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Country Life for Friday 26 April 2019

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 19 April 2019
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  • From Cape Reinga to Slope Point: a 13-year odyssey
  • The Pukekohe company creating world-class green pesticides
  • Western Australian potato growers let spuds rot in the ground
  • Regional Wrap
  • Full Episode for Friday April 26 2019
  • From Cape Reinga to Slope Point: a 13-year odyssey

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    9:34 PM.After 2,600 kilometres and 13 years of trekking across private farmland on horseback, foot and bike, the  participants on the Great New Zealand Trek are nearing Slope Point – the southernmost tip of… Read more Audio, Gallery

  • The Pukekohe company creating world-class green pesticides

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    9:20 PM.New Zealand could lead the world in developing biological pesticides, according to plant pathologist Stephen Ford. China has named Ecolibrium Biologicals – which he founded – one of the top ten… Read more Audio

  • Western Australian potato growers let spuds rot in the ground

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    9:07 PM.Fourth generation potato grower Brett De Campo says there's a glut of potatoes following the de-regulation of Western Australia's potato growing industry. Read more Audio

  • Regional Wrap

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    9:12 PM.Confident sheep and beef farmers are paying top money and have out-bid foresters for land on the North Island's East Coast. In the South Island apple harvesting's almost finished in the Nelson Motueka… Read more Audio

  • Full Episode for Friday April 26 2019

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    9:05 PM.From Cape Reinga to Slope Point - Trekking to Raise Money for MS Research, Ecolibrium Biologicals, Fourth generation Australian potato grower Brett De Campo and the Regional Wrap. Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 19 April 2019
  • Next Episode: Friday, 3 May 2019
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