Jamie Mackay: The Country host on Chris Luxon saying the agriculture sector is pulling New Zealand out of a recession

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says it is the agriculture sector that's pulling New Zealand out of a recession.

Luxon spoke about the success agriculture was seeing on a trip to Taranaki on Thursday where he met with local businesses and trades.

He said agriculture was the 'backbone of New Zealand' and praised how much it generated for the nation. 

The Country's Jamie Mackay explains further.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Jamie mckaye, host of the Country Jamie.

Speaker 2 (00:01):
Hello, Hello, Hea, They're great to chat to you again
after all these months.

Speaker 1 (00:06):
It's lovely. Hey, did you realize that we named the
baby after you? Like I told you we were going to?

Speaker 2 (00:11):
Yeah, well I didn't believe it, but I mean, let's
let's be a wee bit more honest. It's after the
Mackay Klan. Of course, Barrie's mother was a Mackay.

Speaker 1 (00:19):
But you know, don't pass.

Speaker 2 (00:20):
Yes, well, we all belonged to We all belong to
the clan cousin Heather as we all do.

Speaker 1 (00:25):
Now, Hey, listen, so Christopher Luxan reckins, it's our farmers
pulling us out of a recession.

Speaker 2 (00:29):
Yeah, well it is. But just before that, having I've
kind of been out of action a week this week, unfortunately,
and I've just sort of trying to catch up on
the news today and I thought i'll listen in to Heather. Well,
I'm driving around in the latter part of the afternoon
and I'm thinking, is this Heather Duples Clan Drive or
is this BYD Drive? You talk, Sames?

Speaker 1 (00:51):
Do you have a ut? Do you have a ute?

Speaker 2 (00:54):
Yeah? I'm shameless as well. I've got a Toyota High
Lux hybrid and you've got a hybrid BYD so they
are good. Well, the best thing about him is all
the stuff you can chuck in the back truck, you know,
golf clubs and all that sort of stuff. In my case, no,
my kids are too big to put in the back,
although I would probably would still like to put him there. No. Look,

(01:14):
things like tree planting, spades, heather and native trees. You
know how keen I am on planting those, so yet
go the utes love it?

Speaker 1 (01:22):
Okay, So the ute drivers being the farmers, what are
they doing to help us out? The luxe and feels
like he's got to give them this praise.

Speaker 2 (01:29):
Well, I see he was at a luncheon, a luxe
and luncheon today hosted by the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce,
and I guess he's reiterating what most of us, certainly
in the primary sector know anyhow, that agriculture is pulling
a New Zealand out of a recession because we're in
danger of slipping back into one of trump as his ways.
And he was just saying, look after a really good

(01:51):
and I know you talked about this one yesterday, a
really good global dairy Trade auction. It was outstanding result.
Homet powder up two point eight percent to one point
six across the board. Look, everything else is going down
while and all that sort of going down. There's a
lot of uncertainty, but Derry just keeps on keeping on.
And you know, Luxon was quoting a few numbers. You know,

(02:11):
farming generates ten thousand dollars for every man, woman and
child in this country, and we are the best farmers
in the world. And he was just going on to
say that economic activity, particularly in places like Southland and
Canderdy where they've enjoyed a very favorable summer compared to
some of our North Island farming friends. You know, they're
rarely starting to cook with gas with economic momentum as

(02:34):
the farmers. And we'll see it at Mystery Creek in
a couple of months time. You know, the farmers have
got a lot of catch up spending to do. They
haven't made much money. The sheep farmers have lost money
over the past few years. So they're going to go
to Mystery Creek and there will be uts by d
Utes or Toyota high Lux's heather to be replaced and
the tractors as well, and that's going to be good.

(02:54):
It's a money go around, but it all starts. It
all starts at the milking shed and the sharing shed.

Speaker 1 (03:00):
You good thing, Jamie, Thank you so much, and thanks
for listening, and enjoy your high Luxus. Jamie McKay, host
of the Country.

Speaker 2 (03:05):
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