REX June 30th - Tasman farmer Brent Boyce, Anna Mitchell from Chorus and Dr Andrew Prest from Powered by Plants
On today's REX Daily Podcast, Dom talks with Tasman farmer Brent Boyce about the impact of recent floods, the damage caused to properties, infrastructure and farmland and the possibility of more heavy rain later in the week... He talks with Anna Mitchell, Executive General Manager for Frontier at Chorus NZ Ltd, about the NZ Infrastructure Commission endorsing the opportunity to extend fibre broadband to 95% of the country, the potential return on investment for the country and the need for a national rural connectivity strategy... And he talks with Dr Andrew Prest, director of Powered by Plants, about a world-first Kiwi-developed food technology that upcycles horticultural waste into high-value products, how it works and the benefits for NZ growers. Tune in daily for the latest and greatest REX rural content on your favourite streaming platform, visit rexonline.co.nz and follow us on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn for more.