It's the whole show in one go! Today The Country is brought to you by windy weather, with news of a tornado battering the West Coast!
On with the show:
Jacinda Ardern: Labour's high-flying leader defends her stance on national super, her party's fiscal policy and denies a Labour-Greens government would be anti-farming.
Nathan Guy: For his part the Minister for Primary Industries defends MPI and denies beef farmers are becoming lepers due to the M Bovis outbreak in South Canterbury and North Otago.
Chris Brandolino: NIWA's principal weather scientist talks about a sodden start to spring, tornadoes on the West Coast and hurricane season in the gulf states of the USA.