Sinopsis
Country Life takes you down country roads to meet ordinary people achieving their dreams. We live in a beautiful country...
Episodios
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Farmer rapt with edible bale netting
28/02/2025 Duración: 11minPlastic free paddocks have become a reality thanks to Grant Lightfoot. The Orepuke deer farmer has invented a nonpolluting baleage wrap that animals can eat. More info and photos can be found hereGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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Shear joy: Wairarapa town hosts annual Golden Shears competition
28/02/2025 Duración: 05minGolden Shears President Trish Stevens shares her love of the wool industry and which heats the one to watch at this year's shearing and woolhandling championship event in Masterton. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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On the Farm for 28 February 2025
28/02/2025 Duración: 08minGrapes are being picked in Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa, Taranaki's in drought and the hop harvest is about to start in Tasman.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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FULL SHOW: Country Life for 21 February 2025
21/02/2025 Duración: 50minWe meet a farming couple in Southland that are making health products from the hemp they grow, and we get some insights into the Chinese market for New Zealand wine.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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Farmers turn weed into wellness products
21/02/2025 Duración: 19minA hemp crop flourishes beside wheat, barley and peas at Blair and Jody Drysdale's farm in northern Southland. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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Sino-vino ties: A wine-lover linking China and New Zealand
21/02/2025 Duración: 12minFang Mei fell in love with wine after working in the banking industry in New Zealand and China. Now she has her own vineyard here and educates people in China about New Zealand wine. You can read more, here.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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Ag student's dreams come true 15 years on
21/02/2025 Duración: 10minWe check back in with Hamish Best of Conscious Valley just outside Wellington. A keen ag student the last time he spoke to Country Life, he's now a finalist for the prestigious trans-Tasman Zanda McDonald Award. You can read more, here.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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Rural News Wrap for 12 February 2025
21/02/2025 Duración: 05minA round-up of the week's news from the primary sector.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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FULL SHOW: Country Life for 14 February 2025
14/02/2025 Duración: 50minHead inside a Hawke's Bay packhouse and orchard once covered in millions of litres of silt after Cyclone Gabrielle and meet a topdressing pilot who's still flying after nearly half a century on the job. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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Green shoots showing for grower two years after Cyclone Gabrielle
14/02/2025 Duración: 20minWhen Cyclone Gabrielle hit two years ago, 4th generation orchardist Cameron Taylor sprang into action rescuing people from rooftops in his Taylor Corporation helicopter. Since then it's been non-stop in restoring the family orchard and packhouse into working order. You can find photos from the clean-up and recovery here.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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'Tractor of the skies' pilot notches up major milestone
14/02/2025 Duración: 12minAerial topdresser John Bargh is preparing for another season up in the air. He's spent nearly five decades in the skies spreading fert on hill country farms. You can read more about John's lengthy flying career here.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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Gut fixing seaweed cuts methane emissions from gassy cattle
14/02/2025 Duración: 12minRed seaweed grown in Bluff has been shown to significantly reduce methane emissions in beef and dairy cattle with no adverse effects to the animals, their products or the environment. You can read more here.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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Rural News Wrap for 14 February 2025
14/02/2025 Duración: 03minA round-up of the week's news from the primary sector.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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FULL SHOW: Country Life for 7 February 2025
07/02/2025 Duración: 50minWe head to a woolshed where hundreds of sheep are being shorn for charity and find out how the Tora Coastal Walk has helped a rugged sheep and beef farm weather tough times. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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Boots on the ground see farm through tough times - Tora Coastal Walk celebrates 30 years
07/02/2025 Duración: 21minIt's 30 years since the Elworthy family began the Tora Coastal Walk, one of the first multi-day hikes on farmland in NZ. It's been the key to this marginal farm's survival. Head here for photos and storyGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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Across the board support for shearing fundraiser
07/02/2025 Duración: 12minDozens of shearers slipped on their moccasins for the Shear For Life charity shearing event at Hinds, raising $150,000 for local charitable groups. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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Full circle composting on a Tararua dairy farm
07/02/2025 Duración: 09minThe team at Waka Dairies near Dannevirke is turning waste from milking cows into fertiliser that can be worked back into the farm.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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Rural News Wrap for 7 February 2025
07/02/2025 Duración: 05minA round-up of the week's news from the primary sector. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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FULL SHOW: Country Life for 31 January 2025
31/01/2025 Duración: 51minMeet farmers Joyce and Jock Wyllie, who first met when she was a locum vet visiting his isolated farm in Golden Bay. We also check back in to see what progress Miley the Huntaway is making and talk to Federated Farmers president Wayne Langford.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details