Best Simon Hopkins Podcasts (2024)

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MMM masterclass: Bupa’s open book on business data feeding Atomic 212° a benchmark for agency-client transparency and trust 40:00

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Marketing mix modelling (MMM) only works if brands grant their agencies access to critical business data – and many don’t in a perplexing and decades-long challenge. But equally, agencies can be guilty of slowing media pricing and audience data into their client MMM models, rounding out the two-way data conundrum. It’s ironic given all the talk of …

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The Country Full Show: Thursday, August 22, 2024 38:12

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Jamie Mackay talks to Shane Jones, Dr Jenny Webster-Brown, Mark Warren, and Jason Te Brake. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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The Country 22/08/24: Shane Jones talks to Jamie Mackay 6:02

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He refers to himself as the "Prince of the Provinces" but is he still the Prince of the Pine Trees? Does he still want to plant a billion trees? And what’s he going to do about the energy crisis and are the banks ripping us off? We let Matua Shane off the chain! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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The Country 22/08/24: Dr Jenny Webster-Brown talks to Jamie Mackay 5:54

1h ago5:54

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The co-author of a just-released white paper - Why Pines? - warns there will be a significant transition of sheep and beef farmers into pine forestry unless the current government policies and economic signals are reconsidered. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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The Country 22/08/24: Mark Warren talks to Jamie Mackay 9:24

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We head to the coalface to talk to a Hawke's Bay sheep and beef farmer and farm forester who asks “Is production/carbon forestry the new diamond mining?” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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The Country 22/08/24: Jason Te Brake talks to Jamie Mackay 5:01

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We yarn to the new chief executive of Zespri about record returns for the industry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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The Country Full Show: Wednesday, August 21, 2024 38:04

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Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Todd Charteris, Richard Allen, and Hunter McGregor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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The Country 21/08/24: Christopher Luxon talks to Jamie Mackay 9:20

12m ago9:20

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The PM ponders Darleen, the banking (and rural banking) enquiry, the latest One News poll, David Seymour's divisive Treaty Principles Bill, and whether he gets paid enough to get yelled at by disgraced former politician, Tuku Morgan, in the pouring rain? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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The Country 21/08/24: Todd Charteris talks to Jamie Mackay 6:18

13m ago6:18

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We ask the chief executive of Rabobank whether he can sleep at night, and whether the banks are ripping farmers off, after Finance Minister Nicola Willis described competition amongst the banks as a "cosy pillow fight". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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The Country 21/08/24: Richard Allen talks to Jamie Mackay 5:46

15m ago5:46

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Fonterra's Chicago-based President Global Markets Ingredients reviews a jaw-dropping good GDT auction overnight (+ 5.5%, with WMP up a whopping 7.2%). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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The Country 21/08/24: Hunter McGregor talks to Jamie Mackay 3:54

16m ago3:54

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We find Shanghai-based correspondent back in China where he's battling the heat after a month's holiday back home in New Zealand. He has little by way of good news around the economy but is enjoying Kiwi apples and the prospect of snow skiing in a 20-storey, $1 billion building. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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The Country Full Show: Tuesday, August 20, 2024 37:33

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Jamie Mackay talks to Damien O'Connor, Harry Gaddum, Jim Hopkins, and Kate Acland. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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The Country 20/08/24: Damien O'Connor talks to Jamie Mackay 11:15

31m ago11:15

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Labour's Trade spokesperson is back for his "bi-monthly public flogging" on The Country. So what does he make of the 20 Government actions that have freed up the rural economy? And why have we only got 23 million sheep, where we used to have in excess of 70 million? What about the ETS (Emperor's New Clothes) settings update announced by the Governm…

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The Country 20/08/24: Harry Gaddum talks to Jamie Mackay 4:54

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We head to Hawkes Bay where this month's Farmstrong farmer tells us his story and surviving and recovering from Cyclone Gabrielle. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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The Country 20/08/24: Jim Hopkins talks to Jamie Mackay 6:08

33m ago6:08

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Is a well known rural commentator who has his say on the rural banking enquiry, the contentious issue of areas of significance to Māori, plus he weighs in on the American election. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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The Country 20/08/24: Kate Acland talks to Jamie Mackay 3:46

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Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has released its annual Stock Number Survey, showing a notable decline in both sheep and cattle numbers as of 30 June 2024. Sheep numbers are estimated to have decreased by 4.3 percent, down to 23.31 million, with breeding ewe numbers falling by 2.9 percent and the lamb crop is anticipated to decrease by 4.8 percent …

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Graham Hopkins - Therapy? Tom Jones, The Frames, The Swell Season, Glen Hansard, Snow Patrol, Dolores O'Riordan and Rosanne Cash. 52:13

5h ago52:13

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Joining me today is the super talented Graham Hopkins. Graham has played for some remarkable bands and artistes throughout his amazing career so far including 6 years with Northern Irish alternative rockers Therapy? Tom Jones, The Frames, The Swell Season, Glen Hansard, Snow Patrol, Dolores O'Riordan and Rosanne Cash. Join us as we have a good old …

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Sir Martin Sorrell: UM’s ex-privacy boss Arielle Garcia ‘is right’ (partly) on $700bn online data ‘garbage'; Personalisation Netflix-style the future; AI, big tech will crunch intermediaries in three years ... 40:39

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Part Two: After last week's instalment with S4 Capital's founder and former WPP boss, Sir Martin Sorrell – in which he explained why the market cap of his next generation marketing services firm had plummeted from £5 billion to £300 million in the past three years – he's back for part two. We cover the consolidation of the $700 billion global digit…

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The Country Full Show: Monday, August 19, 2024 38:04

8m ago38:04

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Jamie Mackay talks to Phil Duncan, Anne-Marie Roerink, Tom O'Sullivan, Nigel Woodhead and Blair Drysdale. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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The Country 19/08/24: Phil Duncan talks to Jamie Mackay 4:48

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Monday’s resident weather expert updates the polar vortex blast making its way up the country. Freezing air from Antarctica is spreading into some southern and eastern parts of the South Island and brushing the lower North Island today before being quickly pushed eastwards out over the Pacific Ocean from an incoming high-pressure zone out of Austra…

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The Country 19/08/24: Anne-Marie Roerink talks to Jamie Mackay - Part One 6:18

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Part One: In the first of our series on Global Market Insights with Silver Fern Farms, we travel to sunny Florida to talk to a woman who extols the virtues of “The Power of Meat” as an analyst and commentator of 20 years standing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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The Country 19/08/24: Anne-Marie Roerink talks to Jamie Mackay - Part Two 5:28

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Part Two: We ask why chicken is perceived as a more ethical option than beef, and what is the future for meat when all the carnivorous Boomers shuffle off this mortal coil? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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The Country 19/08/24: Tom O'Sullivan talks to Jamie Mackay 6:23

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Does strong wool have a future? Hawke’s Bay farmer and the former chairman of the Campaign for Wool NZ Trust certainly thinks so and reckons the answer is not just carpeting floors, it’s looking at covering the four walls and the ceilings as well. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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The Country 19/08/24: Nigel Woodhead and Blair Drysdale talk to Jamie Mackay 5:10

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Our Southern “polar-blasted” farmer panel features the 2017 Young Farmer of the Year and an award-winning arable farmer. Today we yarn about the World Ploughing Champs in Estonia and the Federated Farmers Arable Awards in Christchurch. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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Simon Elmer 2:17:17

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The data the British government doesn’t want you to see. Simon Elmer brings the full story on why and how immigration is destabilizing the UK and how far Keir Starmer will go to stop that discussion. Purchase his writing here https://www.ukcolumn.org/writer/simon-elmer Also, Trish reports from Ottawa on the Lich/Barber trial and she has a few words…

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Rabobank Best of The Country: August, 17, 2024 39:29

1d ago39:29

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Jamie Mackay talks to Nadia Lim and Carlos Bagrie, Jane Smith, Christopher Luxon, and Ben Picton. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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PREVIEW 194. Gold Fever in the Coup Belt and the American Dreamscape w/ James Pogue 42:31

3d ago42:31

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This is a preview, for full 3 hour episode: patreon.com/contain Writer/journalist James Pogue comes on to discuss his recent stint in central Africa as it undergoes one of the biggest gold rushes in human history plus: contracting Malaria in a CAR prison and your hotel getting shot up, diamond heists, geiger counters, JD Vance and the Anti-American…

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PREVIEW 193. The Oil Episode (Fossil Fuels, Abiotic) w/ Jed (Spouter) 15:33

1h ago15:33

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This is a preview, full episode: patreon.com/contain Episode all about oil, maybe the most important and controversial substance in the world and how it came to dominate our history and take over our planet Abiotic oil theory, climate change, is oil fake, the origin of the term fossil fuels, did Dinosaurs even exist, artificial scarcity, Reza Negar…

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The Country Full Show: Friday, August 16, 2024 36:17

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Jamie Mackay talks to Chris Brandolino, Stu Duncan and Stu Loe, Chris Russell, Rowena Duncum, and Barry Soper. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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The Country 16/08/24: Chris Brandolino talks to Jamie Mackay 4:20

37m ago4:20

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Our NIWA Weather Guy has a new $20 million Super Computer and some much-needed rain for North Canterbury! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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The Country 16/08/24: Stu Duncan and Stu Loe talk to Jamie Mackay 7:32

38m ago7:32

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Today's farmer panel talks farming, footy, interest rates and the Big Dry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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The Country 16/08/24: Chris Russell talks to Jamie Mackay 5:56

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Australian correspondent on breakdancing, and how sheep, dairy and grain farmers are faring across the Tasman. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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The Country 16/08/24: Rowena Duncum talks to Jamie Mackay 3:34

5d ago3:34

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Heartland Rugby is kicking off this weekend. And Wanganui's No.1 fan kicks it off on The Country. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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The Country 16/08/24: Barry Soper talks to Jamie Mackay 2:21

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Our political commentator ponders gene editing, the PM in Oz and who he reckons will win the Whitehouse. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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Last click flaws ‘wasting 35 cents on marketing dollar’, search, display massively overvalued – while social and video an enormous opportunity: Analytic Partners and Meta on how to fix it. 42:16

1h ago42:16

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Most attribution analysis by digital marketing and analytics teams is too narrow to base marketing investment decisions on – and it’s leading to a chronic over-investment in paid search and under-investment in digital video according to Analytic Partners. The firm conducted a major study to unravel the gaps between digital attribution reporting for…

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The Country Full Show: Thursday, August 15, 2024 38:09

25m ago38:09

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Jamie Mackay talks to Ben Picton, Richard McIntyre, Peter Newbold, Jo Luxton, and Cameron Henderson. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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The Country 15/08/24: Ben Picton talks to Jamie Mackay 6:15

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Rabobank’s senior economist expresses some surprise with yesterday’s OCR announcement where the Reserve Bank cut the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 5.25%. It is the first cut since March 2020. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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The Country 15/08/24: Richard McIntyre talks to Jamie Mackay 5:29

29m ago5:29

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Federated Farmers Banking Spokesperson says the broad scope of the banking inquiry announced this week will hit the mark for farmers and rural communities and that farmers have been asking serious questions about the levels of competition, profitability and transparency in rural lending for a long time now - and it looks like they’re about to get a…

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The Country 15/08/24: Peter Newbold talks to Jamie Mackay 6:03

31m ago6:03

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PGG Wrightson's Real Estate GM takes his monthly look at the state of the rural market and pays tribute to a long-time servant of the company. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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The Country 15/08/24: Jo Luxton talks to Jamie Mackay 4:55

33m ago4:55

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We last chatted to Labour's Ag Spokesperson on July 15. But haven't heard boo from her since! Does Labour actually have any agriculture policies? Or are they asleep at the wheel? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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The Country 15/08/24: Cameron Henderson talks to Jamie Mackay 5:37

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Is a Dairy NZ director and North Canterbury dairy farmer. Today we yarn about the ongoing dry in his region, the improving prospects facing the industry and why urgent RMA changes are being welcomed to avoid an avalanche of red tape around regulation around discharges. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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The Country Full Show: Wednesday, August 14, 2024 37:53

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Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Wayne Langford, Nadia Lim, Carlos Bagrie, and Dr Jacqueline Rowarth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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The Country 14/08/24: Christopher Luxon talks to Jamie Mackay 7:13

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The PM ponders the OCR announcement this afternoon from the Reserve Bank and we ask if it's realistic, or too ambitious, for the Government to double export earnings in the next decade. He then answers a farmer's question on our "pathetic communication network" when it comes to rural mobile reception and broadband coverage. And finally, are there a…

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The Country 14/08/24: Wayne Langford talks to Jamie Mackay 5:18

8m ago5:18

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The President of Federated Farmers says yesterday’s gene tech announcement, overturning a 30-year ban, was a positive step forward for NZ, and the Feds have been encouraging a national conversation about technologies such as gene editing for a long time now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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The Country 14/08/24: Nadia Lim and Carlos Bagrie talk to Jamie Mackay 9:24

8d ago9:24

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We catch up with a couple of well-known Central Otago farmers who moonlight as a celebrity chef and a Nuffield Scholar, respectively. We look back on the good, the bad, and the downright ugly of Season 2 of Nadia's Farm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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The Country 14/08/24: Dr Jacqueline Rowarth talks to Jamie Mackay 4:23

14m ago4:23

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One of NZ's leading primary sector academics, and director of DairyNZ standing for re-election, takes media giant Reuters to task over the headline, "New Zealand scraps clean, green policies to boost economy". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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The Country Full Show: Tuesday, August 13, 2024 38:20

8h ago38:20

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Jamie Mackay talks to Jamie Strang, Sir David Carter, Todd McClay, Jane Smith, and Cameron Bagrie. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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The Country 13/08/24: Jamie Strang talks to Jamie Mackay 3:54

9h ago3:54

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The 76 year old Wairarapa farmer who rowed across Cook Strait to raise money for Farmstrong, joined us in the studio. He's also a long-time judge of the BFEAs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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The Country 13/08/24: Sir David Carter talks to Jamie Mackay 5:56

9d ago5:56

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The former Minister of Agriculture and former Speaker has a new job - Chair of the Canterbury A&P Association - and he's tasked with getting the country's largest show back and running after the November event was initially cancelled by the now-former board. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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The Country 13/08/24: Todd McClay talks to Jamie Mackay 5:22

9h ago5:22

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We catch up with the Minister of Agriculture and Trade, live in Delhi, as we attempt to strengthen our trade ties with India - the world's most populous nation. We also discuss the end of the 30-year ban on gene technology outside the lab. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By NZME

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