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The Country Today - John and John edition

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8 Dec, 2016 12:29 AM2 mins to read

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John Lennon died on this day and we bid farewell to John Key. It's a day of sadness for Jamie and Dom. Today's interviews are: John Key, Ben Russell, Peter Allen, Geoff Copstick and Chris Russell.

It's the whole show in one go! Today The Country is brought to you by sadness.

On this day in 1980 Dom George's beloved John Lennon was assassinated. If that wasn't bad enough, on this day in 2016 Jamie Mackay is interviewing his beloved John Key for the last time. It's going to be a tear-jerker Ladies and Gentlemen.

On with the show: First up it's John Key. Today the PM joins us for a final, merciless grilling despite a request from his minders to do "light and fluffy".

Next we have Ben Russell. The Head of Rural Banking for Heartland Bank comments on the state of the meat industry, the future of the dairy industry and a great new finance product for farmers.

Then it's on to one of New Zealand's leading deer farmers Peter Allan. Today he talks about the stalled state of the velvet industry and previews next week's annual National Velvet and Hard Antler Competition in Invercargill.

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Geoff Copstick is a Northland goat farmer and the ChildFund New Zealand Chairman who's encouraging Kiwis to give a goat for Xmas!

Finally it's time for Chris Russell as we travel across the ditch to our Australian correspondent for an fair dinkum Ocker update. Strewth!

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