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Country Life for Friday 25 May 2018

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 18 May 2018
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  • Riding High on Horse Power
  • Winemaking the natural way
  • Training Trees
  • Living with Mycoplasma Bovis
  • Regional Wrap
  • Country Life for Fri 25 May 2018
  • Riding High on Horse Power

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    9:38 PM.Raquel Walker's equestrian performance coach Jeanette Garrett created a programme that enabled the disabled rider from Motueka to compete in last year's Special Olympics. She won a silver and two… Read more Audio

  • Winemaking the natural way

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    9:19 PM.Yoshiaki and Kyoko Sato refuse to add anything to their wine. The former Tokyo bankers now live in Central Otago where they craft wines from only organically grown grapes. Read more Audio

  • Training Trees

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    9:30 PM.Plant and Food Research is trialing a radically new way of growing trees. It is training them to grow like candelabra. Read more Audio

  • Living with Mycoplasma Bovis

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    Ian Armstrong said it was not possible for a young farmer to write a cheque for a farm like his which milks 1000 cows.

    9:07 PM.Jakob Malmo is a vet working in Gippsland, Australia and says M. Bovis must be very carefully managed but farmers there have learned to live with it. Read more Audio

  • Regional Wrap

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    9:13 PM.The country's transformed in the past week from cruisy autumn to wet and cold. Kiwifruit harvesting still has a long way to go. Read more Audio

  • Country Life for Fri 25 May 2018

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    9:03 PM.Horse Power, Training Trees, Wine Making the Natural Way, Living with Mycoplasma Bovis and the Regional Wrap. Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 18 May 2018
  • Next Episode: Friday, 1 June 2018
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