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Country Life for Friday 12 August 2016

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  • Learning on the Land

    rural Canterbury
    Year 12 students James Arnold and Mathew Reed learn how to use a chainsaw.

    9:38 PM.Rangiora High School is one of the few schools in New Zealand to have a working farm. It was started in 1910 and after years as a mixed stock and crop unit it was restructured as a teaching unit with… Read more Audio

  • A Sweet Job

    rural farming
    Honey Jar

    9:27 PM.In a day's work, Maureen Conquer can swallow almost 100 teaspoons of honey. She was recently chief judge at the National Honey Show. Read more Audio, Gallery

  • Kiwifruit Tingles Fijian Tastebuds

    rural farming
    Molumolu Primary School Children with kiwifruit

    9:05 PM.Twenty tonnes of kiwifruit has been delivered to schools across the island of Viti Levu, Fiji, this week. Fresh fruit has been in short supply since February when Cyclone Winstone wiped out crops and… Read more Audio

  • Farm Call Outs Through a Vet's Eyes

    rural farming
    Dairy Heifers

    9:11 PM.Balclutha vet John Smart and Culverdon vet Alistair Kenyon talk about what is taking their time on farms at present. Read more Audio

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