Listen to The Country online: Labour leader Chris Hipkins ponders a grand coalition

Labour leader Chris Hipkins spoke to The Country's Jamie Mackay today. Photo / Mark Mitchell

Today on The Country radio show, host Jamie Mackay catches up with Labour leader Chris Hipkins to get his thoughts on the possibility of a grand coalition.

Be in with a chance to go fishing with Scott Barrett and Kaiwaka Clothing.

On with the show:

Bruce Weir and Amber Brador:

We announce the winner of the 2025 Rabobank Good Deeds Competition.

Chris Hipkins:

Labour’s leader discusses bipartisan politics.

Plus, the unlikely prospect of a grand coalition and the right tree in the right place.

Abbi Ayre:

This month’s Farmstrong farmer hails from Reefton, where she and her husband are dairy farmers.

She talks about shed shouts, and super yachts.

Peter Newbold:

We take our monthly look at the state of the rural market with the GM of PGG Wrightson Real Estate and find out that dairy farms have only increased in value by $2000/ha over the past decade.

Chris Russell:

Our Australian correspondent comments on the big Sonny Bill Williams v Paul Gallen fight and a prominent cotton farmer being sent to jail for water fraud.

Listen below: