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Pecuniary interests
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Directorships
2 declared
Recent meetings
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01 Positions
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Cabinet Minister — Rural Communities
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Associate Minister — Agriculture, Regional Development
03 Pecuniary interests (2025) Methodology →
as of 2026-05-27 02:22Beneficial interests in, and trusteeships of, trusts
Springbrook Trust (trustee and beneficiary)
— Springbrook Trust
(Trustee)
Company directorships and controlling interests
Ngapara Farms Limited – sheep and beef farming and forestry company
— Ngapara Farms Limited
(Director)
Debts owed by you
Westpac Bank – mortgage
— Westpac Bank
Managed investment schemes
Bentham Global Income PIE Fund – Bentham Asset Management
— Bentham Global Income PIE Fund
Colchester Global Government Bond Fund – Colchester Global Investors
— Colchester Global Government Bond Fund
Dimensional Global Sustainability Fund – Dimensional Funds Management
— Dimensional Global Sustainability Fund
First Sentier Responsible Listed Infrastructure Fund – First Sentier Investors
— First Sentier Responsible Listed Infrastructure Fund
Harbour Australian Equity Focus Fund – Harbour Asset Management
— Harbour Australian Equity Focus Fund
Harbour NZ Core Fixed Interest Fund – Harbour Asset Management
— Harbour NZ Core Fixed Interest Fund
Harbour T. Rowe Price Global Equity Fund – T. Rowe Price
— Harbour T. Rowe Price Global Equity Fund
Janus Henderson Global Natural Resources Fund – Janus Henderson
— Janus Henderson Global Natural Resources Fund
Man AHL Alpha (AUD) B – Man Investments
— Man AHL Alpha (AUD) B
Milford Trans-Tasman Equity Fund – Milford Asset Management
— Milford Trans-Tasman Equity Fund
Pengana WHEB Sustainable Impact Fund – Pengana Capital Group
— Pengana WHEB Sustainable Impact Fund
Salt NZ Dividend Appreciation Fund – Salt Funds Management
— Salt NZ Dividend Appreciation Fund
Salt Sustainable Global Listed Property Fund – Salt Funds Management
— Salt Sustainable Global Listed Property Fund
Salt Sustainable Global Shares Fund – Salt Funds Management
— Salt Sustainable Global Shares Fund
iShares Bitcoin Trust Exchange Traded Fund – iShares
— iShares Bitcoin Trust Exchange Traded Fund
iShares Gold Trust – iShares
— iShares Gold Trust
Organisations and trusts seeking Government funding
Clutha Gold Cycle Trail Trust – maintains Clutha Gold Cycle Trail
— Clutha Gold Cycle Trail Trust
New Zealand Century Farm and Station Awards – farming awards
— New Zealand Century Farm and Station Awards
Other companies and business entities
Alliance Group Limited – meat company
— Alliance Group Limited
Ballance Limited – fertiliser supplies
— Ballance Limited
Farmlands Cooperative – farm supplies
— Farmlands Cooperative
Wools of New Zealand Holdings Limited – wool marketing
— Wools of New Zealand Holdings Limited
Real property
Apartment – Wellington
Family home – Dunedin
Retirement schemes
Milford KiwiSaver
— Milford KiwiSaver
04 Directorships Methodology →
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06 Trusteeships & beneficial trust interests
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activeTrustee
08 Recent meetings (as minister) Methodology →
as of 2026-10-20 15:53
2026-09-29
Tue
1 entry
ATTEND: Red Meat Sector Conference
2026-09-28
Mon
5 entries
ATTEND: MIA Red Meat Sector Conference - Welcome Event
ATTEND: USDA Happy Hour ahead of Red Meat Sector Welcome Event
MEET: National Cattlemens Beef Association
with: Thomas Kent Bacus, Kent, Rowena Hume, Alan Thomson from Beef & Lamb
MEET
MEET
2026-09-27
Sun
1 entry
ATTEND: World of Wearable Arts
2026-09-24
Thu
1 entry
MEET
2026-09-23
Wed
2 entries
MEET
MEET
2026-09-22
Tue
2 entries
MEET: Upper Clutha landscape Schedules
with: Mandy Bell, Ben Trotter, Bridget Irving
MEET: DairyNZ
2026-09-21
Mon
2 entries
MEET
MBIE Officials
MEET: MBIE Officials
with: Hon Jones, MBIE Officials
2026-09-18
Fri
3 entries
MEET: Tukituki Water Security Limited
SPEAK: East Coast Support Trust AGM
with: East Coast Support Trust Members and other Invited guests
MEET: Heretaunga Water Storage Limited
2026-09-16
Wed
3 entries
SPEAK: Keynote Speaker Webinar, National Rural Community Safety
MEET
Cabinet Economic Policy Committee (ECO)
ATTEND: Cabinet Economic Policy Committee (ECO)
2026-09-15
Tue
3 entries
MEET: Ag Pathways
with: Tracy Johnston, Craig Langdon, Wendy Paul, Shane McManaway, Cheyne Gillooly, Minister Hoggard, Minister Simmonds
Cabinet Expenditure and Regulatory Review Committee (EXP)
ATTEND: Cabinet Expenditure and Regulatory Review Committee (EXP)
MEET
2026-09-14
Mon
1 entry
MBIE Officials
MEET: MBIE Officials
with: Hon Jones, MBIE Officials
2026-09-11
Fri
2 entries
ATTEND: Brunch on Us
MEET: Otago Police District Commander
with: Jason Guthrie Police District Commander
2026-09-10
Thu
2 entries
ATTEND: Clash of the Colleges - Otago Southland
MEET
2026-09-09
Wed
2 entries
MEET
VISIT: Waipori & Thornicroft Farm
with: Luke Tweed Senior Business manager, Pamu Staff, Chad Hoggard MPI Official
2026-09-08
Tue
2 entries
ATTEND: Telford Campus Sod Turning Event
Announcement: Stewart Islands air services
SPEAK: Annoucement: Stewart Islands air services
2026-09-07
Mon
2 entries
MEET: Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Waewae
with: Chair of Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Waewae
ATTEND and SPEAK Franz Josef Flood Protection Scheme
2026-09-02
Wed
1 entry
Cabinet Economic Policy Committee (ECO)
ATTEND: Cabinet Economic Policy Committee (ECO)
2026-09-01
Tue
2 entries
Cabinet Expenditure and Regulatory Review Committee (EXP)
ATTEND: Cabinet Expenditure and Regulatory Review Committee (EXP)
MEET: Student Job Search
with: Louise Saviker CE, Alanna Keegan Insight Strategist
2026-08-31
Mon
3 entries
Kānoa Officials
MEET: MBIE Officials (6.4EW Hon Jones Office) (6.4EW Hon Jones Office)
Kānoa Officials
MEET: MBIE Officials (6.4EW Hon Jones Office)
MPI Officials
MEET: MPI Officials
2026-08-29
Sat
1 entry
MEET
2026-08-28
Fri
1 entry
ONLINE SPEAK/Present: NZIF Conference Back to Business: Forward with Confidence (INV-543)
with: Invited Guests
2026-08-27
Thu
4 entries
MEET: Rural Wellbeing Fund Update & "For Farmers" Vision
with: Dominic Huxley, Stephen Thomson
ATTEND: U.S Department of Agriculture Foreign Agriculture Service
with: Invited Guests
MEET: USDA Agricultural Trade Mission
with: Ambassador Jared Novelly, Under Secretary Luke J Lindberg, Lazaro Sandoval, Edward Newburn, Ana Popovich, Robere Hall, Hon Butterick, MPI Officials
MEET: Rural Wellbeing Fund Update & "For Farmers" Vision
with: Dominic Huxley, Stephen Thomson
2026-08-26
Wed
2 entries
MBIE Water Storage Officials
MEET: Water Storage Officials
Cabinet Economic Policy Committee (ECO)
ATTEND: Cabinet Economic Policy Committee (ECO)
2026-08-25
Tue
2 entries
ONLINE TEAMS CALL: Tourism Chatham Islands/Air Chathams
with: Jackie Gurden, Duane Emeny
MEET
09 Recent Hansard speeches
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10 Recent press releases
From Beehive.govt.nz. Most recent 10.
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2026-09-30Agriculture Minister Todd McClay and Rural Communities Minister Mark Patterson have today classified the extreme wet and cold conditions across Southland and the Clutha District as a medium-scale adverse event.
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2026-08-19Rural families, communities and businesses will be better represented by a new work programme to strengthen rural data in New Zealand’s official statistics.
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2026-07-12Associate Agriculture Minister Mark Patterson is visiting India this week to promote New Zealand premium strong wool and strengthen relationships at the Bharat Tex 2026 – Global Textile Expo.
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2026-07-06A new chapter has begun on the West Coast with the opening of Greymouth’s new Library and commercial hub, Associate Regional Development Minister Mark Patterson says.
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2026-07-01The government is supporting the establishment of a mussel spat nursery in Houhora Bay, Northland to help boost supply for New Zealand’s Greenshell mussel industry.
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2026-06-28Construction of a new headquarters at the Awarua Satellite Ground Station near Bluff has begun, Regional Development Minister Shane Jones and Associate Regional Development Minister Mark Patterson say.
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2026-06-11A partnership between Government and industry will help turn New Zealand strong wool into high-value cutting-edge products and boost returns for growers.
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2026-06-09Regional community resilience is being bolstered with new Government initiatives focused on building preparedness and capacity for dealing with adverse events.
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2026-06-09The Government is investing in the next generation of young rural leaders by backing a new initiative that will grow our grassroots rural wellbeing leaders, Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey and Rural Communities Minister Mark Patterson announced today at Fieldays.
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2026-05-21Construction has begun on a major solar energy project on Stewart Island/Rakiura that will reduce the island’s reliance on diesel-generated electricity and cut power prices.
12 In the news Methodology →
50 articlesCoverage from RNZ, Stuff, NZ Herald, ODT, 1News, Newsroom and The Spinoff that mentions this person. Click any source to expand. Article body markdown is captured separately and used for AI summarisation downstream.
RNZ 13
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2026-10-21A toxic bloom last summer turned the lake a lurid green.
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2026-10-11"I'm not going to tell you what the permutations are.
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2026-10-06Craig Stobo and Taine Randell are eighth and ninth, ahead of existing MPs including Jenny Marcroft and Andy Foster.
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2026-10-01Improving freshwater quality, addressing agricultural emissions, tax and pests were key features at the rural issues debate in Waikato this week.
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2026-09-30The agriculture minister is disputing the Greens’ claims New Zealand is backtracking on international climate commitments.
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2026-07-19The prime minister says comments made by NZ First's deputy leader about the FTA with India were "crass and unprofessional".
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2026-07-19The prime minister says comments made by NZ First's deputy leader about the FTA with India were "crass and unprofessional".
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2026-07-13NZ First MP Mark Patterson is visiting India this week for a global textile expo despite the party's opposition to the free trade agreement.
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2026-07-13NZ First MP Mark Patterson is visiting India this week for a global textile expo, despite the party's opposition to the Free Trade Agreement.
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2026-07-06Te Aupōuri fisheries general manager said New Zealand's greenshell mussel industry relied almost entirely on spat - or baby mussels.
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2026-07-02Labour has announced it would repeal the legislation if it wins government.
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2026-07-01The legislation reverses many of the changes brought in by the 2015 Health and Safety at Work Act, which was passed in response to the Pike River tragedy.
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2026-05-18Several environmental groups have called for the bill to be stopped but fishing companies say it helps modernise a system that has worked well for decades.
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2026-07-06Michael Laws. PHOTO: ODT FILES For some the prospect is tempting, for others it will be terrifying, but it is quite possible that New Zealand First could have two, or more, MPs in the South after the November 7 election.
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2026-07-03Mark Patterson. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Copperfields, the cafe inside the Beehive, offers a tasty range of treats for those who work within the parliamentary complex.
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2026-07-02Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith. Photo: RNZ Russell Palmer of RNZ Legislation preventing lawsuits against companies for climate-changing emissions under tort law has passed its first reading in Parliament.
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2026-07-02The force behind the new SpaceOps NZ headquarters project. Photo: Tayler Mutton The new Space Operations New Zealand (SpaceOps NZ) headquarters proved Southland could do more than "grow grass", Invercargill Mayor Tom Campbell told a…
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2026-07-01Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden (left) and Labour MP Jan Tinetti. Photo: RNZ Giles Dexter of RNZ A major overhaul of health and safety legislation has passed its third reading, with Labour promising to repeal it…
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2026-07-01Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden (left) and Labour MP Jan Tinetti. Photo: RNZ Giles Dexter of RNZ A major overhaul of health and safety legislation has passed its third reading, with Labour promising to repeal it…
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2026-05-13Announcing flood protection works last Friday are Minister for Rural Communities Mark Patterson, Linton Contracting director Peter Morgan, Gore District Mayor Ben Bell and Environment Southland chairman Jeremy McPhail. Photo: Gerrit…
Stuff 10
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2026-10-15Follow the election campaign live.
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2026-10-07New Zealand First has released its party list for the election, and plenty of incumbent MPs have been shunted down in favour of hopeful newcomers.
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2026-10-06Follow the election campaign live.
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2026-09-07Stewart Island’s small airline is getting a slice of the Government’s $30m Regional Infrastructure Fund.
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2026-08-16A rural mum says she felt frustration and disbelief at how her son’s bus route was “cut so easily”.
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2026-07-19New Zealand First Deputy Leader Shane Jones called on other political parties to “take off your knee-pads” when dealing with India.
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2026-07-13Just two days after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi left our shores, one of New Zealand’s own government ministers has headed over to promote our products.
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2026-07-05Mayor tells Seymour that it was only when directors were made personally liable that any material differences were made
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2026-06-30New Zealand First has secured a small win amid a war with ACT over the Government’s overhaul of health and safety legislation, but David Seymour has laid the ground rules for any future coalition.
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2026-06-11The annual Fieldays pilgrimage is one of the great traditions of New Zealand politics.
NZ Herald 5
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2026-10-15Olivia Caldwell. Photo / Carla Mitchell
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2026-09-25Ōtorohanga and Waitomo district mayors are still keen for their councils to merge, eventually. Photo / Mike Scott
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2026-08-24Dr Jacqueline Rowarth spoke to The Country's Rowena Duncum today.
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2026-08-12Waitomo Deputy Mayor Eady Manawaiti (from left), Waitomo Mayor John Robertson, Rural Communities Minister Mark Patterson, Ōtorohanga Mayor Rodney Dow and Waitomo councillor Dan Tasker at Parliament. Photo / Mark Patterson
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2026-07-13New Zealand First minister Mark Patterson is travelling to India this week. Photo / Mark Mitchell
The Spinoff 5
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2026-08-09The Spinoff reveals the parliamentarians with the most clout among their peers (according to scientific data, which should not be questioned). Every three years, New Zealand holds a nationwide popularity contest. The prize? Control over…
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2026-07-24The week in parliament was marked by intra-coalition potshots, patsies and a former politician hoist with his own petard. Tuesday’s question time was preempted by a series of lows and a brief high. The lows: the passing of former finance…
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2026-06-02Evacuees from at least five former homes have found safe haven in Winston Peters’ big gazebo. Not since the formation of United Future in 1995 has one party provided such a refuge for the exiles of existing parties. New Zealand First’s…
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2026-05-26From new rentals to redevelopments, some coalition MPs have been upping their ownership of residential properties. MPs from National, New Zealand First and Act have purchased or built at least 25 new rentals, investment properties or…
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2026-05-26Labour’s justice spokesperson was once interviewed by a teddy bear posing as one of our best-known broadcasters. Having passed three member’s bills over three years, you could say Labour MP Camilla Belich has luck on her side. But that…
1News 5
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2026-10-06Several of NZ First's newcomer candidates have taken spots on the party's list ahead of currently sitting MPs.
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2026-09-05Candidates from National, Labour, NZ First, ACT, the Green Party and the Opportunity Party faced off in front of a live audience in Morrinsville for a special Q+A rural issues debate.
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2026-08-10Gale-force winds knocked down power-lines near the Whataroa River gorge, as firefighters were getting blown over by the strength of the wind.
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2026-07-19The New Zealand First deputy leader made the comments over the weekend in relation to other political parties dealings with India.
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2026-07-13ACT has criticised Mark Patterson for calling India "a key market for Kiwi wool growers" even as his party opposes an agreement to enable more free trade.
Newsroom 1
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2026-07-20Major water storage projects have been stopped by consenting and legal hurdles, and one developer warns that even the Fast-track is too slow for irrigation projects
12.5 Heard on radio
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Well, we still need a lot of improvement uh from here. I mean, it's been a welcome boost, and you know, we look like we set a base at a …
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Yeah, well, I think Jones has got his God as he always does. In fact, he's at the Core Town and Country Club at two o'clock this afternoon for those …
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The Country (Newstalk ZB) The Country 15/10/26: Mark Patterson talks to Jamie Mackay 2026-10-15 · 21s
Well, I understand it's a bit of a runoff block. Um, but you know, the I think the the greater issue is that you know it's it's uh quite permeable …
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The Country (Newstalk ZB) The Country 15/10/26: Mark Patterson talks to Jamie Mackay 2026-10-15 · 23s
Yeah, well, I think Jones has done as good as he's got as he always does. In fact, he's at the Core Town and Country Club at two o'clock this …
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Uh yeah, uh look, it's great to see the tumber uh uh and wool, and of course, uh India's your second largest trading uh partner with wool, so yeah, up …
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Look, we had the real advisory groups in Wellington last week, and that was a big part of it, just trying to prepare them for uh um you know, getting …
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The Country (Newstalk ZB) The Country 24/08/26: Grant McCallum and Mark Patterson talk to Rowena Duncum 2026-08-24 · 17s
So yeah, up there uh meeting uh big boroughs, uh textile uh convention. Uh they're looking at tripling the size of the textile industry with a uh focus on natural …
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The Country (Newstalk ZB) The Country 24/08/26: Grant McCallum and Mark Patterson talk to Rowena Duncum 2026-08-24 · 18s
We had um companies that have been dealing with two or three generations who had never actually seen a sheep shorn or been to New Zealand, despite having been the …
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