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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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6:04

The Country 25/07/25: Stu Duncan and Stu Loe talk to...

The Country ·

2025/07/25

Today’s farmer panel chews the farming fat! Do record prices equate to record profits? And a timely reminder of farmer generosity.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:12

The Country 25/07/25: Barry Soper talks to Jamie Mackay

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2025/07/25

We welcome our long-standing political correspondent back from paternal leave. A week dominated by butter-gate as Nicola and Maiki make a meal of it. Plus, we go back in time to 2004 and a long lunch with Winston, followed by the Southland Party at the Beehive.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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4:10

The Country 25/07/25: Rachel Shearer talks to Jamie...

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2025/07/25

The GM of PGG Wrightson Wool. The market continued to ease at yesterday’s North Island wool sale, though the rate of decline has slowed - SWI down 5 cents.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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4:06

The Country 25/07/25: Ellie Templeton and Meg Miller...

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2025/07/25

We continue Innovation Week here on The Country with Herd-i, and today we talk to the four young women behind Nature’s Prime Leather Restore.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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2:20

The Country 25/07/25: Hamish McKay talks to Jamie Mackay

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2025/07/25

We hand the mic over to next week’s host.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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37:20

The Country Full Show: Thursday, July 24, 2025

The Country ·

2025/07/24

Jamie Mackay talks to Mark Hooper, Rhys Gardner, Craig Hickman, Duncan Humm, Chris Russell, and Jeremy Rookes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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9:04

The Country 24/07/25: Mark Hooper talks to Jamie Mackay

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2025/07/24

Federated Farmers’ new banking spokesman on the latest survey ranking the banks, which has revealed how the country’s biggest rural lenders are performing in the eyes of farmers, by ranking the banks from best to worst. Also, the Com/Com dismissed the Feds’ complaint on net-zero banking.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:30

The Country 24/07/25: Rhys Gardner talks to Jamie Mackay

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2025/07/24

We continue Innovation Week here on The Country with Herd-i. Today we talk to the founder and CEO of G-Factor - a virtual reality and graphics tech company that specialises in driver and rider training, particularly for quad bikes and side-by-sides.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:28

The Country 24/07/25: Craig Hickman and Duncan Humm...

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2025/07/24

Today’s Mid Canterbury-based dairy and deer farmer panel on the price of butter, and who should be paying for it?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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4:38

The Country 24/07/25: Chris Russell talks to Jamie...

The Country ·

2025/07/24

Our Australian correspondent on drought-breaking rain in the south, pasture pests taking over, the lifting of the US beef ban and the second Lions Test at the MCG.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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4:49

The Country 24/07/25: Jeremy Rookes talks to Jamie...

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2025/07/24

The Country’s loquacious hobby farming correspondent fires a few shots in anger. Or does he?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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40:49

The Country Full Show: Wednesday, July 23, 2025

The Country ·

2025/07/23

Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Neville Clark, and Marion Cantillon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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9:11

The Country 23/07/25: Christopher Luxon talks to...

The Country ·

2025/07/23

Was Nicola Willis sent on a fool’s errand to Fonterra?The government can’t do anything about the price of butter and cheese (without subsidies), but what can it do to kneecap spendthrift local body councils? Is the Prime Minister concerned with what’s happening at Pāmu, after the sudden resignation of the long-standing and well-regarded manager of Molesworth Station, Jim Ward?Should the state be a farmer? Or is that an outmoded concept? And what about “frickin” Chris

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8:51

The Country 23/07/25: Neville Clark talks to Jamie...

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2025/07/23

A storied and well-travelled Gisborne auctioneer, stock agent, and former NZ Rodeo champion, who has just been awarded a life membership of the Poverty Bay A&P Association in its 150th year, reflects on more than 40 years in the industry.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-AU

7:36

The Country 23/07/25: Marion Cantillon talks to Jamie...

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2025/07/23

We continue Innovation Week here on The Country with Herd-i. Today, we catch up with the founder of Pit-Seal - an edible biofilm made of seaweed and nutrients used to cover silage pits instead of plastics.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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37:17

The Country Full Show: Tuesday, July 22, 2025

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2025/07/22

Jamie Mackay talks to Nathan Guy, Jane Smith, Jen Corkran, Brian Johnson, and Phil Duncan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:29

The Country 22/07/25: Nathan Guy talks to Jamie Mackay

The Country ·

2025/07/22

We find the Meat Industry Association (MIA) at the Red Meat Sector Conference in Christchurch.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:34

The Country 22/07/25: Jane Smith talks to Jamie Mackay

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2025/07/22

North Otago farmer and former winner of the Ballance Farm Environment Awards. Today we jointly enjoy some outrage over Paris, protests and Net Zero banking. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:47

The Country 22/07/25: Jen Corkran talks to Jamie Mackay

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2025/07/22

Rabobank’s senior analyst comments on record red meat prices and a better outlook for New Zealand avocado growers as global demand “smashes” past the $30 billion mark. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:24

The Country 22/07/25: Brian Johnson talks to Jamie...

The Country ·

2025/07/22

We continue Innovation Week here on The Country with Herd-i. Today we talk to a former pharmacist and one of the three-man team behind the Agri AI teat sprayer, which promises to reduce the huge cost of mastitis to the dairy industry.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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