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Pesky Possum
Ben Stubbs killed 800 possums in his QE2 block just after Christmas. He earnt more for the fur from those animals than he did from his wool cheque off 2000 ewes. He says it makes you view road kill…
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Full Episode for Friday April 2 2021
In Country Life this week - paddock-to-plate in a Raglan market garden and a slice of the action from the Castlepoint Beach Races which have been going for nearly 150 years.
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Galloping on at Castlepoint
Last month thoroughbreds, station hacks and ponies were saddled up for the annual horse races at Castlepoint Beach. The races started back in 1872 and apart from wartime and stormy years when the…
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A Turning Tide
A small scale, commercial market gardening enterprise is feeding Raglan locals with a range of fresh vegetables.
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Just Kai - calling Tonga
2 Apr 2021Country Life has a new occasional series - Just Kai - where we catch up with farmers and growers in the Pacific to hear about what they are growing and how they are faring. Vea Takai's husband Keni…
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Grape crop on track for an excellent vintage
2 Apr 2021Will Bowman is part of the team that farms and ferments grapes at Black Estate's three organic vineyards in the Waipara Valley. He also makes his own wine from locally sourced grapes. His first…
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Country Life for 26 March 2021
Flooded Farms; On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ; The 90s File - Richard Waugh; An Angel on the Trail; Happy to be farming Hops.
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Happy to be farming hops
Harvesting is the busiest time of year for hop farmer Cameron Ealam and his extended family who are working from dawn to dusk picking, cleaning and drying several varieties of aromatic hop cones that…
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An angel on the trail
Mary Nettle is what's known as a trail angel. She feeds and waters bikepackers on the 3000 kilometre Tour Aotearoa cycle ride from her travelling kiosk, raising funds for her local community hall.
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The 90s File - Richard Waugh
Twenty-eight-year-old Richard Waugh buys in 50 tonnes of waste vegetables each week to feed his herd.
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Flooded Farms
New South Wales farmer Graham Forbes says stock have died and lots of milk has had to be spilled because of widespread flooding near his farm at Gloucester.
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Ash-Leigh Campbell: a rising star in dairy farming
In just a few years, the 30-year-old Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year has gone from interning to running the show at Ngāi Tahu Farming's huge Te Whenua Hou dairy development in North Canterbury…
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Summer Series - Hunterville
Seventy five percent of people who pass through Hunterville on State Highway 1 have not turned off into its main street. Those who do are often surprised. Hunterville has fewer than 440 residents and…
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Country Life for 19 March 2021
On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ; A Legacy for NZ Wine - inside the Bragato Research Institute; Lincoln graduate climbs ladder at Ngāi Tahu Farming; Under Five Hundy - Hunterville.
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A Legacy for NZ Wine - inside the Bragato Research Institute
The Bragato Research Institute has just celebrated a year since its opening. Winegrowers and those in the wine supply chain can have their products and technology tested at the shiny new lab in…
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Cropping's in the blood for Canterbury farmers
The running of a mid-Canterbury cropping farm has transitioned from father to son, but it's still hard for Syd Worsfold to step back and watch Earl take over the reins of the family's Greendale…
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Few takers for safety subsidy
Of the 35,000 farmers and businesses eligible to access a subsidy for crush protection devices for quad bikes, only 270 have taken it up.
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A Side Hustle in Saffron
12 Mar 2021Haley Heathwaite was looking for something "a bit different and a challenge" when deciding on a crop of her own to grow alongside her job with a Gisborne seed company. She chose saffron, the precious…
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A Fellow called Fencer Fred
12 Mar 2021Fencer Fred has spent nearly three decades lugging farm posts and number 8 wire to out of the way spots to build and repair the vital infrastructure needed to keep stock in place on the farm.
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Full Episode for Friday March 5 2021
On Country Life tonight, a family owned nursery is buoyed by Covid flower sales as earthquake repairs continue at the Port Hills property, two sets of twin girls have not held back two winemakers…
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Doubling Up at Te Whare Ra
At Te Whare Ra vineyard in Marlborough the Flowerdays grow seven different varieties of grape on 11 hectares and some of their vines are the oldest in the region - planted back in the 1970s. Raising…
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Blooming Better - nursery buoyed by Covid flower sales
5 Mar 2021The Aromaunga Baxters Flowers nursery in Heathcote, Christchurch sits right above the point where the earthquake struck on 22 February 2011. The greenhouses on the steep slopes of the Port Hills, as…
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Championing Climate Change
Fraser McGougan is an Eastern Bay of Plenty dairy farmer. He is the new chair of the Dairy NZ backed Climate Change Ambassadors group - 13 dairy farmers from properties throughout New Zealand. They…
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Summer Series - A coast to coast adventure for at-risk youth
26 Feb 2021The 180 Degrees Trust runs youth development programmes for at risk young people in Canterbury. The biggest event on its calendar is the Southern Alps Traverse, a gruelling, character-building…
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