Country Life

Country Life meets a family using bullock-power instead of diesel to grow their own food, and gets a taste of the tomatoes grown by some of Wellington's Italian community.

You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.

In this episode:

• 0:47 - Conditions wrap
• 7:04- Standing up for migrant farmers
• 14:45 - Roots that run deep - Capri tomatoes
• 26:24 - Off-grid, thriving and feeding whānau without fossil fuels

With thanks to:

• Kristine Asuncion
• Nina and Teresa Cuccurullo
• Marissa Dowling
• The Land family

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Bullocks and horses power the Land's farm in the Hokianga where three generations live off-grid, growing practically all their own food without the need for fossil fuels. Country Life spent a morning with the families whose way of life echoes more traditional modes of farming last century.

With thanks to:

• The Land family

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From Italy to Wellington's south coast, growing and eating great food is central to the Cuccurullo family maintaining its cultural heritage. For the past 60 years, they've kept the tradition of growing tomatoes from seeds first sourced in Capri in the 1960s.

You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.

You can learn more about Island Bay's Italian community, here.

With thanks to:

• Nina and Teresa Cuccurullo

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Anisha Satya chats with Kristine Asuncion, Filipina dairy farmer and advocate.

With thanks to:

• Kristine Asuncion

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A wrap of conditions on farms and orchards around the country.

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Country Life visits a mosque in remote Southland, the sheep of the future in Northland, and traverses Mid Canterbury's rivers and shorelines with pest trappers.

You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.

In this episode:

• 0:45 - The Masjid that's made a home in Mataura
• 5:26 - Rural News Wrap
• 10:06 - The future role of meat and dairy in feeding humans
• 18:22 - Meaty, eco-friendly, good-looking but not so woolly - the making of NZ's future flock
• 30:53 - A trap down the river: Pest control along Mid Canterbury's waterways

With thanks to:

• Haji Zamberi Matyunus
• Donald Moore
• Kapiro Farm
• Alastair Stewart and Ray Cossar
• Ken Body
• The Rickard family

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Farmers, tradies and 4x4 enthusiasts are doing their bit to protect Mid Canterbury's rivers and oceans.

You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.

With thanks to:

• Alastair Stewart
• Ray Cossar
• Ken Body
• The Rickard family

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Climate change, increasing costs, fussier consumers and changing rules have researchers and breeders working hard to develop a sheep that will not only be economic to farm but good for the planet. Country Life visits Kapiro Farm in Northland which is five years into a seven-year project to design the sheep of the future.

You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.

With thanks to:

• Ian Leaf, Pāmu

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Chicago-based Global Dairy Platform's executive director Donald Moore on the importance of addressing emissions reductions with a 'global mass' approach.

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With thanks to:

• Donald Moore

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A round-up of the week's rural news.

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