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 Wayne Langford, Scott Champion, Mark Cameron, Phil Duncan, and Richard Loe.
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Federated Farmers national president welcomes the government's new methane reduction target.
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Foundation for Arable Research's new chief executive gives an update on the sector.
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Act MP and Northland farmer on the government's new methane reduction target. Is he pleased with it, and does it go far enough?
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What's up with the weather? We find out the latest from our man at WeatherWatch.co.nz.
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We talk a bit of footy with a former All Black.
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Hamish McKay talks to Christopher Luxon, Laura Koot, Blake Holgate, Chris Russell, and Ele Ludemann.
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Hamish McKay talks to Hugh Jackson, Paul Allison, Chris Russell, Andrew Hoggard, Grant McCallum, and Jasper van Halder.
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For today’s Mental Health Awareness Week interview, the 2025 FMG Young Farmer of the Year reflects on being “haunted by the black dog” in 2020, and how he helps keep it at bay.
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It’s time for McKay on Sport, with one of New Zealand’s leading sports commentators.
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Our Australian correspondent discusses great prices for wool and processor cows. Plus, a new alternative to Roundup, Australian Richard Robson winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and Aboriginal rainstick technology.
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Today’s farmer-politician panel discuss the Paris Agreement, wilding pines, and farmer confidence.
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We catch up with the chief executive of Agnition, a subsidiary of Ravensdown, to find out more about the Farm Innovation Network.
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Hamish McKay talks to Mike Green, Blake Holgate, Laura Koot, and Andrew Gibson.
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We catch up with a Community Connector for the Rural Support Trust about a successful fundraising event, the Rural Leaders 2025 Dinner, Debate and Auction, held in conjunction with the National Fieldays. It was so successful that they raised $300,000 for the Trust, and next year’s event is already sold out.
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Rabobank’s Head of Sustainable Business Development takes a closer look at the bank’s research, in conjunction with KiwiHarvest, on noteworthy changes in how Kiwis shop and prepare food, as well as where and what they eat.
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Today’s interview for Mental Health Awareness Week is with the woman behind the Fairlight Foundation, a Farmstrong champion, and the founder of Real Country. She’s also a busy mother of two and about to launch an online business. It’s hard to imagine that she once had no confidence. She shares how she overcame this to be the woman she is today.
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We catch up with PGG Wrightson’s Taranaki Area Livestock Manager and Auctioneer for the latest on the market in that region.
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In episode four of a podcast series brought to you by Beef and Lamb New Zealand and powered by The Country, join Hamish McKay along with Chair of Beef and Lamb New Zealand Kate Acland, and her husband David, from their Mt Somers farm in Canterbury, to discuss the new Beef + Lamb New Zealand AI tool called Bella.
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Hamish McKay talks to Christopher Luxon, Ele Ludemann, Matt Bolger, and Nicola Eccleton.
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