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Rangitikei Mayor on saving Mangaohane Station
We spoke to Rangitikei Mayor Andy Watson about the impact on his community if the iconic Mangaohane Station were to be sold into trees.

REX Saturday 29th October
On this episode… We find out more about the syndicate looking to buy Mangaohane Station to save it from being planted in pines… We catch up with World Farmers’ Organisation Vice-President Katie Milne… And we hear from ABC Australia Indonesia Correspondent Anne Barker as foot and mouth continues to spread…

Conrad Wilkshire challenges Hamish to a shearing competition
GM of Rural at Property Brokers, Conrad Wilkshire joined REX to discuss the property market and ended up challenging Hamish to a competition he couldn't refuse.

Foot and Mouth Disease still spreading through Bali
ABC Australia has confirmed highly infectious foot and mouth disease is still spreading in Bali despite authorities claiming the island has been free for months. We spoke to Indonesia Correspondent Anne Barker who investigated the issue.

Sam Owen on keeping a unified ag sector
Uncertainty and division are rife within the agriculture sector right now so we spoke to mental health advocate Sam Owen on why the sector needs to stay unified and how we can look after each other.

View from the Top Paddock - Katie Milne: World Farmers’ Organisation Vice-President
Time now for this week’s View From the Top Paddock, and we’re joined by the Vice-President of the World Farmers’ Organisation Katie Milne…

Kieran McAnulty - Minister of Racing, and MP for the Wairarapa
After opening the incredible synthetic track at Awapuni for the RACE Group, Minister of Racing, and MP for the Wairarapa Kieran McAnulty joins Hamish and Rachel for a debrief of opening-night.

'A week of it' With Dominic George - Analysis of Agriculture Emissions Pricing
REX Today host Dom George dials into the Palmerston North Studio from Dunedin for some analysis of ag emissions pricing

Saving Mangaohane Station - Derek Daniell
A crowdfunding campaign is underway to syndicate together and buy the iconic Mangaohane Station which is up for sale by international tender. We caught up with one of those farmers Wairere Rams CEO Derek Daniell.

REX Today Friday 28th October
Dom caught up with Ag Minster Damian O'Connor for a chat about the Ag Emissions Pricing, and former Sports broadcaster and current REX host Hamish McKay joins Dom for a look ahead of the weekend of Sport.

McKay On Sport - Rugby Double-Header, Cricket, and more!
Former Sports broadcaster and current REX host Hamish McKay joins Dom for a look ahead of the weekend of Sport.

Damian O'Connor - Agriculture Minister
Dom caught up with Ag Minster Damian O'Connor for a chat about the Ag Emissions Pricing.

REX Today Thursday October 27th
On today's episode, Dom speaks with Andrew Johnston - he's the subject of the new Docu-film "When the Cows Come Home". and Kiwi Manuka Honey exporters have reported a surge in European demand as of late - to find out more, Derek Burchell-Burger from Naki NZ calls into Dom from Berlin to tell us why.

Derek Burchell-Burger: Naki NZ
Kiwi Manuka Honey exporters have reported a surge in European demand as of late - to find out more, Derek Burchell-Burger from Naki NZ calls into Dom from Berlin to tell us why.

Andrew Johnstone: Subject of When the Cows Come Home
He’s been many things - an apprentice diary farmer, fencer, rock star, songwriter, poet, painter, gardener, sales manager, radio broadcaster, magazine editor and journalist - and now he's the subject of the new Docu-film "When the Cows Come Home". He tells Dom how it all happened!

Richard Loe - Carters Tyres Brand Ambassador
From last Saturdays edition of REX - We caught up with the new Carter’s Tyres Brand Ambassador, a good friend of the show, from North Canterbury, Richard Loe!

REX Today Wednesday October 26th
Nicky Hyslop joins Dom for a look at the damning deep dive that Beef & Lamb NZ has delivered on the government's emissions pricing proposal, and from across this ditch comes Shane Bird! he joins us for our fortnightly wellness catchup.

Shane Bird - Former Farmer turned Lifecoach
From across this ditch comes Shane Bird! he joins us for our fortnightly wellness catchup.

Nicky Hyslop - Farmer Director, Beef & Lamb NZ
Nicky Hyslop joins Dom for a look at the damning deep dive that Beef & Lamb NZ has delivered on the government's emissions pricing proposal.

REX Today Tuesday 25th October
On today's show, we get a weather update from Phil Duncan at Weatherwatch, and Chloe Butcher-Herries has been crowned the 2022 Ahuwhenua Young Maori Award Winner for sheep and beef. and she joins Dom on the show to share her good news.

Chloe Butcher-Herries - 2022 Ahuwhenua Young Māori Award for Sheep & Beef
Chloe Butcher-Herries has been crowned the 2022 Ahuwhenua Young Maori Award Winner for sheep and beef. The 30-year-old is an Assistant Farm Manager at Newstead Farms in Puketapu, Napier, and joins Dom on the show to share her good news.

Phil Duncan - Weatherwatch NZ
Dom caught up with Phil Duncan from Weatherwatch for a much needed update.

REX Sunday 23rd October
On today’s episode; We catch up with NZ Merino CEO John Braknridge… We chat politics with NZ First leader Winston Peters, and we look at a new regenerative farming initiative with the CEO of Atkins Ranch, Pat Maher.

Reading the rural newspapers with Tony Leggett
We take a look at the week in rural newspapers with Tony Leggett, the man behind Country Wide and NZ Dairy Exporter.

Winston Peters NZ First Leader
We tied Winston Peters down to ask him all about pricing agricultural emissions, the big issues he wants to address and where we're going backwards as a country.

David Chin LIC Chief Executive
LIC has published a sustainability report which states the goal of being both sustainable and profitable is well within reach for NZ dairy farmers, so we spoke to Chief Executive David Chin.

John Brackenridge: NZ Merino CEO
The New Zealand Merino Company Limited has announced its financial results for the year to June, rounding off the year with record volumes of bales sold and earnings… To tell us more we’re joined now by CEO John Brakenridge…

Phil Dawson: OSPRI North Island Regional Partner
Hunters are being warned not to relocate feral animals and risk spreading tuberculosis… OSPRI has eradicated TB in possums from large parts of the country, but introducing and releasing TB-infected pigs to that area can undo all the hard work… OSPRI North Island Regional Partner Phil Dawson join us now to discuss this further...

REX Saturday 22nd October
On this episode… We catch up with Groundswell NZ Co-founder Bryce McKenzie following Thursday’s tractor protest… We talk with Supie founder Sarah Balle… And we this week’s View From the Top Paddock features the former Minister for Primary Industries, Nathan Guy…

Bryce McKenzie Groundswell co-founder
We caught up with Bryce McKenzie to debrief on Groundswell NZ’s tractor protests this week and get his reaction to the Minister of Agriculture comments calling them "embarrassing."

Nathan Guy - View From the Top Paddock
This week's View From the Top Paddock with Nathan Guy, the Chairperson of both the Meat Industry Association and ApiNZ.

Conrad Wilkshire: Property Brokers GM Rural
Ok, time now to take a look at the rural real estate market, and we do that with the GM of Rural at Property Brokers, Conrad Wilkshire.

A Week of it: Protests, protests, and protests
Time now to reflect on the last week in rural news with the REX team.

Sarah Balle - Supie Founder
We catch up with Supie founder Sarah Balle, who aims to create a better and fairer grocery alternative and discuss how the ag emissions pricing plan will increase inequality.

REX Today Friday 21st October
Groundswell NZ Co-Founders Bryce McKenzie & Laurie Paterson met Dom in Dunedin during Thursday's tractor protests for an on-the-ground interview as the protest happened, and REX host and former Sports broadcaster Hamish McKay joined Dom for their weekly sports wrap.

McKay on Sport
REX host and former Sports broadcaster Hamish McKay joined Dom for their weekly sports wrap.

Bryce McKenzie & Laurie Paterson: Groundswell NZ Co-Founders
Groundswell NZ Co-Founders Bryce McKenzie & Laurie Paterson met Dom in Dunedin during Thursday's tractor protests for an on-the-ground interview as the protest happened.

REX Today Thursday October 20th
Ahead of the larger convoys arriving from towns afar, REX Producer Erin Speedy is on the ground at the Christchurch Groundswell Protests, and People's Coffee Founder Matt Lamason joins us on REX Today to tell us more about his fairtrade apporach to making great coffee.

Matt Lamason: People's Coffee founder
Most of us love good coffee, and some of us need good coffee - but how often do you think about where your beans come from? People's Coffee in Wellington uses organic Fair Trade beans and was the first food and beverage business to be B-Corp certified in the country. Founder Matt Lamason joins us on REX Today to tell us more.

Erin Speedy: On the ground at the Christchurch Groundswell Protests
Ahead of the larger convoys arriving from towns afar, REX Producer Erin Speedy is on the ground at the Christchurch Groundswell Protests.

REX Today Wednesday 19th October
On today's show, have a market update from Stu Davidson from the NZX, Craig "Wiggy" Wiggins joins Dom for his weekly catch-up, and as REX is putting the spotlight on Rural Women this week, Dom chats to Courtney Altmeier, the ASB Taranaki Regional Manager.

Courtney Altmeier - ASB Taranaki Regional Manager
At REX we've got the spotlight on rural women this month and today, we're heading to Taranaki to catch up with ASB Rural Manager, Courtney Altmeier. Courtney grew up on a sheep and beef farm in NSW, studied Ag and accounting at uni, and went on to join the Ag graduate program at CBA in Australia. She met her Taranaki-born and bred partner while traveling and they moved back to Inglewood a couple of years ago.

Craig "Wiggy" Wiggins - Ag Communicator of the Year
Time for our weekly catchup with Wiggy - the 2022 Ag Communicator of the Year.

Market Update with Stu Davidson - NZX
Time now for our look at the markets with Stu Davison from the NZX.

REX Today Tuesday October 18th
On today's show, we continue our tour around some of the New World Wine Awards 2022 Top 50 with Bruce Taylor from ohu Awatere Valley, and with spring at our doorstep - so is the short but sweet Asparagus season. To get our ear on the ground, Dom caught up with Mike Arnold, an Asparagus Farmer from the bustling metropolis of Chertsey.

Mike Arnold - Asparagus Farmer
With spring at our doorstep - so is the short but sweet Asparagus season. To get our ear on the ground, Dom caught up with Mike Arnold, an Asparagus Farmer from the bustling metropolis of Chertsey.

Bruce Taylor - Tohu Awatere Valley Wines
The New World Wine Awards 2022 top 50 has been announced, and we go through some of the successful vineyards, we're joined by Bruce Taylor from Tohu Awatere Valley Wines.

REX Today Monday October 17th
On today's show, Todd Muller is back in the Ag space as the National Parties Agriculture spokesperson, replacing Barbara Kuriger, he speaks to Dom about his plans after returning to the role, and The New World Wine Awards 2022 top 50 has been announced, and we go through some of the successful vineyards, we're joined by Chris Drummond from Anchorage Family Wines.

Chris Drummond: Anchorage Family Wines
The New World Wine Awards 2022 top 50 has been announced, and we go through some of the successful vineyards, we're joined by Chris Drummond from Anchorage Family Wines.

Todd Muller: Retuning National Party Agriculture Spokesperson
Todd Muller is back in the Ag space as the National Party's Agriculture spokesperson replacing Barbara Kuriger, he speaks to Dom about his plans after returning to the role.