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Choose your allies wisely

Jane Smith honours the Kiwi rural battlers.

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Hanging on in bonnie Scotland

North Scotland-based farmer John Scott is following the advice of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon while planning for the end of lockdown.

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On the road again

Rural vet Amy Hoogenboom has been enjoying her travels around New Zealand as well as a return to judging cattle in the ring.

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Bed head buyer’s remorse

Roger Barton gets shanghaied into helping fellow Country-Wide columnist Paul Burt with an ‘antique’ bed head.

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Grey power on holiday

Charlotte Rietveld deals with new age and Hare Krishna guests staying in the shearer's quarters while her parents get the holiday away.

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A lack of common sense

Wairarapa farmer Mark Guscott wishes people were born with a sixth sense - common sense.

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Chris Biddles: Rage against the pine machine

Northland-based Chris Biddles is grumpy that pine trees and carbon farming are taking precedence over stud cattle farms.

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