Farmer Wellbeing Model

No matter one thing no matter one thing no matter one day good morning New Zealand I'm Jamie Mackay this is the best of the country it's brought to you each and every Saturday morning here on News Talk ZB by Rabobank we're growing a better New Zealand together how good was Dr John Roach the chief science advisor to not only MPI but the Prime Minister raised on an Irish dairy farm so I thought I'd go with Irish boy bands. Westlife coming to New Zealand this is Boy Zone. Apparently well yes there is there's a compilation band called Boys Life a super group uh formed by Keith Duffy from Boy Zone Coronation Street fans might recognise him he was the barman there for a while and Brian McFadden from Westlife is the no end to these Irish boy bands. While he'd hardly call them a boy now because he's been on the planet for eighty years and counting uh deputy former deputy prime minister Winston Peters New Zealand first leader a man on an upward trajectory politically this year on Thursday's show he was at his combative best uh when it came to uh New Zealand first propaganda to Party Māori in the age of eligibility for national super however um he did have praise for Judith Collins who stepped aside this week and he had a convenient memory lapse when it came to 2017 you can hear all about that up after the break. Jane Smith North Otago farmer award winning environmentalist had a busload of South American farmers uh pop on it onto a farm and they were incredulous about our carbon farming disaster and yes it is a disaster in the making in my humble opinion also she's exporting perendale sheep to Japan and the Waitaki district where she's dominant sold is is staring down the barrel of uh a potential 45% rates rise increase hey just while um thinking and talking about Rabobank here's an interesting number for you over the next 10 years New Zealand agriculture is expected to undergo its largest ever intergenerational transfer of wealth as more than half yes that's right half of the farms and orchards reach or farmers owners reach retirement age with so much change ahead succession is one of the most important conversations facing farmers to help support these conversations Rabobank has launched a new succession stories series uh you can access the stories by visiting the Rabobank website and selecting succession stories under the knowledge and networks tab up next he's always great fun on the country Winston Peters the best of the country with Rabobank the bank with local agribanking experts passionate about the future of rural communities Rabobank.