Francesca Rudkin: We'd all like to see more competition in banking

Fieldays is in full flow at Mystery Creek in Hamilton and there’s a bit for farmers to celebrate this week. Or at least sigh with relief over.

On Tuesday, the Government announced agriculture would not be included in the Emissions Trading Scheme, and the climate change initiative He Waka Eke Noa would be disestablished and replaced with a new initiative, the Pastoral Sector Group.

And yesterday the Finance Minister Nicola Willis announced an inquiry into banking competition with a focus on rural banking.