
Jamie Mackay, who was recently made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to broadcasting and the rural community, says he has "a special thing going" with Rewiring Aotearoa CEO Mike Casey and admires the way he's driving innovation in the rural sector. Direct from Fieldays, he speaks with Casey about the practicalities of electric machines on different farms, and the new hybrid (and, soon enough, electric) utes.
Two-way charging seen in the wild; sales of big electric rigs are growing rapidly (and more of them could helps address New Zealand's $12.1 billion energy blind spot); second-hand EVs are holding their value better than expected in Australia; the perils of Aqua ownership; and how to improve the disputes process in the wake of the SolarZero saga.
Read moreDownloadAccording to a new poll from Talbot Mills, energy will be a major factor for almost three quarters of voters on November 7 and just 12% think spending $1 billion on an LNG import terminal is a good use of Government money.
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