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Craig Wiggins - television needs more rural content

The Country
8 Jul, 2016 03:43 AMQuick Read

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Craig Wiggins is frustrated with a lack of rural content on our television screens. Photo / Supplied

Craig Wiggins is frustrated with a lack of rural content on our television screens. Photo / Supplied

Craig 'Wiggy' Wiggins goes back in time and caught up with Dom yesterday about today.

What?

He's so busy Dom had to chat to him on Friday because it's FMG Young Farmer of the Year Grand Final time and the normally very busy Wiggins is positively hectic.

It's a huge event in the farming calendar and everything is all go in Timaru. Wiggins gives a rundown of some of the fairly taxing events that the farmers are being put through.

Of course the issue of belated TV coverage of the event is raised and Wiggins is frustrated with a lack of rural content on television in general.

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