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Country Life

Country Life

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 The Country Life team take you all over the motu to hear the extraordinary stories of every day rural New Zealand.(C) Radio New Zealand 2026 Social Sciences
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  • FULL SHOW: Country Life for 19 December 2025

    FULL SHOW: Country Life for 19 December 2025
    Dec 19 2025

    Country Life heads to an arboretum where dozens of different types of trees are grown, including a few for Christmas. We travel up the Whanganui River on the rural mail run, delivering a few early Christmas presents and go behind the scenes of a family-run berry orchard in King Country to see what it takes to bring summer berries from the orchard to the Christmas dinner table.

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    51 mins
  • Life's a strawberry patch with the Roys of Piopio

    Life's a strawberry patch with the Roys of Piopio
    Dec 19 2025

    The Roy family all pitch in getting berries from orchard to Christmas plate over the festive season. They have been growing berries in Piopio for more than three decades, and nearly all are sold from the farmgate. We go behind the scenes of the Christmas berry rush.

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    22 mins
  • RD6: Life along the Whanganui River

    RD6: Life along the Whanganui River
    Dec 19 2025

    Rural postie Tracy Marshall takes visitors along her mail delivery route which winds along the Whanganui River.

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

    With thanks to:

    • Tracy Marshall, Original Mail Tour


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    12 mins
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