The Country

The Country

Jamie Mackay delivers your daily fix of everything going on in NZ's biggest industry, along with a generous side-serve of news, sports and politics. The Country from Newstalk ZB, Hokonui and Gold Sport.

Episodes

June 14, 2024 39 mins

Jamie Mackay talks to Damien O'Connor, Todd Clark, Hunter McGregor, Christopher Luxon, Stacey Waaka, and Ray Smith.

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Jamie Mackay talks to Peter Nation, Chris Hipkins, Jo Luxton, Ray Smith, Emma Poole and Tim Dangen, Mike Casey, Wayne Langford, Bryce McKenzie and Laurie Patterson, Jason Te Brake, and Tim Ormrod.

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The chief executive of Fieldays gives his impressions on how the big event is going so far, including a review of the impressive goings on at the Innovation Hub.

 

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Labour’s agriculture spokeswoman reveals she has been dubbed “The Princess of the Provinces” by Federated Farmers and has decided to own the title. She talks about her conversations with farmers at Fieldays and her constructive discussions with Minister of Agriculture Todd McClay.

 

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The Labour leader says this year’s Fieldays is an opportunity to spend time listening to farmers, instead of being “whisked around” doing “Prime Ministerial things”. He said it was also a time to amend the “strained relationships” between the agricultural sector and his previous government. Plus, he talks about the Coalition Government’s decision to exclude agriculture from the Emissions Trading Scheme and the scrapping of He Waka ...

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The Director General of MPI looks over yesterday’s Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries report, which he remains positive about despite a forecast drop in export revenue. He also talks about meeting the Chinese Premier Li Qiang, and whether job losses at MPI will affect biosecurity.

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This brother and sister duo are also the 2023 and 2022 Young Farmers of the Year. “The Dangen Zone” meets Jamie Mackay face-to-face for the first time at Fieldays.

 

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The Central Otago zero-carbon cherry grower is at Fieldays with his electric tractor, which he says is the perfect tool for what he needs, and is keen for others to find out whether it would work for them too.

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The president of Federated Farmers says he’s cautiously welcoming the government’s announcement of an independent inquiry into rural banking but still has a few questions about how “rural” it will be. He also talks about the Rural Advocacy Hub at Fieldays.

 

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The co-founders of Groundswell join The Country at Fieldays to talk about how they got the farming advocacy group up and running, along with what they think about the rural banking inquiry.

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The new chief executive of Zespri talks about how his role is going so far and what he’s going to do about those mice that ruined over a million trays of kiwifruit.

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Brandt’s senior vice president for Australia and New Zealand reflects on a successful Fieldays, with loads of visitors to the award-winning site.

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Jamie Mackay talks to David Seymour, Nicola Willis, Sir David Fagan, Bruce Weir, Peter Goodwin, Kieran McAnulty, Nadine Tunley, Mark de Lautour, and Gerard Vaughan.

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The Act Party leader joins The Country at Fieldays to announce a review of how new farming and horticulture products are approved. He then says he and Winston Peters are “getting on like a house on fire” and comments on MPI’s latest Situation Outlook for Primary Industries report.

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 The Finance Minister talks about interest rates, inflation and the inquiry into banks. She also comments on Budget 2024 and how she’s getting a positive reception at Fieldays.

 

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Shearing legend says he’s feeling positive about the government’s direction with farming, before talking about rural banking and how the season’s going on his King Country dairy farm. He also comments on the New Zealand shearing team and how his son Jack has qualified for the first time.

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Rabobank’s general manager of country banking talks about the rural banking inquiry and the launch of the Good Deeds promotion for 2024.

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Brandt’s field operation manager says a huge team effort to put together the site at this year’s Fieldays has paid off - Brandt won the best outdoor site over 400m2.

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 Labour’s MP for Wairarapa reminisces about being The Country’s TAB correspondent and gives his thoughts on the weekend’s Super Rugby and league games. He also has time to talk a bit of golf, with a few US Open picks.

 

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The chief executive of Horticulture NZ comments on MPI’s latest Situation Outlook for Primary Industries report where horticulture and viticulture bucked the negative trend - so how come the export volume of apples is down 11 per cent? She also mentions a tough time for avocados and encourages growers to vote on the upcoming levy referendum.

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