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Country Life for Friday 10 May 2024

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  • The not-so-lame story of a country vet

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    Neil Chesterton specialises in treating dairy cow lameness

    7:40 PM.Who knows what goes on in a herd of cows as they walk to the milking shed? Plenty, according to Inglewood vet Neil Chesterton, who has made this his life's work and become a world-renowned expert on… Read more Audio

  • Feeding time at the zoo

    rural farming
    Otters at Wellington Zoo

    7:26 PM.Have you ever wondered where all the food for Wellington Zoo's 500 animals come from? The answer might surprise you... Gianina Schwanecke meets with the zoo's animal science manager to find out more… Read more Video, Audio

  • The last day of the kumara harvest with Doug Nilsson

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    Dargaville kumara grower Doug Nilsson checks the seed kumara that will form the basis of next year's crop. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf

    7:20 PM.It's the last day of the kumara harvest at Dunsmore Gardens, a farm on the outskirts of Dargaville. It's also time to celebrate after the grower lost 99 percent of his crop last season. Read more Audio

  • Rural News Wrap

    rural
    Beef exports reached a new high of $411m in June 2021, while exports for logs and wood also reached a new high of $561m in June 2021.

    7:12 PM.A round-up of the week's agricultural news. Read more Audio

  • Country Life for 10 May 2024

    rural farming
    Cara the 33 year old chimp loves a juicy pear at Wellington Zoo.

    7:07 PM.This week Country Life is at the last day of the kumara harvest in Northland, joins a quartet of otters at Wellington Zoo for dinner to learn more about where the animals' food comes from and speaks… Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 3 May 2024
  • Next Episode: Friday, 17 May 2024
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