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Country Life for Friday 28 April 2023

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  • Country Life Friday April 28, 2023

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    7:06 PM.Country Life is at Greystone Wines in Waipara, finds out how humanure is helping a Taranaki family's sustainability journey and chats to a polo club owner who wants to shed the game's elitist image. Read more Audio

  • Rural News Wrap

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    Pest plant alligator weed

    7:07 PM.RNZ's rural news reporter, Sally Murphy, takes a look at the week's agricultural news. Read more Audio

  • Polo school programme aims to shed elitist image

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    A student on the Birchleigh Polo Club programme

    7:16 PM.Teens from Flaxmere College are saddling up ponies and swinging mallets, learning to play the sport of polo.  Read more Video, Audio

  • Composting loo and eating insects because "why wouldn't you"

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    Melissa and Aaron Jacobson with their three children.

    7:22 PM.Melissa and Aaron Jacobson are trying to live as sustainably as possible on their small property perching ontop a hill outside of Eltham, Taranaki and plan to turn their way of life into a full-time… Read more Audio

  • A natural ferment - it's the yeast we can do

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    Vineyard ferment at Greystone Wines

    10:32 AM.The winemaking process starts in the middle of the vineyard at Greystone Wines in the Waipara Valley. Juicy pinot noir grapes are poured into a large vessel among the vines and exposed to wild yeasts… Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 21 April 2023
  • Next Episode: Friday, 5 May 2023
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