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Country Life for Friday 9 April 2010

  • Intro and Regional Wrap

    9:05 PM.More of the North Island is declared a drought zone, while in the South Island frosts are tickling many places. Audio

  • Pig Poo Powers the Farm

    9:12 PM.By covering an effluent pond, a Taranaki pig farmer, Steve Lepper, is harnessing the biogas to provide electricity for the farm, and in winter he'll be using the waste hot water to heat the little… Read more Audio

  • Living Between the Lines - Sallie's Memories (part five)

    9:20 PM.An 8-part series set Murchison in the 1930's about rural life seen through the eyes of a farmer's daughter. Audio

  • Feedback and Sheep Heaven Update

    9:20 PM.A ex-pat kiwi writes in from Sweden and in Sheep Heaven Kim, Catherine, Mary, Nicola, Susan, Carla, Carol, Maggie, Eva and Lynne have all met William the ram. Audio

Alfred and Alfred

Alfred Preece Senior and Alfred Preece Junior at the family farm in Owenga, Chatham Islands.

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Alfred Preece Senior and Alfred Preece Junior at the family farm in Owenga, Chatham Islands.A peat coloured stream runs off the Preece's farm into Hanson Bay.

Stephan Heubeck NIWA and Steve Lepper Pig Farmer standing beside his covered anaerobic pond where collected biogas provides half the farm's electricity needs and waste hot water will heat the weaner sheds in winter.

Stephan Heubeck NIWA and Steve Lepper Pig Farmer standing beside his covered anaerobic pond where collected biogas provides half the farm's electricity needs and waste hot water will heat the weaner sheds in winter.