The Country

• The Country Full Show: Tuesday, December 9, 2025

  Jamie Mackay talks to Mike Petersen, Richard Dawkins, Todd Charteris, Farmer Tom Martin, and Jo Luxton.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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• The Country 09/12/25: Mike Petersen talks to Jamie Mackay

  Hawke’s Bay farmer and former special ag trade envoy and chairman of Beef + Lamb NZ. Today we yarn about the big dry, progress on the Tukituki dam, an FTA with India, Trump’s tariffs and Petersen’s Ag Person of the Year.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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• The Country 09/12/25: Richard Dawkins talks to Jamie Mackay

  Marlborough farmer and Federated Farmers’ Meat and Wool Chair. Today, he talks about the “Twelve Pests of Christmas” and why there are no politicians on the list. We also preview today’s RMA announcement from the Government and discuss the big dry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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• The Country 09/12/25: Todd Charteris talks to Jamie Mackay

  The chief executive of Rabobank comments on the bank’s latest farmer confidence survey, which sees farmer sentiment dipping from near-record highs, with dairy farmers now less confident. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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• The Country 09/12/25: Farmer Tom Martin talks to Jamie Mackay

  Our UK farming correspondent discusses one of the worst grain harvests on record (three of the worst five on record have happened since 2020). We also discuss the worst government ever for British farmers and one of the better English rugby sides. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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