Prime Minister Christopher Luxon spoke to The Country's Jamie Mackay today. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Today on The Country radio show, host Jamie Mackay catches up with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, to talk about US President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs and how they could affect New Zealand farmers.
He also discusses his “marmite sandwich” response to criticism over school lunches.
On with the show:
Christopher Luxon:
The Prime Minister ponders Trump, tariffs, a four-year parliamentary term, raising the age of eligibility for National Super to 67, and we salute “Sandwich-gate”.
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Emma Brodie:
In response to numerous listener complaints, we take a SAFE campaigner to task over their “Mud Farming” ambush attack ads running during our show.
Emma Higgins:
Rabobank’s senior ag analyst reviews the latest GDT auction and the bank’s latest Q1 Dairy Quarterly Report which sees a revision of the milk price forecast to $10.
Gordon Rennie:
We catch up with a Scottish farmer, agronomist and journalist, who has been visiting New Zealand for 50 years.
Yesterday he texted into our show - today we get him on it!
Listen below:
Export values in January increased 28% year-on-year to $927 million.