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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Apr 8, 2025 • 9min
The Country 08/04/25: Richard McIntyre talks to Rowena Duncum
Federated Farmers dairy chair and national board member talks about calls by Feds for the Government to immediately strip Greenpeace of its charitable status, following the group’s occupation of Port Taranaki this week.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 8, 2025 • 5min
The Country 08/04/25: Emma Twigg talks to Jamie Mackay
The Kiwi rower and Olympic gold and silver medallist is also the keynote speaker at SIDE. Her talk was about the synergies between being an athlete and a dairy farmer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 8, 2025 • 10min
The Country 08/04/25: Todd Clark talks to Rowena Duncum
Our US farming correspondent on how US farmers are facing challenges, of which Donald Trump’s tariffs are one of many.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 8, 2025 • 4min
The Country 08/04/25: Mark Dillon talks to Jamie Mackay
The 2025 New Zealand Ploughing Champs were held over the weekend in Middlemarch. Today, we catch up with the Southland farmer who took out the coveted “Silver Plough” title.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 7, 2025 • 39min
The Country Full Show: Monday, April 7, 2025
Jamie Mackay talks to Phil Duncan, Andrew Hoggard, Grant McCallum, Amy Renelle, and Te Radar.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 7, 2025 • 5min
The Country 07/04/25: Phil Duncan talks to Jamie Mackay
We ask Monday’s resident weather expert if the North Island drought is over. He says we can expect more changeable weather – but we haven’t yet shaken the stubborn highs that got us into this dry spot in the first place.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 7, 2025 • 10min
The Country 07/04/25: Andrew Hoggard and Grant McCallum talk to Jamie Mackay
Today’s farmer/politician panel traverses topics as diverse as the North Island drought, the GE Free Bill, Federated Farmers taking the fight to Greenpeace, Grannie Flats, politicians being accosted at airports and Trump’s tariffs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 7, 2025 • 6min
The Country 07/04/25: Amy Renelle talks to Jamie Mackay
The author of the wonderfully risqué children’s book for grown-up farmers - If you’ve got Livestock, then you’ve got Dead Stock - a delightful look at sheep from a complete townie with a PhD in Statistics.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 7, 2025 • 6min
The Country 07/04/25: Te Radar talks to Jamie Mackay
The voice behind the FMG Young Farmer of the Year Contest reviews the last of the regional finals held on Saturday (Otago Southland) and previews the seven grand finalists heading to Invercargill on July 3-5.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 4, 2025 • 40min
Rabobank Best of The Country: April 5, 2025
Jamie Mackay talks to David Seymour, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, Ben Picton, Jane Smith, and Todd McClay. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
