Shane Jones. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay puts some curly questions to Forestry Minister Shane Jones about whether his one billion trees plan will affect rural communities.
On with the show:
Shane Jones:
The Prince of the Provinces, Champion of the Regions, the Sonny Bill Williams of politics (aka Regional Economic
Development Minister) Shane Jones says the Provincial Growth Fund is facing unfair scrutiny and is delivering to the regions that need it. We also quiz him on where he's going to plant these extra half billion trees over the next 10 years (we already plant 50 million per annum) and will he save the planet but decimate small rural communities in Godzone? And are farmers really moaners?
Don Nicolson and Craig Wiggins:
