The Country

We talk to the man behind the book - Imposter - and his battle with booze, crippling self-doubt and coming out the other side. Sir John Kirwan described it as "a book of great openness and courage". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Minister of Agriculture joins us to discuss how the primary sector can navigate its way through Level 4 lockdown. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Damien O'Connor, Matt Chisholm, Emma Higgins and Shane McManaway. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Country Sport Breakfast: DairyNZ chief executive Dr Tim Mackle says communication is key this lockdown, especially with the more infectious Delta variant. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Affco's National Livestock Manager looks at the red meat industry's response to Level 4 lockdown and we ask if there's still any $10/kg contracts in the market? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The North Canterbury GP (and Tessa's mum) comments on the vaccine rollout for rural New Zealand and the state of rural mental health. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Beef + Lamb New Zealand's Economic Service Chief Economist says the total number of sheep in New Zealand decreased 0.8 per cent (by 199,000 head) to an estimated 25.83 million while beef cattle numbers rose 2.5 per cent to 3.98 million, according to B+LNZ's annual stock number survey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We question how the dairy industry is faring under Level 4 lockdown and ask Fonterra's chief executive about the latest GDT auction (plus 0.3 per cent, WMP down 1.5 per cent). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This morning, the PM commented on the Level 4 Lockdown Covid crisis as we waited with bated breath for the 1pm update. We also asked how come Ashley Bloomfield was not vaccinated? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Jacinda Ardern, Miles Hurrell, Anthea Prentice, Tom Young and Andrew Burtt. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Irrigation NZ's chief executive tells us why she is taking a very different stance to some of the industry bodies on the release of the Three Waters proposals. Any why bespoke dams are the future for water storage. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Laurie Paterson, Lynette Maan, Farmer Tom Martin, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth and Vanessa Winning. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is a Mid Canterbury dairy farmer, former Mid-Canterbury rugby legend and the captain of the Fonterra XV which yesterday defeated the Parliamentary XV in Ashburton to help raise more than $100,000 for farmers affected by the recent flooding in the region. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Phil Duncan, Jon Dampney, Penny Simmonds, Eric Roy and Roger van Booma. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Deputy Principal of Waitaki Boys High School encourages all and sundry to enter their rural community project in the Rabobank Good Deeds Competition, following on from a "life-changing" experience for some of the school's pupils following a waterway restoration project and native tree planting programme. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with David Seymour, Graham West, Todd Charteris, Jim Hopkins, Nadia Lim and Judith Collins. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We kick off The Country with a celebrity chef and My Food Bag founder who says most New Zealanders are almost totally detached from the realities of producing food at scale. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Nadia Lim, Tim Myers, Chris Brandolino, Smiley Barrett, Barry Soper and Heather Du Plessis-Allan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Country Sport Breakfast: Fonterra's chief operating officer talks to Brian Kelly about an awards night, a virtual business conference, and charity rugby match! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The chief executive of Dairy NZ comments on this week's IPCC report and the role New Zealand agriculture has to play in reducing global GHG emissions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We take our monthly look at the livestock markets with PGG Wrightson's Taranaki Livestock Manager/Auctioneer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask National's leader about her roadmap out of Covid, the latest polls (leaked and otherwise), her bizarre mating ritual dance-off with Simon Bridges and what she wants to do with Winston! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews are with Judith Collins, Dr Tim Mackle, Stewart Mitchell, Andrew Gibson and Chris Russell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask the Minister for Climate Change what the 'code red for humanity' IPCC report, released this week by the UN Climate Panel, means for New Zealand farmers and will it encourage the government to go even harder on agricultural GHG emissions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk to a man with a lifetime's experience in farm finance about two recent columns he's written about: agricultural anxiety and asking farmers to stop apologising for being farmers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.