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The Country

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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3:28

The Country 20/12/23: Karen Williams talks to Jamie...

The Country ·

2023/12/20

Wearing her FMG-supporting Safer Farms hard hat, the former vice president of Federated Farmers laments yet another tragic and needless quad bike death. There have been five since November 25.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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3:25

The Country 20/12/23: Judith Swales talks to Jamie...

The Country ·

2023/12/20

Fonterra’s chief executive of global markets reviews yet another positive GDT auction overnight (up 2.3 per cent, WMP plus 2.9 per cent). We ask if an $8 milk price is on the horizon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-AU

4:04

The Country 20/12/23: David Stevens talks to Jamie...

The Country ·

2023/12/20

It’s the end of an era, and the end of an institution, on the New Zealand deer farming calendar, as one of the country’s leading velveting sire stag breeders signs off after 37 years in the industry.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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1:41

The Country: December Wool Report with PGG...

The Country ·

2023/12/20

The Country's Rowena Duncum talks to PGG Wrightson GM of Wool Grant Edwards about the state of the market. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-AU

4:10

The Country 20/12/23: Scott Duggan talks to Jamie Mackay

The Country ·

2023/12/20

The national sales manager for Volkswagen NZ on what the scrapping of the Ute Tax means for consumers in 2024. Plus, he has a super deal on the award-winning Amarok.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-AU

38:22

The Country Full Show: Tuesday December 19, 2023

The Country ·

2023/12/19

Jamie Mackay talks to Damien O'Connor, Krista Franklin, Kate Acland, Richard Burke, and Jane Smith.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:47

The Country 19/12/23: Damien O'Connor talks to Jamie...

The Country ·

2023/12/19

We wrap the year with a man who started as Minister for Agriculture, Trade, Biosecurity and Land Information and finished it as opposition spokesperson for trade. Today we talk about an FTA with India, the ease (or lack of) of doing business in New Zealand, life after having your feet under the Treasury benches, and living with Grant’s huge fiscal hole.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:38

The Country 19/12/23: Krista Franklin talks to Jamie...

The Country ·

2023/12/19

This month’s Farmstrong farmers are Northland kūmara growers Krista and James Franklin, who got whacked by Cyclone Gabrielle. Krista shares the story of how the family got through it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-AU

4:52

The Country 19/12/23: Kate Acland talks to Jamie Mackay

The Country ·

2023/12/19

The chair of Beef + Lamb NZ wraps a very testing year for the red meat industry, especially for sheep farmers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-AU

5:44

The Country 19/12/23: Richard Burke talks to Jamie...

The Country ·

2023/12/19

The Gisborne-based LeaderBrand chief executive looks back on an unbelievably challenging 2023 for salad and vegetable growers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-AU

5:52

The Country 19/12/23: Jane Smith talks to Jamie Mackay

The Country ·

2023/12/19

The straight-talking North Otago farmer, and award-winning environmentalist, gets stuck into woke regulations being foisted upon farmers. Plus, we get her Christmas wishlist and Ag Person of the Year.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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38:19

The Country Full Show: Monday December 18, 2023

The Country ·

2023/12/18

Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Richard McIntyre, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, and Greg Mirams.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-AU

8:09

The Country 18/12/23: Christopher Luxon talks to...

The Country ·

2023/12/18

Making his final appearance for 2023 on The Country, the Prime Minister ponders the past year in politics, the Mini Budget and tax cuts, the prospect for farming in 2024, Micheal Buble and Love, Actually.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-AU

6:23

The Country 18/12/23: Richard McIntyre talks to Jamie...

The Country ·

2023/12/18

Federated Farmers' domestic commerce and competition spokesperson says farmers are not happy with rural bankers and are feeling excessive and undue pressure from their lenders.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-AU

4:42

The Country 18/12/23: Dr Jacqueline Rowarth talks to...

The Country ·

2023/12/18

One of New Zealand's leading farming academics looks at the Great Kiwi Christmas Survey (ham v lamb and your favourite Christmas movie) and how long it takes to repatriate forestry land back to good productive pasture for food production.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-AU

7:13

The Country 18/12/23: Greg Mirams talks to Jamie Mackay

The Country ·

2023/12/18

The managing director of tech company Techion talks about his 30 years as an agricultural entrepreneur and what a future with AI looks like for farming and rural communities.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-AU

39:27

Rabobank Best of The Country: December 16, 2023

The Country ·

2023/12/15

Jamie Mackay talks to Todd McClay, Farmer Tom Martin, Hunter McGregor, Emma Higgins, and Winston Peters.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-AU

38:10

The Country Full Show: Friday, December 15, 2023

The Country ·

2023/12/15

Jamie Mackay talks to Neil Barnes, Nigel Walsh, Kirstin Chittock, Chris Brandolino, Rowland Smith, Stu Loe and Stu Duncan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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11:19

The Country 15/12/23: Neil Barnes and Nigel Walsh...

The Country ·

2023/12/15

We talk to two rugby coaches, with real dinkum rural backgrounds, who were awarded the top gongs last night at the NZ Rugby Awards.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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4:48

The Country 15/12/23: Kirstin Chittock talks to Jamie...

The Country ·

2023/12/15

We catch up with the Hokonui breakfast host who is watching Megan Whitehead having a crack at Sacha Bond's eight-hour solo lamb record of 601 (and two-stand record with her cousin Hannah McColl). She reckons that, at the halfway mark, they look like they will smash the old records. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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