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Listen to The Country online: Finance Minister Nicola Willis on banks

The Country
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Finance Minister Nicola Willis spoke to The Country's Jamie Mackay today. Photo / Mark Mitchell

Finance Minister Nicola Willis spoke to The Country's Jamie Mackay today. Photo / Mark Mitchell

Today on The Country radio show, host Jamie Mackay catches up with Finance Minister Nicola Willis to talk about “woke banks”, the Paris Agreement, defence spending, and school lunches.

On with the show:

Nicola Willis:

Filling in for the Prime Minister, the Finance Minister weighs in on woke banks but does the “cosy pillow fight” continue unabated despite her strong rhetoric?

Should we stay in the Paris Climate Agreement?

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Can we afford increased defence spending?

And what’s all the fuss with school lunches? What happened to parental responsibility?


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Jane Smith:

Outspoken North Otago farmer and environmentalist follows up on Dr Vaughan Holder’s interview where we asked if methane was a “victim or villain”.

And are farmers being dealt a dud hand over measuring emissions?

She also comments on interest rates, farmer confidence, on-farm conditions, and running her first marathon.

Farmer Tom Martin:

Our UK farming correspondent is coming in hot off after the National Farmers Union (NFU) Annual Meeting in London, where farmers are up in arms over the new inheritance tax.

Jim Hopkins:

This rural raconteur is also a local body politician seeking re-election.

But is he a climate change denier or a pragmatic realist?

Listen below:

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