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Getting cosy and creative under canvas
A riverside tent becomes a classroom for the day for children taking part in the Ruamāhanga Farm Foundation project, connecting the awa with the local community.
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Girls who Grow: The next generation of land girls
The new education programme helping empower the next generation of wāhine in agriculture recently launched across the wider Wellington and Horowhenua region targeting girls from urban backgrounds.
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Free venison mince feeds people in need
Hunters for Hope's Steve Hill and Adam Kreisel turn surplus venison from hunters and farmers into high-protein food parcels for low income families.
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Digging up skills to grow food
Agriculture classes at school sometimes get a bad rap, but the Grow Hub is turning that around.
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Country Life: Whale watching while picking winter-grown greens
Ocean views makes harvesting of iceberg lettuce and broccoli a lot more pleasant for Ben Scott and his staff at Claverley Farm in North Canterbury.
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Country Life: Huntaway pup still a rookie on farm
We check back in with Miley the Huntaway pup and her trainer Chris Shaw to see her progress over the last few months.
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Off the beaten track, tourism sustains two generations of sheep farmers
Dome glamping, farm tours and jetting up the Hurunui River supplements income and highlights cultural heritage at a traditional sheep farm.
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Country Life: Discovering a sweet spot for grapevines in the Bay of Islands
Old grape vines clambering over a tumbledown shed were the start of Jake Dromgool's wine-growing venture. He's grown a dizzying array of varieties on the volcanic soils outside Kerikeri.
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Reducing splash-back and soaking up the nasties from dairy cows' pee
An "eye-opening" farm trial could help clean up New Zealand's rivers and streams.
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From selling shoes in China to a microgreens farm in rural NZ
Yu Kali and Yu Jiang's microgreens venture is sprouting almost as fast as the tiny veggies themselves.
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Young hands help recreate ancient forest
Ancient podocarp forest has become a classroom for schoolchildren taking part in a project to link land, river and community
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A bird on the farm worth two in the bush?
How do you stop birds colliding with New York's skyscrapers and how can New Zealand farmers benefit from birds and other wildlife? These are just some of the questions Dr Sara Kross has been trying to…
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Farmer retires land he says 'shouldn't ever have animals on it'
"I've been farming on my own account for 52 years and cut down a fair share of trees, so now is my time to leave this place better than we found it," Chris Bolderston told Country Life.
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A sweet life farming salt - "just a man and his bucket"
James Moore is up to his knees in the waves at Cable Bay in Northland, a bucket in each hand. He's a small-scale salt farmer, with a plan to help others into salt farming.
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Country Life Friday 30 August 2024
This week the Country Life team heads to a small-scale salt farm in Northland and meets a conservationist collecting endangered wildflowers.
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The Ruatoria 'Noah's ark' for native plants
30 Aug 2024Māori conservationist Graeme Atkin is at home in Ruatoria where he's collected the "Noah's Ark" of endangered wild cuttings, including the beautiful ngutukākā or kākābeak flower.
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Guest - Dairy farmer Stephen Crawford
South Otago's biggest organic dairy farm might go conventional after news the dairy company which picks up the milk is reviewing the premiums for organic milk.
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Tropical fruit tree seedlings in high demand as climate changes
Warmer weather means people can now grow fruits like pawpaw and bananas as far south as Invercargill.
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Guest - A moment for the humble persimmon
Wayne Hall, general manager of Wi Pere Trust's horticulture team in Gisborne, shares his love of persimmons and a recipe for how to best enjoy the fruit.
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Country Life for Friday 23 August 2024
This week the Country Life team introduces us to New Zealand's agricultural trade envoy, Hamish Marr. Cosmo visits his family's arable farm near Methven... and demand for tropical fruit trees like…
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Globetrotting envoy Hamish Marr grows the New Zealand agriculture story
23 Aug 2024Methven farmer Hamish Marr is proud to showcase farmers' and growers' innovations to overseas governments "and anyone else who is buying our products".
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Wellington's goat scapes and a family's dairy dream
Meet the Steenkamp family behind The Brooklyn Creamery, supplying Wellington locals with fresh goat's milk and goat's milk products from just outside the city centre.
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Country Life for Friday 16 August 2024
This week the Country Life team meet the Steenkamp family who are milking it in Wellington. The family runs The Brooklyn Creamery, supplying the city with fresh goat's milk and goat's milk products…
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Guest - Kellogg scholar Rebecca Hyde
Rebecca farms sheep and beef in Scargill with her husband and father. She's also authored a project aimed at building collaboration with farming communities and Runanga in the Hurunui District.
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