The Country - Dog edition Quick Read The Country Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay ran with a dog theme, after hearing Craig Nash wanted to release the hounds on the Wairakei golf course at a Norwood fundraiser for Farmstrong. On with the show: Jacinda Ardern: The PM responded vigorously to criticism about the pay freeze (that s not a pay freeze) for the public sector, MIQ facilities for the primary sector and the government s handling of the economy. Advertisement Paul Paynter: The GM of the Yummy Fruit Company took issue with the government s response to MIQ spaces for the horticulture industry and he revealed the eye-watering cost of bringing seasonal workers into New Zealand via managed isolation, describing the situation as a complete train wreck.
Lurking discreetly somewhere off the north-eastern coast of Scotland, a Royal Navy submarine waits to receive top-secret signals and relay them to the mainland. Ordinarily, operators in its cramped radio room might be listening out for vessels from Russia s mighty Baltic Fleet ploughing through the North Sea. But the intercepts they anticipate today couldn t be further removed from those they usually pick up while playing seaborne cat-and-mouse with foreign powers. Delivered in a South London twang punctuated with expletives and raucous laughter, they are the bugged private conversations between five young men, holidaying 30 miles away in the Highlands. And though their chatter might seem banal, it could be of enormous importance not to the UK defence department but to murder squad detectives at Scotland Yard.
Q&A: How DNA detective work is helping crack complex diseases 6 May, 2021 01:30 AM 6 minutes to read Recent breakthroughs in genetics have transformed our understanding of many complex diseases. Image / 123RF The human genetic code is mind-bogglingly complex - but it s a field of science Professor Justin O Sullivan feels at home in. The deputy director of the University of Auckland s Liggins Institute, and a fellow of the Office of the Prime Minister s Chief Science Advisor, will be giving his inaugural professorial lecture tomorrow afternoon about genetics, complex diseases and the microbiome. Science reporter Jamie Morton chatted with him ahead of his talk.
The Country - AgriFood Week edition 4 May, 2021 01:30 AM 2 minutes to read The Country Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay spoke to executive director on the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, Ruaraidh Petre, who is speaking at New Zealand AgriFood Week. On with the show: Steve Maharey: Is a former Labour Cabinet Minister and VC of Massey University who comments on New Zealand AgriFood Week and why the government should spend its $1 billion unspent Covid spend on investing in the agri-food sector. Advertisement Jane Smith: Is a North Otago farmer and former winner of the BFEAs who talks about hunting, dirty carbon credits, her new bestie Marion Hobbs. She also talked about farming with two droughts in one season.
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