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Country Life for Friday 1 December 2023
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On the Farm - a wrap of conditions around the country
7:07 PM.Changeable weather has prevailed in Pukekohe. Farmers in Otago are busy marking lambs and bulls are going out to the cows Read more Audio
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Country Life for Friday 1 December 2023
7:07 PM.Christmas cakes, a deer hunting legend, rehoming racehorses and building a wetland on farm Read more Audio
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A show stopper for Christmas cake lovers
7:13 PM.Cake convener Christine Beaton has a tip for fruitcake bakers at the New Zealand Agricultural Show, "you don't really cook a Christmas cake, you dry it out." Read more Audio
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Finding Frank - a true deer hunting legend
7:20 PM.Frank Erceg was victim of New Zealand's first helicopter hunting accident, but now his story, and that of the deer culling industry has come to life through his niece, Louise Maich. Read more Audio
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Working horses adjust to new life off the track
7:30 PM.Chanelle Dickie has taken dozens of retired racehorses under her wing. She's part of a rehoming and re-educating programme that cares for standardbreds that have fallen off the pace. Read more Audio
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Building a wetland on farm
1:31 PM.A wetland at the bottom of a dairy farm in South Wairarapa is reducing most of the nitrates being drained from the paddocks. The project at Kaiwaiwai Dairies is nearly a decade old and one of the… Read more Audio