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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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Farming to the beat of his own drum
Former Wellington Percussionist, Jeremy Fitzsimons, is now based on the family farm in the Kauaeranga Valley near Thames. Bryan Crump paid him a visit. Read more Audio
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Farmers from around the world, Jana Gäbert
16 Feb 2024Jana Gabert runs a dairy farm about 30 kilometres south of Berlin. She is among farmers around Europe who have taken to the streets in protest about increasing costs and regulation amid high… Read more Audio
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Rural News Wrap
A round-up of the week's agricultural news with RNZ rural news reporter Sally Murphy. This week marked a year since Cyclone Gabrielle tore through the East Coast of the North Island, causing wide… Read more Audio
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Country Life for Friday 16 February 2024
Ancestors roots run deep at Wairau Pā vineyard, Farming to the beat of his own drum, Farmers from around the world: Jana Gäbert, dairy farmer from Germany and the Rural News Wrap.
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More rugged than posh - playing polo the Kiwi way
9 Feb 2024Summer at a sportsground in Hawkes Bay means the thud of hooves and the knock of mallets under the hot summer sun. Read more Audio
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Green learning hub grows on red zone land
9 Feb 2024School students are helping turn quake-damaged red zoned land green again at the Climate Action Campus in Ōtautahi/Christchurch.
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A year after Gabrielle, "a little bit of a miracle"
9 Feb 2024A year ago the Wilson family's apple trees were bowled like nine pins when logs came crashing through stop banks and silt drowned many areas. Did the trees come good? Read more Audio
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Rural News Wrap
A round-up of the week's agricultural news with RNZ rural news reporter Susan Murray. Read more Audio
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Country Life Friday 9 February 2024
Country Life this week - a chat with a Hawkes Bay apple orchardist one year on from Gabrielle, the Climate Action Campus in Christchurch and a polo match under the hot summer sun Read more Audio
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I'm a wee bit addicted to doing farm trials says Waipara farmer
Former ag scientist, Ian Knowles, likes to lead from the front when it comes to sheep and plant trials and comparative experiments on his diverse hill country farm. Read more Audio
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Kotare Subtropicals on a mission to reduce banana imports
Geoff Mansell is growing bananas and many other subtropical fruits to supply local supermarkets and he hopes others will do the same. Read more Audio
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Banking on seeds for Raglan
People in Raglan have access to a community seed bank so they can plant their own vegetables and ensure local cultivars thrive. Read more Audio
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