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Country Life for Friday 11 December 2020
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Country Life for 11 December 2020
9:03 PM.Country Life visits Tokomaru Bay where locals have banded together to save their historic wharf. Cosmo pops in to Luisetti Seeds in Rangiora which is still going strong after Vincent Luisetti started… Read more Audio
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Post-lockdown sales hold for vege grower
9:07 PM.When Country Life visited North Canterbury vegetable grower Cam Booker two years ago he was getting into selling vege boxes. This year sales sky-rocketed over the Covid-19 lockdown and he says local… Read more Audio
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On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ
9:12 PM.Stock need sun on their back with more than enough rain in the north, vines are spurting along in Marlborough and Hawkes Bay and farmers are fighting to maintain pasture quality in Southland. Read more Audio
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Ag Envoy says NZ farmers are up to challenges 2021 might bring.
9:16 PM.In January Tararua farmer Mel Poulton took over as New Zealand's special agricultural trade envoy. She'd typically be advocating for New Zealand's farmers and products overseas - but she's had to do… Read more Audio
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Sowing the seeds of Success
9:20 PM.Rangiora's Luisetti Seeds' warehouses, seed clearing facilities and silos are a constant reminder to locals of the town's long agricultural history. The family business was established by Vincent… Read more Audio
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Buoying the spirit of Tokomaru Bay
9:28 PM.Work has finally started to restore an old wharf at Tokomaru Bay on the East Cape. A committed band of locals has been working for years to raise money for the rebuild which they hope will… Read more Video, Audio