The Country

The Prince of the Provinces, Matua Shane Jones, a great chief fond of speaking about himself in the third person, has no time for Ginny Anderson’s comments, “nephs” on the couch, bank economists and a “dim-witted frog” getting in the way of infrastructure projects and mining. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We find Rabobank’s Sydney-based senior market strategist in Tokoroa, where’s he on a speaking tour commenting about the outlook for the New Zealand economy and where our interest rates are going. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The former Minister of Agriculture talks red meat and honey wearing his chair’s hat for the Meat Industry Association and Apiculture NZ. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Australian correspondent talks about Tay Tay, mutton and wine. 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 1, Ro is joined by Northland Kūmara grower Krista Franklin who, along with husband James, lost 84% of their crop to Cyclone Gabrielle and says the event rocked the family "to our core."...

Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Emma Parsons, Craig Wiggins, and Duncan Humm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The PM ponders Grant Robertson's legacy, our "fragile" economy, inflation, interest rates and getting beneficiaries back to work. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fonterra's MD of Strategy and Optimisation casts her eye over last night's GDT auction (up 0.5%, WMP down 1.8%). It continued a great run for the dairy sales platform, which has only suffered one fall since the 7.4% August 15 tumble. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rural mental health advocate and founder of "Lean on a Gate, Talk to a Mate". Today we find him at day one the East Coast Farming Expo in Wairoa. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mid Canterbury deer farmer and the co-founder of the NZ Farming Facebook page. We yarn about the big dry in Canterbury, deer killing space and returns, and what's trending in social media.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Cameron Bagrie, Leila McDougall, Janine Mallon, Jenny Newman, Hunter McGregor, and Blair McClean. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Independent economist comments on the legacy (or otherwise) of Grant Robertson, who's leaving politics to be the VC of Otago University. We also look at exchange and interest rates, the housing market, and the state of the world economy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This West Victorian farmer is the producer, writer and lead actor in the upcoming Australian drama “Just A Farmer”. The film portrays the impact of suicide on a rural Australian family, shedding light on critical mental health issues in farming communities. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Courtesy of our travel partners, Zest4Travel, we announce the winner of the $10k trip for two to Chicago. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Shanghai-based correspondent looks at the aftermath of the Chinese New Year and some of the domestic tourism and spending numbers associated with it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We find our viticulture guy in Central Otago where he talks about the Marlborough drought. We also discuss irrigation fears and the beginning of the grape harvest. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Phil Duncan, Stu Loe, Stu Duncan, Vanessa Winning, Steve Hollander, and Grant McCallum. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monday's resident weather expert on the Big Dry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's farmer panel talk about droughts, fires and low stock prices.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chief executive of Irrigation NZ is rapt with the Prime Minster's assertion that building dams is "absolutely critical" to the New Zealand economy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We announce the finalists of the Ford Ranger NZ Rural Sports Awards, coming up on Friday, March 8, in Palmerston North. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We yarn to a Northland MP. But did we get the right one? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to David Seymour, Te Radar, Jane Smith, Paul Paynter, Stefan Vogel, and Winston Peters. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Matt Chisholm, Stefan Vogel, Sir David Fagan, Jack Fagan, Mark Patterson, Peter Newbold, and Bruce Cameron. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rural Support Trust’s ambassador is living his best life wearing an orange high-vis vest at Waimumu - which sets Mackay off on a rant about road cones. On a serious note, Chisholm says he’s been having some very confronting conversations with farmers about their mental health. He shares some tips to take care of the “top paddock”. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.