The Country

Rowena Duncum talks to Christopher Luxon, Rebecca Wilson, Todd Charteris, and Kelly Wilson. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, the Prime Minister talks about tariffs, the UAE deal, rural connectivity and how many chocolate eggs he’s snuck in before Easter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This UK farming influencer and 5th-generation arable/sheep farmer from North Yorkshire makes her debut on The Country. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rabobank’s chief executive on tariffs, the OCR, and how commodity prices are looking in the bank’s monthly Agribusiness report. Plus, he talks about Rabobank giving $100,000 to worthy causes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The founding board member of the Kaimanawa Legacy Foundation and experienced horsewoman on this month’s Muster. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay and Rowena Duncum talk to Richard McIntyre, Emma Twigg, Todd Clark, and Mark Dillon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Federated Farmers dairy chair and national board member talks about calls by Feds for the Government to immediately strip Greenpeace of its charitable status, following the group’s occupation of Port Taranaki this week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Kiwi rower and Olympic gold and silver medallist is also the keynote speaker at SIDE. Her talk was about the synergies between being an athlete and a dairy farmer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our US farming correspondent on how US farmers are facing challenges, of which Donald Trump’s tariffs are one of many. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 2025 New Zealand Ploughing Champs were held over the weekend in Middlemarch. Today, we catch up with the Southland farmer who took out the coveted “Silver Plough” title. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Phil Duncan, Andrew Hoggard, Grant McCallum, Amy Renelle, and Te Radar. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask Monday’s resident weather expert if the North Island drought is over. He says we can expect more changeable weather – but we haven’t yet shaken the stubborn highs that got us into this dry spot in the first place. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today’s farmer/politician panel traverses topics as diverse as the North Island drought, the GE Free Bill, Federated Farmers taking the fight to Greenpeace, Grannie Flats, politicians being accosted at airports and Trump’s tariffs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The author of the wonderfully risqué children’s book for grown-up farmers - If you’ve got Livestock, then you’ve got Dead Stock - a delightful look at sheep from a complete townie with a PhD in Statistics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The voice behind the FMG Young Farmer of the Year Contest reviews the last of the regional finals held on Saturday (Otago Southland) and previews the seven grand finalists heading to Invercargill on July 3-5. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to David Seymour, Dr Jacqueline Rowarth, Ben Picton, Jane Smith, and Todd McClay.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Todd McClay, Emma Poole, Tim Dangen, Jane Smith, Chris Brandolino, and Barry Soper. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Minister of Agriculture and Trade has had one day to unpack and digest "Liberation Day". So, what do the Trump tariffs mean for New Zealand farmers? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our upper North Island brother and sister farming panel discuss rainfall numbers and preview the last regional final of the FMG Young Farmer of the Year.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

North Otago farmer and award-winning environmentalist. Today we talk about semen-testing bulls, Trump, the Paris Accord and a ripper of a season - in no particular order.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk about atmospheric rivers and rainfall numbers. Is this event a drought breaker? As for March, it was dry for most parts of New Zealand and warm for the South Island, according to the Monthly Climate Summary issued by Niwa. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask our political correspondent if Winston's getting better with age and applaud his wars on woke, the Greens, and Te Pāti Māori. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Mackay talks to Winston Peters, Wayne Langford, Ben Picton, and Chris Russell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Deputy PM, Foreign Minister and Leader of NZ First comments on Liberation Day, saying it’s a good result for NZ. He’s also been on the warpath with the Greens this week. Plus, he reluctantly comments on becoming an octogenarian next Friday. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Federated Farmers’ National President and Golden Bay dairy farmer in the Tasman District, updates the rainfall numbers as an atmospheric river hovers overhead. He also comments on the banking inquiry and the Feds’ GMO submission. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.