This week Country Life moves with the cows on that traditional day of the farming calendar - Mooving Day. The team's also in northern Coromandel where locals have fought back to retain their local post office and finds out about diversification in Taranaki.

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In this episode:

• 0:53- On the farm
• 8:34- Venture Taranaki 'Branching Out' across the region
• 15:46- Colville people ensure the mail gets through
• 26:26- From the Archives: My old man said follow the cows

With thanks to guests:

• Michelle Bauer, Venture Taranaki
• Peter Sander
• Mike and Raewyn Sweeney, and Gary Coombe

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June 1 is an important day in the farming calendar when dairy farmers relocate animals, typically from one farm to another, for the start of the new season. Back in 2009 producer Susan Murray stepped out with some farmers to find out what the day - now known as Mooving Day - involves.

With thanks to:

• Mike and Raewyn Sweeney, and Gary Coombe

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An hour's drive from the northern tip of Coromandel, you'll find a tiny post office run by volunteers. As rural postal services shrink, the small community here - population about 1500 - has taken things into its own hands to ensure the old motto "the mail must get through".

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

With thanks to:

• Peter Sander

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