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The Country - Flood edition

The Country
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Today The Country catches up with farmers who were affected by the flash-flooding in the South Island town of Roxburgh.

On with the show:

Phil Duncan:

Monday's resident weather expert warns of some severe thunderstorms and hail coming for inland parts of New Zealand this week.

Chris Toms:

We catch up with a Roxburgh cherry and stonefruit grower who says he was fortunate compared to some of his farming mates just down the road, following yesterday's inundating thunderstorms in Central Otago.

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Jock Whittle:

We go 'Outback with Allflex' to yarn to chief executive of the Paraway Pastoral Company (spanning 21 properties over 4.4 million hectares) as we continue our weekly series profiling some of the leading lights in the Platinum Primary Producers Club.

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Steve Wyn-Harris and Grant McCallum:

Today's panel features a Central Hawkes Bay sheep farmer and a Northland cow cocky – different characters from differing sides of the political divide.

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