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The Country - Mishap edition

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Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay and Rowena Duncum battle a few technical glitches.*

*Not of their own making, they wished to point out.

On with the show:

Cameron Bagrie:

We talk to an Independent Economist about giving away oil, equity markets defying gravity and whether meat companies should be taking wage subsidies.

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Shane Jones:

Oh to have been a fly on the fly at yesterday's Cabinet meeting debating the transition to Level 3. We talk to a Minister who was there, about infrastructure spending, red tape and Rogernomics.

Steve Maharey:

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We ask a man once touted as a future Prime Minister whether he thinks the incumbent is doing a good job, plus we look at the way forward for the New Zealand economy once we're out of lockdown.

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