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The Country - NZ Shearing Championships edition

The Country
29 Mar, 2019 12:30 AM2 mins to read

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Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay spoke to Sir David Fagan about the big open final at the New Zealand Shearing Championships in Te Kuiti tomorrow.

On with the show:

Lisa Murray:

Our Met Service forecaster looks back on some torrential rain on the West Coast and forward to some more much-needed precipitation in the North Island.

Sir David Fagan:

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We update all the action at the New Zealand Shearing Championships at Te Kuiti, where all eyes are on who will join Rowland Smith in the New Zealand team for the World Champs in France in July.

Rob Cochrane:

Courtesy of PGG Wrightson Wool, we take our monthly look at a market that's been marooned in the doldrums since November 2018.

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Jeremy Rookes and Graeme Smith:

Today's panel features an outspoken Hawkes Bay sheep and beef farmer and the chief executive of the Waikato/Coromandel Drug Detection Agency.

Marty Banks:

Farmside Footy, our weekly preview of Super Rugby, is brought to you the by providers of great rural broadband right around the country, here on The Country.

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