The Country

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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Rabobank’s senior animal proteins analyst provides an update on the state of the Australian sheep meat industry and how this is being mirrored here in New Zealand.

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Our Kentucky-based US farming correspondent talks about dyed diesel, farm debt, falling yields for corn crops, and the mid-term elections.

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Jamie Mackay talks to David Seymour, Julia Sekula, Te Radar, and Steve Wyn-Harris.

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The Deputy PM and Act Party leader looks at two very contentious issues - strategic vote splitting and raising the age of eligibility for National Super.

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It’s World Iron Awareness Week, and Beef + Lamb NZ’s head of nutrition talks about the importance of red meat in our diets, particularly for women, teenage girls and children.

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The voice of the competition kicks off the road to the grand final with the district finals of the FMG Young Farmer of the Year getting underway over the last weekend.

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