Country Life

Hops from a Wellington brewery, cotton offcuts from a fashion label and forestry slash has turned Matt Welton into a bit of a Heath Robinson. His first job was collecting scrap metal in London's East End and after careers as a prison officer and cartographer, he has come full circle, this time turning the organic waste he collects into biochar for farmers and growers on his Akatarawa property.

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A look inside the Hokonui Moonshine Museum where the manufacture of this legendary spirit continues in the modern day.

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You can learn more about the Hokonui Moonshine Museum and Distillery, here.

With thanks to:

• Jim Geddes

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A round up of news from RNZ's rural news team

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Underground Festival organiser Fran Bailey chats with Anisha Satya about the idea, the execution, and what makes it different from other farming forums.

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With thanks to:

• Fran Bailey, Underground Festival

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Too many grapes, international headwinds and a dramatic drop in drinkers is proving problematic for our wine producers.

Perfect growing conditions for grapes at a time when demand for wine is dropping is likely to result in more fruit left on the vine again this harvest

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Country Life gets the latest on the beef market and cherry harvest, learns how pairing solar and horticulture could help with growing and joins one of Pāmu’s young apprentices on a King Country farm. Follow Country Life on your favourite podcast platform or listen on the RNZ website.

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In this episode:

• 0:41 - A yarn on the farm with beef farmer Craig Pickens
• 7:23 - Rural News Wrap
• 12:12 - New study into growing crops under solar panels
• 18:33 - Growing a farmer - Archie's life as a Pāmu apprentice
• 34:22 - Central Otago a fruitgrower's cherry pick

With thanks to:

• Craig Pickens
• Pieter-Willem Hendriks
• Archie Davidson and Alan MacDonald, Pāmu
• Kris Robb and Mike Mangau, Clyde Orchards

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A look at how Clyde Orchard's recent cherry and stonefruit harvest has gone and a tour of a new purpose built accommodation for its RSE workers.

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You can learn more about Clyde Orchards, here.

With thanks to:

• Kris Robb and Mike Mangau

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Archie's 17 and an apprentice to Micky, champion shearer and Pāmu farm manager on King Country sheep and beef farm Te Wharua. We head out mustering and Archie shows how he's working with his whistle and his dogs.

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With thanks to:

• Archie Davidson and Alan MacDonald, Pāmu

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Growing crops alongside solar farming is a new field for New Zealand, so researchers here have been analysing studies of these sorts of systems around the world. Dr Pieter-Willem Hendriks from the research team at Lincoln University spoke to Sally Round.

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With thanks to:

• Pieter-Willem Hendriks

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A wrap of the week's news from the primary sector.

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