The Country

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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, iHeartCountry NZ,

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The Country episodes:

June 18, 2026 The Country 18/06/26: Cam Clayton talks to Jamie Mackay
We continue our series profiling the seven FMG Young Farmer of the Year Grand Finalists, and today we yarn to the Waikato-BOP regional winner.
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June 18, 2026 The Country 18/06/26: Peter Newbold talks to Jamie Mackay
The GM of PGG Wrightson Real Estate tells you how much your farm is worth. And it’s looking very positive.
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6min
June 18, 2026 The Country 18/06/26: Chris Russell talks to Jamie Mackay
We find our Australian correspondent in Hawke’s Bay, where we talk State of Origin, booming beef prices, the Super El Niño and Pauline Hanson.
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6min
June 17, 2026 DairyNZ Update: Adam Williamson, DairyNZ Associate Director
Michelle Watt talks to Adam Williamson Culverden Dairy Farmer, and newly appointed DairyNZ Associate Director.
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11min
June 17, 2026 The Country Full Show: Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Jane Smith, Tom Slee, Bruce Weir, and Mike McIntyre.
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41min
June 17, 2026 The Country 17/06/26: Christopher Luxon talks to Jamie Mackay
The PM ponders Fieldays, "friendly fire" from Winston and whether wilding pines should attract carbon credits.
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6min
June 17, 2026 The Country 17/06/26: Jane Smith talks to Jamie Mackay
North Otago farmer, award-winning environmentalist and champion Angus bull breeder. Today we talk about record beef breeding prices and "woke eggs" at Sainsburys.
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8min
June 17, 2026 The Country 17/06/26: Tom Slee talks to Jamie Mackay
We continue our series profiling the seven FMG Young Farmer of the Year Grand Finalists, and today we yarn to Otago/Southland region winner, a young man with great farming pedigree who was quite literally "born" to win the title.
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6min
June 17, 2026 The Country 17/06/26: Bruce Weir talks to Jamie Mackay
Rabobank's GM of Country Banking comments on the bank's latest Rural Confidence Survey, which sees the Middle East conflict tempering farmer confidence but producers remaining upbeat about the agri sector outlook.
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6min
June 17, 2026 The Country 17/06/26: Mike McIntyre talks to Jamie Mackay
Jarden's Head of Derivatives comments on last night's GDT Auction (down 2.8%). WMP -3.1%, SMP -3.6%, Butter -2.4% and Cheese -3.4%.
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FAQs about The Country:

How many episodes does The Country have?

The podcast currently has 9,542 episodes available.