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Country Life for Friday 7 July 2023

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  • Bulls for sale after Gabrielle - celebrating the wins

    rural Hawkes Bay
    In the sale ring at the Hallmark Angus bull sale in June 2023

    7:35 PM.Kokopuru Station in northern Hawke's Bay had slips and sinkholes a-plenty but the Hallmark Angus cattle stud managed to rebuild the farm ahead of their annual bull sale. Read more Audio

  • Three generations on the same rural route

    history rural
    Lee Pryor is the third generation to deliver post along the Whakatāne coastline and Matatā township.

    7:23 PM.Lee Pryor has been delivering post along the Whakatāne coastline for 25 years, but he is not the first in his whānau and now his wife has even joined the ranks. Read more Audio

  • A quarter-acre food paradise in Gisborne

    rural
    Adrian Sutherland

    7:15 PM.Adrian Sutherland has more than a hundred fruit trees on his slice of suburban Gisborne and plenty of veges besides.  Read more Audio

  • Rural News Wrap

    rural farming
    Matt and Tracey Jones from Sheep Milk New Zealand began commercial milking in 2019.

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

  • Country Life for 7 July 2023

    rural farming
    In the bull pens at the Hallmark Angus bull sale in June 2023

    7:07 PM.This week Country Life heads to a bull sale in northern Hawkes Bay where slips and sinkholes from this year's cyclones have not held back the stud owners from their traditional celebrations and… Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 30 June 2023
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 13 July 2023
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