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    Country Life for Friday 26 May 2017

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    • Let's Get Trapping
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    • Let's Get Trapping

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      Alison Evans

      9:29 PM.In order to control rats, stoats, possums and feral cats on Banks Peninsula, ecologist Alison Evans has started a library in Little River that loans traps and cages to locals free of charge. She also… Read more Audio, Gallery

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    • Berries and Cream

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      9:26 PM.Jan McIntyre is a former dairy farmer turned blueberry grower who lives between Morrinsville and Matamata in Waikato. She teamed up with jersey farmers from down the road and now uses their cream to… Read more Audio

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    • Sustainable Solutions

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      9:14 PM.The Sustainable Farming Fund is about to notch up its 1000th project. Since the fund's inception 17 years ago, $135 million has been allocated to projects initiated by farmers, foresters and… Read more Audio

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    • A Fright for Feijoas?

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      Feijoas

      9:06 PM.Frans de Jong grows thousands of feijoa trees near Matamata in Waikato. He's keeping a close eye out for evidence of guava moth or myrtle rust in his orchard. Read more Audio

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    • Regional Wrap

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      9:08 PM.It's been foggy, frosty and wet in the North Island and belatedly the green kiwifruit harvest is starting to hum. Meanwhile in Central Otago, temperatures have been below zero and stock are being fed… Read more Audio

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    • Country Life for Friday 26 May 2017

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      9:03 PM.Country Life for Friday 26 May 2017. Read more Audio

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      Country Life for Friday 26 May 2017
    • Previous Episode: Friday, 19 May 2017
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