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.
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Aug 19, 2025 • 6min
The Country 19/08/25: Cameron Bagrie talks to Jamie Mackay
Independent economist looks beyond tomorrow’s OCR announcement to comment on where neutral is for the Reserve Bank. Plus, is the economy officially suffering from Long Covid where strong economic growth alone won’t be enough to get the Govt’s finances back on track? So is the solution more spending cuts or increased taxes?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 19, 2025 • 9min
The Country 19/08/25: Damien O'Connor talks to Jamie Mackay
The former Minister of Agriculture and Trade comments on a “useless Government”. But which one is he talking about? Plus, we look at an FTA with India, the live export ban repeal being stuck in Cabinet limbo, and whether his former Labour government is in denial over the Covid spend up.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 19, 2025 • 3min
The Country 19/08/25: Phil Duncan talks to Jamie Mackay
Monday’s resident weather expert on a Tuesday reports on bitter wind chills, lower snow flurries, then frosts again. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 18, 2025 • 38min
The Country Full Show: August 18, 2025
Jamie Mackay talks to David Seymour, Mark de Lautour, and Kevin "Smiley" Barrett. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 18, 2025 • 11min
The Country 18/08/25: David Seymour talks to Jamie Mackay
The Act Party leader talks beer, lefty haters, collateral damage, Dad Dancing and twerking, Grant Robertson's denial over Covid spend up, bike helmets and fiddling while Rome burns when there are bigger fish to fry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 18, 2025 • 6min
The Country 18/08/25: Mark de Lautour talks to Jamie Mackay
The a2 Milk Company has inked a long-awaited deal to purchase Yashili’s New Zealand plant for $282 million and sold its stake in Mataura Valley Milk to Open Country Dairy. We ask the chief executive of OCD if he got a bargain basement buy?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 18, 2025 • 6min
The Country 18/08/25: Kevin "Smiley" Barrett talks to Jamie Mackay
He's not in Argentina watching his three boys play the Pumas. Today we find him calving on his Coastal Taranaki dairy farm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 15, 2025 • 41min
Rabobank Best of The Country: August 16, 2025
Jamie Mackay talks to Stacey Waaka, Winston Peters, Kate Acland, Wayne Langford, and Chris Hipkins. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 15, 2025 • 39min
The Country Full Show: Friday, August 15, 2025
Jamie Mackay talks to Cam Eyre, George Dodson, Hugh Jackson, Philippa Wright, Barry Soper, and Chris Brandolino.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 15, 2025 • 6min
The Country 15/08/25: Cam Eyre talks to Jamie Mackay
A Taranaki-based forestry consultant takes issue with some of the comments made earlier in the week by forestry oracle and carbon farmer, Dennis Neilson, as he goes in to bat for the production forestry industry.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
