Country Life heads to Waipara for the Underground Festival, looks at the tradition of whiskey making in Southland and meets a biochar-maker north of Wellington.

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In this episode:

• 0:41 - A festival for farmers
• 7:50 - Rural News Wrap
• 14:50 - Moonshine matriarch: Southland's tradition of distilling Scottish whisky
• 28:13 - Turning brewery gunk and forest junk into something good for the soil

With thanks to:

• Fran Bailey, Underground Festival
• Jim Geddes, Hokonui Moonshine Museum and Distillery
• Matthew Welton and Tania Paio

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Hops from a Wellington brewery, cotton offcuts from a fashion label and forestry slash has turned Matt Welton into a bit of a Heath Robinson. His first job was collecting scrap metal in London's East End and after careers as a prison officer and cartographer, he has come full circle, this time turning the organic waste he collects into biochar for farmers and growers on his Akatarawa property.

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A look inside the Hokonui Moonshine Museum where the manufacture of this legendary spirit continues in the modern day.

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

You can learn more about the Hokonui Moonshine Museum and Distillery, here.

With thanks to:

• Jim Geddes

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