Country Life

Anisha Satya speaks with farmer Nigel Woodhead about his "mosaic" farming system.

With thanks to:

• Nigel Woodhead

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A wrap of news from RNZ's rural news desk

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The late Sir Sam Neill told Country Life he was excited by the "farming" side of wine, that and the beautiful Otago landscape where his Two Paddocks vineyard is set. We paid the actor and vintner a visit back in the spring of 2022.

You can find photos and read more about our visit our webpage, here.

With thanks to:

• The late Sir Sam Neill

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This week Country Life takes you stargazing at a farm near Lake Tekapo, goes behind the scenes of a wool auction in Napier and is with some belching cows being measured for methane emissions at a giant barn in Waikato.

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

In this episode:

• 0:54 - Rural News Wrap
• 8:50 - Inside the 'animal Hilton': Pamu's methane measurement barn
• 15:08 - Wool for sale - inside a Kells Wool auction
• 27:22 - Stars on the farm
• 46:10 - Garden diaries: Beneath the stars

With thanks to:

• Diane Karaitiana Bryant, Pāmu
• Richard Kells, Holly Tarrant, Jess Williams, Ken Tunnicliff, Kim Asquith and Alexa Cook
• Sam Blair and Steve Berge

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Gianina gives an update on her suburban vege garden. She's preparing to plant garlic as the stars align around Matariki.

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

You can see photos and hear more about the garden set up from our previous episode, here.

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Anisha learns about Matariki, lightyears, and farm diversification on a starry night in Lake Tekapo.

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

With thanks to:

• Sam Blair and Steve Berge

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Country Life steps ringside for the "verbal boxing match" of a wool auction in Napier. Richard Kells of Kells Wool traces his experience of the wool industry from the era of skinny sheep in the 1980s to the reviving industry of present day.

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

With thanks to:

• Richard Kells, Holly Tarrant, Jess Williams, Ken Tunnicliff, Kim Alquist and Alexa Cook

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A giant barn in Waikato features 10 feeder bins for cows to graze from freely allowing their burps to be measured for methane emissions.

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

With thanks to:

• Diane Karaitiana Bryant, Pāmu
  

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A wrap of the week's news from RNZ's rural news team.

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Sally Round chats to Otago farmer Becks Smith about her ventures, and Braden Crosby of the Bragato Institute. Anisha Satya eats deep-friend locusts, and Mark Leishman checks out the drones fighting wilding pines in South Canterbury.

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

In this episode:

• 0:48 - Rural news wrap
• 6:06 - Becks Smith
• 13:34 - Lunching on locusts
• 25.:3 - Braden Crosby of the Bragato Institute
• 32:12 - Drilling down into drones

With thanks to:

• Becks Smith
• Malcolm Diack
• Braden Crosby
• Rowland Sommer

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