The Country 19/12/25: Hamish McKay talks to Jamie Mackay

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
MacKaye on Sport with farm Lands, prevent Harrison outbreaks and
score a win this summer.

Speaker 2 (00:07):
Okay, Hamoush, you're wrapping the show for the year with
MacKaye on Sport. You may be interested to know that
Whitney Houston is the new coach of the Black Fans.

Speaker 3 (00:16):
Whitney, Yeah, yeah, that was yes, yes, yes, oh, congratulations.

Speaker 2 (00:20):
I think I think I think I misspoke, Hamish.

Speaker 3 (00:24):
Yes, yes, yes you did there, Whitney Hanson kind of
she was sort of groomed for the job for a
while there and then sort of slipped off the radar
a bit, but gets the job and she looks pretty
damn pleased about it too, so I'm sure she would
do a good job too. So certainly got the it's
in the jeans one would expect.

Speaker 2 (00:40):
Yeah, if she's half as good as the old man,
she'll she'll do a good job. You nominated your Egg
Sports Person of the Year. But what about that was
last week, wasn't it.

Speaker 1 (00:51):
Yeah, Tour Henderson, that's right to Henderson short from Jack Jordan.

Speaker 2 (00:55):
Yeah, yep, what about your AGG person of the Year, Hamish.

Speaker 1 (00:59):
Well, you know, I love the work, well, I enjoyed
I think that Tom mcclay's done a great job, but
I'm going to go with the Young Farmer of the
FMG Young Farmer of the Year. Hugh Jackson gave me
a bit of a tune up for confusing white hata
on counties at one stage there, but speaks openly brilliant
young man leader, you know, just the future. We're just

(01:20):
so well endowed with these, so many of his caliber.
So that's who I'm going with.

Speaker 2 (01:26):
And I note that the likes of Hugh and George
Dodson who wanted in twenty twenty four, they've got a
big presence on social media along with Emma and Tim
and all those people, and they just portray farming in
such a positive light.

Speaker 3 (01:41):
That's a Jamie, the positivity.

Speaker 1 (01:43):
They just give it that and they just you know,
there's always going to be challenges in tough times. That
goes hand in hand with the sector, but the house
of a lot of good stuff and they promote it.
That's what I love about you.

Speaker 3 (01:57):
You're so right.

Speaker 1 (01:57):
Those names are just the other future, aren'ty?

Speaker 2 (02:00):
And what Kiwi sportsperson Hamish mackay would you most like
to have Christmas Lunch with?

Speaker 1 (02:07):
You know, I look I kind of liked you know
that I love you, know that I love track and field,
so I'm going to vouch for I'd love to hear
I'd love to have Zoe Hobbs at Might because I
reckon you'd be a really interesting story. You know, cast
Aside didn't think that, you know, athletics New Zealand, nobody's
really back to and yet her gradual improvement was always

(02:30):
you know, the potential was always there. She comes through
now to be sort of in the top dozen women's
one hundred meter sprinters in the world and does it
with so much poise and so calm.

Speaker 3 (02:43):
Just yeah, that's all.

Speaker 1 (02:44):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (02:44):
And her old and her old man's a stock agent
as well. Hey, Hamosh, thank you so much for your
contribution filling in for me throughout twenty twenty five. You'll
be back for the first week of the country from
January twelfth. I'll look forward to hearing you. Then I'll
be at a wedding on way Hecki Island.

Speaker 3 (02:59):
You go, well, my friend, thank you very much all
of this.

Speaker 1 (03:03):
Thank you.

Speaker 2 (03:03):
There we go, and I think Hamish is making his
way to Warrah or Gisbone for a wedding, so he's
done a great job reporting from the fielding stock sale
yards on a Friday