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 Mackay talks to David Seymour, Jane Smith, Angus Gidley-Baird, and Chris Hipkins.
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Jamie Mackay talks to Chris Hipkins, Mike Green, Hamish McKay, Kate Acland, and Chris Brandolino.
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Will he be our next Prime Minister? And will a Labour-led government be the death knell for farming? We get some yes-or-no answers from Chippy about what he potentially has in store for agriculture.
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We talk about the Rural Support Trust and the Poverty Bay A&P Show.
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Today, we find the chairwoman of Beef + Lamb NZ putting forward NZ exporters’ case at a hearing of the US International Trade Commission in Washington.
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Friday’s weatherman talks about a week of extreme temperatures and the looming El Niño.
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Jamie Mackay talks to Mark Patterson, Olivia Caldwell, Loren Aberhart, Sarina Finucane, and Chris Russell.
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Winston Peters has stood us up, so up to the batter's box is NZ First's agriculture spokesman and the unofficial Minister of Wool.
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Today is the International Day of Rural Women, and 2026 also marks the International Year of the Woman Farmer. Today we profile three rural women with wonderfully contrasting stories, courtesy of a freelance rural journalist.
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Four months on from its launch at Fieldays, we look at how the Ignite Wellbeing Platform is helping rural mental health.
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Our Australian correspondent talks about robotic feedlots, Wagyu beef, and trying to stop Trump from imposing further tariffs on Australasian sheep meat.
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Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Graeme Williams, Kevin Wickham, Campbell Parker, and Peter Newbold.
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The Prime Minister talks about water storage, fertiliser, last night’s poll and whether he’s made the wrong call with the Opportunity Party.
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An East Coast farmer/poet provides a history lesson as well as a tongue-in-cheek take on the election.
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The chief executive of Ballance on the fertiliser challenge facing farmers - especially when it comes to price rather than supply.
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The chief executive of DairyNZ on its AGM, annual results, and the breakeven price for milk under three El Niño modelling scenarios.
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The General Manager of PGG Wrightson Real Estate takes his monthly look at the state of the rural land market.
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Jamie Mackay talks to Phil Duncan, Jane Smith, Angus Gidley-Baird, and Todd Clark.
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Monday’s weatherman on a Tuesday - warmer than average temperatures to start the week; rain arrives to the south on Tuesday, spreading north on Wednesday.
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You never die wondering what this North Otago farmer and former winner of the Ballance Farm Environment Awards is thinking. And today she leaves us in no doubt!
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