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'Born with wellies on' - ex cop takes farming in her stride
Former cop, Lee Askew, traded her police vest for farmer's boots to rear a herd of Red Devon cattle near Gisborne. There have been plenty of challenges rearing artisan meat for her stall at the…
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Country Life for 8 September 2023
This week Country Life finds out what crops are being sown in mid-Canterbury, heads to a lamb rescue centre in Wairarapa and finds out how scientists and tangata whenua are working together to save…
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A rescue centre for lambs - 'where there's a heartbeat, there's hope'
Jacqui Friedrichs has almost reached the limit in her lamb orphanage east of Carterton. It's been a tough lambing season and there is high demand for her intensive care. Her husband thinks she's mad…
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Race to save Rotorua's native trees nurtures local rangatahi
As forest scientists work to restore native tree species threatened by myrtle rust, a Jobs for Nature programme is empowering young Rotorua men to connect with nature.
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Spring has sprung and sowing has begun
The cash crops are going in and the last of the trading lambs are heading off at Tim Cookson's farm near Hororata in Canterbury.
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Just pay what you can, says Ōtaki vege grower
Jon and Tae are preparing their rented land near Otaki to start producing "pay-what-you-can" vege boxes in the spring. It's a small-scale social enterprise aimed at making healthy food more accessible…
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Country Life for Friday 1 September 2023
Just pay us what you can, says Ōtaki vege grower, Home of the working horse, Wellbeing programme "Incredibly grateful for rural New Zealand" and On the Farm - a wrap of conditions on farms and…
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Wellbeing programme 'grateful for rural New Zealand'
Rural Change founder Elle Perriam is proud of the efforts of rural New Zealand to help those who need it most.
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Erewhon Station: Where the tractors have four legs
There were no tractors in sight when Cosmo Kentish-Barnes visited Erewhon Station. Instead a team of eight Clydesdales were churning the soil over in preparation for sowing.
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Backyard bananas in the Buller
A botanist on the West Coast wants locals to start planting growing edible perennials that are growing in his nursery and food forest.
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Country Life for 25 August 2023
A business at the cutting edge of axe-making, growing edible perennials on the West Coast, in the calving shed and a catch up with a cyclone-struck apple grower.
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Clean-up a pleasant surprise for Hawkes Bay apple grower
25 Aug 2023Clean-up a pleasant surprise for Hawkes Bay apple grower.
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At the cutting edge - 'It's hard work making a top axe'
You won't find anything mass produced at Tuatahi, a small town business exporting handcrafted axes and saws to competitive woodchoppers around the world.
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Calving brings the whisper of spring
Morrinsville farmer Peter Le Heron gives an update on the calving season.
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Farmers help to restore one of New Zealand's most polluted estuaries
18 Aug 2023Leah Tebbutt heads to Bay of Plenty to find out how farmers are restoring the health of one of New Zealand's most polluted estuaries.
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A year on the farm: 'The young bull's semen is not that active'
In this episode Alistair and Genna have empty heifers to deal with after their new bull delivers low pregnancy rates.
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Aladdin's cave of country music memorabilia
There's no room left in Barry Skinner's music museum in Hector. "I've run out of wall space so I'm hanging off the roof now," says the dobro and lap-steel playing collector.
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Country Life for 18 August 2023
18 Aug 2023A Year on the Farm with Alistair and Genna Bird, farmer efforts to restore the Waihi estuary and a visit to a small country music museum in Hector on the West Coast.
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Maramataka another layer of diversity to a Bay of Plenty farm
Mohi Beckham is helping to turn a tired and depleted land into a fertile and productive farm. But the benefits extend to more than just the land.
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Supreme bacon brings home supreme prize for Hawke's Bay butcher
11 Aug 2023Wild Game owners Jordan and Varnnah Hamilton-Bicknell were named Supreme Winner in both the bacon and the ham categories of the 100% New Zealand Bacon & Ham Awards.
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Lambing's taking off on end of runway farm
10 Aug 2023The paddocks on James Thompson's city limits sheep farm are starting to look like the arrivals lounge at Christchurch Airport during the school holidays.
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Country Life for 11 August 2023
This week Country Life is in the bush picking kawakawa destined for artisan gin, a Bay of Plenty farmer recounts his story improving the land and his own mental health and - with the lambing season…
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Gin distillery fizzes with plans for home-grown juniper
Kapiti distillers harvest kawakawa from their historic Wairarapa farm to make award-winning gin. They're also trialling growing juniper berries and planting more natives. Novel pest traps, a bottle…
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Half price natives - and planted for free
4 Aug 2023Landowners in Karamea aren't beating around the bush when it comes to riparian planting. They're making the most of a local not-for-profit nursery and planting service that grows and eco-sources…
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