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Country Life
Country Life takes you down country roads to meet ordinary people achieving their dreams. We live in a beautiful country and we'd love to show it. Have you got a great photo? Drop us an email below.
Friday 7pm and Saturday 7am
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Rural Innovation Lab - Solutions to Farming's Big Challenges
Manawatu's Rural Innovation Lab will soon select and inject funding into three projects that could transform the primary sector. Read more Audio
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Regional Wrap
19 Jul 2019The Pukekohe district in Auckland's south has had an unsettled week with rain and showers. Temperatures have been higher than expected in mid-July which means that crops are growing steadily. Central… Read more Audio
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Connecting Seasonal Workers with Growers
PICMI is the brainchild of Tasman entrepreneur Genevieve Griffin-George. The cloud-based software is designed to simplify the employment process for agricultural seasonal staff. The 28-year-old came… Read more Audio
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Full Episode for Friday July 19 2019
Saving the Waipu Goat, Farmers Making Burgers, Wicked Problems - Rural Innovation Lab Seeks Solutions to Farming's Big Challenges, Connecting Seasonal Workers with Growers and the Regional Wrap. Read more Audio
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Working smarter not harder - the lean approach to dairying
When Jana Hocken moved from working as a business consultant in Brussels and Sydney to living on a Manawatu farm she couldn't believe the inefficiencies she saw in dairy farming. She's now practising… Read more Audio
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Under FiveHundy: Kaiwhaiki Pā
Kaiwhaiki Pa is the largest pa on the Whanganui river. There are 40 homes, a marae and kohanga reo. Kahurangi Simon says growing up there has given him "everything". He says somehow he and his 11… Read more Audio
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'Would you like a hat with your tea?'
Jo Watson was homesick so she opened a quirky tea room in the middle of her home in rural Taranaki. There are crocheted blankets for knees, knitting needles to pick up, eight types of scones and crazy… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Regional Wrap
12 Jul 2019Bay of Plenty farmers have had a kind winter, it is not too wet and they have very good pasture covers. Calving should begin in earnest next week. It has been another stunning week in Canterbury with… Read more Audio
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Seeds of Success
The New Zealand kiwifruit industry started in 1904 when a woman brought in a handful of seeds after visiting her brother, a missionary, in China. Now the industry is worth $2.3 billion. Elaine… Read more Audio
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Full Episode for Friday 12 July 2019
12 Jul 2019Working Smarter not Harder - the Lean Approach to Dairying, Under FiveHundy: Kaiwhaiki Pā, Urenui Old Town Hall Cafe and Tea Room, Seeds of Success - the Stories of the Kiwifruit Industry's Pioneers… Read more Audio
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From protein powder to protea flowers
Jessica Cooke was a personal trainer in Christchurch before returning home to Banks Peninsula six years ago to take over her mother's floriculture business on the family's steep seven hectare property… Read more Audio, Gallery
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The Waiuku company making fence posts from used plastic
Waiuku-based company Future Post blends granulated soft plastics with chipped up milk bottles to produce sturdy recyclable fence posts. Read more Audio, Gallery
Country Life
Country Life takes you down country roads to meet ordinary people achieving their dreams. We live in a beautiful country and we'd love to show it. Have you got a great photo? Drop us an email below.
Produced by: Sally Round, Cosmo Kentish-Barnes and Gianina Schwanecke.
Friday 7pm and Saturday 7am
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- Take Part: Have you got a great photo? We would love to feature the beauty of our heartland email country@rnz.co.nz