The Country - GDT edition

Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay spoke to Fonterra's chief financial officer Marc Rivers, about a positive GDT auction result.

On with the show:

Kieran McAnulty and Penny Simmonds:

Today's panel features the Labour MP for Wairarapa and the National MP for Invercargill. Today we ask why we can't build anything in this country (namely the now defunct Wairarapa water storage scheme) without getting bogged down by the RMA, the consenting process and the likes of Greenpeace and Forest and Bird.

Marc Rivers:

Fonterra's CFO comments on a very good GDT auction overnight (plus 4 per cent, WMP + 3.3 per cent, SMP + 7.3 per cent). Plus we look at new season volumes, world production and the shipping challenges facing the industry.

Tangaroa Walker:

Is an inspirational Southland dairy farmer and the man behind Farm4Life and on-line education platform The Hub. A man who's "evangelical about the joys of rural life".

Todd Charteris and Janelle Downs:

Rabobank's chief executive announces the winners of the 2021 Rabobank Good Deeds Initiative. And we head to Taranaki, South Canterbury and Southland with some good news and a helping hand for three wonderful rural community projects.

Hunter McGregor:

Our China-based correspondent is a Kiwi selling NZ venison in Shanghai. Today he talks about the joys of discovering Fonterra's UHT yoghurt (courtesy of a pub raffle),why freight into Shanghai airport is proving a real issue and the latest on the vaccine roll-out in the world's most populous nation.

Listen below: