Rabobank’s Singapore-based Global Strategist addressed the elephant in the room - China - and looked at some of the other economic and geopolitical factors affecting New Zealand as a trading nation.
Christopher Luxon:
He was missing in action on the campaign trail, but we always get our man on The Country. In the meantime, he’d had a great poll result. But what was he going to do about David, Winston and Jack? We also reminisced on 9/11, 22 years on.
Chris Hipkins:
The PM pondered the polls, a poisoned chalice, unemployment, a Grant Robertson hospital pass, Hosking, Winston, and whether he’d been beaten to the punch on hustings by the other Chris?
Winston Peters:
We asked the NZ First leader why he wasn’t going to attend the Rural Issues Debate at Mystery Creek to support the rural sector. Plus, was he a shameless, race-baiting, political opportunist? Or did he reflect on what a good portion of Kiwis were quietly thinking? And could he be left desperate and dateless on the cross benches?
Gary Knight:
We reflected on another explosive event - 42 years ago this week - when we witnessed the “Flour Bomb” test at Eden Park. We got the reflections of a Manawatū farmer on one of the most unforgettable days in New Zealand’s sporting history.
Dr Jaqueline Rowarth:
One of our leading farming academics talked about productivity - after all, it’s all about the economy, stupid!
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