Show Notes
Erin Speeds talks to:
- The Edgecumbe farmer going viral after their conversation with the PM, Robyn Askey.
- Chair of Honey & Bees New Zealand, Murray Bush.
- President of NZ Merino Shearing Alexandra, Janet Smith.
- President of the NZ Lawn Mower Racing Association, Barry Dawe.
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