The Country

Jamie Mackay talks to Laurie Paterson, Damien O'Connor, Shane McManaway, Emma Higgins and Jim Hopkins. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today’s Norwood panel talks footy on the eve of a big afternoon for All Blacks rugby. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our political correspondent ponders political advertising, Jacinda's mask-gate, the Three Waters debacle and Ian Foster proving a handy distraction for the Prime Minister. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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

This North Canterbury rural GP is also Tessa's mum. Earlier this week she called out Andrew Little and the health system.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We get a weather update with our guy from NIWA. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Seth Carrier, Anthea Prentice, Peter Newbold, Aaron Dahmen, Smiley Barrett and Tim Myers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rabobank's senior animal proteins analyst agrees that despite another sharp fall in the GDT auction yesterday (down 5 per cent, WMP down 5.1 per cent, SMP down 8.6 per cent), there's no need to hit the panic button yet, with milk prices simply following soft commodity prices down as the world spirals towards recession. However, the good news is the supply and demand equation for milk is still very...

With viral fragments of foot-and-mouth disease found on a pork product in Melbourne, our Aussie correspondent brings in a big gun, in the form of a former (2016-19) Inspector General of Biosecurity for Australia, to discuss the threat of FMD to both our countries.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This rural raconteur (and local body politician) pulls no punches when it comes to what he thinks about Three Waters, Dr Rodd Carr and the Climate Change Commission, why he thinks co-governance is a slippery slope and why he reckons we're being conned by "middle-class policy wonks". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The President of Federated Farmers is joined by a high-profile Southland farmer who is trying to make his way to Wellington as we discuss climate change, Country Calendar and adverse weather events.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Andrew Hoggard, Blair Drysdale, Chris Russell, Dr Helen Scott-Orr and Emma Higgins. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Waitomo sheep and beef farmer also moonlights as the chief executive of Steelfort. Today we talk transport, trees, carbon neutrality, Rodd Carr's beard and the supply chain. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fonterra's head of co-op affairs comments on last night's GDT auction (down 5 per cent, WMP down 5.1 per cent, SMP down 8.6 per cent) plus we ask if the Milk-E Tanker is virtue signalling? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Prime Minister comments on the Oval Office, the FTA with the EU, Rodd Carr and the Climate Change Commission, Three Waters, tourism v primary sector emissions and EVs paying their fair share for our roads. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chris Allen is a Federated Farmers National Board Member and one of the two Chris's who stepped down 10 days ago after 11 years with the organisation. Nowadays he's a Mid Canterbury Farmer and media superstar – on TV One and TV 3 last night. Today he updates the flooding in Mid Canterbury (and beyond) and says the government needs to help communities manage the rivers as they did in the Ministry o...

Jamie Mackay talks to Chris Allen, Jacinda Ardern, Mike Cronin and John McOviney. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We head to the Groundswell protest in Palmerston North against Three Waters. Is it a fizzer? Or will the tractor cavalry ride into town and save the day? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We head to Shanghai where it's been hot (40 +) during the day with lows of around 30 at night. Rolling lockdowns are happening around Shanghai at the building/ compound level, where our correspondent responds to an article about Taste Pure Nature (from Beef + Lamb NZ) in the rural media in New Zealand. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We continue the rural health theme by talking to a Wairarapa farmer who took matters into his own hands and built a health centre. We ask how his health centre is handling the health crisis and how he is staffing it? Is the New Zealand health system in crisis? Do we need more philanthropists to build hospitals? Plus, the search is on for two more incredible Zanda McDonald Award winners, one from e...

We ask the Minister of Agriculture what he'd like to ask the Prime Minister on behalf of New Zealand farmers and was Winston correct when he said you're the only farmer-friendly Labour MP around the Cabinet table? We also talk about the crumbling health system and the Groundswell protest against Three Waters today in Palmerston North. Is it just reflective of a rural community that has had too muc...

Jamie Mackay talks to Damien O'Connor, Shane McManaway, Hunter McGregor and Logan Evans. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We review last Friday's Rabobank Good Deeds work day at Douglas in Eastern Taranaki. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It wasn't all bad news on the sporting front in the weekend, with New Zealand's best speed shearer cleaning up in the prestigious Welsh Open. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Groundswell's co-founder pulls no punches in describing the Climate Change Commission's report to the Government regarding the He Waka Eke Noa recommendations. Plus, he previews tomorrow's Three Waters protest in Palmerston North. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.