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From techie to market gardener - 'Getting made redundant really pushed me'
Morgan Kane moved back home when she lost her job at a tech start up. It was the start of her move, with her husband, into market gardening. She and her parents welcome the advantages of… Audio
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Asian Composers League: Te Waipuna - New Zealand String Quartet
Audio 3 Dec 2023Listen to the New Zealand String Quartet perform recent compositions from Japan, Aotearoa, South Korea, and the U.S. in this Asian Composers League concert, Te Waipuna, held in Christchurch in 2022. Audio
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On the Farm - a wrap of conditions around the country
Changeable weather has prevailed in Pukekohe. Farmers in Otago are busy marking lambs and bulls are going out to the cows Audio
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'The first thing I did was collect seeds'
89-year-old Fraser Ross has been restoring a podocarp forest remnant for nearly half a century. Arowhenua Bush near Temuka was damaged after a severe norwesterly gale struck the district in 1975. Video, Audio
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Crunch-time for Greytown apple orchard
It's a return to the old days for the Cooke family of Greytown who are inviting people to come with their buckets and baskets to pick their own apples fresh off the tree. It's been a struggle for… Audio
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From pasture to biodiversity on a Whanganui farm
Look underneath and you'll know what's right for the land, says forest and soil consultant Ian Moore. He's hanging up his workboots and now has more time to spend nurturing stands of harakeke… Video, Audio
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On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ
In Manawatu it's gone from being too wet to drive tractors on paddocks to hanging out for rain. While on the West Coast of the South Island, farmers are shutting up paddocks for silage, and some are… Audio
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On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ
Early fruit trees are blossoming, asparagus heads are peeping out and lambing is in full swing as spring touched down this week after a miserable winter. Audio
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On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ
Wet rules around the country, with good dumpings of snow on higher altitude South Island properties. Audio
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Matatā: The town that had to retreat
A massive landslide swamped part of the Bay of Plenty town of Matatā in 2005. Seventeen years on, the managed retreat process is finally coming to an end. Audio
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Weather: Gisborne remains cut off after heavy rain, slips, floods
Gisborne remains cut off this evening - roads are closed all around it - after heavy rain battered the region, causing slips and widespread flooding.
The sun was shining for most of the day but slip… Video, Audio
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On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ
Rain and now sun mean grass growth has been phenomenal around the country but the grain and seed harvest in Canterbury have suffered. Audio
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Tropical fruit in NZ goes bananas
Hugh Rose is the Chair of Tropical Fruit Growers and has an impressive stable of interesting sounding fruits growing on his Northland property. He talks Anna through them. Audio
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Old Man's Beard busters in full swing in Upper Hutt
Old Man's Beard - it's a pest plant that grows quickly, and smothers trees to death. It's bad in Upper Hutt - but fortunately Chris Cosslett and the Upper Hutt Busters of Old Man's Beard are on the… Audio
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Hot demand for Koko
One of the biggest cocoa producers in Samoa has seen a huge surge in orders and says they're from Samoans abroad wanting a taste of home. Audio
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On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ
Hawke's Bay orchards have had the right amount of winter chill this week, pruning and maintenance work is continuing in Marlborough's vineyards and calving's due to start in early August in Southland.
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'It just makes sense' - one farm's sustainability story
Linda and Evan Potter are award winning "sustainable farming ambassadors". They farm sheep, beef and deer at Elsthorpe in southern Hawkes Bay. Nearly a quarter of their farm is preserved in the QE2… Audio
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Could peanuts be Northland's next big crop?
It might be peanuts for now, but coffee, pineapples and tropical jackfruit could all be part of Northland's future food basket.
The Ministry of Primary Industries has teamed up with the makers of… Video, Audio
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US 'Megafires' larger, faster, hotter, more destructive
Michael Kodas, author of 'Megafire: The Race to Extinguish a Deadly Epidemic of Flame', talks to Kathryn Ryan about "megafires" as unprecedented blazes wreak havoc across the western United States. Audio
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On the farm: What's going on around New Zealand
In Waikato much of the week felt like it was the middle of spring, the temperature hit 20 degrees on Monday but on Thursday it was back to being drizzly and cold. It's been a miserable week of weather… Audio
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Regional Wrap
Covid-19 is upsetting the labour supply for some harvests but a dollop of rain in certain drought stricken areas is cheering farmers up, although those in Marlborough are still begging for more. Audio
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Beetle threatens up to half of Solomons coconuts
The threat of the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle has intensified in Solomon Islands with the potential to destroy up to half of the country's crops. Audio
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The Panel with Ruth Money and Morgan Godfery (Part 2)
Audio 4 Jun 2019Trent Innes, Xero Australia's managing director told the Venture Podcast he has a special job interview "test" to ensure the candidate has a "good attitude" ...What are your best / worst job interview… Audio
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Forestry 'gold rush' underway in Wairoa
Warnings a modern day gold rush is underway as productive farm land is sold to make room for lucrative forestry. Farmers and community leaders in Wairoa have become the latest group to raise concerns… Audio
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Regional Wrap
The kumara harvest is 95 percent complete and growers have had a dream run. In the South Island pasture growth in Marlborough is up 30 to 40 percent on usual for the time of year. Audio
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Fat happy kākāpō chicks
Thirty four kākāpō chicks are putting on plenty of weight in wild nests as the rimu fruit ripens, and 23 chicks are also being hand-reared, in episode 13 of the Kākāpō Files. Audio
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Persimmons - A quiet achiever for Gisborne growers
Seventy percent of the national persimmon crop's grown in the Gisborne region. Growers are planting more trees as the export markets look promising. Audio
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Marahau still on the mend six months after weather havoc
It's been six months since Marahau, in the Tasman region, was hit by Cyclone Gita, which brought down an avalanche of forestry debris. Tracy Neal went to the town to find out how the clean-up is… Video, Audio
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NZ grower says RSE workers invaluable to the industry
A New Zealand fruit grower says his industry can no longer survive without Pacific workers. Audio
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Kath Irvine - Winter gardens
Kath Irvine is a permaculture designer and has been designing and managing edible gardens since the late 1990s. She runs a series of workshops from her permaculture home garden, called Edible… Audio