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Billy Barton - 'They call me the Ferret Man'
Billy Barton used to compete with ferrets as a past-time in his native Wales. Now he trains them and a pack of white shepherd dogs to hunt out rabbits and feral cats in NZ's war against pests.
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Country Life for 27 January
Billy Barton - 'They call me the Ferret Man', A Year on the Farm - Part 4: Calves get health check before heading onto hills, Grape growth on track at organic vineyard, and On the Farm - a wrap of…
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Grapes on track at estate-grown winery
The unique limestone hills of the Waipara Valley are home to Greystone's 50-hectare organic vineyard. General manager and founding viticulturist Nick Gill says that despite a lack of direct sunlight…
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Summer Series: Country Life for 20 Jan 2023
Farmer Time gets kids focused on farming, Plenty of wriggle room for world's largest worm farm & From Mother to Daughter - A Smooth Transition for Multi-generation Farmers
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Summer Series: Country Life for 13 January 2023
Okarito GorseBusters, Horse and plough add French touch to Marlborough vineyard & Sheep farmers roll out woolen mat for the wellness market
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Summer Series: Country Life for 6 January 2023
Join Us, Sheep farmer struggles to control huge hungry hoppers & Healing by Horse
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Summer Series: Country Life for 30 December 2022
A scent of the past on Mahia Peninsula, Putting a steak in the ground with heritage breed & Nevalea Alpaca
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Summer Series: Country Life for 23 December 2022
Working dogs go under the hammer, Aiming for Sweet Success - from old carpet factory to vertical strawberry farm & Choice Cherimoyas
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The full circle journey for this avocado orchard manager
After pursuing a career in fashion, dabbling as a yoga instructor and a snowboard instructor, Laura Schultz has found where she was meant to be, was actually where she had been running from.
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Sam Neill - finding balance among the vines
Veteran New Zealand actor Sam Neill returned to his Central Otago vineyard earlier this month to find vines shooting up, pet pigs waiting for a scratch and a young stand of native trees thriving on a…
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Country Life for December 16 2022
On the vineyard with Sam Neill, chook rescuers seek happy homes for hens, the full circle journey for a young avocado orchard manager and On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ.
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Chook rescuers seek happy homes for hens
Hundreds of chickens are up for adoption after clawing their way back to health. The birds are under the caring wing of volunteers at North Canterbury Chicken Rescue. Some are found abandoned on…
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From pasture to biodiversity on a Whanganui farm
Look underneath and you'll know what's right for the land, says forest and soil consultant Ian Moore. He's hanging up his workboots and now has more time to spend nurturing stands of harakeke…
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Country Life for December 9 2022
A Year on the Farm - Part 3: Dagging Ewes to prevent Flystrike, Ian Moore, tractor racing and On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ.
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A race against time at Fieldays
Fieldays being held in late-November wasn't the only difference to the annual offering. Mark Eager and Lizzie Stephenson were put in the drivers seat of a tractor in a race they dubbed against the…
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A year on the farm: Dagging the ewes to prevent flystrike
It's a hot day in the yards as Oxford farmers Alistair and Genna Bird start the pre-summer task of crutching a mob of woolly sheep.
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Country Life for 2 December 2022
Country Life takes a walk along a coastal trapline in Kaikoura, checks in with rural teen Rayne Bradley who's about to spread her wings and visits the Fieldays Innovation Hub.
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Restoring the balance of nature along the Kaikōura coastline
3 Dec 2022A trapline snakes its way along the coast between the Awatere River in Marlborough and Oaro River in North Canterbury. It's there to protect endangered native birds from introduced predators. The Te…
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Meet the Number-8-wired minds at Fieldays innovation hub
More than 60 creative problem solvers were finalists in the Fieldays Innovation Awards this week.
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Rayne Bradley ticks the year off
In a series about a rural teen heading to the city to study, Country Life catches up with Taumarunui-born Rayne Bradley who is about to spread her wings.
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Hip hop dancer embraces the farming life
Hawke's Bay farm manager Viliata Junior Fonoti Taulago has been known to bust moves in the paddock.
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Country Life for 25 November 2022
Hiphop dancer embraces the farming life, Ex-midwife in high spirits after setting up farm distillery, Life on the road as a Wilderness Vet, Why right now is the best time to get out freshwater fishing…
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Life on the road as a Wilderness Vet
Our guest this week is Caroline Murray - a vet in Blenheim doing things a little differently. She calls herself the Wilderness Vet and has taken on the role of working for herself, with her car acting…
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Ex-midwife in high spirits after setting up farm distillery
A sheep and beef farm on the foothills of the Seaward Kaikoura Range is home to a boutique distillery. Justine Schroder converted a shed into the Mt Fyffe Distillery three years ago and she's never…
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