Full Show | 19 July

Bryan talks with Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey about how the government plans to tackle the mental health crisis in rural communities.

Doocey says local organisations are best placed to meet the needs of their communities and he outlines a new decentralised approach.

Bernadette Hunt from Federated Farmers in Southland also joins the studio, to discuss concerns about how sites and areas of significance to Māori are being categorised. She says farmers have no clue about how to identify specific sites on their land. 

Senior reporter Neal Wallace unpacks the challenges exporters face as some of our biggest trade partners embrace a more protectionist approach to trade. And, recent sales may be signalling a lift in farmgate returns for sheep and beef farmers.