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Country Life for Friday 10 June 2016

  • Green Fingers and Gondwanaland

    rural Otago

    9:29 PM.Peter Cooke and Anna Moore courted over a compost heap. More than 30 years later they are still making compost together. They live near Portobello on the Otago Peninsula and have a lush and… Read more Audio, Gallery

  • Climbing the dairy ladder

    rural farming

    9:19 PM.Albino Guien Dakila has gone from farm labouring to running his own dairy farming operation. Albino and his wife Anna moved to Southland from the Philippines seven years ago and now they are lower… Read more Audio

  • Stonehurst Mushrooms

    rural Otago

    9:12 PM.Kate Wendelgelst is a very patient woman. She'll be waiting years before she digs to see if the truffles she is expecting, grow. In the meantime, Kate's growing oyster, poplar and shitake mushrooms on… Read more Audio, Gallery

  • Regional Wrap

    9:05 PM.Hawkes Bay is particularly dry for the time of year while further south Canterbury has had a topsy turvy winter so far with fine frosty weather followed by a week of mild nor'west conditions. Read more Audio