The Country

Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Mark Gunton, Jane Smith, and Claire Taylor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Prime Minister ponders his personal popularity and the performance of the economy. Plus, what is Winston Peters up to in New York?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alliance Group’s chairman Mark Wynne has all but shut down a letter penned by a group of farmers wanting to recapitalise the embattled processor themselves as providing “false hope”. Five current shareholders have pulled together what they describe as an “alternative finance proposal” to prepay its debt money from capital raised from farmers, retaining profits as well as selling “non-essential” assets. We talk with one of those shareholders, Mark Gunton of Argyle Station, who is also an Auckland property developer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

North Otago farmer and award-winning environmentalist who has just been elected to the board of directors for Ravensdown. We also get her views on the Alliance Group recapitalisation. Plus, what did she think of yesterday’s interview with GreenXperts Ltd principal scientist, Susan Harris, who said New Zealand should lobby the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to remove livestock emissions from the Paris Climate Agreement?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We head to Orange, NSW, to catch up with our favourite Scottish/Aussie Nuffield Scholar and find out what she’s up to.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Ben Picton, Chris Webb, Rob Penney, and Susan Harris.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rabobank's Macro Strategist (Senior Economist) comments on last week's dismal GDP number (-0.9% for the June quarter) and what it means for interest rates for NZ farmers. Plus, could we see our OCR drop to as low as 2% by February 2026?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We mix high-performance sport with high-performance agribusiness on today's panel with a former Wallabies manager and the current Crusaders Coach.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Principal Scientist at GreenXperts Limited, a New Zealand-based sustainability consultancy involved in numerous carbon and land management projects. Today, she says huge pieces of Antarctica are not falling off due to livestock emissions. Rather, she says, we should be global leaders and a better investment for NZ would be "to develop some diplomatic bottle" and lobby the IPCC to remove livestock emissions from the Paris Climate Agreement. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Hayley Gourley, Todd Clark, Pita Alexander, Andrew Hoggard, Grant McCallum, and Phil Duncan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.