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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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9:32

The Country 12/08/25: Mark Wynne talks to Jamie Mackay

The Country ·

2025/08/12

The chairman of the Alliance Group outlines the plan to recapitalise the beleaguered meat cooperative with the announcement of the proposed sale of 65% of the company to Irish meat company Dawn Meats for $250 million.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:45

The Country 12/08/25: Winston Peters talks to Jamie...

The Country ·

2025/08/12

The NZ First Leader and former Deputy PM comments on the Alliance Group deal, and why he’s no fan of foreign ownership. He also weighs in on political polls, high viz gear, throwing his leader under the bus about trains, and the prospect of Chlöe Swarbrick wanting to be the Minister of Finance.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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9:08

The Country 12/08/25: Dennis Neilson talks to Jamie...

The Country ·

2025/08/12

Director of forestindustry advisory and publishing firm DANA, who says the farming sector has been laying it on a bit thick, but he concedes it has done a better job of lobbying than the forestry sector when it comes to carbon farming. He also says there is now less land areain plantation trees in 2024 than there was in 2003. But how much high-producing pastoral and arable land has gone to pine trees?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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1:53

The Country 12/08/25: Phil Duncan talks to Jamie Mackay

The Country ·

2025/08/12

Monday’s resident weather expert is back to his almost-regular slot!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-AU

38:36

The Country Full Show: Monday, August 11, 2025

The Country ·

2025/08/11

Jamie Mackay talks to Tom Young, Stacey Waaka, and Barry Soper.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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9:16

The Country 11/08/25: Tom Young talks to Jamie Mackay

The Country ·

2025/08/11

With the announcement of the Alliance Group recapitalisation due tomorrow, we ask Affco’s national livestock manager why some processors in the industry are making record losses despite record prices for farmers?Plus, is the red meat industry structure model fatally flawed?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:30

The Country 11/08/25: Stacey Waaka talks to Jamie Mackay

The Country ·

2025/08/11

We stick with the red meat theme and ask Beef + Lamb NZ’s ambassador about her love of red meat and why it’s so important to her as a high-performing female athlete.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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4:27

The Country 11/08/25: Barry Soper talks to Jamie Mackay

The Country ·

2025/08/11

Our political correspondent comments on the latest Taxpayers’ Union-Curia Poll, tonight's TV poll, Winston in high viz, Luxon cuddling Albo, Chlöe wanting to be Minister of Finance, and Willow-Jean Prime dropping the ball big time over education.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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41:05

Rabobank Best of The Country: August 9, 2025

The Country ·

2025/08/08

Jamie Mackay talks to Farmer Tom Martin, Cameron Bagrie, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, Emma Higgins, and Jane Smith. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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38:25

The Country Full Show: Friday, August 8, 2025

The Country ·

2025/08/08

Jamie Mackay talks to Kelvin Wickham, James Robertson, Rachel Shearer, Phil Duncan, and Hamish McKay.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:00

The Country 08/08/25: Kelvin Wickham talks to Jamie...

The Country ·

2025/08/08

The Kapuni urea plant, operational since 1982 and employing around 120 people, manufactures approximately one third or 260,000 tonnes of New Zealand’s urea annually, specifically for use as a nitrogen-rich fertiliser. Should an affordable and reliable supply of gas not be found soon, the plant is at risk of closure, says the chief executive of Ballance Agri-Nutrients.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:26

The Country 08/08/25: James Robertson talks to Jamie...

The Country ·

2025/08/08

We preview next week’s Zanda McDonald Award Summit on the Gold Coast with a young man who holds a unique place in NZ farming history.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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4:17

The Country 08/08/25: Rachel Shearer talks to Jamie...

The Country ·

2025/08/08

The GM Wool for PGG Wrightson on the good, the bad and the dags of the current market.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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3:31

The Country 08/08/25: Phil Duncan talks to Jamie Mackay

The Country ·

2025/08/08

Monday’s weatherman joins us on a Friday to talk about the prospect of a La Nina spring - wet and warm.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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4:26

The Country 08/08/25: Hamish McKay talks to Jamie Mackay

The Country ·

2025/08/08

McKay on Sport. He talks about Richie Mo’unga and the renaissance of free-to-air sport.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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37:04

The Country Full Show: Thursday, August 7, 2025

The Country ·

2025/08/07

Jamie Mackay talks to Jane Smith, Blair "Blizzard" McLean, Jo Luxton, and Chris Russell.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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8:20

The Country 07/08/25: Jane Smith talks to Jamie Mackay

The Country ·

2025/08/07

North Otago sheep and beef farmer and award-winning environmentalist who can now add ram hogget crutcher to her resume. Today she talks councils, coal and climate change hysteria, plus having a cup of tea with Damien O’Connor and the Greens.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:09

The Country 07/08/25: Blair "Blizzard" McLean talks...

The Country ·

2025/08/07

Our Blenheim-based viticulture correspondent on the challenges the wine industry is facing with the Trump tariffs (35% of our wine exports), a worldwide grape glut and falling consumption.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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4:34

The Country 07/08/25: Jo Luxton talks to Jamie Mackay

The Country ·

2025/08/07

Yet again, we ask Labour’s agriculture spokeswoman for some long-awaited ag policy and just who in the Party is going to be formulating that policy?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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8:33

The Country 07/08/25: Chris Russell talks to Jamie...

The Country ·

2025/08/07

Our Australian correspondent talks about a breakthrough mRNA vaccine for FMD, Trump’s tariffs, a call for the appointment of a “Chief Farmer” and why he reckons the Wallabies will win the Bledisloe Cup.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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