The Department of Conservation warns that rat populations could double by 2090 due to climate change and is urgently seeking $150 million in additional funding to address biodiversity threats, including wilding pines and underfunded ecosystems.
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Good afternoon, uh, New Zealand. Welcome to the country. I'm Jamie McKay. Apparently, Bonnie Tyler has just awoken from a coma. More about that later. Uh, but we're going to kick off the show with the Prime Minister as we do every Wednesday here on the country. Field days friendly fire from Winston and weather wilding pines should attract carbon credits. Jane Smith, North Otago farmer, award-winning environmentalist and champion Angus Ballbreeder. We saw a record this week. 168,000 for an Angus Ball. Black gold. Tom Slee, we're going to continue our series profiling seven FMG young farmer of the year grand finalists. He's the Otago Southland region winner, a young man with a fantastic farming pedigree. His father's a former champion. Uh, and who was quite literally born to win the title. But can he win the title? Maybe you be the judge on that one. Bruce Ware from Rabo Bank, they've come out with their latest farmer confidence survey. Farmer confidence has been dinted or dented a wee bit uh by the Middle East conflict. Maybe the worst of that's behind us, who knows. Um, but also farmers are reasonably upbeat despite all this geopolitical uncertainty around the world. And Mike McIntyre will join us to have a look at excuse me. Last night's global dairy trade auction down two point eight percent, two in a row. Should we be worried? We'll ask him. All that's on the country between now and one o'clock, the PM to kick off proceedings.
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national action to restore rural land health
\\ \\ **National backs farmers - QEII National Trust funding added to list**\\ \\ 08 June, 2026\\ \\ Christopher Luxonenvironmental disaster requiring urgent action
The Country Full Show: Wednesday, June 17, 2026Social-media signal on the same topic, drawn from the social lens. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies, the same weighting used across the digest cards. View on /social →
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