The Country

Carrying on from yesterday’s show, we catch up again with one of the co-founders of Groundswell for a history lesson on Waikirikiri Rugby Club’s legendary “shindig” at West Otago’s Kelso Hall that kept going despite the “big flood” of 1978.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Cameron Bagrie, John McOviney, Karen Morrish, Vanessa Winning, and Bryce McKenzie.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask an independent economist whether the OCR will drop by 25 or 50 basis points tomorrow. We also discuss the exchange rate and why he reckons a capital gains tax is a good idea.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chief executive of Steelfort is also a Waitomo sheep and beef farmer. And his farm has certainly been in the news with the sighting of the Marakopa fugitive Tom Phillips and his three children.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with one of the co-founders of Groundswell - just back from Sri Lanka and the Senior World Cup of Indoor Cricket - and ask what he was doing dodging the hard yards during the floods on his West Otago farm. Plus we talk about the animal activists hounding flood-affected farmers. {Part 2 tomorrow}See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chief executive of Apples and Pears NZ comments on the good prospects for the pip fruit industry.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chief executive of Irrigation NZ expands on the fast-tracking of the Ruataniwha Dam project. But are there other dams on the fast-track list?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to David Seymour, Nigel Woodhead, Blair McLean, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, and Phil Duncan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What is it about New Zealand and boats? It seems the America’s Cup ones are the only decent ones we’ve got. So we talk boats, banks, Wednesday’s OCR, and the prospect of CGT under the current Coalition Government.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask the 2017 Young Farmer of the Year how he’s fared with the 2024 floods on his South Otago farm.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.