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Country Life for Friday 7 August 2009

  • Intro and guest

    9:05 PM.Animal Health Board's William McCook talks about TB eradication. Audio

  • Regional wrap

    9:10 PM.Three and a half thousand head of cattle sell at Gisborne and in the South farmers are gearing up for a busy spring. Audio

  • Blueberry Art Farm

    9:18 PM.Joe and Maggie Kieninger moved from Germany to New Zealand to live their dream of running a farm and working as artists three years ago. With a lot of hard work they've turned their property into… Read more Audio

  • From small beginnings

    9:28 PM.Maniototo high country sheep farmer and bonspiel curling champion Ken Gillespie is behind the preservation and restoration of the Hayes Engineering Works, that's just down the road from his farm in… Read more Audio

(Top) Ken Gillespie at the Hayes Engineering workshop in the Oturehua Valley that started in 1895. (Bottom) Ken show some visitors around the building that is now a Historic Places Trust museum.

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