This week Country Life is inside one of Fonterra's large dairy plants and meets a Canterbury farming couple making beautiful wool coats from their family's flock.

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In this episode:

• 0:38 - On the Farm
• 8:13 - The art of the auction
• 14:35 - The high-tech dairy hub feeding China's sweet tooth
• 31:06 - The Clip: Wool to Wear

With thanks to guests:

• Alex Stewart
• Matt Smith
• Charlotte and Hamish Bell, The Clip

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Driven by a desire to find a pure New Zealand wool coat, and to find more use for the bales of wool sitting idle in the shearing shed, Charlotte Bell started her fashion business The Clip. She and husband Hamish farm in Hakataramea Valley in Canterbury

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With thanks to guests:

• Charlotte and Hamish Bell, The Clip

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A growing taste for pastries, cakes and dairy-topped drinks in China and southeast Asia is fuelling demand for New Zealand-made cream cheese. Country Life takes a tour of Fonterra's high-tech factory at Darfied to see how it's made.

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With thanks to guests:

• Matt Smith

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