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 13, 2025 • 5min
The Country 13/10/25: Richard Loe talks to Hamish McKay
We talk a bit of footy with a former All Black.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 10, 2025 • 41min
Rabobank Best of The Country: October 11 , 2025
Hamish McKay talks to Christopher Luxon, Laura Koot, Blake Holgate, Chris Russell, and Ele Ludemann. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 10, 2025 • 39min
The Country Full Show: Friday, October 10, 2025
Hamish McKay talks to Hugh Jackson, Paul Allison, Chris Russell, Andrew Hoggard, Grant McCallum, and Jasper van Halder.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 10, 2025 • 7min
The Country 10/10/25: Hugh Jackson talks to Hamish McKay
For today’s Mental Health Awareness Week interview, the 2025 FMG Young Farmer of the Year reflects on being “haunted by the black dog” in 2020, and how he helps keep it at bay.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 10, 2025 • 6min
The Country 10/10/25: Paul Allison talks to Hamish McKay
It’s time for McKay on Sport, with one of New Zealand’s leading sports commentators.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 10, 2025 • 6min
The Country 10/10/25: Chris Russell talks to Hamish McKay
Our Australian correspondent discusses great prices for wool and processor cows. Plus, a new alternative to Roundup, Australian Richard Robson winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and Aboriginal rainstick technology. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 10, 2025 • 7min
The Country 10/10/25: Andrew Hoggard and Grant McCallum talk to Hamish McKay
Today’s farmer-politician panel discuss the Paris Agreement, wilding pines, and farmer confidence.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 10, 2025 • 5min
The Country 10/10/25: Jasper van Halder talks to Hamish McKay
We catch up with the chief executive of Agnition, a subsidiary of Ravensdown, to find out more about the Farm Innovation Network.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 9, 2025 • 37min
The Country Full Show: Thursday, October 9, 2025
Hamish McKay talks to Mike Green, Blake Holgate, Laura Koot, and Andrew Gibson.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 9, 2025 • 7min
The Country 09/10/25: Mike Green talks to Hamish McKay
We catch up with a Community Connector for the Rural Support Trust about a successful fundraising event, the Rural Leaders 2025 Dinner, Debate and Auction, held in conjunction with the National Fieldays. It was so successful that they raised $300,000 for the Trust, and next year’s event is already sold out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
