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    Country Life for Friday 12 February 2016

    • Previous Episode: Friday, 5 February 2016
    • Next Episode: Friday, 19 February 2016
    • One Man's Dream
    • Hydrangeas - Export Beauties
    • NZ Bloom - Flower Exporter
    • Beside the Te Araroa Walkway
    • Regional Wrap
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    • One Man's Dream

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      9:40 PM.Rod Millen is a New Zealand and international motor racing champion who has lived in the United States since 1978. He now commutes every two weeks between California and Hahei in the Coromandel . Rod… Read more Audio, Gallery

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    • Hydrangeas - Export Beauties

      rural farming

      9:16 PM.A chance comment by US TV personality Martha Stewart about twenty years ago, got Jane Bryant into growing hydrangeas. These old fashioned multi coloured flowers are in demand internationally… Read more Audio, Gallery

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    • NZ Bloom - Flower Exporter

      rural farming

      9:22 PM.New Zealand has about ten flower exporting companies, with three or four doing the bulk of the trade. NZ Bloom is one of them and managing director David Ballard says it's a competitive, fascinating… Read more Audio

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    • Beside the Te Araroa Walkway

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      9:05 PM.The three thousand kilometre walkway from Cape Reinga to Bluff runs beside Sam Adams' isolated King Country farm. He's amazed at the number of people doing the trail over summer. Walkers need about… Read more Audio

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    • Regional Wrap

      rural farming

      9:09 PM.Central parts of Waikato are starting to look quite dry, but elsewhere a lot of the North Island is still quite green. The South Island's east coast is generally holding up well with enough moisture… Read more Audio

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    • Previous Episode: Friday, 5 February 2016
    • Next Episode: Friday, 19 February 2016

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