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Country Life for Friday 2 June 2017

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  • Making Motutapu a Legacy
  • Potty About Crayfish
  • Riding High
  • Regional Wrap
  • Country Life for 2 June 2017
  • Making Motutapu a Legacy

    farming Auckland Region
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    9:28 PM.Motutapu Island in the Hauraki Gulf is pest-free DOC-owned land and home to brown kiwi, saddlebacks and takahe – but the main activity comes from a commercial beef farm. Read more Audio, Gallery

  • Potty About Crayfish

    rural Marlborough
    Dennis Burkhart

    9:15 PM.As a child, Dennis Burkhart pulled up crayfish pots by hand with his brother Trevor. In 1975, the pair bought a small processing factory and now their company is of NZ's leading exporters of live… Read more Audio

  • Riding High

    farming Otago
    Young auctioneer of the year, Madison Taylor.

    9:06 PM.Kurow stock agent Madison Taylor is the Heartland Bank Young Auctioneer of the Year and has competed as a bareback rider in an annual Trans-Tasman rodeo challenge. Read more Audio

  • Regional Wrap

    rural farming
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    9:10 PM.On Central North island hill country farms second shearing continues and farmers are cracking on with maintenance. In Canterbury large numbers of dairy cows have moved from dairy farms to support… Read more Audio

  • Country Life for 2 June 2017

    rural farming
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    9:05 PM.Kurow stock agent Madison Taylor, crayfisherman Dennis Burkhart and farming on Motutapu Island. Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 26 May 2017
  • Next Episode: Friday, 9 June 2017
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