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
Jamie Mackay talks to Richard McIntyre, Ben Picton, Katie Milne, Warwick Catto and Jamie Strang, and Chris Russell.
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Federated Farmers have released the results of their latest banking survey and the findings paint a damning picture of the state of rural lending. "Rural banking issues are nearing crisis point and farmers are quickly losing confidence," says Federated Farmers commerce and competition spokesperson.
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Rabobank's Sydney-based Senior Macro Strategist comments on yesterday's OCR announcement from the RBNZ and the perilous state of the NZ economy.
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The former President of Federated Farmers tells us about her unique family connection to Flock House plus we get her take on Fonterra's "step-change in strategy".
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We catch up with the long-serving BFEA judges ahead of the National Sustainability Showcase on June 20 in Hamilton.
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We ask our Australian correspondent about how worried we should be about the Bird Flu, plus we discuss a $40,000 sheep dog and whether drones will render her redundant?
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The Country's Rowena Duncum brings you a brand-new Farmstrong-powered series. "Getting Through" looks at what it takes to recover from extreme weather events, by people who've been through it first-hand. In episode 7, Ro is joined by Wairarapa sheep and beef farmer Georgie Moore, who was badly impacted by Cyclone Hale, before Gabrielle provided the icing on the cake. Georgie shares what's kept her Farmstrong through the challenges....
Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Alasdair Bettles-Hall, Simon Till, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, and Peter Nation.
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The PM ponders OCR and monetary policy day, the end of the KO spending spree, the Politicians gift registry, and what's the most odd thing he's been given/offered?
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The organiser of the Flock House project says it has two distinct themes: One, to celebrate the 100th Commemoration of Flock House opening on July 19, 1924, and the other, to continue finding and making contact with the descendants of the 759 original war orphans sent to NZ after WW1.Flock House was originally set up at the largesse of the New Zealand sheep owners. This was in a debt of gratitude to the men of the Royal Navy, Merc...
Fonterra's Acting CFO reviews the final GDT Auction of the 23/24 season. And it was a good one - up 3.3% with WMP + 2.9%. We also look at the timing around the announcement of the opening forecast price for 24/25 season and Fonterra's "step-change in strategy".
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One of NZ's leading primary sector academics says while the 3 Rs are important in education, equally so are the 3 Fs!
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Three weeks and counting until Fieldays.
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Jamie Mackay talks to Ian Kirkpatrick, Cameron Bagrie, Damien O'Connor, Rodger Dickie, and Tom Martin.
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We missed him yesterday but we always get our man here on The Country. The Patron of NZR, All Blacks legend and farmer pays tribute to old mate Super Sid Going. And what happened to all the farmers who once made up the feared All Blacks forward pack?
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Is an Independent Economist who previews tomorrow's OCR announcement and monetary policy statement. Plus we ask if the inflation settings from the Reserve Bank are too low?
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In the absence of Ag spokesperson Jo Luxton, we resurrect Labour's Trade spokesperson's on-air career to discuss the FTA with the EU and whether Fonterra is heading in the right direction.
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A Forestry investor and commentator and stalwart on the state of the industry and whether roading, harvesting and transport costs are making it uneconomic? We also ask if carbon farming is still a thing?
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We ask our UK farming correspondent what he was doing starring on the BBC website and whether British farmers are playing dirty over New Zealand lamb.
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Jamie Mackay talks to Ben Purua, David Seymour, and Phil Duncan.
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