Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay looks at the continuing effect coronavirus is having on New Zealand's economy.
On with the show:
Cameron Bagrie:
We chew the fiscal fat with an Independent Economist and look at some stunning numbers: Dow Jones +5%, NZX 50 +3.5%, exchange rate US62.50c, the prospectof three OCR cuts, world recession, and is this worse than the GFC?
One of New Zealand's leading farming academics takes the gloves off and lands a right hook on the Vegan Society which said "people wouldn't even have to give up flying, or petrol cars, if everyone gave up meat and dairy".
Blair McLean:
We head to a very dry Blenheim to discuss how the drought and coronavirus are affecting the wine industry plus we give you a chance to win with Yealands, our Winery of the Week.
The Minister of Agriculture talks about his winter grazing taskforce, 200 years of apples and pears, tax relief for M. bovis affected farmers and drought relief.
