest was found in Tauranga and near Hamilton this month. She heads ASEAN's fall…
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Landmines among threats for Ukraine's farmers
Kees Huizinga is back at his cropping and dairy farm in Ukraine, trying to plant spring crops as war rages in many parts of the country. His 15,000 hectare farm, about 200 kilometres south of Kyiv…
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Country Life Friday April 22 2022
Country Life is drinking coffee in Northland and, at 60 dollars for 130 grams it makes a cup of coffee a tad more than even the recently talked about $7 cup. There's gritty determination from a farmer…
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Maniototo fencer snowed under
Central Otago fencing contractor Scott Watson is a busy man. He says more and more farmers are calling on him to do their fencing because they no longer have time to do the work themselves. The…
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Full Episode for Friday April 15 2022
Full Episode for Friday April 14 2022 - Belle Chevre Creamery, sheep with hair and a visit to a store brimming with history and the Regional Wrap.....
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Long shelf life for store memorabilia
Little has changed inside Gilchrist's Store in Oturehua since it first opened in 1902. New goods share the old shelves with retail collectables dating back to the turn of the century. Helen and John…
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Hair sheep could be the answer to wool woes
Sheep with fur - not wool - are among the latest trials being undertaken by one of New Zealand's top breeders Derek Daniell of Wairere Stud, who is at the forefront of trends in sheep rearing.
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Milking time at Belle Chevre Creamery
Jennifer and David Rodrigue have a small herd of bell-wearing goats at their Waipu farm. The goats browse on trees, shrubs and grass and produce milk that's transformed into award winning cheese.
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Mountain bike trails put new spin on Whanganui farm
Tom Oskam has built mountain bike trails in Australia and Canada and has returned to his family land on the Whanganui River to create tracks through the regenerating forest. The old woolshed is now…
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Full Episode for Friday April 8 2022
Full Episode for Friday April 8 2022
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The bridge between heaven and earth
Wellingtonians Gijs and Trish Veling were looking for the perfect place to retire - they found it up a gravel road near Kaeo and live as gently as they can on the land. They have a bountiful organic…
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Savour Northland
Four food and wine trail maps are being developed for Northland.
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In pursuit of the perfect peanut
Can New Zealand grow peanuts suitable for peanut butter? Eight varieties are being trialed in Northland and one looks particularly promising...
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The roots go deep at Wānaka vineyard
Each vine has an individual voice at Rippon according to winemaker and viticulturalist Nick Mills. Established by his parents Rolfe and Lois, the vineyard's now in the hands of the next generation who…
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Full Episode for Friday April 1 2022
Country Life heads to Rippon Vineyard on Lake Wanaka, checks in on the peanut growing scene in Northland and meets a rural tourism operator looking forward to the arrival of Australian tourists.
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Riding On - tourism operator looks forward to border opening
The cycling boom has helped a King Country rural tourism business keep ticking over during the pandemic but the border opening to Australians this month can't come soon enough for Epic Cycle…
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Choice Cherimoyas
Best of 2022 - Rich and Jose van Alphen say people either love or hate cherimoyas. They've been growing them organically in the Far North for more than 30 years.
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Wool Impact NZ plans for positive impact
A new venture is being set up to turn around wool growers' fortunes.
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Full Episode for Friday March 25 2022
Full Episode for Friday March 25 2022
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Turning wild plants into natural remedies
It doesn't take long for Rochana Moon to fill her wicker basket with wild plants and fungi. The medical herbalist and naturopath is foraging beside the Cardrona River in Central Otago.
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Pouring passion into Central Otago waterways
WAI Wānaka is working with local farmers and landowners to safeguard and improve the quality of their waterway ecosystems.
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Full Episode for Friday March 18 2022
Full Episode for Friday March 18 2022
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Mini market garden produces bumper crop
Wānaka Willows gardener Martyn Sinkinson is on a mission to supply the local community with fresh organic vegetables. He's transformed an overgrown section near Albert Town into a compact food farm…
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Moving North
Rayne Bradley is 17 years old. She is leaving her safe home environment in the King Country town of Taumarunui and hitting hostel life in Hamilton city. She's the first person in her extended family…
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