Listen to The Country online: Rob Hewett on Bremworth board challenge

Rob Hewett, South Otago farmer and the “Chairman of Everything”, spoke to The Country's Jamie Mackay today.

Today on The Country radio show, host Jamie Mackay catches up with South Otago farmer and the current chair of Silver Fern Farms, Rob Hewett, who is fronting a rebel shareholder group moving to dump the current Bremworth board.

On with the show:

Rob Hewett:

South Otago farmer and the “Chairman of Everything”.

Today we ask him why he’s picked a fight with carpet company Bremworth and wants to roll the chairman and the board.

We also discuss the Paris Climate Accord and carbon farming; both very contentious issues on New Zealand farms.

Cameron Bagrie:

We ask an independent economist whether the recovery is underway.

And what’s going to happen to interest and exchange rates? 

Plus, what do Trump’s tariffs mean for New Zealand farmers?

Hunter McGregor:

Our Shanghai-based correspondent talks about some crazy weather, China’s high-speed rail network, an animated local movie taking the country by storm, and International Women’s Day.

Dr Jacqueline Rowarth:

One of New Zealand’s leading primary sector academics offers some history around Pancake Day.

She also offers opinions on Greenpeace’s latest rhetoric in her latest column.

Listen below: