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The Country
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THE COUNTRY
WITH JAMIE MACKAY
12pm–1pm weekdays
New Zealand’s flagship rural radio show.
As a former sheep farmer and a current equity partner in a Southland dairy farm, Jamie Mackay knows agribusiness.
He delivers your daily fix of everything going on in NZ's biggest industry, along with a generous side-serve of news, sports and politics.
Tapping into contacts throughout the industry, Jamie always gets to the heart of a story.
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David Seymour wants to scrap a current public holiday for Matariki to help businesses
David Seymour wants to scrap a current public holiday to help businesses. Matariki will be celebrated as a public holiday for the first time on Friday. The ACT Party...
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Winston Peters says he's begun legal proceedings against Speaker Trevor Mallard
Winston Peters says he's begun legal proceedings against Speaker Trevor Mallard. The Speaker issued Peters a trespass notice early last month, over visiting the...
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Christopher Luxon: My front-bench now outperforms Cabinet across the board
Jacinda Ardern is preparing to unveil a minor Cabinet reshuffle. The Prime Minister will announce changes at a post-Cabinet media conference at 3pm. There's been...
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Fonterra to spend up to $50m to support share price
Fonterra said it plans to spend up to $50 million on buying back its own shares from June 30. The move is in reaction to the steep decline in the share price following...
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Winston Peters: Mahuta is too busy trying to get Māori to take over New Zealand
The NZ First leader, Winston Peters, joined Jamie Mackay on the Country to talk US presidents, polls and Nanaia Mahuta's "ultra-woke Māori co-governance re-engineering...
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Chris Luxon: National leader on the Emissions Reduction Plan
National leader Chris Luxon joined Jamie Mackay on The Country to discuss the Emissions Reduction Plan. He also discussed the weekend's Taxpayer Union Curia Poll...
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What to expect for weather for the first weekend of duck hunting season
NIWA Principal Scientist Chris Brandolino joined Jamie Mackay on The Country to talk through the weather for the first weekend of duck hunting season starting on...
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Jacinda Ardern: The role of the Speaker is distinct, I make sure to keep that separated
Jacinda Ardern is refusing to intervene in Speaker Trevor Mallard's trespassing Winston Peters from Parliament Grounds. The New Zealand First Leader is seeking...
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Chris Luxon: National leader on Tauranga by-election candidate Sam Uffindell
National leader Chris Luxon joined Jamie Mackay on The Country to discuss Sam Uffindell, National's candidate for the Tauranga by-election. He also discussed Three...
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Karen Williams: Federated Farmers vice president says rural roads should concern all Kiwis
The state of our rural roads should be of concern to all New Zealanders - because all New Zealanders use rural roads, Federated Farmers vice president Karen Williams...
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David Seymour: We've gone beyond supporting Treaty settlements
David Seymour says the question of co-governance will divide New Zealand at next year's election. The ACT Party leader wants a referendum on the issue – and says...
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Jacinda Ardern: We're still in lock-step with other countries in condemning Russia
The Prime Minister maintains we're in lock-step with other countries in our condemnation of Russia's invasion into Ukraine. National leader Chris Luxon says he's...
