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Sheafs, cabers and tartan on show at Turakina Highland Games
7:40 PM.Tartan, bagpipes, sheafs and cabers were out in force at the Turakina Highland Games, billed as New Zealand's longest-running such event. They're into their 160th year. Read more Video, Audio
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'He's a very good looking pig, that one!'
7:27 PM.Rick Martin and Nairn Illingworth farm a drove of happy heritage pigs on their small farm in Marlborough's Onamalutu Valley Read more Audio
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Truck driver takes to the water to reach farms
7:19 PM.A large blue truck and trailer unit has become a common sight in the Marlborough Sounds as it's barged to farms to pick up and drop off livestock. Read more Audio
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Rural News Wrap
7:12 PM.A round-up of the week's agricultural news with RNZ rural news reporter Sally Murphy. Read more Audio
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Country Life for Friday 23 February 2024
7:07 PM.This week on Country Life, how stock are barged in and out by sea after roadways are blocked, a visit to the Turakina Highland Games, and a chat with heritage pig farmers in Marlborough. Read more Audio
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Ancestors roots run deep at Wairau Pā vineyard
7:40 PM.Haysley MacDonald was born and bred on the family farm near Marlborough's Wairau Bar, or Te Pokohiwi. The coastal land, that overlooks Cloudy Bay, is where his ancestors first landed over 800 years… Read more Audio
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Farming to the beat of his own drum
7:27 PM.Former Wellington Percussionist, Jeremy Fitzsimons, is now based on the family farm in the Kauaeranga Valley near Thames. Bryan Crump paid him a visit. Read more Audio
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Farmers from around the world, Jana Gäbert
7:19 PM.Jana Gabert runs a dairy farm about 30 kilometres south of Berlin. She is among farmers around Europe who have taken to the streets in protest about increasing costs and regulation amid high… Read more Audio
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Rural News Wrap
7:12 PM.A round-up of the week's agricultural news with RNZ rural news reporter Sally Murphy. This week marked a year since Cyclone Gabrielle tore through the East Coast of the North Island, causing wide… Read more Audio
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Country Life for Friday 16 February 2024
7:00 PM.Ancestors roots run deep at Wairau Pā vineyard, Farming to the beat of his own drum, Farmers from around the world: Jana Gäbert, dairy farmer from Germany and the Rural News Wrap.
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More rugged than posh - playing polo the Kiwi way
7:40 PM.Summer at a sportsground in Hawkes Bay means the thud of hooves and the knock of mallets under the hot summer sun. Read more Audio
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Green learning hub grows on red zone land
7:27 PM.School students are helping turn quake-damaged red zoned land green again at the Climate Action Campus in Ōtautahi/Christchurch.
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A year after Gabrielle, "a little bit of a miracle"
7:19 PM.A year ago the Wilson family's apple trees were bowled like nine pins when logs came crashing through stop banks and silt drowned many areas. Did the trees come good? Read more Audio
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Rural News Wrap
7:12 PM.A round-up of the week's agricultural news with RNZ rural news reporter Susan Murray. Read more Audio
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Country Life Friday 9 February 2024
7:07 PM.Country Life this week - a chat with a Hawkes Bay apple orchardist one year on from Gabrielle, the Climate Action Campus in Christchurch and a polo match under the hot summer sun Read more Audio
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I'm a wee bit addicted to doing farm trials says Waipara farmer
7:30 PM.Former ag scientist, Ian Knowles, likes to lead from the front when it comes to sheep and plant trials and comparative experiments on his diverse hill country farm. Read more Audio
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Kotare Subtropicals on a mission to reduce banana imports
7:17 PM.Geoff Mansell is growing bananas and many other subtropical fruits to supply local supermarkets and he hopes others will do the same. Read more Audio
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Banking on seeds for Raglan
7:12 PM.People in Raglan have access to a community seed bank so they can plant their own vegetables and ensure local cultivars thrive. Read more Audio
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Rural News Wrap
7:07 PM.A round-up of the week's agricultural news with RNZ rural news reporter Susan Murray. Read more Audio
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Country Life Friday 2 February 2024
7:00 PM.Country Life goes bananas, meets an award-winning Waipara farmer and checks in on Raglan's seed bank. Read more Audio
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Egg farmer cracks the paddock-to-plate market
7:34 PM.Scott Jimmieson sold cars to upskill for his paddock-to-plate free range egg business. It was tough-going but good training for understanding his customers. Country Life hops in the delivery van… Read more Audio
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Summer lamb prices slide down the big dipper
7:21 PM."It's going to be a tough year. Do you want to talk to the bank manager or me?" Sheffield farmer Tom Ferguson tells Cosmo Kentish-Barnes after his on-farm lamb sale. Read more Video, Audio
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Nuffield scholar and agricultural journalist Claire Taylor
7:14 PM.Are farmers around the world telling their story well enough? Scottish ag journo and Nuffield Scholar Claire Taylor has been visiting New Zealand and spoke to Country Life Read more Audio
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On the Farm - a wrap of conditions around the country
7:07 PM.All stock are doing very well in Waikato and the maize crop is outstanding. In Canterbury grass growth is slow and even farms with irrigation have been battling to keep enough water going on. Read more Audio
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Country Life Friday January 26 2024
7:07 PM.Country Life checks in on a paddock-to-plate free range egg venture and a Canterbury lamb sale as well as consitions on farms and orchards around Aotearoa. Read more Audio