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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Aug 2, 2024 • 4min
The Country 02/08/24: Chris Brandolino talks to Jamie Mackay
NIWA's weather guy faces the first pitch on the show today as we look at his just-released updated three month outlook.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 2, 2024 • 6min
The Country 02/08/24: Tim Dangen talks to Jamie Mackay
Emma Poole and Tim Dangen - Part 1: The Dangen Zone Panel, when we finally get them to air, looks at the big rural issues of the day.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 2, 2024 • 6min
The Country 02/08/24: Emma Poole talks to Jamie Mackay
Part 2: The Dangen Zone Panel, when we finally get them to air, looks at the big rural issues of the day.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 2, 2024 • 8min
The Country 02/08/24: Tessa Chartres and Nancy Crawshaw talk to Jamie Mackay
We find the 2024 Zanda McDonald Award winners, one from each side of the Tasman, in Palmerton North today as their week-long study trip around NZ winds up this weekend in Wairarapa. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 2, 2024 • 3min
The Country 02/08/24: Barry Soper talks to Jamie Mackay
Our political correspondent ponders Julie Anne Genter, race-based waiting lists and the Trumpster taking on black journalists. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 1, 2024 • 38min
The Country Full Show: Thursday, August 1, 2024
Jamie Mackay talks to Hunter McGregor, Winston Peters, Jane Smith, Farmer Tom Martin, and Chris Russell.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 1, 2024 • 4min
The Country 01/08/24: Hunter McGregor talks to Jamie Mackay
It's a League of Nations today as our Shanghai-based China correspondent joins us in the studio. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 1, 2024 • 8min
The Country 01/08/24: Winston Peters talks to Jamie Mackay
The Deputy PM and Minister of Foreign Affairs talks farmer confidence, local body rates out of control, gloves off in the House with Willie and Rawiri, and some interesting flatmates in the 1980s. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 1, 2024 • 7min
The Country 01/08/24: Jane Smith talks to Jamie Mackay
Is a North Otago farmer and award-winning environmentalist who doesn't spare the rod when it comes to Dr Rod Carr, the outgoing Climate Change Commission Chair. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 1, 2024 • 6min
The Country 01/08/24: Farmer Tom Martin talks to Jamie Mackay
Our UK farming correspondent (and SM influencer) talks farmer fitness, farmer confidence and the ban on live animal export.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
