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On today's REX Daily Podcast, Dom talks with Charles Russell, CEO of Mātai Pacific Iwi Collective, about winning the 2026 Ahuwhenua Trophy for excellence in Māori horticulture and the growth of the business from its establishment in 2018 to now owning more than 100 hectares of covered kiwifruit on three separate orchards in the Bay of Plenty. They also discuss the Collective becoming the largest Māori supplier of kiwifruit to Zespri and its unique connection to James Bond author Ian Fleming... And Jo Grigg talks with Hugh Cameron about growing wool on the 40,000 hectare Otematata Station, producing the Otago Merino Association Supreme Fleece and getting back into playing the bagpipes.
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Jo Grigg talks with Hugh Cameron about growing wool on the 40,000 hectare Otematata Station, producing the Otago Merino Association Supreme Fleece and getting back into playing the bagpipes.
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Dom talks with Charles Russell, CEO of Mātai Pacific Iwi Collective, about winning the 2026 Ahuwhenua Trophy for excellence in Māori horticulture and the growth of the business from its establishment in 2018 to now owning more than 100 hectares of covered kiwifruit on three separate orchards in the Bay of Plenty. They also discuss the Collective becoming the largest Māori supplier of kiwifruit to Zespri and its unique connection to James Bond author Ian Fleming.
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In case you missed it... Dom talks with Kylie Dorr, owner of Southern Reproductive, about winning the Supreme Winner title of the 2026 NZI Rural Women Business Awards at Parliament last night, the exponential growth and diversification of the Artificial Insemination business since she returned from the USA five years ago and her involvement in dirt biking, in which she's won a national series and represented New Zealand at World Championship level.
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In case you missed it... Dom talks with ACT MP and Northland dairy farmer Mark Cameron about his decision to leave politics due to health concerns, his time in Parliament over the last two terms and the current state of the primary sector.
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