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Diversity Key for Gorge Grower
When Jeremy Naylor bought Okainamu farm in the Upper Wairoa Gorge in 1982 it was a neglected grazing unit. Over time he's planted heaps of trees on the secluded property and transformed it into a…
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Creative in the Caroline Valley
Kim Spencer-McDonald says she knows a number of women who, as she did, have fallen in love with the farmer but not necessarily the farm. She says meaningful, stimulating off-farm jobs are difficult to…
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Farming Flavour - chocolate and chillies
Chocolatier Johnty Tatham and his brother Paddy who is experimenting with chillies are forging new paths as the sixth generation on a sheep and beef farm on the Wairarapa coast.
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Labouring On
Federated Farmers is asking its members to write to government ministers outlining just what impact the labour shortage is having on them and their farming operation.
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Choosing Calves
New Zealand's largest dairy genetics company LIC says more and more farmers are choosing the sex of their calves. They don't want to put bobby calves on the truck so are happy to pay more so ensure…
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Full Episode for Friday May 28 2021
Country Life meets two Wairarapa brothers forging different paths on the family farm, one makes high quality chocolate from whoa-to-go and the other is dipping his toes into the niche food industry…
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Dairy Stars
Our guest this week has had a busy time travelling the country as part of the annual Dairy Industry Awards where top Share Farmers, Dairy managers and Trainees are acknowledged.
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Summer Series - Penguins find cosy retreat on Flea Bay farm
Farming at Pōhatu Flea Bay on Banks Peninsula is a labour of love for Francis and Shireen Helps. Determined to protect ecologically significant land, they have established several QEII covenants on…
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Full Episode for Friday May 21 2021
Country Life heads to Pohatu Flea Bay on Banks Peninsula where a sheep farm is also home to a colony of White-flippered penguins. The team is also out baiting traps at a Hawke's Bay farm whose owners…
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'It just makes sense' - one farm's sustainability story
22 May 2021Linda and Evan Potter are award winning "sustainable farming ambassadors". They farm sheep, beef and deer at Elsthorpe in southern Hawkes Bay. Nearly a quarter of their farm is preserved in the QE2…
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Full Episode for Friday May 14 2021
Country Life rounds up some school leavers learning about sheep and beef farming and a Waikato sharemilker shares his mental health story.
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A Breath of Fresh Air
14 May 2021Auckland firm Lanaco was formed nearly a decade ago to help lift the value of New Zealand wool. It makes filters which can be used in anything from face masks and air conditioning units to medical…
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Growing future farmers
School leavers hankering for a career in sheep and beef farming now have the option of applying for a place in the new two-year, fees-free Growing Future Farmers programme that sees them training…
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Going out, giving back and getting help
Dairy farmer Sam Owen shares the tips that help him maintain his mental well-being.
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Country schoolchildren prepare to spread their wings
Country Life's guests this week are preparing for a big week in Wellington with schoolchildren who have only ever met online. The primary students are soon to leave their remote and rural schools for…
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Striking it right in Ōtāne - taking croquet to the world
7 May 2021The game of croquet is taking off around the world and a small factory in rural Hawke's Bay is reaping the benefits. Wood Mallets produces polo sticks and croquet mallets and exports them to 50…
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Under Five Hundy - Kāwhia
Kāwhia is predominantly made up of retired people, but they love the quiet life, and say the town has everything going for it. There is a new hotel under construction and the Rusty Snapper cafe is a…
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Full Episode for Friday May 7 2021
Kawhia may be a town of fewer than 500 people, 350 infact, but it has a vibrant cafe and a huge new hotel is being built in the middle of town. The pohutukawa the Tainui canoe first tied up to 900…
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Full Episode for Friday April 30 2021
Country Life is off to New Zealand's largest farm, Molesworth to check out work being done to control wilding pines. And looking on the bright cider life with a couple producing a beverage from thirty…
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Battling Pines on Molesworth Station
30 Apr 2021Wilding pines are a huge problem on Molesworth Station, New Zealand's largest farm. We're out on a remote hillside with a gang of workers and their chainsaws. Many are new to the job including a young…
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Always look on the bright cider life
30 Apr 2021Thirty varieties of cider apples are growing in Caroline and Alex Peckham's orchard in Upper Moutere. Fruit from the 6000 trees is transformed into sparkling cider in the orchard's cidery.
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Just Kai – The Cook Islands
The Cook Island's Fresh Fish company lost 95 percent of its business when tourists stopped visiting. It supplied hotels and restaurants. Now fishers are back working thanks to a marketing campaign to…
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Full Episode for Friday April 23 2021
Motueka Steiner School students have an outdoor classroom of log seats around a fire to look forward to when the school moves to its new farm campus in May. After years of planning, the final touches…
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Summer Series - the blacksmith who wants to save his trade
Blacksmith Rob Pinkney has seen forge after forge close. He's now offering balcksmithing classes in the hope the craft can be saved.
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