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Bipartisan Trade Support

8 items · 7 aliases · peaked week of 12 Apr 2026 · first seen 30 Apr 2026

Business leaders across New Zealand are urging all political parties to support the New Zealand-India Free Trade Agreement, emphasizing its critical importance for export sectors and economic growth amid rising global trade risks.

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Heard on radio

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  • There you go. There's the bloke who's running the biggest business, or will be shortly, in New Zealand, Richard Allen. Lots of good text feedback coming in. Try and get through as much of it as I can. Richard Allen speaks very well and it all goes well for Fonterra's continued prosperity. Speaking of Peter McBride, Jamie, give the man a knighthood. He is the unsung hero. Success follows that man around. Here's another one. Luxon is sounding refreshed and oozing confidence, whether it be from Rachel Smallsley's impact or self-reflection or perhaps... When you are engaging him, Jamie, but whatever it is, it all goes well and should silence the efforts, says Graham. And here's another one. You're completely right. Hopefully Rachel can sort Luxon out and just get him to not be so wooden, particularly when he comes up against someone like Tova. He is, like you said, a possum in the headlights. Good interview. Honestly, people ask me what he's like. Meet him in person. He's very engaging, charismatic. meter him in a comfortable setting i.e as i said field days he's a real extrovert a much bigger extrovert than the likes of chris hipkins is who's not that comfortable well from what i've seen uh in in the public eye not as comfortable as luxon but he gets those that 6 p.m tv cameras pointed in his face and yeah possum in the headlights does spring to mind so hopefully rachel smallie will sort that out for him Um, here's another one about the Indian. Your Indian trade deal is smelly. We don't want to be overrun with Indians. There are too many of them here now, says the texter. We don't want to become another Fiji.
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the-country Government / N-A

trade as non-partisan economic policy

The Country Full Show: Wednesday, April 15, 2026
15 Apr
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