New Zealand's great white hope

New Zealand's great white hope
Former Prime Minister John Key's government benefited from rising commodity prices. (Image: BusinessDesk)
Dileepa Fonseka
In 2011, Former Prime Minister John Key spoke about New Zealand’s great white hope.“You are it,” he told an audience at the NZ Dairy Business Conference. “You are the great white hope: milk."PM Christopher Luxon seems to be selling a similar dream. “I reckon you’re going to see a massive Fieldays this year,” he proclaimed to Newstalk ZB's Mike Hosking a fortnight ago.Luxon went on to describe the scenes he thinks we will see this week when Fieldays opens on Wednesday.The general gist...

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