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, iHeartCountry NZ, Hokonui & iHeartRadio.
Episodes
Jamie talks to Christopher Luxon and Todd McClay, Ray Smith, Kate Acland and Kate Scott, and Winston Peters.
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Jamie Mackay talks to Sir David Fagan, Mike Green, Emma Poole, Adam Thompson, Kevin "Smiley" Barrett, Riley Kennedy, Tom Young, Winston Peters, Campbell Parker, Tania Houghton, and Hunter Darry.
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A shearing legend pops into The Country’s site for a yarn about the Rural Industry Leaders event earlier in the week, and electric quad bikes. Plus, the man behind the Rural Industry Leaders dinner, debate and auction estimates the event raised $430,000 for the Rural Support Trust.
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Today’s Fieldays farmer panel is the 2023 Young Farmer of the Year and the founder of Restore Native.
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We talk a bit of footy with the father of three All Blacks.
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Time to catch up with BusinessDesk senior journalist and Jamie Mackay's Fieldays housemate.
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The national livestock manager for Affco on the red meat bonanza and the best lunch at Fieldays.
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NZ First leader on shaking things up with Shane Jones at Fieldays. Plus, he talks about the state of farming, a recent positive poll, and superannuation.
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DairyNZ's chief executive is at Fieldays. He talks about farmer advocacy, cost pressures on the sector, and where DairyNZ's farmer levy is spent.
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Farmlands’ chief executive and our host for Fieldays wraps the week. She discusses Farmlands’ partnership with the Rural Support Trust and digital wellbeing platform Ignite to deliver a free online mental health and wellbeing service for farmers and growers.
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Time for a chat with another footy dad; the national sales manager at Donaghys Ltd, whose son Sam is an All Black lock.
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Jamie Mackay talks to Chris Hipkins, Ray Smith, Shane Jones, Rowland Smith, Ingrid Smith, Mike Casey, Kate Acland and Kate Scott.
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Labour’s leader discusses the latest Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries report (SOPI) and the current Government’s comments on carbon credits. He also defended his party’s public transport policy, which Mackay described as “underwhelming”.
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We catch up with the Director General of MPI, who proudly presented the Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries report this morning at Fieldays.
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The Prince of the Provinces holds court at Fieldays. He was on the receiving end of the best burn last night at the Rural Support Trust debate.
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We catch up with New Zealand’s power farming couple - the world champion shearer and "The Made Up Farmer”.
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The chief executive of Rewiring Aotearoa is all fired up about solar and battery-powered farming.
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The chairwoman of Beef + Lamb NZ on the great red meat numbers from the SOPI report - meat and wool up 14% to $14.1 billion. Plus, the chief executive of Horticulture NZ on how the sector has grown 7.5% to $9 billion, leaving forestry in its wake.
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Michelle Watt talks to Chris Kane, Fonterra’s Director of New Zealand Manufacturing, about the winners at this year's Best Site Cup.
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Fieldays day one: Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Todd McClay, Todd Charteris, Lawrence Meredith, Tim Ewing-Jarvie, Sam Whitelock, Mark de Lautour, and Dominic Jones.
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