The Country

The general manager ASB rural comments on the bank's wonderful $150 million, 100th birthday present for Mt Albert Grammar School. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The independent economist comments on rising inflation, interest and exchange rates and tomorrow's OCR announcement. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

PWC's director for sustainability and climate change says New Zealand risks confusing carbon neutral v carbon zero farming, that we need to be aware of the dangers of siloed thinking, and why she thinks we've only got 18-24 months to get our act together. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask National's leader if he's going to do a Liz Truss and back-flip on tax cuts. And is the Māori caucus calling the shots in the Labour government? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Dr Victoria Hatton, Cameron Bagrie, Ben Speedy and Dr Jacqueline Rowarth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's panel features a Central Hawkes Bay sheep farmer and a Northland cow cocky. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We find the Head of Insight for NZX on a self-funded and organised study tour of the USA looking at sustainable finance and food. Today she's in Chicago, the Windy City, but that's nothing to what she experienced in Florida when Tropical Cyclone Ian came calling.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We catch up with the winner of the FMG Rural Champion Award at last week's inaugural Beef + Lamb Awards in Napier. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nadia's Farm kicks off on TV3 on Wednesday evening. Is it a Celebrity Country Calendar? We ask the very down-to-earth celebrity farming couple, who are the stars of the show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monday's resident weather expert says snow is coming, in October, but that's not unusual. How low it falls will be.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Phil Duncan, Nadia Lim, Carlos Bagrie, Sandra Matthews, Julia Jones, Grant McCallum and Steve Wyn-Harris. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Blake Holgate, Winston Peter, Jane Smith, Damien O'Connor and Matt Chisholm.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's Norwood panel features the chief executive and the brand ambassador. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The GM of PGG Wrightson Wool takes his monthly look at the state of the market. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Australian correspondent, and life-long Parramatta Eels fan, is counting the sleeps until Sunday's NRL Final. Plus, we talk bulls and rams doing the business and meat-eating males being denied their conjugal rights. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Mental Health Awareness Week and our special in-studio guest knows a thing or two about struggles with wellbeing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Todd Muller, Chris Russell, Grant Edwards, Tim Myers and Smiley Barrett. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Labour shortages and immigration stuff-ups have cost the New Zealand meat industry $600 million in lost exports. Plus, we get comment on He Waka Eke Noa from the Meat Industry Association. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Mental Health Awareness Week and we catch up with a rural mental health crusader who's taken time out of his nationwide Time Out Tour to film some Reality TV with a Kiwi sporting legend. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We get an industry response from the chair of Livestock Export NZ who says the ban on live animal export by sea will cost the industry half a billion dollars per annum. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Minister of Trade and Agriculture comments on the banning of livestock exports (by sea) which will come into effect from April 30, 2023. Plus, we ask if 3000 additional RSE workers are enough and if we can get them in, can we house them and treat them fairly? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Damien O'Connor, Mark Willis, Matt Chisholm and Esther Guy-Meakin.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Mental Health Awareness Week and today we talk to the 2021 Rural Communicator of the Year about the good work he's doing in that space. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The former President of Horticulture NZ applauds the decision to bring in another 3000 RSE workers, but what is the industry going to do about offering them improved living conditions? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask the NZ First leader if history is going to repeat itself and whether he is going to be a spanner in the works of a National/Act government in 2023. He also comments on the state of our economy, RSE workers and Putin's nuclear threats. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.