Groundswell Radio
Hosted by broadcast legend Peter Williams.Real yarns with real down to earth kiwis about urban and rural issues. Bringing town and country together.On Air: 7am Saturdays & Sundays on Radio Central
Episodes
41 episodes
Bryce interviews Peter Williams
As Peter Williams retires from radio and broadcasting, Bryce from Groundswell has the honour of interviewing him for this one last interview! Peter is an icon in NZ media, we thank him for his hours volunteering for Groundswell, and wish ...
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55:13
The tale of two Waynes - AgriZero and Federated Farmers
This week on Groundswell Radio:It’s a tale of two Waynes. Wayne McNee, the CEO of AgriZero responds to recent withering criticism of the organisation from North Otago farmer Jane Smith and tells us why we have to red...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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31:39
Demanding the rewrite of the NPS on freshwater + reviving the NZ wool industry
This week on Groundswell Radio:Peter Williams chats with Groundswell’s environmental spokesman Jamie McFadden about what farmers need to be aware of under the new government and especially the need to push the case to r...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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42:12
New govt, methane tax, and trusts
This week on Groundswell Radio:Peter Williams chats with Waikato dairy farm manager Steve Cranston on whether or not farmers, after the change of government, will be more optimistic about the prospects of a methane tax not bei...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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40:08
Rural mental health and the teacher/farmer/lawyer who wrote the book on climate change
This week on Groundswell Radio:Peter Williams chats with rural mental health advocate Doug Avery and then teacher, farmer, lawyer and author of a book on climate change Ian Bradford.Real yarns wi...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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37:25
Jane Smith on AgriZero plus an update from Bryce
This week on Groundswell Radio:Peter Williams chats with Groundswell co-founder Bryce McKenzie and then North Otago farmer Jane Smith on AgriZero.Real yarns with real down to earth kiwis about urban and ru...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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46:42
Nuffield Scholar Kerry Worsnop on how NZ Farming is perceived globally
This week on Groundswell Radio:Peter Williams chats with Nuffield Scholar Kerry Worsnop on how farming in New Zealand compares to other countries and how we are perceived overseas.This episode consists of one longer form i...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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40:20
ELECTION SERIES: Winston Peters, Leighton Baker, and Logan Evans
This week on Groundswell Radio:This week, we have the last instalment of our Election Series.Join our host, Peter Williams, as he sits down with representatives from different political parties to delve deep...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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31:29
ELECTION SERIES: National Party, New Zeal, and NZ Loyal
This week on Groundswell Radio:This week, we have the second instalment of our Election Series, airing every Saturday leading up to October seventh.Join our host, Peter Williams, as he sits down with represe...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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38:26
ELECTION SERIES: Democracy NZ, New Conservatives, and Outdoor and Freedoms Party
This week on Groundswell Radio:This week, we kick off the first instalment of our Election Series, airing every Saturday leading up to October seventh.Join our host, Peter Williams, as he sits down with repr...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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32:37
ELECTION SERIES: Act Party, Freedoms NZ, and Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party
This week on Groundswell Radio:This week, we kick off the first instalment of our Election Series, airing every Saturday leading up to October seventh.Join our host, Peter Williams, as he sits down with repr...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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34:15
DairyNZ board elections, rising cost & declining profits, Logan Evans from NZ Loyal
This week on Groundswell Radio:In this week's episode, we hear from Manawatu farmer Bryan Pedersen about his aspirations to join the board of Dairy NZ, along with his vision for reshaping the board's direction.Next, Fi...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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43:07
Dairy farm emissions, generational farming, insights from another political party
This week on Groundswell Radio:In this week's episode, Peter Williams discusses emissions with Waikato dairy farm manager Steve Cranston. They delve into the impact of recent emissions announcements on farmers.Next, So...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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45:41
Our 'Drive 4 Change', the future of farming, and that irrelevant gas
This week on Groundswell Radio:This week, co-founder of Groundswell Bryce McKenzie returns to discuss upcoming protest action planned for late September. On this “Drive 4 Change”, Bryce and Laurie are getting on their tractors...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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41:09
Methane, the wool industry, and new party New Zeal
This week on Groundswell Radio:Peter Williams chats with Wairarapa ram breeder Derek Daniel on why he wants more action on methane. Next up is Rick Cameron from Agwool and he explains how his organisation is worki...
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Dairy farming, wool brokering, and former NZ Cricket Captain John Wright
This week on Groundswell Radio:Peter Williams chats with Southland dairy farmer Russell Falconer on the pressure on the industry as the new season kicks off. Next, we focus on the wool industry with a chat with Hawke's Bay woo...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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41:31
NZ's radical Govt, a song about Groundswell, and the Waitaki electorate
This week on Groundswell Radio:Peter Williams chats with Dr Jim Gibbs from Lincoln University about why the agricultural policy of the current Government is the most radical and destructive in a generation. Next, we showcase t...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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46:03
Boycott Countdown, ex-Feds Owen Jennings, and the Outdoors and Freedoms Party
This week on Groundswell Radio:Groundswell co-founder Bryce McKenzie fills us in on why farmers aren't happy with Countdown. Then Peter chats with former Federated Farmers president Owen Jennings about why farmers shoul...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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43:26
Freshwater Farm Plans, business projects in Northern Southland, and Vision NZ Party
This week on Groundswell Radio:Groundswell environment spokesman Jamie McFadden talks Freshwater Farm Plans and how demanding they’ll be to comply with. Then Peter chats with rural businesswoman and entrepreneur Laura Koot ...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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44:02
Chaos in farming, soil science, and Winter Grazing
This week on Groundswell Radio:Kerry Paul delves into the current state of farming and the chaos within the industry. Soil scientist Peter Bruce-Iri shares some interesting information on the calculation of agriculture emissio...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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42:58
Farming safely, more on methane, and health and wellbeing
This week on Groundswell Radio, Lindy Nelson from the Farm Without Harm campaign asks everybody in the rural sector to be far more aware about health and safety. Then independent researcher Deborah Alexander o...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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41:53
Interview with Dr Tom Sheahan - Part Two
This is simply the interview with Dr Tom Sheahan from the 24th June episode separated out into two parts for easy listening.
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14:18
Interview with Dr Tom Sheahan - Part One
This is simply the interview with Dr Tom Sheahan from the 24th June episode separated out into two parts for easy listening.
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15:00
An all women week on: irrigation, rural mental health, and Girls Who Grow
In this week's episode, Peter Williams chats with Vanessa Winning of Irrigation NZ, followed by Kathryn Wright on rural mental health . Then Peter is joined by Catherine van der Meulen from Girls Who Grow.Real y...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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43:16