The Country Today - no milk today edition

It's the whole show in one go! Today The Country is brought to you by no milk. What? On this day in 1967 the free milk for schools programme ended after 30 years of providing the white stuff to kiwi kids. Booooo!

On with the show: Let's start with Lisa Murray. Today our Met Service weather forecaster has a look at what's up for the weekend.

Then it's off to the World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships with John Kirkpatrick. Jamie Mackay catches up with the Kiwi shearing legend and warm favourite for the World title.

More from the shearing champs with Hugh Condron. He's a Welsh shearing judge and a bit of a raconteur whom Jamie had the pleasure of running into at the World Dinner on Wednesday evening.

Next up it's a bit of shearing royalty with Rowland Smith.

Although he's arguably the world's best shearer, he won't get a chance to prove it in Invercargill.

More bad news with Jim Paterson. Our wool correspondent on this week's arrest in the slump of wool prices.

Then it's time for a chat with John Fagan.

He's the older brother of Sir David, the Jeff Wilson of rural sports.

Then we end the show with Bernie McKone.

Today our rural health expert talks heart health, shearer's backs and Andy Thompson's sky-rocketing blood pressure.