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Country Life for Friday 22 December 2023

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 15 December 2023
  • Next Episode: Friday, 29 December 2023
  • Rural Taranaki turns on the festive charm

    rural Taranaki
    The Grinch surfing through the paddocks in Taranaki.

    9:05 AM.The Grinch is surfing through paddocks and cows are driving tractors on the rural roadside of Taranaki...but who won the festive farm art competition? Read more Audio

  • 'My pop owned a milk run' says farmer who bottles his own milk

    business rural
    Canterbury's Choice A2 Milk in bottles

    7:41 PM.A rural entrepreneur is pasteurising and bottling A2 milk from his families farm and delivering it to people's doors, just like his grandfather did. Read more Audio

  • All the time in the world at Colyton Clocks

    rural Manawatu
    Bill Williams has many favourite clocks in his collection. Here he is with Fritz, one of the quirkiest.

    7:25 PM.Colyton Clocks' Bill Williams reckons he has the largest clock collection in the world. A converted church in the village of Colyton is home to his ticking, chiming, talking timepieces dating from the… Read more Audio

  • On the Farm - a wrap of conditions on farms around the country

    rural farming
    The strip-tilled fodder beet after the hail, looking pretty bashed up

    7:07 PM.Watermelons are growing well in Pukekohe and potato crops are producing good yields at harvest. In Canterbury, baleage is being made and jersey bulls are being taken out of the dairy herd. Read more Audio

  • Country Life for Friday 22 December

    rural farming
    milk bottles

    7:07 PM."My pop owned a milk run" says farmer who bottles his own milk, All the time in the world, Festive farm art in Taranaki and On the Farm - a wrap of conditions on farms and orchards around the country.

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  • Previous Episode: Friday, 15 December 2023
  • Next Episode: Friday, 29 December 2023
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