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The Country - Gypsy Day edition

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It's a busy time in the rural community today as it's Gypsy Day and World Milk Day!

On with the show:

Lisa Murray:

Met Service forecaster on a wet weekend in the north and cold one in the south.

Peter Nation and Graeme Smith:

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Today's panel features two chief executives with a long association with Fieldays as we count down to 50th on June 13-16.

Don Carson:

The PR man for the New Zealand Forest Owners Association agrees that growing forestry seedlings is a good business to be in!

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Barry Soper:

Our political correspondent ponders the Northcote byelection, how the government's handling the M. bovis crisis and a previous government's mishandling of the meth house contamination issue.

Rodney Gillard:

The National Sales Manager for Volkswagen, our vehicle partners, tells us what VW has in store for the punters at Fieldays.

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Grant Nisbett:

This week's $100 TAB sports bet of the week sees us backing both the Highlanders and the Hurricanes in a tri-bet.

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