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A malfunctioning septic system can become a health hazard. When a system is not maintained or operated as a delicately balanced environment, problems occur. These problems include nasty odours, leach line blockages, untreated liquid rising to the surface, toilets gurgling and taking time to empty. At this stage your septic system is a serious health hazard to you and your children. Human waste produces faecal coliform bacteria, a source of viral and bacterial gastroenteritis as well as Hepatitis A and other diseases. Hepatitis can be a debilitating condition and cause long-term harm to children.

There are only three remedies. One: stop using the septic system until it recovers. This can take over a month and is not normally practical. Two: excavate your septic system and relocate it. This is very costly and time consuming, sometimes requiring new resource consents and different systems. Three: treat your septic system with Septi-Cure™ every six months.

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Last year two women were killed in farming quad bike accidents. A 62 year old woman was killed on her property in Kaikohe, while a young farm worker was killed near Westport.

Over the past eight years seven women have lost their lives in quad accidents on farms and every year, on average, five farmers are killed and 850 are injured. The accidents incur an ACC bill of around $7 million a year, and leave a legacy of loss, debilitation and pain.

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of Labour to increase the quad skills levels of dairy farming women.

This month (November) the organisation is using its popular Dairy Days as a way to get the message out about safer riding.

“More women than ever are involved in the dairy industry, often as heavily as their male counterparts and the impact that death and injury has on rural families and businesses is simply too great to ignore,” says Dairy Women’s Network chief executive Sarah Speight.

Women attending any of the Dairy Days held nationwide November 8 — 30 will have the opportunity to improve quad riding knowledge.

“They will leave with more knowledge on the key principles of quad bike operation, along with information on quad regulations to pass on to staff back at the farm,” said Ms Speight.

“The impact of a death or injury on a farm from a quad bike is personal, social and economic. Anything that helps reduce these effects has to be good for the farm, and for the industry,” she said.

Ag ITO advisor Graeme Couper is one of the 10 instructors who will be providing hands-on tips to improve quad bike riding skills.

He believes women are often more open to improving their skill set, and play a vital role in passing those skills on to other staff.

“They may not be riding as frequently, (as the men) but when they do, they may be in challenging situations, such as towing calf milk — which can challenge your skills and the quad’s ability.

“We also hope to highlight the need

Quad bike accidents — the biggest cause of on-farm injuries and deaths in New Zealand — are not solely a male domain.

for good, ongoing quad maintenance programmes,” he said.

The Department of Labour is one year into an initiative aimed at reducing the level of accidents on quad bikes, and the campaign comes with four key messages — always wear a helmet, keep children off quads, train staff correctly and use the right machine for the job.

It aims to reduce quad bike accidents by 30% by 2013.

Department head of harm reduction Francois Barton said working with the Dairy Women’s Network reflected the valuable role women can play in improving quad bike safety on their own farms.

“We know they are often the influencers on the farm and we believe they can help reduce death and injury by the way they ride quad bikes,” he said.

The department intends to have some of the inspectors from its team present at the Dairy Days, providing information on the quad bike safety campaign and the seasonal farm inspection currently underway.

Inspectors will be explaining the outcomes of these visits, which can include a range of enforcement options from written warnings, improvement notices and prosecution.

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A cancer victim’s generous bequest will benefit many children and teens in the Waikato and Coromandel districts.

When Chica Gilmer died in August 2009 after a short battle with cancer she left a generous $10,000 bequest to Rural Women New Zealand to be used as the organisation saw fit.

Chica had been a long time member of the Rukuhia branch of RWNZ and the rural community and children were the passions in Chica’s life.

When RWNZ learned Rainbow Place — an arm of Hospice Waikato which supports children and young people coping with serious illness was struggling to service the large region due to a shortage of transport, they decided a new vehicle would be the perfect way to use the bequest.

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by Annette Lambly-Robinsongrowing demand for counselling and children’s nursing services. The lack of transport had lead to long waits for families, particularly in rural areas.

Rainbow Place therapists and nurses travel around 2,500 kilometres a month, mainly to families in remote areas, or those unable to travel to Hamilton.

“When things are tough for families, lives are complicated enough without having to travel big distances to get support,’’ said Rainbow Place manager and children’s nurse, Penny Parsons.

The team supports both children who have a serious illness and those who need support for grief and loss due to the illness or death of a family member.

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The car was presented to Rainbow Place on Saturday October 15.

As we waited in the car park, the excitement and anticipation was palpable,” says Ms Parsons.

“I can’t tell you what it’s going to mean to us. Our case load has increased substantially as people have got to know about Rainbow Place,’’ said Ms Parsons. “We are so grateful — it (the car) enables us to carry on doing work with children and families going through ‘tough stuff’.”

With gas supplies returning to normal last week Waikato farmers have been praised for their efforts in limiting the amount of milk seeping into the region’s waterways while the Maui gas pipeline was out of action.

Waikato regional council’s compliance and education manager Rob Dragten confirmed the council received only four reports of milk entering waterways.

Given the region have more than 4000 dairy farmers to have only four incidents was a tremendous effort by all concerned.

With Fonterra’s milk processing capacity drastically reduced by the Maui gas week-long outage which began on October 24, farmers in the northern half of the North Island initially had to dump 35 million litres of milk a day.

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Although it is still early days, the couple believes there is plenty of potential for the fruit, especially overseas. Almost all of their friends and family who have visited from Europe love the taste of feijoa and the products Tineke has prepared using the fruit.

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Most of the produce finds its way to restaurants, speciality shops and supermarkets, but the de Jongs also enjoy their Sunday morning trips to the Hamilton Farmers Market. The family-like atmosphere makes it a great place to catch up with other growers and regular customers. It is also a very good place to test new produce lines.

In Holland Frans had worked for 27 years in an agricultural laboratory and the last seven years in his own laboratory that he and a colleague had established. He is proud of its success.

However having grown up on a dairy farm, his love of farming was strong, so the desire for a more ‘hands on’ farming lifestyle always beckoned.

Tineke has a background in floristry and is also a keen gardener, making owning a lifestyle block an ideology they both shared. It was these backgrounds, and the love of the land, that gave them the drive to embrace and develop biological farming practices on their property.

Over the years, the couple has made significant changes to the property, including dedicating themselves to sustainable and biological growing methods.

The de Jongs’ soil and leaf test in the orchard every year, and nutrient water test in the greenhouse once a month to ensure they have a good nutrient balance for growing.

“Our philosophy is simple — a healthy plant stays healthy and productive if it is looked after well and fed all the nutrients and micro elements nature provides naturally through soil biology,” says Frans.

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house capsicum varieties are planted. The 1,500-square metre greenhouse is a high tech operation with three computers working together to control, temperature, humidity, nutrient concentration and irrigation sequence.

Daily checks of the technical features of the greenhouse are performed to obtain optimal growth and fruit development. The irrigation is a total recycle system, so not one drop of fertiliser and water is wasted nor will the greenhouse pollute any nutrients in the soil and aquifers.

Greenhouse harvesting usually starts late October each year and ends late June. In a season they will have picked

between 36–40 tonne of capsicums — and then of course there is the chillies, and the cucumbers.

Four years ago they trialled ten ‘sweet point’ capsicum plants. It soon became a winner at the farmers markets, so this season they have planted over 600 plants. The ‘giant chilli’ shaped capsicum is not hot, and is in fact sweeter than

any other capsicum. You can eat it fresh in a salad or grilled (which Frans says brings out the best taste).

They employ three people almost year round to work in the glasshouse, and an additional 15 people help with the feijoa harvest, grading and packing.

When the greenhouse plants have finished production they are removed and used to compost the feijoas.

The spray free feijoas are currently in flower. Interestingly the flowers are pollinated by birds, rather than bees. In December and January the fruit starts to develop with harvesting starting around April and continuing through until mid June.

The couple regularly welcome national and international tours on their orchard — it’s a great chance to spread the success story of sustainable biological growing to the world.

For those visiting the area and looking for somewhere different to stay check out the self-contained accommodation at the orchard. There is no doubt the de Jongs are thrilled with their lifestyle and the success they are having with their farming practices — and of course they are still revelling in the opportunity to enjoy those ‘intriguing feijoas’.

Frans and Tineke de Jong

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age business is not restricted to business urban centres — Maria-Fe, her husband and two children dairy farm at Mamaku, 20 minutes from Rotorua. Much of the Nestling business is conducted via the internet with Maria-Fe responsible for the dispatching and Bernadine the marketing. The domestic marketing is growing with two stockists already obtained in Australia.

An outlet in Japan was closed following the earthquake and nuclear threat. Markets in the Netherlands and in Germany are being explored — entering the Asian market is this year’s goal.

Nestling was the runner up in the 2011 Enterprising Rural Women Award.

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When she and her husband Peter moved to their small lifestyle property just on the outskirts of

the Pirongia Village eight years ago they were looking for a change of pace.

Both were still working in Hamilton, Cathy as the manager of a busy animal diagnostic laboratory, and Peter a tutor in adult education.

With the children recently flown the coop, and armed with a completed business diploma, Cathy was keen to find an avenue that would support them in their semi-retirement; something she and Peter could work at from home.

For a few years self-employment remained on the backburner as Cathy mulled over the possibilities.

With a long held fascination for cheese and cheese-making she initially started making cheese as a hobby, but after positive feed-back from friends and family and winning a medal in the hobby

section of the New Zealand Cheese awards in early 2007, going commercial as an artisan cheese maker certainly seemed a viable option.

“I am really passionate about making cheese, I like to experiment and I thought to myself, working from home doing something you love doing would be the ultimate job.”

She built a cheese room and small maturing room. To be able to sell cheese she needed to be registered and commercially compliant. Her microbiology qualifications and lab diagnostic skills developed over a 20 plus year career certainly came in handy working through the screeds of paperwork and accountability requirements by the Food Safety Authorities in order to meet registration compliance.

Compliance was very hard to achieve. “No one my size had ever registered before so it was all new territory —

food safety plans, pasteurisation (a complex issue) and Risk Management Programmes plus the associated compliance and auditing fees made it a costly and a difficult business to establish.

In the beginning it was a small venture selling at the monthly farmers’ markets, but the cheeses were popular and soon Cathy found it difficult to keep up with demand and hold down her Hamilton job.

In 2007 she attended a business development centre with her idea. Within

10 minutes mentor Sandy Turner had convinced Cathy to develop ‘Cloudy Mountain’ cheeses as a full-time business.

“I already knew it, but just needed the push,’’ laughs Cathy.

Since then the maturing room has been extended to allow for the extra production, but Cathy likes to limit the production to small batches as this gives her the opportunity to experiment more often and produce excitingly different cheeses for her customers.

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New season, new challenges… Well that’s the dairy industry. Welcome to spring.One of the challenges farmers seem to face a lot is staff.

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The result is stress, and fatigue which can lead to accidents and worse.

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on. She works her own recipes which she has developed over time and uses non-animal rennet, and no stabilisers or preservatives.

It’s time consuming work — she spends most of the day in the Cheese Room, washing, turning, piercing blues and making the cheeses. Husband Peter looks after sales and marketing but also has a hand in some of the cheese making processes. “I couldn’t do this without Peter, we make a great team.”

She says the milk, how and where the cheeses are made and matured, all contribute to the differences in how the cheeses taste — and because they are individually handmade, they are very different to normal fare — something which appeals to many cheese lovers.

The milk to make the cheese is supplied by local farmers Peter and Raewyn Marwood. The milk from their small herd of Guernsey and Jersey cows is renowned for high butter fat and protein, perfect for Cathy’s style of soft and semi-soft cheeses. She also trialled local goats’ milk cheeses for additional variety and style, but last year decided not to continue due to additional compliance and costs.

“I prefer to make cow’s milk cheese — around 10 percent of customers want goat cheese so the demand was not huge,’’ she said. However she would like to experiment with sheep’s milk based cheeses in the future.

Cloudy Mountain has a regular stable of around 20 types of cheeses, although all of these are

not available every week. “We take about six-eight types to the Cambridge and Hamilton markets each week and these depend on what has matured.’’ It sells out quickly and is competitively priced averaging around $50 per kilo. Cloudy Mountain

does not sell to supermarkets, but does sell to several local restaurants.

“It is not a get rich quick business — it is a modest lifestyle, I make ends meet, pay the bills and (hopefully) have enough to buy additional bits and pieces for the Cheese Room,’’ says Cathy.

She is glad she hasn’t gone too big — and admits even though it’s hard work — to loving every day. Cloudy Mountain has won numerous New Zealand cheese awards since becoming commercial and all but cleaned up at the 2011 World Oceania Jersey Cheese awards with four first places and first runner up to the grand champion.

“For a company our size, that is a huge source of pride,

says Peter, but the real satisfaction comes from the direct feedback from those who love our cheese. It reinforces and affirms that we have made the right choices with our business.”

Cloudy Mountain Cheese recently built a small outlet shop on the premises which will be open on Fridays and weekends.

There are no immediate plans to expand — it’s more about creating special cheeses that represent the district, associates with the people, the mountain and the village — the attributes of a true craftsperson.

Plans for a supercentre at a 14.5ha disused sawmill site at Putaruru have entered the development stage.

Part of the five-year development, will be a five-hectare agriculture park that will include all aspects of farm life from rural machinery and supplies to tertiary level education.

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To be known as Buttermilk Putaruru it will also house the normal retail, supermarket and factory outlets.

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While vehicles like the Toyota Prius aim to save the environment with lower carbon emissions and a smaller ‘footprint’, the average farmer knows the ‘environment’ up close and personal — a place of muddy hollows, rocks, streams, steep banks and unforgiving weather. Our rural environment is known as one of the most challenging places on earth for a vehicle, so more power has often been the order of the day, coupled with no-nonsense tough construction and four-wheel drive grip.

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Organised by Bull Riding Pururi, a non profit group, the event is part of the Bull Riding New Zealand 2011-2012 circuit. It will be held at the Paeroa racecourse on December 3.

Held under BRNZ Association rules the event complies with the Animal Welfare (rodeos) Code of Welfare as endorsed by the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee

Bull riding is a test of courage and strength and the risks are obvious. Bulls can weigh in excess of 1000 kilograms and know how to buck, kick and charge.

Contestants must ride for a period of eight seconds holding on one handed to a braided rope which is wrapped around the bull, and weighted by a cowbell. The bell hangs underneath and allows the rope to fall free when the ride is completed.

The rider’s other hand must remain free at all times and is not allowed to touch the bull during any part of the ride. If it does the contestant is disqualified.

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The bulls are especially chosen for their bucking ability and are as much on display as the riders.

During the eight-second ride, judges watch both the rider and the bull. A successfully completed ride is scored out of 50 and the bull is also scored out of 50.

There is no question bull riding can be dangerous which is why bull fighters are in the ring during every contestant’s ride.

They help minimise the risk of injury to the rider by distracting the bull from the rider when they get thrown or the rider gets hung up in his rope and is unable to get clear of the bull.

While traditionally dressed as clowns they are not entertainers. They perform an essential function likened to that of a lifesaver and display as

much courage and agility as any rider.Editorial courtesy of Bull Riding New Zealand.

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Kiwi-born Elizabeth Benney admits she was a brat of a child — self-centred, wilful, obstinate and living for her obsession with horses.

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I was delightfully surprised by the book — Liz Benney's day-to-day life of running a New England horse farm and the many return visits to her own country are entertaining and thought provoking. It’s not just about horses. There are accounts of her childhood with tales dating back to the 1940s and 50s, and glimpses into the culture and attitudes of the time.

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Around 150 tiger trout were released into Lake Rotoma late last month to mark the 150-year anniversary of acclimatisation societies.

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representative fly fishing team — come along to guide the participants.

“We are honoured to have this very special relationship with the Silver Flies, said CFR spokesperson, Sherrie Feickert.

“A lot of very special caring individuals work quietly behind the scenes help to make these weekends happen,” she said.

The retreats are held in the Rotorua, Te Awamutu and Nelson areas, and participants only need to get to the location. Once there, they are outfitted with fly fishing gear which they use while at the retreat.

Each retreat accommodates 14 participants who apply and are selected through a random draw.

Participants learn to cast, tie the basic knots and understand what fish eat. With the help of CFR staff and volunteers they practise catch and release techniques.

Comfortable shared lodgings and all-day refreshments with seasonal fruit and snacks provided.

“The CFR volunteers will be sharing

meal times with you, taking care of your needs and sharing in your daily recollections,” said Ms Feickert.

Next year’s retreats are available February 17-19 in Te Awamutu, March 9-11, in Rotorua and March 23-25, in Nelson.

Applications for the 2012 retreat close on Friday, November 11 and successful applicants will be contacted in December.

The programmer relies on the generosity of individual donors, foundation grants, companies and organisations.

If you would like to be a sponsor, ‘river helper’ or apply for the programme please go:

www.castingforrecovery.org.nz.

Blue Sea Fishing Charters operates out of the Bay of Islands on New Zealand’s East Coast.

We cater for the novice who dreams of catching a big game fish, the tourist who just wants to enjoy Snapper fishing in the beautiful Bay of Islands, and the experienced angler who is after a world class fish.

Blue Sea FISHING CHarterSBay of Islands

Phone: 09 402 7071 Fax: 09 402 8117 Mobile: 021 556 712P.O. Box 141, Paihia, Bay of Islands, New Zealand

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November 2011 Highlights

NZ ON A PLATEPremieres Tuesday November 1st at 10.00amCOUNTRY99TV PREMIERE

New Zealand On A Plate showcases our country’s distinctive, award winning cuisine in a compelling show that displays New Zealand food and wine in a way that not only grabs viewers by the taste-buds but also engages them on an emotional level.

We take 11 of New Zealand’s top chefs out of the kitchen to explore and collect regional delicacies and then

bring them back to the stove top to let them loose on their bounty.Travelling around New Zealand’s diverse landscape these dedicated and

dynamic chefs take the freshest and most sophisticated ingredients and create gorgeous food that can be described as seductive, superb, glamorous and uniquely New Zealand.

TUX NORTH ISLAND & NZ SHEEPDOG TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIPSPremieres Wednesday - Friday at 7.30pm from November 30.EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE ONLY ON COUNTRY99TV

Sheepdog trials are a competitive sport in which handlers direct their dogs to move sheep around a fi eld and into fences or enclosures. Three sheep are always used in New Zealand, as this is the most challenging combination for the dog: the sheep form a two-and-one, with the single sheep always being unpredictable.

Find out who will win the title of New Zealand Sheepdog champion when the Tux North Island and New Zealand Sheepdog Trail Championships premieres on Country99TV on Wednesday to Friday at 7.30pm from November 30.

2011 GENERAL ELECTIONS —THE RURAL ISSUES.Premieres Sunday 20th — Thursday 24th November at 9.00pm

If rural issues directly infl uence you, then you can’t afford to miss Country99TV’s Rural Election Specials

presented by current affairs veteran David Beatson.

Various aspects of party policies that directly change the agriculture industry in New Zealand will be up for debate by candidates from the National, Labour, Act and the Green party.

As New Zealand’s agriculture industry is regarded as one of the best in the world and has achieved and sustained high productivity growth over the recent decades, Government policies have direct repercussions on this growth and sustainability, therefore Country99TV is committed to asking the hard questions so an informed decision can be made on election day.

For all the answers to the questions you have on rural issues, make an informed decision by tuning into 2011 General Elections – The Rural Issues, Sunday 20th, Monday 21st, Tuesday 22nd, Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th November at 9.00pm.

ALONG FOR THE RIDENew Series Premiere - Tuesday November 8 at 9.30pm

Along for the Ride follows expert show-jumpers across Canada as they battle to win the prestigious Kubota Cup.

Starting with the fi rst Grand Prix Qualifi er for Kubota Cup Canadian Show Jumping Series which begins the odyssey across the nation and culminating in the exciting National Finals which are set amidst the glamour and

clamor of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto.

It’s not only Grand Prix riders who overcome career changing injury and ALONG FOR THE RIDE also shares the story of two horses who overcome visual impairment while maintaining successful show jumping careers.

Hear stories straight from the horses mouth and go behind the scenes with the riders, their horses and learn what it really means to be a competitive rider in Canada.

(Repeat Schedule Available)

WORLD SHEEP DOG TRIALSPremieres Wednesday November 30 at 9.00pmEXCLUSIVE EXTENDED COVERAGE ONLY ON COUNTRY99TV

Dog handlers from around the globe are set to fi ght it out for the ‘top dog’ title at the 2011 World Sheep Dog Trials in Cumbria, in September. A total of 23 nations and 240 handlers and their dogs will compete at the four-day event at the Lowther Estate.

Country99TV will bring you exclusive and extended coverage for 2 hours every Wednesday for a month, premiering on November 16th at 10.00am.

The New Zealand competitors intending to compete in the 2011 World Trials are: Ken White (1 dog), Jim Wilson (2 dogs), Bernard Arends (2 dogs), Duncan McGillivray (1 dog) and Rob Mather (1 or 2 dogs).

FEI EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPSPremieres Friday November 25 at 9.00pm

The FEI European Championships are biennial events, attracting riders and national teams from more than 20 European countries. In 2011, the competitions will be hosted in three different cities, divided by discipline.

The FEI European Jumping Championships will be held in Madrid, Spain, the ones for Dressage in Rotterdam, Netherlands and the titles for Eventing will be decided in Luhmuhlen, Germany.

Each event will host brilliant action from the best European riders and horses competing for the European crowns in their disciplines on both individual and team level.


PROGRAMME SCHEDULE Wed 9 Nov - Wed 16 NovWednesday 9 nov06:00 Landline07:00 Hell On Hooves07:30 Country99 TV News & Weather08:00 Straight Talk08:30 Country99 TV News & Weather09:00 Along For The Ride09:30 FEI Equestrian World 201110:00 Race Country10:30 HSBC FEI Classics 201111:30 National Tractor Pulling

Championship12:00 Country99 TV News & Weather12:30 Straight Talk13:00 TOWER Sector Report13:30 Country99 TV News & Weather14:00 Ag PhD14:30 Farming Sunday15:00 The Cowboys’ Kitchen15:30 Spruce Meadows 201116:30 Animal S.O.S.17:00 Garden Rambles18:00 Backstage Pass With

Monty Roberts18:30 Landline19:30 National Tractor Pulling

Championship20:00 Country99 TV News & Weather20:30 Money Talks21:00 Ag PhD21:30 TUX North Island & NZ Dog

Trial Championships22:00 Landline23:00 National Tractor Pulling

Championship23:30 Garden Rambles00:30 America’s Heartland01:00 National Tractor Pulling

Championship01:30 Country99 TV News & Weather02:00 Landline03:00 National Tractor Pulling

Championship03:30 Your Beautiful Garden04:00 Garden Rambles05:00 Race Country05:30 National Tractor Pulling

Championship

Thursday 10 nov06:00 Landline07:00 National Tractor Pulling

Championship07:30 Country99 TV News & Weather08:00 Money Talks08:30 Country99 TV News & Weather09:00 Gardening Australia09:30 Cheese Slices10:00 Your Beautiful Garden10:30 The Cowboys’ Kitchen11:00 Garden Rambles12:00 Country99 TV News & Weather12:30 Money Talks13:00 TUX North Island & NZ Dog

Trial Championships13:30 Country99 TV News & Weather14:00 Landline15:00 Barbecue University15:30 FEI Equestrian World 201116:00 Gardening Australia16:30 NZ on a Plate17:00 Your Beautiful Garden17:30 The Fresh Life18:00 FEI Equestrian World 201118:30 Landline19:30 National Tractor Pulling

Championship20:00 Country99 TV News & Weather20:30 Landline21:30 Classic Tractor Fever22:00 Landline23:00 National Tractor Pulling

Championship23:30 Gardening Australia00:00 Cheese Slices00:30 Your Beautiful Garden01:00 National Tractor Pulling


Championship03:30 Gardening Australia04:00 Cheese Slices04:30 Your Beautiful Garden05:00 FEI Equestrian World 2011

05:30 National Tractor Pulling Championship

Friday 11 nov06:00 Landline07:00 National Tractor Pulling

Championship07:30 Country99 TV News & Weather08:00 Ag PhD08:30 Country99 TV News & Weather09:00 Gucci Masters 201010:00 Pro Bull 201011:00 Landline12:00 Country99 TV News & Weather12:30 Ag PhD13:00 Money Talks13:30 Country99 TV News & Weather14:00 America’s Heartland14:30 Hell On Hooves15:00 Audi Masters 201016:00 Garden Rambles17:00 Landline18:00 Classic Tractor Fever18:30 Landline19:30 National Tractor Pulling

Championship20:00 Country99 TV News & Weather20:30 Straight Talk21:00 Under The Spell Of Horses22:00 Landline23:00 National Tractor Pulling

Championship23:30 Classic Tractor Fever00:00 America’s Heartland00:30 Ag PhD01:00 National Tractor Pulling


Championship03:30 Landline04:30 Ag PhD05:00 Farming Sunday05:30 National Tractor Pulling

Championship

saTurday 12 nov06:00 Pro Bull 2010

07:00 FEI Equestrian World 201107:30 Along For The Ride08:00 Under The Spell Of Horses09:00 At Home With Carl Hester09:30 Country99 TV News & Weather10:00 TOWER Sector Report10:30 Money Talks11:00 Ag PhD11:30 Straight Talk12:00 TUX North Island & NZ Dog

Trial Championships12:30 Outdoors With Geoff

Thomas13:00 FEI Equestrian World 201113:30 Along For The Ride14:00 Under The Spell Of Horses15:00 Spruce Meadows 2011 - BMO

Nations Cup17:00 Ag PhD17:30 Straight Talk18:00 Outdoors With Geoff Thomas18:30 Outdoors With Geoff

Thomas19:00 TUX North Island & NZ Dog

Trial Championships19:30 The Week In Agri-Business20:00 Inside Music Row20:30 TruCountry21:00 The Marty Stuart Show21:30 Cumberland Highlanders22:00 America’s Heartland22:30 Under The Spell Of Horses23:30 Along For The Ride00:00 Pro Bull 201001:00 Under The Spell Of Horses02:00 Spruce Meadows 201103:00 FEI Equestrian World 201103:30 Along For The Ride04:00 TOWER Sector Report04:30 Money Talks05:00 Ag PhD05:30 Straight Talk

sunday 13 nov06:00 Pro Bull 201107:00 Under The Spell Of Horses08:00 FEI Equestrian World 201108:30 Along For The Ride09:00 Farming Sunday

09:30 Straight Talk10:00 Money Talks10:30 TOWER Sector Report11:00 The Week In Agri-Business11:30 TUX North Island & NZ Dog

Trial Championships12:00 Spruce Meadows 201114:00 FEI Equestrian World 201114:30 Along For The Ride15:00 Under The Spell Of Horses16:00 America’s Heartland16:30 Straight Talk17:00 Farming Sunday17:30 TOWER Sector Report18:00 Pro Bull 201119:00 The Week In Agri-Business19:30 Farming Sunday20:00 Classic Tractor Fever20:30 The Marty Stuart Show21:00 Inside Music Row21:30 TruCountry22:00 FEI Equestrian World 201122:30 Along For The Ride23:00 Under The Spell Of Horses00:00 Pro Bull 201101:00 Along For The Ride01:30 At Home With Carl Hester02:00 FEI Equestrian World 201102:30 Along For The Ride03:00 Under The Spell Of Horses04:00 Money Talks04:30 Straight Talk05:00 TOWER Sector Report05:30 Ag PhD

Monday 14 nov06:00 Landline07:00 National Tractor Pulling

Championship07:30 The Week In Agri-Business08:00 Farming Sunday08:30 The Week In Agri-Business09:00 Your Beautiful Garden09:30 Gardening Australia10:00 Smart Gardening10:30 Garden Rambles11:30 National Tractor Pulling

Championship12:00 The Week In Agri-Business

12:30 Farming Sunday13:00 Money Talks13:30 The Week In Agri-Business14:00 Straight Talk14:30 Ag PhD15:00 Farming Sunday15:30 Under The Spell Of Horses16:30 Gardening Australia17:00 Smart Gardening17:30 HSBC FEI Classics 201118:30 Landline19:30 America’s Heartland20:00 Country99 TV News & Weather20:30 TOWER Sector Report21:00 TUX North Island & NZ Dog

Trial Championships21:30 Hell On Hooves22:00 Landline23:00 National Tractor Pulling

Championship23:30 Your Beautiful Garden00:00 Gardening Australia00:30 Smart Gardening01:00 National Tractor Pulling


Championship03:30 Your Beautiful Garden04:00 Gardening Australia04:30 Smart Gardening05:00 Along For The Ride05:30 National Tractor Pulling

Championship

Tuesday 15 nov06:00 Landline07:00 National Tractor Pulling

Championship07:30 Country99 TV News & Weather08:00 TOWER Sector Report08:30 Country99 TV News & Weather09:00 Cowboy Flavor09:30 Barbecue University10:00 NZ on a Plate10:30 5 Ingredient Fix11:00 Surfing the Menu

11:30 The Cowboys’ Kitchen12:00 Country99 TV News & Weather12:30 TOWER Sector Report13:00 Straight Talk13:30 Country99 TV News & Weather14:00 TOWER Sector Report14:30 TUX North Island & NZ Dog

Trial Championships15:00 America’s Heartland15:30 Along For The Ride16:00 Cowboy Flavor16:30 Barbecue University17:00 NZ on a Plate17:30 The Cowboys’ Kitchen18:00 Team Fredericks - In Control18:30 Landline19:30 Hell On Hooves20:00 Country99 TV News & Weather20:30 America’s Heartland21:00 Straight Talk21:30 Along For The Ride22:00 Landline23:00 National Tractor Pulling

Championship23:30 NZ on a Plate00:00 Barbecue University00:30 The Cowboys’ Kitchen01:00 National Tractor Pulling


Championship03:30 NZ on a Plate04:00 Barbecue University04:30 Under The Spell Of Horses05:30 National Tractor Pulling

Championship

Wednesday 16 nov06:00 Landline07:00 Hell On Hooves07:30 Country99 TV News & Weather08:00 Straight Talk08:30 Country99 TV News & Weather09:00 Along For The Ride

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PROGRAMME SCHEDULE Thur 17 Nov - Wed 23 Nov09:30 FEI Equestrian World 201110:00 Race Country10:30 HSBC FEI Classics 201111:30 National Tractor Pulling

Championship12:00 Country99 TV News & Weather12:30 Straight Talk13:00 TOWER Sector Report13:30 Country99 TV News & Weather14:00 Ag PhD14:30 Farming Sunday15:00 The Cowboys’ Kitchen15:30 Spruce Meadows 201117:30 Smart Gardening18:00 Team Fredericks - In

Control18:30 Landline19:30 National Tractor Pulling






Championship


Championship07:30 Country99 TV News & Weather

08:00 Money Talks08:30 Country99 TV News & Weather09:00 Gardening Australia09:30 Cowboy Flavor10:00 Your Beautiful Garden10:30 The Cowboys’ Kitchen11:00 Garden Rambles12:00 Country99 TV News & Weather12:30 Money Talks13:00 TUX North Island & NZ Dog



Championship23:30 Gardening Australia00:00 NZ on a Plate00:30 Your Beautiful Garden01:00 National Tractor Pulling


Championship03:30 Gardening Australia04:00 NZ on a Plate04:30 Your Beautiful Garden05:00 FEI Equestrian World 201105:30 National Tractor Pulling

Championship


Championship

07:30 Country99 TV News & Weather08:00 Ag PhD08:30 Country99 TV News & Weather09:00 Bayleys Tauranga

Showjumping Champions10:00 Pro Bull 201011:00 Landline12:00 Country99 TV News & Weather12:30 Ag PhD13:00 Money Talks13:30 Country99 TV News & Weather14:00 America’s Heartland14:30 Hell On Hooves15:00 Bayleys Tauranga

Showjumping Champions16:00 Garden Rambles17:00 Landline18:00 Classic Tractor Fever18:30 Landline19:30 National Tractor Pulling





Championship

saTurday 19 nov06:00 Pro Bull 201007:00 FEI Equestrian World 201107:30 Along For The Ride08:00 Under The Spell Of Horses09:00 At Home With Carl Hester09:30 Country99 TV News & Weather

10:00 TOWER Sector Report10:30 Money Talks11:00 Ag PhD11:30 Straight Talk12:00 TUX North Island & NZ Dog


Thomas13:00 FEI Equestrian World 201113:30 Along For The Ride14:00 Under The Spell Of Horses15:00 Spruce Meadows 201117:00 Ag PhD17:30 Straight Talk18:00 Outdoors With Geoff Thomas18:30 Outdoors With Geoff



sunday 20 nov06:00 Pro Bull 201107:00 Under The Spell Of Horses08:00 FEI Equestrian World 201108:30 Along For The Ride09:00 Farming Sunday09:30 Straight Talk10:00 Money Talks10:30 TOWER Sector Report11:00 The Week In Agri-Business

11:30 TUX North Island & NZ Dog Trial Championships

12:00 Spruce Meadows 201114:00 FEI Equestrian World 201114:30 Along For The Ride15:00 Under The Spell Of Horses16:00 America’s Heartland16:30 Straight Talk17:00 Farming Sunday17:30 TOWER Sector Report18:00 Pro Bull 201119:00 The Week In Agri-Business19:30 Farming Sunday20:00 Classic Tractor Fever20:30 The Week In Agri-Business21:00 2011 General Election -

The Rural Issues21:30 TOWER Sector Report22:00 Money Talks22:30 Straight Talk23:00 Under The Spell Of Horses00:00 Pro Bull 201101:00 Along For The Ride01:30 At Home With Carl Hester02:00 FEI Equestrian World 201102:30 Along For The Ride03:00 Under The Spell Of Horses04:00 Money Talks04:30 Straight Talk05:00 TOWER Sector Report05:30 Ag PhD




12:30 Farming Sunday13:00 Money Talks13:30 The Week In Agri-Business14:00 Straight Talk14:30 Ag PhD15:00 Farming Sunday15:30 Under The Spell Of Horses16:30 Gardening Australia17:00 Smart Gardening17:30 HSBC FEI Classics 201118:30 Landline19:30 America’s Heartland20:00 Country99 TV News & Weather20:30 TOWER Sector Report21:00 2011 General Election -

The Rural Issues21:30 Hell On Hooves22:00 Landline23:00 National Tractor Pulling




Championship


Championship07:30 Country99 TV News & Weather08:00 TOWER Sector Report08:30 Country99 TV News & Weather09:00 Cowboy Flavor09:30 Barbecue University10:00 NZ on a Plate10:30 5 Ingredient Fix11:00 Surfing the Menu11:30 The Cowboys’ Kitchen

12:00 Country99 TV News & Weather12:30 TOWER Sector Report13:00 Straight Talk13:30 Country99 TV News & Weather14:00 TOWER Sector Report14:30 NZ National Agricultural

Fieldays Exhibitors15:00 America’s Heartland15:30 Along For The Ride16:00 Cowboy Flavor16:30 Barbecue University17:00 NZ on a Plate17:30 The Cowboys’ Kitchen18:00 Team Fredericks - In

Control18:30 Landline19:30 Hell On Hooves20:00 Country99 TV News & Weather20:30 America’s Heartland21:00 2011 General Election -

The Rural Issues21:30 Along For The Ride22:00 Landline23:00 National Tractor Pulling




Championship

Wednesday 23 nov06:00 Landline07:00 Hell On Hooves07:30 Country99 TV News & Weather08:00 Straight Talk08:30 Country99 TV News & Weather09:00 Along For The Ride09:30 FEI Equestrian World 201110:00 Race Country


Hamilton John Sullivan House, Gate 3 62 Tristram Street

Chartwell Chartwell Shopping Centre Corner Comries & Hukanui Roads

Otorohanga Otorohanga Physiotherapy 78 Maniapoto Street

Te Kuiti Te Kuiti Medical Centre 28 Ailsa Street

Te Awamutu Mahoe Allied Health Professionals 160 Mahoe Street

Morrinsville Morrinsville Medical Centre 17-19 Canada Street

Te Aroha Dr Colquhoun’s Practice 221 Whitaker Street

Cambridge Duke Street Medical Centre 71 Duke Street

Plus we have clinics in Taupo and Taumarunui. Phone 0800 800 854 to find your nearest clinic.

Here’s to a great summer

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PROGRAMME SCHEDULE Thur 17 Nov - Wed 23 Nov09:30 FEI Equestrian World 201110:00 Race Country10:30 HSBC FEI Classics 201111:30 National Tractor Pulling

Championship12:00 Country99 TV News & Weather12:30 Straight Talk13:00 TOWER Sector Report13:30 Country99 TV News & Weather14:00 Ag PhD14:30 Farming Sunday15:00 The Cowboys’ Kitchen15:30 Spruce Meadows 201117:30 Smart Gardening18:00 Team Fredericks - In

Control18:30 Landline19:30 National Tractor Pulling






Championship


Championship07:30 Country99 TV News & Weather

08:00 Money Talks08:30 Country99 TV News & Weather09:00 Gardening Australia09:30 Cowboy Flavor10:00 Your Beautiful Garden10:30 The Cowboys’ Kitchen11:00 Garden Rambles12:00 Country99 TV News & Weather12:30 Money Talks13:00 TUX North Island & NZ Dog






Championship


Championship

07:30 Country99 TV News & Weather08:00 Ag PhD08:30 Country99 TV News & Weather09:00 Bayleys Tauranga

Showjumping Champions10:00 Pro Bull 201011:00 Landline12:00 Country99 TV News & Weather12:30 Ag PhD13:00 Money Talks13:30 Country99 TV News & Weather14:00 America’s Heartland14:30 Hell On Hooves15:00 Bayleys Tauranga

Showjumping Champions16:00 Garden Rambles17:00 Landline18:00 Classic Tractor Fever18:30 Landline19:30 National Tractor Pulling





Championship

saTurday 19 nov06:00 Pro Bull 201007:00 FEI Equestrian World 201107:30 Along For The Ride08:00 Under The Spell Of Horses09:00 At Home With Carl Hester09:30 Country99 TV News & Weather

10:00 TOWER Sector Report10:30 Money Talks11:00 Ag PhD11:30 Straight Talk12:00 TUX North Island & NZ Dog


Thomas13:00 FEI Equestrian World 201113:30 Along For The Ride14:00 Under The Spell Of Horses15:00 Spruce Meadows 201117:00 Ag PhD17:30 Straight Talk18:00 Outdoors With Geoff Thomas18:30 Outdoors With Geoff



sunday 20 nov06:00 Pro Bull 201107:00 Under The Spell Of Horses08:00 FEI Equestrian World 201108:30 Along For The Ride09:00 Farming Sunday09:30 Straight Talk10:00 Money Talks10:30 TOWER Sector Report11:00 The Week In Agri-Business

11:30 TUX North Island & NZ Dog Trial Championships

12:00 Spruce Meadows 201114:00 FEI Equestrian World 201114:30 Along For The Ride15:00 Under The Spell Of Horses16:00 America’s Heartland16:30 Straight Talk17:00 Farming Sunday17:30 TOWER Sector Report18:00 Pro Bull 201119:00 The Week In Agri-Business19:30 Farming Sunday20:00 Classic Tractor Fever20:30 The Week In Agri-Business21:00 2011 General Election -

The Rural Issues21:30 TOWER Sector Report22:00 Money Talks22:30 Straight Talk23:00 Under The Spell Of Horses00:00 Pro Bull 201101:00 Along For The Ride01:30 At Home With Carl Hester02:00 FEI Equestrian World 201102:30 Along For The Ride03:00 Under The Spell Of Horses04:00 Money Talks04:30 Straight Talk05:00 TOWER Sector Report05:30 Ag PhD




12:30 Farming Sunday13:00 Money Talks13:30 The Week In Agri-Business14:00 Straight Talk14:30 Ag PhD15:00 Farming Sunday15:30 Under The Spell Of Horses16:30 Gardening Australia17:00 Smart Gardening17:30 HSBC FEI Classics 201118:30 Landline19:30 America’s Heartland20:00 Country99 TV News & Weather20:30 TOWER Sector Report21:00 2011 General Election -

The Rural Issues21:30 Hell On Hooves22:00 Landline23:00 National Tractor Pulling




Championship


Championship07:30 Country99 TV News & Weather08:00 TOWER Sector Report08:30 Country99 TV News & Weather09:00 Cowboy Flavor09:30 Barbecue University10:00 NZ on a Plate10:30 5 Ingredient Fix11:00 Surfing the Menu11:30 The Cowboys’ Kitchen

12:00 Country99 TV News & Weather12:30 TOWER Sector Report13:00 Straight Talk13:30 Country99 TV News & Weather14:00 TOWER Sector Report14:30 NZ National Agricultural

Fieldays Exhibitors15:00 America’s Heartland15:30 Along For The Ride16:00 Cowboy Flavor16:30 Barbecue University17:00 NZ on a Plate17:30 The Cowboys’ Kitchen18:00 Team Fredericks - In

Control18:30 Landline19:30 Hell On Hooves20:00 Country99 TV News & Weather20:30 America’s Heartland21:00 2011 General Election -

The Rural Issues21:30 Along For The Ride22:00 Landline23:00 National Tractor Pulling




Championship

Wednesday 23 nov06:00 Landline07:00 Hell On Hooves07:30 Country99 TV News & Weather08:00 Straight Talk08:30 Country99 TV News & Weather09:00 Along For The Ride09:30 FEI Equestrian World 201110:00 Race Country



PROGRAMME SCHEDULE Thur 24 Nov - Wed 30 Nov10:30 HSBC FEI Classics 201111:30 National Tractor Pulling

Championship12:00 Country99 TV News & Weather12:30 Straight Talk13:00 TOWER Sector Report13:30 Country99 TV News & Weather14:00 Ag PhD14:30 Farming Sunday15:00 The Cowboys’ Kitchen15:30 Spruce Meadows 201117:30 Smart Gardening18:00 Team Fredericks - In Control18:30 Landline19:30 National Tractor Pulling

Championship20:00 Country99 TV News & Weather20:30 Money Talks21:00 2011 General Election -

The Rural Issues21:30 America’s Heartland22:00 Landline23:00 National Tractor Pulling




Championship


Championship07:30 Country99 TV News & Weather08:00 Money Talks08:30 Country99 TV News & Weather09:00 Gardening Australia09:30 Cowboy Flavor10:00 Your Beautiful Garden10:30 The Cowboys’ Kitchen

11:00 Garden Rambles12:00 Country99 TV News & Weather12:30 Money Talks13:00 NZ National Agricultural

Fieldays Exhibitors13:30 Country99 TV News & Weather14:00 Landline15:00 Barbecue University15:30 FEI Equestrian World 201116:00 Gardening Australia16:30 NZ on a Plate17:00 Your Beautiful Garden17:30 The Fresh Life18:00 FEI Equestrian World 201118:30 Landline19:30 National Tractor Pulling

Championship20:00 Country99 TV News & Weather20:30 TOWER Sector Report21:00 2011 General Election -

The Rural Issues21:30 Classic Tractor Fever22:00 Landline23:00 National Tractor Pulling




Championship


Championship07:30 Country99 TV News & Weather08:00 Ag PhD08:30 Country99 TV News & Weather09:00 CCI Saumur 2011

10:00 Pro Bull 201011:00 Landline12:00 Country99 TV News & Weather12:30 Ag PhD13:00 Money Talks13:30 Country99 TV News & Weather14:00 America’s Heartland14:30 Hell On Hooves15:00 CCI Saumur 201116:00 Garden Rambles17:00 Landline18:00 Classic Tractor Fever18:30 Landline19:30 National Tractor Pulling

Championship20:00 Country99 TV News & Weather20:30 Straight Talk21:00 FEI European

Championships22:00 Landline23:00 National Tractor Pulling




Championship

saTurday 26 nov06:00 Pro Bull 201007:00 FEI Equestrian World 201107:30 Along For The Ride08:00 FEI European Championships09:00 At Home With Carl Hester09:30 Country99 TV News & Weather10:00 TOWER Sector Report10:30 Money Talks11:00 Ag PhD11:30 Straight Talk

12:00 NZ National Agricultural Fieldays Exhibitors

12:30 Outdoors With Geoff Thomas

13:00 FEI Equestrian World 201113:30 Along For The Ride14:00 FEI European Championships15:00 Spruce Meadows 201116:00 TOWER Sector Report16:30 America’s Heartland17:00 Ag PhD17:30 Straight Talk18:00 Outdoors With Geoff Thomas18:30 Outdoors With Geoff

Thomas19:00 Classic Tractor Fever19:30 The Week In Agri-Business20:00 Inside Music Row20:30 TruCountry21:00 The Marty Stuart Show21:30 Cumberland Highlanders22:00 America’s Heartland22:30 FEI European Championships23:30 Along For The Ride00:00 Pro Bull 201001:00 FEI European Championships02:00 Spruce Meadows 201103:00 FEI Equestrian World 201103:30 Along For The Ride04:00 TOWER Sector Report04:30 Money Talks05:00 Ag PhD05:30 Straight Talk

sunday 27 nov06:00 Pro Bull 201107:00 FEI European Championships08:00 FEI Equestrian World 201108:30 Along For The Ride09:00 Farming Sunday09:30 Straight Talk10:00 Money Talks10:30 TOWER Sector Report11:00 The Week In Agri-Business11:30 NZ National Agricultural

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14:30 Along For The Ride15:00 FEI European Championships16:00 America’s Heartland16:30 Straight Talk17:00 Farming Sunday17:30 TOWER Sector Report18:00 Pro Bull 201119:00 The Week In Agri-Business19:30 Farming Sunday20:00 Classic Tractor Fever20:30 The Marty Stuart Show21:00 Inside Music Row21:30 TruCountry22:00 FEI Equestrian World 201122:30 Along For The Ride23:00 FEI European Championships00:00 Pro Bull 201101:00 Along For The Ride01:30 At Home With Carl Hester02:00 FEI Equestrian World 201102:30 Along For The Ride03:00 FEI European Championships04:00 Money Talks04:30 Straight Talk05:00 TOWER Sector Report05:30 Ag PhD



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Championship


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Control18:30 Landline19:30 Hell On Hooves20:00 Country99 TV News & Weather20:30 America’s Heartland21:00 Straight Talk21:30 Along For The Ride22:00 Landline23:00 National Tractor Pulling



Championship03:30 NZ on a Plate04:00 Barbecue University04:30 FEI European Championships05:30 National Tractor Pulling

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Wednesday 30 nov06:00 Landline07:00 Hell On Hooves07:30 Country99 TV News & Weather08:00 Straight Talk08:30 Country99 TV News & Weather09:00 Along For The Ride09:30 FEI Equestrian World 201110:00 Race Country10:30 HSBC FEI Classics 201111:30 National Tractor Pulling

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Trial Championships20:00 Country99 TV News & Weather20:30 Money Talks21:00 World Sheep Dog Trials23:00 National Tractor Pulling




Championship

Thursday 1 deC06:00 Landline07:00 National Tractor Pulling

Championship07:30 Country99 TV News & Weather08:00 Money Talks08:30 Country99 TV News & Weather09:00 Gardening Australia09:30 Cowboy Flavor10:00 Your Beautiful Garden10:30 The Cowboys’ Kitchen11:00 Garden Rambles12:00 Country99 TV News & Weather12:30 Money Talks13:00 NZ National Agricultural

Fieldays Exhibitors13:30 Country99 TV News & Weather

14:00 Landline15:00 Barbecue University15:30 FEI Equestrian World 201116:00 Gardening Australia16:30 NZ on a Plate17:00 Your Beautiful Garden17:30 The Fresh Life18:00 FEI Equestrian World 201118:30 Landline19:30 TUX North Island & NZ Dog

Trial Championship20:00 Country99 TV News & Weather20:30 Landline21:30 Classic Tractor Fever22:00 Landline23:00 National Tractor Pulling




Championship

Friday 2 dec06:00 Landline07:00 National Tractor Pulling

Championship07:30 Country99 TV News & Weather08:00 Ag PhD08:30 Country99 TV News & Weather09:00 FEI European Championships10:00 Pro Bull 201011:00 Landline12:00 Country99 TV News & Weather

12:30 Ag PhD13:00 Money Talks13:30 Country99 TV News & Weather14:00 America’s Heartland14:30 Hell On Hooves15:00 FEI European Championships16:00 Garden Rambles17:00 Landline18:00 Classic Tractor Fever18:30 Landline19:30 TUX North Island & NZ Dog

Trial Championship20:00 Country99 TV News & Weather20:30 Straight Talk21:00 FEI European

Championships22:00 Landline23:00 National Tractor Pulling




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saTurday 3 dec06:00 Pro Bull 201007:00 FEI Equestrian World 201107:30 Along For The Ride08:00 FEI European Championships09:00 At Home With Carl Hester09:30 Country99 TV News & Weather10:00 TOWER Sector Report10:30 Money Talks11:00 Ag PhD

11:30 Straight Talk12:00 America’s Heartland12:30 Outdoors With Geoff

Thomas13:00 FEI Equestrian World 201113:30 Along For The Ride14:00 FEI European Championships15:00 HSBC FEI Classics 201116:00 TOWER Sector Report16:30 America’s Heartland17:00 Ag PhD17:30 Straight Talk18:00 Outdoors With Geoff Thomas18:30 Outdoors With Geoff

Thomas19:00 Classic Tractor Fever19:30 The Week In Agri-Business20:00 Inside Music Row20:30 TruCountry21:00 The Marty Stuart Show21:30 Cumberland Highlanders22:00 America’s Heartland22:30 FEI European Championships23:30 Along For The Ride00:00 Pro Bull 201001:00 FEI European Championships02:00 HSBC FEI Classics 201103:00 FEI Equestrian World 201103:30 Along For The Ride04:00 TOWER Sector Report04:30 Money Talks05:00 Ag PhD05:30 Straight Talk

sunday 4 dec06:00 Pro Bull 201107:00 FEI European Championships08:00 Kihikihi International

Horse Trials 2 Star08:30 Along For The Ride09:00 Farming Sunday09:30 Straight Talk10:00 Money Talks10:30 TOWER Sector Report

11:00 The Week In Agri-Business11:30 America’s Heartland12:00 Horse Of The Year 201113:00 HSBC FEI Classics 201114:00 Kihikihi International Horse

Trials 2 Star 20114:30 Along For The Ride15:00 FEI European Championships16:00 America’s Heartland16:30 Straight Talk17:00 Farming Sunday17:30 TOWER Sector Report18:00 Pro Bull 201119:00 The Week In Agri-Business19:30 Farming Sunday20:00 Classic Tractor Fever20:30 The Marty Stuart Show21:00 Inside Music Row21:30 TruCountry22:00 FEI Equestrian World 201122:30 Along For The Ride23:00 FEI European Championships00:00 Pro Bull 201101:00 Along For The Ride01:30 At Home With Carl Hester02:00 HSBC FEI Classics 201103:00 FEI European Championships04:00 Money Talks04:30 Straight Talk05:00 TOWER Sector Report05:30 Ag PhD

Monday 5 dec06:00 Pro Bull 201007:00 National Tractor Pulling

Championship07:30 The Week In Agri-Business08:00 Farming Sunday08:30 The Week In Agri-Business09:00 Your Beautiful Garden09:30 Gardening Australia10:00 Smart Gardening10:30 Garden Rambles

11:30 National Tractor Pulling Championship

12:00 The Week In Agri-Business12:30 Farming Sunday13:00 Money Talks13:30 The Week In Agri-Business14:00 Straight Talk14:30 Ag PhD15:00 Farming Sunday15:30 The Horse16:30 Gardening Australia17:00 HSBC FEI Classics 201118:30 Pro Bull 201019:30 America’s Heartland20:00 Country99 TV News & Weather20:30 TOWER Sector Report21:00 The Stud Tour21:30 Hell On Hooves22:00 Pro Bull 201023:00 National Tractor Pulling


Championship01:30 Country99 TV News & Weather02:00 Pro Bull 201003:00 National Tractor Pulling


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Tuesday 6 dec06:00 Pro Bull 201007:00 National Tractor Pulling

Championship07:30 Country99 TV News & Weather08:00 TOWER Sector Report08:30 Country99 TV News & Weather

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Control18:30 Pro Bull 201019:30 Hell On Hooves20:00 Country99 TV News & Weather20:30 America’s Heartland21:00 Straight Talk21:30 Along For The Ride22:00 Pro Bull 201023:00 National Tractor Pulling


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Championship03:30 NZ on a Plate04:00 Barbecue University04:30 FEI European Championships05:30 National Tractor Pulling

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