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Country Life for Friday 24 April 2020
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Country Life for 24 April 2020
9:07 PM.Planting, weeding and making products from essential oil is keeping a couple busy at a lavender farm in lockdown, orchids bloom in Horowhenua, ANZACs remembered in tiny Wimbledon and The Nineties File… Read more Audio
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Regional Wrap
9:08 PM.Dams are being cleaned out in Northland to improve water storage and at the top of the South Island the hop harvest has been producing good yeilds. Read more Audio
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ANZAC day in Wimbledon - a day of quiet remembrance
9:13 PM.Wimbledon's Brian Hales will be at his farm gate on Saturday to remember those from his district who served in the two world wars. Every year for the past 35 he has organised a commemoration that… Read more Audio
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The Nineties File - Jack Raharuhi
9:19 PM.Twenty-seven year old Jack Raharuhi has added to his string of awards by recently wining Australasia's Zanda McDonald award for leadership in the agriculture sector. Read more Audio
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Time to Bloom
9:28 PM.Orchid-grower Eva Yin came to New Zealand as an international student from Weihai in China 14 years ago. She arrived with just a suitcase and a desire to do something different. Now she cultivates… Read more Audio
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A Labour of Love at Lavender Fields
9:42 PM.Lavender Fields was one of New Zealand's first lavender farms. Jim Curnow started with two plants which gave him hundreds of cuttings. Read more Audio