Listen to The Country online: Todd McClay on Ikea’s Hawke’s Bay forestry expansion

Agriculture, Forestry and Trade Minister Todd McClay spoke to The Country's Hamish McKay. Photo / Maryana Garcia

Today on The Country radio show, host Hamish McKay catches up with Forestry Minister Todd McClay to find out more about Ikea converting Central Hawke’s Bay farms into pine forestry.

On with the show:

Todd McClay:

Minister of Agriculture (and Forestry) on Ikea planting trees in Hawke’s Bay, and his next trade trip to India.

Plus, what are his thoughts on Molesworth Station becoming a not-for-profit entity?

Andrew Alderson:

Time for McKay on Sport.

Today, we catch up with a Newstalk ZB Sport newsreader who’s in Hagley Park for day four of the test against the West Indies. Plus, his commentary on the Ashes.

George Dodson and James Robertson:

Today’s farmer panel comprised the 2024 Young Farmer of the Year and the 2019 Young Farmer of the Year.

They talk about the milk price and what inspires them to get out and achieve in the ag sector.

Chris Brandolino:

Our weatherman from Earth Sciences NZ on the December forecast, where things are heating up throughout the country.

Listen below: