The Country
NZME
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
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Oct 30, 2024 • 9min
The Country 30/10/24: Christopher Luxon talks to Jamie Mackay
The PM ponders the US election (but not the result), fast-tracking building consents, support for a CGT, private capital for KiwiBank, and why he hasn't sacked Andrew Bayley.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 30, 2024 • 8min
The Country 30/10/24: Jane Smith talks to Jamie Mackay
Is a North Otago farmer and award-winning environmentalist. But has she been smoking something in the tailing pen up on the hills? What can she possibly agree with Chloe Swarbrick about? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 30, 2024 • 3min
The Country 30/10/24: Blair Drysdale talks to Jamie Mackay
We ask a Southland arable farmer if rice is the only thing he can plant at the moment as the deep south battles through one of the worst springs in living memory.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 30, 2024 • 6min
The Country 30/10/24: Todd Clark talks to Jamie Mackay
We ask our Kentucky-based US farming correspondent if a lingering drought for much of his country could spell good news for New Zealand farmers? And one week out from the election we ask a true-blue Republican to call the result. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 29, 2024 • 37min
The Country Full Show: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Jamie Mackay talks to Phil Duncan, Kate Scott, Greg Menzies and Kyle Miller, Mark de Lautour, and Adam Thompson. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 29, 2024 • 6min
The Country 29/10/24: Phil Duncan talks to Jamie Mackay
Monday's resident weather expert, fronts up on a Tuesday, as we discuss the divided United States and the bits of our country that are too wet or too dry.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 29, 2024 • 5min
The Country 29/10/24: Adam Thompson talks to Jamie Mackay
Entries close on Thursday (Oct 31) for the 2025 Zanda McDonald Awards. Today we ask a 2022 finalist, and a leading young influencer in the primary sector, why you should enter? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 29, 2024 • 5min
The Country 29/10/24: Kate Scott talks to Jamie Mackay
We catch up with the new chief executive of Horticulture NZ, who takes on the role at time when the industry is on a bit of a high.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 29, 2024 • 6min
The Country 29/10/24: Greg Menzies and Kyle Miller talk to Jamie Mackay
Alongside Emerson's and Heartland Chips, today we launch The Farmers Pour beer and The Farmers Cut potato chips.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 29, 2024 • 6min
The Country 29/10/24: Mark de Lautour talks to Jamie Mackay
The chief executive of Open Country Dairy comments on a booming production start to the new season (with the notable exception of Southland). But can we find a home for all this milk? Are we still looking at $9? And what could a Trump Presidency mean for NZ dairy farmers?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
