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Country Life for Friday 24 June 2022

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  • Country Life for Friday 24 June

    rural farming
    Kanapu Hempery sources hemp seed from crops grown around Hawkes Bay

    9:07 PM.A wrap of farming conditions around NZ, Tourism venture pivots to Teaching, Rayne Bradley reaches the halfway mark, Capturing Tuna and Healing Maori land through hemp. Read more Audio

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

    rural farming
    Waikato winter morning

    9:07 PM.A farmer on the East Coast has just finished pregnancy scanning ewes, while some of the very early flocks are starting to lamb. Cows in Southland have settled on winter crops and sheep are break… Read more Audio

  • Tourism venture pivots to teaching

    rural farming
    Wairere Ripaki, Nadine Toe Toe

    9:12 PM.Kohutapu Lodge was humming four years ago, it was welcoming international backpackers and living up to its five word motto "Changing a town through tourism". Overnight all that changed. After many… Read more Audio

  • Rayne Bradley reaches the halfway mark

    rural farming
    Rayne Bradley and Chelsea Vi

    9:20 PM.When Taumarunui student Rayne Bradley arrived in the big smoke of Hamilton earlier this year to study tourism she was nervous and homesick. A couple of weeks later she was feeling a bit more… Read more Audio

  • Capturing tuna

    rural farming
    Himiona Nuku

    9:22 PM.Five years ago Himiona Nuku started capturing eels full of eggs and helping them on their migratory journey. That was because two power stations on the Rangitaiki River were blocking their path. Read more Audio

  • Healing Māori land through hemp

    rural farming
    Isaac Beach and Kirby Heath of Kanapu Hempery

    9:33 PM.Isaac Beach felt like Neil Armstrong on the moon when he first stepped foot on a block of land he's now planting up with hemp. The crop is part of efforts to heal the land and involve its Māori… Read more Video, Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 17 June 2022
  • Next Episode: Friday, 1 July 2022
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