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Country Life for Friday 16 May 2014

  • Intro and Guest

    9:05 PM.Chief executive of Westland Milk Products, Rod Quin. Audio

  • Regional Wrap

    9:12 PM.It's exceedingly wet in many North Island regions and in the South Island prime stock's moving into processing and there's a good demand for stores. Audio

  • What a Catch

    9:19 PM.Stewart Island fisherman Brett Hamilton's boat has been chartered by fisheries scientists who are studying the health of the southern blue cod fishery. Audio

  • Kiwifruit Kicks Back

    9:28 PM.In 2010 devastating bacterial disease PSA hit kiwifruit orchards in New Zealand, initially just in Bay Of Plenty but now it's in nearly every growing region pretty well wiping out, in particular, the… Read more Audio

A range of kiwifruit cultivars at Plant and Food Research Te Puke
Left: A range of kiwifruit cultivars at Plant and Food Research Te Puke. Image courtesy of Plant and Food Research. Right: Jeff Roderick, Te Puke Organic Kiwifruit grower.

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James Trevelyan, managing director of Trevelyan’s Packhouse in his staff outdoor area.

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Stewart Island Skipper Brett Hamilton and fisheries scientist Glen Carbines after a day out at sea.