The Country

Our Australian correspondent comments on the Olympics, soaring beef exports to US, and inflation coming in at 3.8%. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackey talks to Christopher Luxon, Dick Tayler, Sir Don McKinnon, and Jeremy Rookes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The PM ponders a new Dame, tax cuts coming in to force today, a health system in crisis with 14 layers of management, farmer confidence at rock bottom, and a move to Premier House.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the Paris Olympics in full swing, we go back in time 52 years to talk to Kiwi athletic legend, to reflect on one of the most tragic and shameful events in Olympic sporting history - the 1972 Munich Massacre. We look forward to some great performances on the track from Kiwi athletes, many with rural backgrounds. And we reminisce on paying tribute to Sir Colin "Pinetree" Meads. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is a former Deputy PM, Foreign Minister and Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations. Today he encourages Kiwis in France to make the pilgrimage NZ Liberation Museum on the Western Front. Plus, just back from a state funeral in Vietnam, we talk about the growing and dynamic economies of South East Asia and why they're so important as China and the US get ever closer to a trade war.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our resident Canterbury-based, lifestyle/hobby farmer shares his memory of an evening with Pinetree Meads, plus he has a rant about climate change and weather forecasters. We also look at the ongoing dry in North Canterbury. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Todd McClay, Michael Every, Dr Jacquline Rowarth, and Miles Anderson. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with the Minister of Agriculture and Trade as he catches his breath after recent trade trips around the globe including the G7 in Italy, the UAE and India. We also ask why, if the Nats are such a farmer-friendly government, why are farmers are so down in the dumps? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part 1: Rabobank's Singapore-based Global Strategist, and The Country's favourite Alarmist, comments on perilous state of the world's economy and why he's so wary of dropping interest rates before inflation is totally under control. And guess who he's calling a Marxist?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 Part 2: We also look at the state of the US and Chinese economies and whether the world trade is moving from globalisation to protectionism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.