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Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay and Rowena Duncum celebrated inventive rural postie Diane Barton's "The Best Dressed Mailbox Competition".

On with the show:

Sir Eion Edgar:

Is "The Country's Go-to-Guy" when it comes to money and the economy. Today we ask him for a way out of the country's economic malaise.

Barry Soper:

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We ask our political editor if Simon Bridges is toast?

Tim Myers:

The chief executive of Norwood talks about what Level 3 looks like for the farm machinery sales and servicing industry.

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Jeremy Rookes:

We ask a Central Hawkes Bay sheep and beef farmer to solve the problems of the world!

Grant Edwards:

The GM of PGG Wrightson Wool looks a market that has been in gridlock for the past five weeks under lockdown.

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The charity connecting farmers and food banks

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David Surveyor on why Alliance closed for Easter

22 Apr 01:30 AM

Should meat companies be taking wage subsidies?

22 Apr 05:00 AM

Rural postie lifts spirits with mailbox competition

24 Apr 04:00 AM

Lewis Ferris:

Our Met Service Weather forecaster takes a look at what's in store for the weekend.

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