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Water Storage Policy

6 items · 5 aliases · peaked week of 12 Apr 2026 · first seen 10 May 2026

A political podcast where Grant McCallum defends party unity, criticizes racist remarks about Indian immigrants, challenges low pay in dairy, and highlights economic benefits of the FTA, while questioning Tane Randall's stance on water storage.

Volume by source orientation Methodology →

Stacked weekly counts; colour by lean. “n/a” covers government and iwi-Māori sources where lean isn't applicable.

Alias drift

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Heard on radio

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  • Grant McCallum the-country The Country 21/04/26: Grant McCallum talks to Jamie Mackay 21 Apr · 36s
    is my point. I just wanted to make that quite clear to the people of Hawke's Bay and my good colleague, Catherine Whedon, who's a great MP, is just remind the people of Hawke's Bay that he did not. not support the return of a dam, and you need, one thing Hawke's Bay needs is water. If you want to keep minimum flows in rivers, which is what he was talking about with his little rafting story, you need a dam as a great way to achieve it because part of the conditions is you keep a minimum flow. And I just think he needs to be honest with people about that stuff rather than dancing around the edge of the story. If you're either for water storage or you're not, you can't have it both ways.
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Sample framings

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the-country Government / N-A

critiquing inconsistent voting record on infrastructure

The Country 21/04/26: Grant McCallum talks to Jamie Mackay
21 Apr
the-country Government / N-A

essential infrastructure for rural economies

The Country 16/04/26: Taine Randell talks to Jamie Mackay
16 Apr
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