The Country

The self-titled Prince of the Provinces, the Mighty Matua, opines on the Middle East crisis, the state of the economy, and why Winston Peters is such a great statesman. Plus, his ongoing debate over gold mining in Central Otago, and why he has no background on the end of a handpiece in a shearing shed, despite growing up on a Northland farm.

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We find the chief executive of the NZ Shearing Contractors Association on day two of the Golden Shears and World Champs in Masterton, where he’s just launched the “Live Well, Shear Well” campaign, featuring Rowland Smith and Sam Whitelock, in association with Farmstrong.

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During the Roar, ACC data shows severe hunting injuries double compared to an average month, with 40% affecting the knee or shoulder. These injuries result in an average of 76 days away from work. Northlander Alex Tait, a man with a colourful sporting background as a former Black Cap and professional golfer, shares why hunting, done responsibly, still matters.

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Our Australian correspondent talks export meat stranded in the Middle East, Ag exports cracking the $100 billion mark, banning the word “milk” for plant juice, and whether Dame Jacinda Ardern is going to be his new next-door neighbour?

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Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Michael Harvey, Maegen Blom, Jack O'Connor, and Matt Bolger.  

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Newstalk ZB’s lead rugby commentator and deputy sports news editor discusses Dave Rennie being named as the new All Blacks coach.

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The PM ponders the latest GDT Auction (up 5.7%), Trump's attacks on Iran, the media’s attacks on Luxon, and the Golden Shears and World Shearing Champs.

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Rabobank’s Australian-based Senior Dairy Analyst comments on the surge in the GDT auction, and we also look at the trade challenges of the Middle East War for the world economy.

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Ahead of next week’s Impact Summit and Zanda McDonald Awards, today’s panel features the 2025 Zanda award winners.

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Fonterra’s Managing Director of Co-op Affairs reviews another stunning GDT result overnight (up 5.7%) with SMP leading the charge at 9.1%. We also look at staff safety and operations in the Middle East.

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Jamie Mackay talks to Cameron Bagrie, James Robertson, George Dodson, Jo Luxton, and Kevin Bevan.  

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Independent economist comments on the state of the world economy as war breaks out in the Middle East. We talk trade implications, interest and exchange rates, inflation, oil prices, equity markets, consumer demand and time frames for the conflict.

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Today’s Young Farmer panel features the 2019 and 2024 grand final winners. We discuss the Zanda McDonald Awards and Impact Summit, the safety of Fonterra staff in the Middle East, and the folly of young farmers buying new utes.

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Labour’s agriculture spokeswoman is almost voiceless, quite literally, when it comes to talking about her party’s Ag Policy.

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Welshman living in Scotland who did his Master’s of Ag Science at Lincoln in the 1980s. He spent three years in NZ and returned to the UK, working for the government farm advisory service and then Scottish beef and lamb. He’s now an agricultural economist, involved in Ag reform post Brexit, and works with the Scottish government.

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Jamie Mackay talks to David Seymour, Wayne Langford, Bruce Weir, Riley Kennedy, and Phil Duncan.  

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The Deputy Prime Minister and Act Party leader comments on Trump’s bombing, Trump’s tariffs, “degenerate dog owners” in Northland, and selling Air New Zealand.

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