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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Jul 12, 2024 • 6min
The Country 12/07/24: Craig Hickman talks to Jamie Mackay
Social media influencer, and Mid Canterbury cow cocky, does his best not to be solemn when offering commentary on Synlait.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 12, 2024 • 3min
The Country 12/07/24: Barry Soper talks to Jamie Mackay
Our political correspondent talks about the latest political poll and whether Christopher Luxon is an American presidential political fanboy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 11, 2024 • 38min
The Country Full Show: Thursday, July 11, 2024
Rowena Duncum talks to Chris Russell, Jim van der Poel, Chetan Pangam, Andrew Gibson, and Chloe Jones.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 11, 2024 • 7min
The Country 11/07/24: Chris Russell talks to Rowena Duncum
This week our Australian correspondent talks about New Zealand butter making its way across the ditch, why Aussie researchers are encouraging people to shoot feral pigs, and the Wallabies notching up a win.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 11, 2024 • 7min
The Country 11/07/24: Jim van der Poel talks to Rowena Duncum
DairyNZ’s chairman says the industry-good body welcomes a new report that supports improvements in genetic gain for New Zealand’s dairy herd.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 11, 2024 • 7min
The Country 11/07/24: Chetan Pangam
The executive chef of Wellington’s One80 restaurant is also a Beef + Lamb NZ ambassador chef and the man behind the delicious dinner at the recent Primary Industries New Zealand Awards. He remembers his journey to New Zealand and talks about how Kiwi lamb has an important role in restaurants in India.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 11, 2024 • 4min
The Country 11/07/24: Andrew Gibson talks to Rowena Duncum
PGG Wrightson’s Taranaki area livestock manager and auctioneer takes a look at how the market’s going. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 11, 2024 • 3min
The Country 11/07/24: Chloe Jones talks to Rowena Duncum
New Zealand Young Farmers Chair on the ground from day one of the 2024 FMG Young Farmer of the Year contest at Hamilton’s Claudelands ArenaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 10, 2024 • 39min
The Country Full Show: Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Jamie Mackay talks to Winston Peters, Cameron Bagrie, Todd Charteris, and Karen Williams.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 10, 2024 • 8min
The Country 10/07/24: Winston Peters talks to Jamie Mackay
The age-defying Acting PM is sitting in for PM Chris Luxon who's in Washington for the Nato Summit. Today we talk ageism, Cook Strait ferries, NATO, Matua Shane's mining escapades, and what do you do with a problem like the Greens and Darleen? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
