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Country Life for Friday 7 April 2023

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  • For the love of wool

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    Skeins of naturally dyed wool on display in the studio at Rewa Rewa Station

    7:38 PM.Patrizia Vieno is originally from Italy but now farms sheep and beef at Tinui's Rewa Rewa Station. The farm has suffered after Cyclone Gabrielle but Patrizia has not given up her aim of establishing a… Read more Video, Audio

  • A year on the farm: Stoked to win four good practice farming awards

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    Alistair and Genna Bird

    7:22 PM.Genna says the New Zealand Farm Environment Trust Biodiversity Award acknowledges the couple's focus on protecting the 200 hectares of native bush on the property. Read more Audio

  • The vertical farms of tomorrow

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    The Living Pantry is offered through a monthly subscription.

    7:15 PM.A French agriculture professor developing new indoor plant varieties and an Auckland man installing vertical farming tech in private homes were two of the attendees at Aotearoa's first-ever Controlled… Read more Audio

  • Rural News Wrap

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    7:08 PM.RNZ's rural news reporter, Sally Murphy, takes a look at the week's agricultural news. Read more Audio

  • Country Life for Friday April 7 2023

    rural farming
    The Gotland breed has a brown-coloured fleece and is named after the Swedish island of Gotland

    7:07 PM.Country life this week heads to a sheep and beef station near Tinui which was badly damaged in Cyclone Gabrielle. But the scars on the land are not stopping the Italian owner from fulfilling plans to… Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 31 March 2023
  • Next Episode: Friday, 14 April 2023
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