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Country Life for Friday 11 July 2014

  • Woodhaven Gardens

    rural farming

    9:29 PM.Three generations of Clarks have been involved in Woodhaven Gardens, a vegetable growing business John set up with his father Eric, 35 years ago on the outskirts of Levin. They farm 600 acres… Read more Audio

  • Flax Weaving

    rural Canterbury

    9:20 PM.Ali Brown weaves flax or harekeke. She works mainly from her home in Sefton, North Canterbury but has done flax weaving workshops as far afield as Norfolk Island. In 2009 she published her first… Read more Audio

  • Intro and Guest

    9:05 PM.Central Plains Water chief executive, Derek Crombie. Audio

  • Regional Wrap

    9:13 PM.It's so wet in Northland that milk tankers are needing to be towed onto some dairy farms, while in the South Island some early lambs and calves are on the ground. Audio