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The Bugs Stop Here

Laurie Meadows spends his days opening parcels as part of MAF's Biosecurity team at the international mail centre in Auckland.

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Fishing at Westport

Ian McKenzie is a hard nosed fisherman in Westport. He talks about the state of the local industry.

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Regional Conditions and Feedback

The weather's been abysmal all over the country. Cold, windy and wet in the North Island and snowing in many South Island spots.

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Intro and Guest

The Opuha Dam Water Management project is the supreme winner of this year's Environment Canterbury's resource management award.

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Good as Gold

Evan and Jane Birchfield run a successful open cast gold mining business in Ross, a small town near Hokitika on the West Coast.

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Ruakura's Transgenic Farm

Dr Jimmie Suttie, Tim Hale and Dr Vish Vishwanath on AgResearch's transgenic cows and where GM technology may go in the future.

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Regional Conditions

In the North Island temperatures are cooler than usual and windy and in the south tailing ends and cow mating gets underway.

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Intro and Guest

Joan Baker has written a book to help with succession planning - Your Last Fencepost, Retirement Planning for NZ Farmers.

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Williams Land Feature

Developer Evan Williams works on the Purerua Peninsula ; a stunning piece of land in the Bay of Islands.

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Fleeced

North Otago wool spinner and weaver Doe Arnot talks about her work that sells at the Oamaru Textile Exchange.

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Regional Conditions

In the North Island the first avocado exports for the season have started and in the south chilly winds cool a warm spring.

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Intro and Guest

Whitebaiter's try thier luck at Granite Creek near Karamea on the West Coast.

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Asparagus Breeding

Asparagus breeder and grower, Dr Peter Falloon talks about this slender green lilly you eat in spring.

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Tender Meat

AgResearch scientists have come up with the ideal way of telling how tender a piece of meat will be without taking a bite.

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Agri News

Farming Systems Uruguay halts development, milk tanker driver shortage delays milk pickups and new kiwifruit being bred.

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Regional Conditions

Most North Island regions got some rain on Thursday night while Canterbury dries out.

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Intro and Guest

Locusts once again plague the Australian State of New South Wales.

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Milking Buffalo

Helen and Richard Dorresteyn have been perfecting the art of milking buffalo, turning the porcelain white milk into mozzarella.

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Arborist Reginald Day (circa 1948)

A 1948 peacetime mobile radio unit interview with Reginald Day who talks about New Plymouth's wonderful trees.

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Wheat Out Of Ten

Canterbury farmer Alastair Barnett is New Zealand's top feed wheat grower for the second year running.

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Regional Conditions

North Island grass growth's a bit slow and frosts tickle the Southern North Island and South Island.

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Intro and the 2008 Grasslands Conference

Whats on this year with Grasslands chairman Dr John Caradus.

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Kakanui Willow

Vannier Mike Lilian has been weaving for twenty-five years and is one of only two or three full time willow weavers in NZ.

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Having a Blast

Ian Park, Roger Readington and Giles Russell love blowing things up. Today's job: a 500 metre long boggy drain in Manawatu.

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Agri News

A campaign for a $150 lamb, dung bettles, robot milking and science lessons don't engage youngsters.

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Regional Conditions

North Island grass growth's a bit slow and frosts tickle the Southern North Island and South Island.

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Intro and Drought

There are early signs of a dry start to summer.

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Serving It Up At Wimbledon

Former Auckland lawyer Emmeline Gadsby runs the unique pub that's located on Cape Turnagain in Southern Hawkes bay.

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A Fine Blend

Winemaker Guy Porter gets closer to his dream of producing Bellbird Spring vineyard's first bottled wine.

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Occasional Series

Dave Miller on the meaning of the farming term commonly known as... AB

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Regional Conditions

A fine week in the North Island as lambing comes to an end and the South Island's covered in spring blossom.

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Hazel Riseborough

Hazel Riseborough talks about her book Shear Hard Work.

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Feature Country Parish

Reverend Ken Light is the vicar of the Glenmark Church in the heart of North Canterbury.

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Making spaghetti out of meat

Making spaghetti out of meat...will it tempt the kids?

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Regional Conditions

The docking irons come out in the North, while most of the South Island has been basking in the hot sun.

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John Reeve

John Reeve of the Food Safety Authority on melamine in milk.

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Zakar Beef

Martin Grant and Miranda Marsh run an organic beef farm in South Auckland with its own farm butchery.

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The Butcher's Apprentice

Dayna Marshall is only 17 (and obviously female) and a butcher trainee in a busy outlet in a Hamilton city suburb.

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Penguin Hostel

Janice Jones set up the Kakanui Penguin colony. She's also written about her life with penguins... from a penguin's perspective.

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Intro, Guest and Feedback

Peter Schouten lost many cows to a flooded Eyre River several weeks ago.

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Primary Focus Soapbox

Lachie Grant and Sarah Dudin say soils are the powerhouse of a farm. Their mantra: match land use with land type

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The Riverstone Revival

After years of dairy farming with husband Neil in North Otago, Dot Smith converted a farm shed into a kitsch and gift shop.

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Offal Exports

Energetic Angela Payne owns Agri-Lab Co-Products, a company specialising in dissecting animals.

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Regional Conditions

A generally fine week in the North Island, but the South Island's East Coast got some rain.

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Intro and Guest

John Fegan takes issue with a comment this week about dairy farmers not paying their staff enough money.

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Shear Delight

The Mullins family has a passion for shearing and a heart for young folk needing a second chance.

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Carrot Juice

Twenty truck loads of carrots are squeezed for their juice each day at a new Timaru plant.

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Regional Conditions

Some parts of the North island saw welcome sunshine this week, while North Canterbury was inundated with rain.

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Intro and Guest

Steve Bush and his team at Trees for Canterbury are making their region greener.

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Mussel Farming

Marlborough Sounds is famous for its deep, clear water that produces top quality mussels. Anna Tait-Jamieson checks the crop.

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Icelandic Horses

German couple Richard and Christel Vinbrux have settled in North Otago where they're breeding Icelandic horses.

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Regional Conditions

Cold and wet conditions hound farmers in the North Island. The South Island is also wet underfoot but that suits some.

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Intro and Guest

Stuart King dairy farms in North Eastern Waikato. He coped with a drought in summer, and now there's been rain for six weeks.

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Mussel Farming

Marlborough Sounds is famous for its deep, clear water that produces top quality mussels. Anna Tait-Jamieson checks the crop.

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Icelandic Horses

German couple Richard and Christel Vinbrux have settled in North Otago where they're breeding Icelandic horses.

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Regional Conditions

Cold and wet conditions hound farmers in the North Island. The South Island is also wet underfoot but that suits some.

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Intro and Guest

Stuart King dairy farms in North Eastern Waikato. He coped with a drought in summer, and now there's been rain for six weeks.

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A Livestock Agent's Day

Bill Harrison's a King Country stock agent who knows every car on back country roads and every face at the Te Kuiti Saleyards.

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Preserving Apple Tree Genes

Wayne Hollows is involved with Otago's Tree Crops Association. An interest in apples has led him to the art of cider making.

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Shear Delight

The Mullins family has a passion for shearing and a heart for young folk needing a second chance.

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Carrot Juice

Twenty truck loads of carrots are squeezed for their juice each day at a new Timaru plant.

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Comfortable Cows

Leo Timms is a US dairy researcher who says cows with soft beds produce more milk, and he comments about crops and manure.

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Intro and Colostrum

The first five days of milk produced by a cow is worth three times more than normal milk. Country life takes a closer look.

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Regional Conditions

Some parts of the North island saw welcome sunshine this week, while North Canterbury was inundated with rain.

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Intro and Guest

Steve Bush and his team at Trees for Canterbury are making their region greener.

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Farming Texels and Outro

Oamaru sheep farmer Robert Hughes believes Texels have the meat in all the right places.

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The Annabells of Moeawatea

No phone, no power and no road. Graeme and Pam Annabell spent their farming life inland from Waverly near Wanganui.

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Intro and Regional Wrap

The North Island had a chance to dry out mid week and Central Otago's had a dream winter.

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This Little Pig Went to Market

Bacon from Bulls is possible and Michelle Fox is marketing pork and bacon for five pig producers from her Bulls Shop.

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Catching Kiwi and Kissing Kaka

Huatahi,a little kiwi from Maungatautari in Waikato, is having his plunket visit.

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Primary Focus

The CEO of New Zealand Pork, Sam McIvor talks about pork consumption in New Zealand and what's happening with pork marketing.

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From Paddock to Plate

From their small farm in North Otago Bob and Grace Neill produce high quality Limousin beef and sell it direct to the public.

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This Little Pig Went to Market

Bacon from Bulls is possible and Michelle Fox is marketing pork and bacon for five pig producers from her Bulls Shop.

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Intro and Guest

Stonecarver Ian Andersen makes sure tourists don't leave Oamaru empty handed.

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Oh My Dear

Peel Forest Estate in South Canterbury is a premiere red deer stud owned by Englishman Graham Carr.

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Hungarian Deli

Istvan Muik fled Hungary as a political refugee. He now makes European smallgoods and supplies the Clevedon farmers' market.

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Made on the Farm

Yogurt maker Ad Sintenie has teamed up with organic dairy farmers Bryan and Jackie Clearwater to produce a natural yogurt.

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Regional Wrap

A look at farming conditions around the country.

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Intro and Guest

Scientist Dr Mark Goodwin and the fungus that kills the varroa mite.

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Life's a Boar

Cosmo Kentish-Barnes heads into the un-tamed backcountry behind Geraldine in Canterbury with hunting dog trainer, Bill Westward.

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Shedding Light On...

Bobby calves.

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Sexed Semen

Farmers are digging deep into their pockets to buy sexed semen from New Zealand bulls. Steve Foresman.

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Primary Focus

In this weeks primary focus we talk to Ross Aimer of Ravensdown about the growing cost of fertilser.

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Intro and Guest

A 1948 recording of an interview with George Matheson.

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The House of Horse

Michael House has gone from stable boy to successful racehorse trainer, breeder and ready-to-run pioneer.

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Eco-n Technology

Developed by Professors Keith Cameron and Hong J Di, Eco-n uses cows urine to boosts grass growth.

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Intro and Guest

Jock Phillips - Historian and editor of the online encyclopedia of New Zealand.

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Regional Conditions

Frosts and snow hit many North and South Island areas. Calving has started in Waikato.

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There's Gold in Goats

Fibre and meat goats are both making farmers good money, more than sheep, and often more than cattle.

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Rural Poetry

Canterbury farmer Colin Patterson recites one of his poems.

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Mad About Saffron

New Zealand Saffron producer Errol Hitt of Eight Moon Saffron sheds some light on this exotic spice.

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Regional Conditions

The winter drought in the north gets worse and in the South Island dairy farms close shop for winter.

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The Heavy Smoker

After losing his farm in 1989 Henry Studholme went from shearing sheep to smoking salmon and business is booming.

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Agrinews

News Across the Tasman. Sheep numbers decline to the lowest in 80 years, drought still affects many farmers.

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Meals on Wheels = Eels

Birdlings Flat character George Skipper reminices on his lifelong passion of eeling.

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Intro and Guest

Michael Malmo runs the yards that overnight cows traveling between the North and South Island.

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Regional Conditions

There will be serious implications because of a winter drought from Waikato to Wellington and the South Island.

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Kiwi Savers

Volunteers from Arthur's Pass are going out of their ways to save the remaining Spotted Kiwi's that live in the valley.

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Copy of KiwiSavers

Volunteers from Arthur's Pass are going out of their ways to save the remaining Spotted Kiwi's that live in the valley.

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A Snap-Happy Farmer

Farmer and keen photographer Ruth Renner runs a picture filled website detailing her farming week.

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Regional Conditions

Grass growing in the north, cautious optimism for sheep and beef farmers and South Island dairy cows dry off.

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Intro and Guest

Recovery from a serious farm related injury at the Burwood Spinal Unit is going well for Mike Brock.

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A Day in the Life of Semen

Cosmo Kentish-Barnes finds out about the art of Semen collecting and cryogenic storage.

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Helping Hand by Kiwifruit Industry

Mental health patients are given work opportunities in Kiwifruit packhouses in Gisborne and Bay of Plenty.

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Agrinews

A new dairy co and wool venture, agricultural and horticultural statistics, Environment Court on vineyard windmills.

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Intro and Guest

John Scott talks about a Gumboots 'n Opera concert fundraising for Hospice Waikato.

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Regional Conditions

Grass growing in the north, cautious optimism for sheep and beef farmers and South Island dairy cows dry off.nil

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Shear Brilliance

Neil Sidwell's shorn ever since the early 60's and has been the manager of the New Zealand Shearing Team.

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Lord of the Rings

Deondocronolgist Jonathon Palmer is using tree rings to look at past climate change.

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Regional Conditions

In the north it's turned wet and cold and in the south pruning gets underway.

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Intro and Guest

Win maker Guy porter harvests the grapes on his Bellbird Spring vineyard in Waipara, north Canterbury.

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Mathamatics and Farming

Mathematics divided by farming equals the sum of happiness for Lorne Kuehn, formerly from Ottawa, Canada.

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For the Love of Old Tractors

David Bolton loves working on old tractors. The oldest he's repaired in recent years is a 1942 Fordson.

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Regional Conditions

Mushrooms by the bucket full, rain damages infrastructure in Taranaki and snow arrives in the South Island.

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Intro and Guest

Jeroen Douwes is doing health research with farming families. To be part of the study should call 0800 000 544.

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Country Life - The Rower

Richard Hamilton has swapped a career in international rowing for life on a New Zealand farm

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Country Life - Naomi Bunker

Naomi Bunker: Her life on Banks peninsula

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Country life - Farmer Tom

Tomoko Ishijima making her mark as a farm manager.

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Country Life - North and South Regional Conditions

Grass is starting to take off around the country in mild conditions.

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Country Life - Intro and Guest

Hugh Gourlay on the Green Thistle beetle.

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City Dwelling Bee Woman

Carol Downer is passionate about bees and says even city people can happily have their own hives.

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Regional Conditions

Wonderful rain soaks into the ground in the North Island and in the South Island there are long queues to get lambs into works.

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Intro and Guest

New chair of the Rural General Practice Network, Kirsty Murrell McMillan.

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The Loo Man

A barn full of toilets.

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The Poo Man

Mac McLaren takes us on a journey to clean out septic tanks.

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Shetland Ponies

Diana Humphres runs the Cotswold Shetland Pony Stud and a re-homing centre for mistreated donkeys.

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Caviar Production

Caviar, the salted roe of the sturgeon fish is one of the most expensive foods in the world. Wild caviar stocks have declined rapidly and caviar from farms will be the way of the future. Join in on a visit to a sturgeon farm in France.

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Intro and Guest

Landcare scientist Dr Andrea Byrom joins the show.

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Regional Conditions

The Kiwifruit harvest is humming along and Marlborough grape harvesters are working 24 hour shifts to get the crop in.

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Limehills Primary School Farm

A group of students aged between 5 and 11 run the farm school as part of their education.

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Nashi Growers in Waikato

The state of Nashi industry with Waikato growers Warren Sexton and Ian Wallace.

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Regional Conditions

Despite widespread rain only South Taranaki has broken the back of the northern drought.

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Gidday and Guests

Hume Turnball on the beaut summer for farmers in Queensland.

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A Health Check for a Rural Hospital

Taumarunui hospital was downsized in the 1990s. What is happening there now?

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Helpful Herbs

Naturopath Valmai Becker takes us on a tour of her idlyiic herb farm on Banks Peninsula.

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Regional Conditions

Drought grips nearly all of the North island except Northland and Bay of Plenty.

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Gidday and Guest

Dr David Scobie from Lincoln talks about sheep bums.

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Country Life - Far North Nursery

Transit NZ and DOC are upgrading road and visitor facilities at Cape Reinga giving local iwi work opportunities and experience.

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Country Life - Pyramid Valley

The Pyramid Valley farm and Moa swamp in north Canterbury.

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Country Life - Regional Conditions

The North Island wine vintage looks to be a cracker.

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Country Life - Intro and Guest

Airdry Dyson Leask, Anglican vicar of St Andrews on Stewart Island.

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Northland Agricultural Field Days

The mood was buoyant at this farming event which attracted nearly 600 exhibitors and 23 thousand visitors in late February.

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Dairy Farmers Delight

Jack Illich and Edwin Smith have seen fortunes turn around on their Northland dairy farms this summer.

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Peninsula Preserves

Delve into the deliciously sticky world of jam making with Julie Cross.

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Agrinews

The Government invests 700 million dollars in primary industry research and innovation.

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Regional Conditions

It's not looking too rosy for the Wairarapa economy, but it's been brilliant harvesting weather in parts of the south.

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Intro and Guest

Karen Metcalfe from Owaka Museum.

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Feedback

Dr Mike Joy on the depth of the lake that will be formed when Newmont Gold leaves Waihi.

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Life In Progress Valley

The Hayes have farmed in the Catlin region the for several generations and a passion for music, craft is woven in their genes.

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Dorper Famer

Former Electrician Neal Hamilton has opted for life in the countryside as a stud sheep farmer.

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Intro and Guest

Avocado grower Mike Eagles, Whangarei.

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Regional Conditions

Good rain in the north and east of the North Island, and in Canterbury, but other places still parched.

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Blackstump Mountain Bike

A muddy, gruelling mountain bike event covering 40km, 30km, 18km and 12 km routes on a hill country farm in north Waikato.

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Marbles and Hand Grenades

Daggy, worm ridden sheep could be a thing of the past.

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Growing New Zealand Seeds

Cambodian farmers grow vegetables for visiting tourists.

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Intro and Guest

The second update on grape growing on a vineyard in Waipara.

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Regional Conditions

Northland and Otago have had good rain.

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Farm Accidents

How lives have changed after serious farm injuries and the measures one farmer has taken ensure a safer place to work.

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