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Country Life for Friday 26 April 2024

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  • The last of the ballot blocks - farm sale reflects tough few years

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    Farmers gather inside the woolshed for the sale.

    7:35 PM.One of the last rehab soldier farms in Wairarapa has been sold for forestry, and the farm gear is going under the hammer. Gianina Schwanecke is at the on-farm sale and finds out why the owner is… Read more Audio

  • A love for Clydesdales - 'They just become your mates'

    rural farming
    Steve Muggeridge with his Clydesdales

    7:28 PM.Steve Muggeridge's beloved Clydesdales have returned to Taranaki. Not far from the original family stud, at the base of the maunga, he chats about the changing use of the heavy horse and hitches a… Read more Video, Audio

  • Rural News Wrap

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    7:20 PM.A round-up of the week's agricultural news. Read more Audio

  • Support on hand for RSE staff at Tasman orchard

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    Graham Bong, Pannada Chittock and Casimer Lenkon

    7:12 PM.Panadda Chittock is the pastoral care co-ordinator at Thomas Brothers Orchards in Riwaka. She supports about 80 Recognised Seasonal Employer or RSE workers from Vanuatu and Samoa who work on the… Read more Audio

  • Country Life for Friday 26 April 2024

    rural farming
    Sold: A sign shows Tarewa, a Wairarapa sheep and beef farm, has been sold and will go into forestry.

    7:00 PM.This week Country Life is behind a team of Clydesdale horses on a vintage wagon, finding out about the increasingly rare breed, and heads to a sale of farm gear in Wairarapa, where one of the last… Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 19 April 2024
  • Next Episode: Friday, 3 May 2024
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