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Listen to The Country online: Hort NZ CEO Kate Scott on building houses on productive land

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Kate Scott, chief executive of Horticulture NZ, spoke to The Country's Jamie Mackay today. Photo / Lisa Hill

Kate Scott, chief executive of Horticulture NZ, spoke to The Country's Jamie Mackay today. Photo / Lisa Hill

Today on The Country radio show, host Jamie Mackay catches up with Horticulture NZ chief executive Kate Scott to take a closer look at building houses on our best land for growing produce.

On with the show:

Kate Scott:

The chief executive of Horticulture NZ in Singapore on why we should be growing food, not houses, on our best land.


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Sir David Fagan:

We take in the action of day two at the New Zealand Shears at Te Kūiti with the world’s greatest shearer.


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Chris Brandolino:

Niwa’s principal scientist on the Big Dry.

Sam Owen:

This Waikato farmer, ag teacher, and rural mental health advocate, is also a keynote speaker at SIDE in Timaru on April 7-9.

Rachel Shearer:

The general manager of wool for PGG Wrightson reviews a market suffering from an unwanted correction and global uncertainty.

Barry Soper:

We ask our political correspondent how “out of touch” the Greens are and whether a book on his life in politics is in the wind.

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