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Country Life for Friday 27 May 2022

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  • Energy from the sun fires up vege packhouse

    rural farming
    ifth generation vege grower Robin Oakley has installed a 220 kilowatt solar operation to power the processing and packing site in Southbridge.

    9:41 PM.Growing veggies is in Robin Oakley's blood. The fifth generation grower was running a three hectare market garden before he'd even finished school. He started Oakley's Premium Fresh Vegetables in 1999… Read more Audio

  • Transforming the land is just the beginning

    rural farming
    Tunnel Houses for strawberries

    9:27 PM.The Ngawha Innovation and Enterprise park is currently being built on 240 ha of land near Kaikohe. It is expected to create hundreds of jobs. Read more Audio

  • On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ

    rural farming

    9:12 PM.There's been a bit of badly needed rain in King Country and it has warmed up again after a very cold week last week. Farmers are getting into winter mode in Canterbury with stock starting on winter… Read more Audio

  • A milestone marked for meat industry

    rural farming
    The Dunedin took the first shipment of frozen meat to Britain in 1882.

    9:07 PM.Celebrations have been held this week to mark the 140th anniversary of the first shipment of frozen New Zealand lamb arriving in the UK. George Berry has been researching the history of that first… Read more Audio

  • Country Life for 27 May

    rural farming

    9:07 PM.Country Life this week visits an avocado grove on Banks Peninsula, a spud grower in Canterbury using solar power and finds out about the Ngawha Innovation and Enterprise park being built near Kaikohe… Read more Audio

  • Avocados thrive in sunny south

    rural farming
    Te Wepu avocado grove

    10:18 AM.Richie Bocock believes his avocado grove on Banks Peninsula could be the southernmost in the world. Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 20 May 2022
  • Next Episode: Friday, 3 June 2022
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