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Country Life for Friday 10 July 2009

  • Intro and regional wrap and guest

    9:05 PM.Farms all over the country are tapping into their banks of supplementary feed. Our guest Ben Allomes is the president of Young Farmers - the organisation's looking for new members. Audio

  • Bliss stick kayaks

    9:16 PM.Some of the world's most fearless kayakers fly through rapids in a Bliss Stick kayak. The boats are made in a woolshed down a lonely road, half an hour's drive from Taihape. Audio

  • Freshwater crayfish farming

    9:32 PM.Ormond Aquaculture is based near the Wairau Valley township in Marlborough. It's here that Cosmo Kentish-Barnes meets up with aqua farmer and environmental award winner Peter Wilhelmus whose organic… Read more Audio

(Below left) Organic Freshwater Koura/Crayfish farmer Peter Wilhelmus. (Below right) The Bliss Stick kayak factory near Taihape. (Bottom) A Bliss Stick kayak in action.

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