The Act Party leader defends his Treaty Principles Bill (which Cabinet will consider this afternoon) following an attack on it by 440 church leaders. Plus we ponder Chippy's proposed CGT/Wealth Tax and this week's Presidential Debate.

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The Chair of Beef + Lamb NZ comments on the New Season Outlook Report which makes sober reading for sheep farmers

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Is a North Canterbury farmer and Chair of the Hurunui Adverse Events Committee. Today he updates the Big Dry and applauds the recent  Farmbreak event -  that saw 300 farming folk gather for a feed and a beer to take their minds off the drought plaguing the district.

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Today's Farmer/Groundswell Panel pays tribute to Steve Cranston, and get stuck into local body councils and emissions taxes. Plus we ask is GS now a redundant organisation?

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Monday's resident weather man says windy westerlies are the order of the week.

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Jamie Mackay talks to Farmer Tom Martin, Jen Corkran, Winston Peters, Antonia Watson, and Sir Peter Beck.

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Jamie Mackay talks to Antonia Watson, Sir Peter Beck, Jen Corkran, Nigel Woodhead and Blair Drysdale, and Chris Brandolino.

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We ask the chief executive of ANZ, the country's biggest bank, with the country's biggest rural portfolio, if farmers are getting a fair deal when it comes to risk margins for rural lending. And is the rural and business book subsidising the more competitive residential portfolio? Is the Reserve Bank unfairly penalising banks by making them hold more capital against rural lending? How riskier is rural lending than residential? 

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 Guess who was at the King's Birthday investiture yesterday at Government House, along with the host of The Country. None other than the Rocket Man from Rocket Lab! The newly-minted Knight and futurist gives us a glimpse of what life could be like in 2050. 

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Rabobank's Senior Animal Proteins Analyst comments on the improved prospects for the sheepmeat industry, ahead of the release next week of the RaboResearch Report titled: Watering the green shoots in New Zealand sheepmeat

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