Today on The Country radio show, host Jamie Mackay catches up with Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour. They discuss whether New Zealand should leave the Paris Agreement and recognise Palestine.

Plus, after the All Blacks’ loss over the weekend, should we ban the box kick?

On with the show:

David Seymour:

Jamie Mackay tells the Deputy Prime Minister and Act Party leader that we need to draft urgent legislation and rush it through the House.

No, not to get out of Paris or to recognise Palestine.

But rather, to ban the box kick.

According to Mackay, this is a national crisis!

David Clark:

We catch up with a Mid Canterbury arable and sheep and beef farmer who’s fighting a nightmarish, bureaucratic battle with ECan, his local regional council.

Todd Charteris:

Farmer confidence in the broader agricultural economy has inched higher and is now at its second-highest reading at any stage across the last decade, the latest Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey has found.

We learn more with Rabobank’s chief executive.

Dr Jacqueline Rowarth:

We talk to a primary sector academic who’s heading to an FAO UN Conference in Rome.

We also discuss Dr Mike Joy on nitrates and removing agriculture from the school curriculum.

Listen below: