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Country Life for Friday 28 April 2017

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  • Wimbledon Remembers
  • Time To Wine Down
  • Hazelnut Harvesting
  • Regional Wrap
  • Full Episode for 28 April 2017
  • Wimbledon Remembers

    rural farming
    ANZAC commemorations Wimbledon

    9:29 PM.The Hawkes Bay community of Wimbledon has a permanent population of just 10, but at least 150 gather each year for its ANZAC Day service, followed by a free lunch at the tavern. Read more Audio, Gallery

  • Time To Wine Down

    Marlborough
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    9:17 PM.Grapes came off early at the Te Whare Ra organic vineyard in Marlborough this year so were saved from damage that would have been delivered by Cyclone Debbie. Cosmo Kentish-Barnes catches up with Te… Read more Audio

  • Hazelnut Harvesting

    rural Canterbury
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    9:05 PM.Gilda Otway grows hazelnuts in the Puaha Valley on Banks Peninsula using permaculture and organic principles. Read more Audio

  • Regional Wrap

    rural farming
    Ploughed and resown field April 2017

    9:10 PM.Lovely calm and sunny days, with cool nights, let North Island farmers and croppers get onto the land for cultivation or repair work, and the kiwifruit harvest had an uninterrupted week for a change… Read more Audio

  • Full Episode for 28 April 2017

    rural farming
    ANZAC commemorations Wimbledon

    9:03 PM.Hazelnut harvesting, Regional wrap, Te Whare Ra and Wimbledon remembers. Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 21 April 2017
  • Next Episode: Friday, 5 May 2017
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