Today on The Country we take a look at the weather and whether it's going to rain or if the sun is going to continue beating down on New Zealand.
On with the show:
Ben Noll:
Niwa's forecaster says some serious weather is coming our way with hurricane-force winds possible on the West Coast as Cyclone Fehi lines up to be a both a weather bomb and a drought-breaker in Otago and Southland.
Dave Yard:
MPI's Incident Controller for M Bovis Response updates the latest reported outbreaks of the disease, in the Waimate and Gore districts, as the number of infected farms has now climbed to 20.
Fran O'Sullivan:
The Head of Business at NZME looks at the good news/bad news for NZ agriculture on the international stage – TPP and Fonterra's failed Beingmate investment in China.
Ele Ludemann:
We find our North Otago correspondent in a sweltering Wanaka from where she sings the praises of irrigation and questions the tax breaks Winston Peters is offering to the racing industry.
Nathan Penny:
Is an ASB Rural Economist who says horticulture is fast becoming the primary sector's "fourth engine" and will soon rival the meat industry in export receipts.
Paul Allison:
We crunch the temperature numbers with a man at the epi-centre (Bannockburn in central Otago) of the heatwave.
Listen below:
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