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
Jamie Mackay talks to Rhys Roberts, Conor English, Richard Green, Nancy Crawshaw, Tessa Chartres, Dr Victoria Hatton, and Doug Avery.
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The chairman of the Impact Summit is also a 2022 Zanda McDonald Award winner and a Mid Canterbury dairy farmer (with a market garden) with Align Farms.
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A former chief executive of Federated Farmers, and brother of former Prime Minister Sir Bill English, comments on the state of the National Party. He’s also the president of the New Zealand Esports Federation, which starts an argument with The Country’s host, who insists gaming isn’t a sport.
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A leading agribusiness entrepreneur explains his talk at the Impact Summit, as one of this morning’s keynote speakers.
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Time for a chat with the 2024 Zanda McDonald Award winners before their presentation this afternoon. Crawshaw won for New Zealand, whereas Chartres was the Australian victor in the transtasman awards.
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The chief executive of FoodHQ Innovations is a futurist focused on building across the food innovation ecosystem.
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We catch up with The Resilient Farmer, a long-time mentor of the Zanda McDonald Awards.
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Jamie Mackay talks to Rowland and Ingrid Smith, Te Radar, and Keith Cooper.
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Are they the First Couple of New Zealand Shearing? He may be the winner of the World Shearing Champs at the Golden Shears in Masterton, but Rowland wasn’t the only famous Smith over the weekend. His shearer wife, Ingrid, along with her mother and father, Colin and Margaret Baynes, featured on Country Calendar. Ingrid also talks about the “Made Up Farmer” and her large social media following.
The voice behind the FMG Young Farmer contest reviews the Taranaki/Manawatū regional final held on Saturday.
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We welcome the chairman of the Upper Clutha A&P Society back onto the show. The last time we chatted was in his capacity as the chief executive of Silver Fern Farms.
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Jamie Mackay talks to Cameron Bagrie, Jo Luxton, Michael Harvey, Alex Tait, and Shane Jones.
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Jamie Mackay talks to Kieran McAnulty, Shane McManaway, Rowland Smith, Mavis Mullins, Sir David Fagan, and Hamish McKay.
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Local Labour MP and long-time supporter of the Golden Shears takes in the action at Masterton’s War Memorial Stadium and shares his picks for the top contenders. He also shares his thoughts on the latest Taxpayers’ Union Poll.
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Wairarapa farmer, the new chair of Growing Future Farmers, and the man behind the Greytown Health Centre. He comments on the Wairarapa season and a great weekend for the region.
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Eight-time Golden Shears open final winner and world champion weighs up TAB predictions that he’s favoured for a world championship win, but not a ninth Golden Shears title.
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Shearing Royalty from the Paewai-Mullins dynasty, and one of the driving forces in New Zealand’s shearing and wool industry, steps away from hosting the Golden Shears livestream to chat with The Country.
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A shearing legend with his picks for this weekend. No one will ever beat his 16 open titles, but can Rowland Smith add to his eight?
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It's time for McKay on Sport from a former competitive junior shearer. Today’s topics are the new All Blacks coach, Dave Rennie, and Black Cap Finn Allen’s 100 from 33 balls.
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Jamie Mackay talks to Shane Jones, Phil Holden, Alex Tait, and Chris Russell.
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