Listen to The Country online: Winston Peters on India FTA, coal fertiliser and coalition lines
NZ First leader Winston Peters spoke to The Country's Jamie Mackay today. Photo / Sylvie Whinray
Today on The Country radio show, host Jamie Mackay catches up with New Zealand First leader Winston Peters, who reiterates his opposition to the India free trade agreement after Labour leader Chris Hipkins confirmed support for the deal.
On with the show:
Winston Peters:
Labour supports the Indian FTA, but a fired-up NZ First leader says it’s an “utter unmitigated disaster of an agreement for New Zealand’s future”. Has it cost him farmer votes?
Will he confirm he will not go into coalition with Labour?
This is after his Facebook post calling them “woke self-confessed communists who would turn our country into a basket case” and stating “no, we won’t do a deal with Labour or their Marxist and separatist mates”.
Allan Blood:
The executive director of Victorian Hydrogen and Ammonia Industries is proposing to build a $3 billion fertiliser plant in Southland.
The company says it could deliver 1.5 million tonnes of urea fertiliser a year, which would make New Zealand’s agricultural sector fully self-sufficient.
Dominic Jones:
We track down the managing director of Origin Capital Partners in Shanghai to discuss a massive kiwifruit crop, great returns for the industry, and how to invest in it.
Chris Russell:
Our Australian correspondent talks about fuel shortages, the good old days of being a debt-free country, and Anzac Day.
Listen below: