Country Life

This Matariki, the stars align for Mark and Susannah Guscott - award winners bringing whakapapa and astronomy together on their sixth-generation Wairarapa farm.

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

You can learn more about Glen Eden Farms, here. You can also learn more about their Star Safari, here.

And for Whitimanuka Retreat, see here.

In this episode:

• 0:50 - Roots that run deep
• 5:13 - Changing land uses
• 7:27 - Whitimanuka
• 11:40 - Sheep and beef
• 18:09 - Star Safari

With thanks to:

• Mark and Susannah Guscott

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The McClutchie whānau explores growing different crops, with aspirations to grow Māori medicinal plants, on their family whenua in North Taranaki.

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

You can learn more about Venture Taranaki's Branching Out, here. Or by listening to this interview with Michelle Bauer here.

With thanks to:

• Rawiri McClutchie, Davis McClutchie, Richard McClutchie, and Anne-Maree McKay
  

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Nick Rahiri Roskruge is Country Life's guest this week. His work in agriculture and soil science have taken him far afield looking at crops sustaining indigenous communities.

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

With thanks to:

• Nick Roskruge

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A round-up of the week's news from the primary sector.

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This week Country Life is out and about at Fieldays, meets a boy with a side hustle farming quail eggs, and chats around the kitchen table with the Harvey family about their century of farming.

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

In this episode:

• 0:41 - Rural News Wrap
• 7:45 - Rural Women NZ at 100
• 15:45 - The Quail Kid - cracking the egg market aged 12
• 27:45 - From generation to generation - a century at Daisybank

With thanks to guests:

• Sandra Matthews, Rural Women New Zealand
• Hamish Sturgeon & Giovanni Vico
• The Harvey Family

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Strong family support, innovation and a dash of good luck have seen the Harvey family of Wairarapa clock up a hundred years on Daisybank Farm near Martinborough. They're banking on a similar mix to see them through the next century.

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In this episode:

• 1:02 - Life at Daisybank
• 4:10 - The next generation takes over
• 7:23 - 100 years of farming
• 10:17 - 100 years of Harveys
• 15:41 - Experience life on farm

With thanks to:

• Owen Harvey, John and Emma Harvey

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Hamish Sturgeon is on his first farming venture rearing quails for their eggs. They're healthy, delicious and it's a fun side-hustle keeping the cute little birds fed, watered and healthy, the young teen says.

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

With thanks to:

• Hamish Sturgeon and his mum Briar Sturgeon
• Giovanni Vico

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As Rural Women New Zealand marks its centennial year, it hopes a $250,000 boost in government funding can help fuel its mission to connect, support, and advocate for women in rural communities. President Sandra Matthews is Country Life's guest this week.

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You can read more about the centenary rose, here.

With thanks:

• Sandra Matthews, Rural Women New Zealand

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A round-up of the week's news from the primary sector.

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This week Country Life delves into the world of protein, finds out how a small community raises money for a rescue service through its hunting competition and meets an orchardist with a knack for upcycling as well as growing.

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

In this episode:

• 0:44 - Rural News Wrap
• 07:30 - The Power of Protein
• 16:48 - Bob Teal's Bruntwood Orchard
• 30:23 - The small town hunting competition that's helping save lives

With thanks to guests:

• Distinguished professor Paul Moughan, The Riddet Institute
• Bob Teal, Bruntwood Orchard
• Abbey Maher

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