The Country

THE COUNTRY
WITH JAMIE MACKAY
12pm–1pm weekdays

New Zealand’s flagship rural radio show.

As a former sheep farmer and a current equity partner in a Southland dairy farm, Jamie Mackay knows agribusiness.

He delivers your daily fix of everything going on in NZ's biggest industry, along with a generous side-serve of news, sports and politics.

Tapping into contacts throughout the industry, Jamie always gets to the heart of a story.

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The Country

Winston Peters addresses Foreign Minister speculation

Date

Thu, 01 Oct 2026, 1:50pm
The Country

'A real leap forward': Federated Farmers' spokesman gives Labour rare praise

Type

Listen to audio

Date

Fri, 11 Sep 2026, 3:23pm
The Country

'ET go home': Shane Jones accuses Spielberg over gold mine donation

Date

Thu, 27 Aug 2026, 3:23pm
The Country

'Only thing propping the National Party up': Winston Peters discusses polls, Paris Agreement and immigration

Type

Listen to audio

Date

Fri, 12 Jun 2026, 3:35pm
The Country

'Much more positive vibe': Farmlands CEO wraps a successful Fieldays week

Type

Listen to audio

Date

Fri, 12 Jun 2026, 3:16pm
The Country

'Prince of the Provinces': Shane Jones receives animal welfare complaints after bringing live crayfish to Parliament

Date

Thu, 04 Jun 2026, 2:31pm

National

Watch: 'What the hell's that?' – Driver ducks as flying 'panel' hits car

Type

Watch video

Date

Tue, 03 Nov 2026, 8:35pm
Politics

'Disqualify me': Qiulae Wong offers to have her Auckland race result voided

Type

Watch video

Date

Tue, 03 Nov 2026, 8:30pm