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Agricultural Trade Surplus

2 items · 2 aliases · peaked week of 31 May 2026 · first seen 3 Jun 2026

The podcast discusses key rural and economic issues in New Zealand, including dairy farm profitability, a new rural dating app addressing loneliness, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's engagement at Field Days, defence spending debates, and the ongoing nuclear-free stance, all in

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  • Thank you, Prime Minister. It's 17 or make it 16 after 12. Yeah. I'm sure there'll be plenty of nats swarming around Mystery Creek. I wonder how much how many of the Greens and Tapati Māori will see. I know Labor's there. We're gonna be chatting to Chippy next week. Joe Luxon will be there, Damien will be there. He's always up for a bit of a scrap. Um so they'll be there. Uh what sort of presence will New Zealand first in the Act Party have? I'd say a pretty substantial one as well. Uh lovers in the air because a wee bit later in the show, we're gonna chat to a young Australian woman by the name of Mia Ryan, who has set up a rural dating app. It's been going in Australia since March of 2024. She's launching it this week in New Zealand, and it's in association with young farmers, and she's coming over for field days. So we'll have a yarn to Mia about the serious topic of loneliness uh in rural New Zealand. Dr. Jack Willin Roweth, seven sleeps until field days. We've got the big rural industry leaders debate at the wonderful fundrise fundraising evening run by Mike Green and his team to raise money for the rural support trust. But up next from the Prime Minister, we chat to a former Prime Minister's son, Fonterra's MD for Co-op Affairs, Matt Bolger. We will have a look at the first global dairy trade auction for the new dairy season.
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the-country Government / N-A

economic resilience despite global crises

The Country Full Show: Wednesday, June 3, 2026
3 Jun
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