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

May 18, 2025 38 mins

Jamie Mackay talks to David Seymour, Sandra Faulkner, Sandra Matthews, Matt Chisholm, and Phil Duncan.

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We ask the age-old question of the Act leader (soon to be Deputy Prime Minister). What’s in the Budget for farmers?

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Today’s farmer panel features "the two Sandys from Gizzy" - the Federated Farmers adverse events spokeswoman and the Rural Women NZ president.

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We lighten things up a little with a well-known rural mental health advocate, raconteur and hobby farmer. 

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Monday’s resident weatherman has been missing in action for the past two weeks, and even his mother is wondering what’s happened to him.

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Jamie talks to Jane Smith, Michael Every, Christopher Luxon, and Katie Milne. 

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Jamie Mackay talks to Todd McClay, Emma Poole, Tim Dangen, Chris Russell, Jeremy Rookes, and Chris Brandolino.

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We find the Minister of Agriculture and Trade in Korea, where he’s been meeting with APEC trade ministers, and US trade representative Jamieson Greer.

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Today’s brother and sister farmer panel features two of the sharpest young minds in agriculture. But can they agree on methane and the Paris Accord?

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Our Australian correspondent talks about weight loss drugs, slumping tractor sales and the madness of an “unrealised capital gains tax”.

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Our resident lifestyle/hobby farming correspondent bemoans the state of the nation.

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NIWA’s principal scientist with a weather update for the week and beyond.

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Jamie Mackay talks to Jo Luxton, Peter Newbold, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, Sean Laidlaw and Sebastian Chapman.

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Labour’s agriculture spokeswoman on Paris, methane, carbon farming, and Fieldays.

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How much is your farm worth? We take our monthly look at the rural market with the GM of PGG Wrightson Real Estate.

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One of our leading farming academics chips in on methane and the Paris Accord. Plus, she tells us why ducks are such a pest.

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We’re joined by two young entrepreneurs who have started up a new company called “Seedling”, which aims to help both those who want to retire from the farm and younger players who want to get in, with a focus on succession planning and investment. 

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Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Michael Every, Katie Milne, and Craig Wiggins.

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The Prime Minister responds to criticism that he has yet to visit China, and ponders Trump’s latest tariff move. We also discuss why we should stay in the Paris Agreement and whether we’re flogging the family silverware to pay for NZ Superannuation.

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A two-part interview with Rabobank’s Singapore-based global strategist. Part one: Is there no end to Trump's tariffs, despite his recent backflip with China and what happened to "Thrive in '25" for the world economy? Part two: What’s the best business to be in, in a troubled world - food or munitions? Who are the political and economic leaders on the world stage today? Will an American Pope get Trump to “calm the ...

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