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Fonterra Farmer Votes

3 items · 3 aliases · peaked week of 17 May 2026 · first seen 12 May 2026

The podcast discusses Myles Horrell's unexpected resignation, praises Fonterra's farm sales, addresses New Zealand's defence readiness and fuel reserves amid global conflict, and suggests that logistical expertise from Horrell could improve New Zealand Rugby.

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  • I suspect that reality things are what they are, and if anything can be changed, it's the amount of red tape and regulation that hold people back that has made us poorer than we need to be because it's so damn hard to do anything. If you fix that, you get a bit more competitive uh uh economy. All of a sudden things start to look better. But this kind of meddling, you know, it's a few months back. We had Winston trying to tell farmers what to do with the Fonterra sale, and of course, 90% of farmers voted the other way. And I I think there's a bit of a pattern emerging here about what sounds good in the political marketplace and uh what actually works in the commercial marketplace.
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the-country Government / N-A

democratic mandate outweighs political appeals

The Country 18/05/26: David Seymour talks to Jamie Mackay
18 May
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