The Country

Jamie Mackay talks to Wayne Langford, David Seymour, Shane McManaway, Steve Wyn-Harris, Grant McCallum, and Graeme Smith. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The President of Federated Farmers comments on the industry-good body's latest Farm Confidence Survey, where rural confidence has risen, albeit slightly, from last July's (2023) record lows. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Act Party leader (and Deputy Prime Minister-in-waiting) defends tax cuts for landlords and cutting school lunches. We also discuss Shane Jones, Chlöe Swarbrick and the Hurricanes' haka.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We take in the action from Day 1 of the invite-only Zanda McDonald Award Impact Summit in Queenstown, where this year’s award winners will be announced tomorrow night. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This stargazing Hawke’s Bay sheep and beef farmer is encouraging his fellow farmers to keep their eyes peeled for meteorites. Only nine have been found in New Zealand - mainly by farmers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's panel features the current MP for Northland and the GM Waikato and Coromandel Drug Detection Agency. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Nicola Willis, Murray Elwood, Jim Hopkins, Kerry Allen and Shane Jones.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Andrew Hoggard, Siobhan O'Malley, Chanelle Purser, Simon Beamish, Chris Brandolino and Barry Soper. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We track down the Associate Minister of Agriculture at day one of the Rural Games in Palmerston North. Amongst other things, we discuss the government's plan to overturn the ban on live animal exports - a half billion dollar industry - plus SNAs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's International Women's Day so today we thought we'd yarn to one of leading women in NZ Agriculture. She's the co-founder of rural charity Meat The Need, co-founder of Hemprino, school teacher, and if that's not enough she's a Hokitika dairy farmer in her spare time! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Hawke’s Bay farm devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle has bounced back to win the supreme award at the East Coast Ballance Farm Environment Awards this week. Simon, Josi, Hugo and Pip Beamish of Awapai were announced as the winners at an event in Gisborne.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with weather and track conditions with a West Otago dairy farmer on the ground at the Wanaka Show.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our political correspondent talks about a good week for the government and a bad week for TVNZ. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Shane Jones, Kerry Allen, Chris Russell, and Chris Hipkins.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Coalition Government’s new one-stop-shop fast-track consenting regime for regional and national projects of significance will cut red tape and make it easier for New Zealand to build the infrastructure and major projects needed to get the country moving again, so says the Regional Development Minister and the self-proclaimed “Prince of the Provinces”. He wants to dig it up and dam it up, and t...

Agriculture teacher at St Paul’s Collegiate in Hamilton, and Project Curriculum Director for the Agribusiness in Schools Programme. Today we look at the Grow board game and how we can attract our best and brightest students to agribusiness. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Australian correspondent says the controversial live animal export boat is back on the seas and heading for the Middle East (via the Cape of Good Hope) and he reckons farmers are furious with Woolworths over milk. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Have the chickens now come home to roost? Are we now broke as a country? Did the former Prime Minister’s “policy bonfire” indicate he saw the writing on the wall and recognised that Grant Robertson and Jacinda Ardern had run amuck with the government chequebook? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Country's Rowena Duncum brings you a brand-new Farmstrong-powered series. "Getting Through" looks at what it takes to recover from extreme weather events, by people who've been through it first-hand. In episode 3, Ro is joined by Brydon Nisbett, president and chair of the Hawke’s Bay Fruitgrowers Assn, HortNZ board member and apple grower in his own right. Brydon bravely opens up about the gri...

Jamie Mackay talks to Nicola Willis, Leon Samuels, Jim Hopkins, Komal Mistry-Mehta, and Murray Elwood.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the absence of the Prime Minster (who eventually made his way to Australia) we talk to the Minister of Finance about NZ's identity crisis, when we're going to get back into surplus, and by what moniker will her first Budget (due May 30) be known as? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

He's a Southern Man of few words but he let his handpiece do the talking at Masterton on Saturday night when he took out the open title at the Golden Shears. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From a man of few words to a man of plenty! This rural raconteur takes issue with The Country's host, the broadcasting of the Young Farmer Grand Final, Sky's treatment of Heartland Rugby and, of course, the Hurricane's women's haka. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We review last night's GDT auction (down 2.3 per cent, WMP - 2.8 per cent, SMP - 5.2 per cent) with Fonterra's Chief Innovation and Brand Officer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our monthly Farmstrong interview, we profile a Nelson-based beekeeper with 35 years of experience in the industry. Currently, the price businesses are getting for their honey is less than the cost of production. Today we discuss how one man got himself out of a hole and where is his go-to happy place for his mental health. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.