Federated Farmers dairy chair and banking spokesperson says more than one in five Kiwi farmers say their bank isn’t allowing them to structure their debt in the most interest-efficient way.  That’s a key finding put forward by Federated Farmers in its recent submission to Parliament’s banking inquiry.
2/ Shane Jones: The Prince of the Provinces, Matua Shane, is on the warpath on the West Coast against Greenpeace and dim-witted creatures who dare stand in his way, and in the way of progress! He also has his say on the "mood of the boardroom" survey, the Dunedin hospital and we find out the cowboy origins of his name. But does that make him a cowboy?