More colourful language from Shane Jones in his bid to get rid of Fonterra chairman John Wilson and have the co-operative restructured.

The Regional Development has asked Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor to look at the co-operative.

He's also said Fonterra Chairman John Wilson should "catch the next cab out of town".

Jones told Mike Hosking his focus is not the farmers, but on the culture co-operative and that of Wilson in particular.

"They've developed an aura that they are part of a global machine and the politicians of New Zealand are little pimples on the rear end of that machine."

He says the time for Wilson to go has long passed.

LISTEN ABOVE AS SHANE JONES SPEAKS WITH MIKE HOSKING