Today The Country is brought to you by the mighty Sir Richard Hadlee and his 1973 test debut. Interviewees are: Bill English, Mike Petersen, Andrew Hore, Stu Duncan, Chris Russell, Steve Hollander and Dr Tim Mackle.
It's the whole show in one go! Today The Country is brought to you by the mighty Sir Richard Hadlee or "Sir Paddles" who made his test debut on this day in 1973.
On with the show: We kick off the show with Prime Minister Bill English who gets stuckinto the Greens saying they're "hard to work with".
Then we catch up with New Zealand's Special Agricultural Trade Envoy Mike Petersen and ask what the Trump presidency might mean for Kiwi farmers.
Today's panel features two Maniototo farmers Andrew Hore and Stu Duncan. Hore made it to the McCaw's four-day wedding of the year! Swoon!
Our Australian correspondent Chris Russell comments on Roger Federer, wool prices and the dairy payout across the ditch.
Then we hear from Steve Hollander as we continue the countdown to the Norwood Rural Sports Awards and the Hilux NZ Rural Games in Palmerston North, March 10-12
Finally we wrap up The Country with Dr Tim Mackle. Today the chief executive of Dairy NZ responds to Greenpeace criticism of our largest export earner.
Have a listen to The Country in the audio clip above.
