The Country 23/07/25: Christopher Luxon talks to Jamie Mackay

Was Nicola Willis sent on a fool’s errand to Fonterra? The government can’t do anything about the price of butter and cheese (without subsidies), but what can it do to kneecap spendthrift local body councils? Is the Prime Minister concerned with what’s happening at Pāmu, after the sudden resignation of the long-standing and well-regarded manager of Molesworth Station, Jim Ward?
Should the state be a farmer? Or is that an outmoded concept? And what about “frickin” Chris Hipkins?