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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Sep 9, 2024 • 7min
The Country 09/09/24: Bryce McKenzie and Laurie Paterson talk to Jamie Mackay
Today's Farmer/Groundswell Panel pays tribute to Steve Cranston, and get stuck into local body councils and emissions taxes. Plus we ask is GS now a redundant organisation? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 9, 2024 • 3min
The Country 09/09/24: Phil Duncan talks to Jamie Mackay
Monday's resident weather man says windy westerlies are the order of the week.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 6, 2024 • 40min
Rabobank The Best of The Country, 7 September, 2024
Jamie Mackay talks to Farmer Tom Martin, Jen Corkran, Winston Peters, Antonia Watson, and Sir Peter Beck.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 6, 2024 • 38min
The Country Full Show: Friday, September 6, 2024
Jamie Mackay talks to Antonia Watson, Sir Peter Beck, Jen Corkran, Nigel Woodhead and Blair Drysdale, and Chris Brandolino.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 6, 2024 • 9min
The Country 06/09/24: Antonia Watson talks to Jamie Mackay
We ask the chief executive of ANZ, the country's biggest bank, with the country's biggest rural portfolio, if farmers are getting a fair deal when it comes to risk margins for rural lending. And is the rural and business book subsidising the more competitive residential portfolio? Is the Reserve Bank unfairly penalising banks by making them hold more capital against rural lending? How riskier is rural lending than residential? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 6, 2024 • 3min
The Country 06/09/24: Sir Peter Beck talks to Jamie Mackay
Guess who was at the King's Birthday investiture yesterday at Government House, along with the host of The Country. None other than the Rocket Man from Rocket Lab! The newly-minted Knight and futurist gives us a glimpse of what life could be like in 2050. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 6, 2024 • 5min
The Country 06/09/24: Jen Corkran talks to Jamie Mackay
Rabobank's Senior Animal Proteins Analyst comments on the improved prospects for the sheepmeat industry, ahead of the release next week of the RaboResearch Report titled: Watering the green shoots in New Zealand sheepmeatSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 6, 2024 • 5min
The Country 06/09/24: Nigel Woodhead and Blair Drysdale talk to Jamie Mackay
The Southern Man Farmer Panel ponders lambing just around the corner and getting crops into the ground. And we celebrate the 2025 YFC Grand Final being in Invercargill.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 6, 2024 • 3min
The Country 06/09/24: Chris Brandolino talks to Jamie Mackay
NIWA's Weather Guy says spring is the troubled teenager of the seasons! But can she deliver some rain for North Canterbury? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 5, 2024 • 38min
The Country Full Show: Thursday, September 5, 2024
Rowena Duncum talks to Wayne Langford, Chris Hipkins, Chris Russell, Richard Appleby, and Jamie Mackay.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
