It's the whole show in one go! Today The Country is brought to you by APEC.
Why? On this day back in 1999 the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation organisation (aka APEC) was held in Auckland.
On with the show:
Jacinda Ardern:
We ask Labour's leader if Jacinda-mania is still a thing, whether her vague tax policy is her Achilles heel and whether she's fronting up in her old home town of Morrinsville to face Monday's farmer protest?
Courtesy of Allflex, we continue our series "Farmers are Good Buggers too", showcasing farmers who are doing good things for the economy but, more importantly, doing the right thing by the environment. Today it's the turn of the 2003 Young Farmer of the Year.
NIWA's weather forecaster says the warmest air mass since autumn is now pushing across the Tasman and we say it's not before time!
Blake Holgate:
We take to a trip back in time to February 15, 1882, as we reflect on the progress we've made in maximising the value of New Zealand lamb, with Rabobank's animal proteins analyst.
Adrian Campbell:
We talk to a South Canterbury-based vet who's very confident MPI has the Mycoplasma Bovis outbreak under control and we look at how a wet start to spring is affecting metabolic animal health.
John McOviney:
Is a large scale 22,000 stock unit sheep farmer and the chief executive of Steelfort who talks about Monday's farmer protest in Morrinsville, whether agriculture should be included in the ETS and the North Island's big wet.
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