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The Country Full Show: Tuesday, December 13, 2022

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Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay catches up with the founder and managing director of Animation Research, Sir Ian Taylor, for a chat about his Herald opinion piece, The Labour Party I used to know.

On with the show:

Sir Ian Taylor:

Following on from his href="https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/news/sir-ian-taylor-the-labour-party-i-used-to-know/3GG7OAKR35HE3AI7G5MXR5CQNY/" target="_blank">column in the NZ Herald, one of the country’s leading tech entrepreneurs wonders aloud “what’s happened to the Labour Party that I have supported all my life?”

Mike Petersen:

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A man who has worn many hats for New Zealand agriculture says “the level of division in the sector is untenable and must be addressed”.

Stephen Bell-Booth:

The pop star theme continues as we catch up with a man who played keyboards for America in the 1980s! He’s also an ag entrepreneur who comments on the unsettled science around ag emissions, rampant on-farm inflation and the state of farmers’ mental health.

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Dr Jacqueline Rowarth:

One of New Zealand’s leading farming academics reckons we need to “accentuate the positives and eliminate the negatives”.

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