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Country Life for Thursday 27 June 2024

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  • Kaputī and kaitiakitanga in Taemaro Bay

    rural farming
    Alfonso and Sandra Heihei

    7:38 PM.Sandra Heihei is the 17th generation of her family living in remote Taemaro Bay. She and her husband Alfonso live off grid and are among kaitiaki of this ancestral coastal land. Passing on knowledge… Read more Audio

  • Compost replaces chemical fertilisers on South Otago dairy farm

    rural farming
    Mark Anderson - Regenerative Farmer in South Otago

    7:26 PM.Regenerative farming suits Mark Anderson down to the ground. He's focused on putting as much life and diversity back into the land and says the benefits to the entire farm, and his own well-being, are… Read more Audio

  • Bringing kiwi back to the capital: A national taonga returns to Wellington

    conservation rural
    Thousands of traps have been laid as part of the Capital Kiwi Project.

    7:19 PM.A night out tracking the new kiwi which call Wellington, and Terawhiti Station, home with the Capital Kiwi Project team. Read more Audio

  • Rural News Wrap

    rural farming
    Waipaoa river in Gisborne amid heavy rain.

    7:12 PM.A round-up of the week's agricultural news from RNZ's rural news desk. Read more Audio

  • Country Life for Friday 28 June 2024

    rural farming
    Taemaro Bay

    7:10 PM.This week the Country Life team spends a night out tracking kiwi in the capital, meets a family living off-grid on their ancestral land in the Far North and visits a South Otago dairy farm where… Read more Audio

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