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.

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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.

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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.

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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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The Mataura Masjid provides a place of community for those from as far as Roxborough and Tapanui to Wyndham.

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

With thanks to:

• Haji Zamberi Matyunus

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After her time at the Shepherdess muster, Country Life presenter Gianina Schwanecke shares the latest podcast from RNZ made in collaboration with the team at Shepherdess magazine, Far From Town. Host Arpége Taratoa-Rangikura meets women at the end of gravel roads and up remote valleys across Aotearoa. Over cups of tea, they talk about love, loss and connection to whenua.

Jenny Sandford’s life is a whirlwind. From a beauty school dropout to wild times in Canada, from being a cop to now being a mum of four and a sheep and beef farmer in Tairāwhiti. From the immense grief of miscarriage when they lost their firstborn daughter, Nina, to finding joy in line dancing in her wool shed. Jenny takes on whatever comes her way and somehow finds a silver lining.

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This week Country Life is helping with the grape harvest, taking you line-dancing and meeting rural women at the Shepherdess Muster.

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In this episode:

• 0:37 - Dairy payouts and Kiwisaver changes with Steve Hayidakis
• 5:50 - Rural News Wrap
• 9:40 - Pick and be merry - harvest time at Big Sky Wines
• 17:42 - Let's go line dancing
• 30:00 - Making memories at the Shepherdess Muster

With thanks to:

• Steve Hayidakis
• Jeremy Corban and Katherine Jacobs, Big Sky Vineyard
• Nigel Mooney, Linedance Christchurch
• Kristy McGregor, Shepherdess

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