REX Podcast • 25 July 2025

REX July 25th - Ag Minister Todd McClay, Kate Spencer from Farm & Leisure Tours and Brent Walton form the Waimakariri Irrigation Scheme

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On today's REX Daily Podcast, Dom talks with Agriculture and Trade Minister Todd McClay about the NZ-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) legislation being passed into law, reaching a deal with Canada following the long-running dairy trade dispute and his thoughts around opposition to NZ remaining a signatory of the Paris Accord Agreement... He talks with Kate Spencer from Farm & Leisure Tours about starting the business with her mum Jane, some of the places they take NZ and Australian farmers to experience agriculture around the globe and return visits to NZ... And he talks with Waimakariri Irrigation Scheme CEO Brent Walton about a government loan from the Regional Infrastructure Fund, what it means for the scheme and the progress being made.

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