The Country

Jamie Mackay talks to Shane Jones, Cameron Bagrie, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, and Phil Duncan.
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The Prince of the Provinces, the Mighty Matua, reflects on his debate yesterday in Queenstown, where he was outnumbered on electrification vs fossil fuels. We also discuss the fuel crisis, Lake Onslow, the public service, regional councils, and whether he and Winston are barking up the wrong tree and are barking mad in wanting to buy the BNZ.
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Independent economist comments on a 4.1% rise in global food prices over the past two months, what it means for NZ farmers, and why rising global bond yields are keeping the NZ dollar in the US 58–59c range. Plus, the May 27 OCR decision, fuel and fertiliser pressures, the BNZ buy-up, what’s in the Budget for farmers — and why, in the end, it could be worse: we could be in Australia.
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One of our leading primary sector academics previews the big Rural Support Trust fundraising debate and dinner at Fieldays. Plus, we ask what T-20 is, and she debates the link between nitrates in drinking water and stomach cancer.
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Monday’s resident weatherman, on a Tuesday, comments on the impending Super El Niño and how worried we should be about its imminent arrival this spring.
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