The Country Full Show: Tuesday, October 24, 2023

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Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay catches up with newly elected MPs Andrew Hoggard and Grant McCallum and finds out what their goals are for their first terms.

On with the show:

Andrew Hoggard and Grant McCallum

They’re the new kids on the block. Two former farmer correspondents on The Country, who are now newly elected politicians for Act and National respectively. With 20 pieces of legislation directly affecting rural NZ passed in the last six years, how important are strong farming voices in Parliament? We look at how the transition from milking shed to beehive is going, and what they’d like to see achieved in their first term.

Mark de Lautour

Is the chief executive of Open Country Dairy, NZ’s second largest dairy company, game enough to talk about a milk price starting with an $8 tag?

Guy Mourdant

The MD of Property Brokers, who generously bought the media package and Country jacket at the Norwood Farmstrong fundraiser, joins us to discuss the state of play in the rural real estate market.

Dr Jacqueline Rowarth

One of New Zealand’s leading farming academics says “what El Nino drought?” Plus she channels her finest Sir Humphrey Appleby (from Yes Minister) when talking about the excesses of the NZ Public Service.

Hunter McGregor

We ask our Shanghai-based correspondent whether he’s seeing any green shoots in the Chinese economy?

Listen below: