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
Hamish McKay talks to Damien O'Connor, Rebecca Greaves, Pita Alexander, and Hamish Marr.
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The Labour Party’s trade spokesman joins us to talk about food costs, the Tasman floods, and on-farm safety.
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An award-winning rural journalist from Pongaroa on Cyclone Gabrielle and how her farm is recovering two years on.
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An agribusiness accountant, who has been in the industry for 50 years, shares his “Lessons for Life in 2025”.
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We catch up with a Methven arable farmer, who is also New Zealand’s special agriculture trade envoy. He discusses farmer confidence in the arable sector, trade, and tariffs.
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Hamish McKay talks to Wayne Langford, Phil Duncan, Karen Morrish, and Jorja Miller.
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Federated Farmers National President talks about the Feds’ latest Farm Confidence Survey, which is looking rather positive.
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Monday’s resident weather expert gives us the latest on what’s coming up this week. Unfortunately, he’s the bearer of bad news.
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NZ Apples and Pears Inc.'s chief executive gives us an update on the pipfruit industry.
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We catch up with the Black Ferns Sevens star ahead of the Women's Rugby World Cup.
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Jamie Mackay talks to Scott Barrett, Mark Warren, Jane Smith, Jen Corkran, and Neville Clark.
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Jamie Mackay talks to Chris Brandolino, Stu Duncan, Stu Loe, Barry Soper, Rachel Shearer, Ellie Templeton, Meg Miller, and Hamish McKay.
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Earth Sciences NZ (Niwa) Weather Guy. An early peek at what spring might hold.
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Today’s farmer panel chews the farming fat! Do record prices equate to record profits? And a timely reminder of farmer generosity.
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We welcome our long-standing political correspondent back from paternal leave. A week dominated by butter-gate as Nicola and Maiki make a meal of it. Plus, we go back in time to 2004 and a long lunch with Winston, followed by the Southland Party at the Beehive.
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The GM of PGG Wrightson Wool. The market continued to ease at yesterday’s North Island wool sale, though the rate of decline has slowed - SWI down 5 cents.
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We continue Innovation Week here on The Country with Herd-i, and today we talk to the four young women behind Nature’s Prime Leather Restore.
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We hand the mic over to next week’s host.
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Jamie Mackay talks to Mark Hooper, Rhys Gardner, Craig Hickman, Duncan Humm, Chris Russell, and Jeremy Rookes.
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Federated Farmers’ new banking spokesman on the latest survey ranking the banks, which has revealed how the country’s biggest rural lenders are performing in the eyes of farmers, by ranking the banks from best to worst. Also, the Com/Com dismissed the Feds’ complaint on net-zero banking.
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