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Labour - out of the Covid frying pan and into the Gabrielle fire
OPINION: Observations from the Milford Track.
Jamie Mackay: Farming, footy and politics - the 2022 rural award winners
Here’s the year through my lens.
Jamie Mackay: How will Fieldays receive the PM and Labour this year?
OPINION: Fieldays will be a litmus test for the Government.
Jamie Mackay: Why this virtue signalling Govt is so reviled by the rural sector
The past two years have been the most divisive of my lifetime, writes Jamie Mackay.
Jamie Mackay: The case for, and against, Labour winning election
Don't write off the Winston factor either.
Jamie Mackay: Gloves off in climate fight over He Waka Eke Noa
A problem for Jacinda Ardern, James Shaw and Rod Carr.
Jamie Mackay: Government to reap what they sow in climate fight
Like farming seasons, winter is coming for this Government - it could come in spring 2023.
Jamie Mackay: Farewell Tony Laker - a friendship forged by farming and footy
Remembering a great mate and businessman.
Jamie Mackay: Winston Peters - if the MAGA cap fits, wear it
Is it fair to label Winston Peters Trump-like?
Jamie Mackay: From Russia to Wellington - here's what I'm thinking
From a Russian megalomaniac to protesters in tin foil hats.
Jamie Mackay: 'Red' light not a death knell for exploring NZ
Many of us may not be able to travel overseas, but there's plenty to see in New Zealand.
Jamie Mackay: 2021 in review (and a couple of awards too)
This time last year we were looking forward to a better year. Instead we got 2021.
Jamie Mackay: All Blacks and Groundswell half a world apart but closer than you'd think
Neither the All Blacks coach or Prime Minister could still be in charge by 2023.
Jamie Mackay: Rural Kiwis need to step up vaccination efforts
Rural New Zealanders are dragging the chain a bit on vaccination rates.
Jamie Mackay: Groundswell protests no Bloody Friday - luckily
It's now farmers who don't want to be sacrificial lambs.
Jamie Mackay: Open letter to the PM - hold urban NZ to equal account
Don't sacrifice New Zealand and its economy on the altar of climate change.
Jamie Mackay: Ardern's Fieldays popularity a problem for Nats
Farmers don't love Labour. So why did PM have 'rock star' status at Mystery Creek?
Jamie Mackay: Why Sir John Kirwan's greatest achievement was off the field
We need to look after rural folk and their mental health, our economy depends on it.
Jamie Mackay: Stuck at home — but what a home it is
Global travel's off limits so go see our stunning country.
Jamie Mackay: And the 2020 Rural Oscars go to ...
There's no sugar-coating it, 2020 has been a bugger of a year.
Jamie Mackay: Can Ardern take the farmers of the nation with her
If so, she could be here for some time to come.
Jamie Mackay: I challenge anyone to visit Hiroshima museum and not shed tears
Comment: Beirut blast brings back memories of Hiroshima visit.
Jamie Mackay: Wake me up after September's election
COMMENT: We're on track for the most economically-defining election in a generation.
Comment: The best and worst jobs to have under a Covid-19 cloud
COMMENT: Jamie Mackay rounds off the best and worst jobs to have in a pandemic.
Coronavirus - Jamie Mackay: Why there must be a seachange (and I'll stop picking my nose)
Comment: The Country host is determined to accentuate the positive in these trying times.
Jamie Mackay: The good, the bad, the ugly - and my wrap of 2019
Comment: Rating the winners - and the cowardly bottom-dwelling losers - of 2019.
Jamie Mackay: The political play for the hearts and minds of farmers
COMMENT: It would appear Labour is not winning too many of those hearts and minds.
Ten water-quality questions for Todd Muller and Jacinda Ardern
Today Jamie Mackay has 10 water questions for Todd Muller, tomorrow, Jacinda Ardern.
Shane Jones on who is responsible for dairy farming's woes
Jones says the Government isn't solely to blame for the pressure on Kiwi dairy farmers.
Muller: Govt thinks farming is 'yesterday's industry'
National's agriculture spokesman "frustrated" with the Govt's approach to agriculture.
Tensions escalate over winter grazing in Mossburn
John Douglas wants environmentalists to talk to farmers rather than take photos at night.
Year in Review: Why Jacinda is not 'a sad example to all women'
Looking back at one of the most popular stories on The Country in the past 12 months.
Jamie Mackay: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of 2018
Comment: The Country's Jamie Mackay takes a look at the rural highs and lows of 2018.
Jamie Mackay: 12 lessons from the Future of Farming Dialogue
The Country radio host takes a sneak peek at the future of farming at a major Euro forum.
Jamie Mackay: A Fieldays to remember ... if only I could
Opinion: Jamie Mackay tries to remember a particularly eventful Fieldays from the 1990's.
Jamie Mackay: Is Labour anti-farming?
Opinion: Jamie Mackay shares an interesting excerpt from his interview with David Parker.
Jamie Mackay: Speed climbing trees and the rungs of power
Jamie Mackay on the joys of speed tree climbing and on Simon Bridges' top Nats role.
Why Jacinda is not a sad example to all women
Opinion: Jamie Mackay tackles a troll who thinks Jacinda is letting the side down.
2017: The good, the bad, the ugly, Trump and Winston
Jamie Mackay gives his review of the year that was and announces his Ag Person of the Year
Jamie Mackay: Good luck Jacinda - well, sort of.
Jamie Mackay puts a rural perspective on the Prime Minister.
Jamie Mackay: Broken foot highlights broken health system
A stint in Dunedin's emergency ward causes Jamie to doubt his political leanings...
Jamie Mackay: Once upon a time, when farming was legal
Opinion: Jamie Mackay wonders what the future holds for farming - will it be extinct?
Jamie Mackay: A eulogy for Sir Colin Meads
Jamie Mackay shares the eulogy he gave at Sir Colin Meads' funeral.
Jamie Mackay: Jacinda Ardern and the water tax
Jamie Mackay says farmers will find Labour's freshwater policy particularly taxing...
Jamie Mackay: Osama bin Laden has a lot to answer for
Jamie Mackay somehow pays tribute to his father in law Max via Osama bin Laden...
Jamie Mackay: If you don't travel business, your kids will go first class
A recent family bereavement causes Jamie Mackay to take stock of his life.
Jamie Mackay: Saluting the greatest living New Zealander
Jamie Mackay's diary of the unveiling of the Sir Colin Meads statue in Te Kuiti.
Jamie Mackay: Does Winston Peters' talent hold no bounds?
Jamie Mackay can't help but respect Winston Peters' eye for the main chance.
Jamie Mackay: Owning a brass piece of Pinetree
Jamie Mackay eagerly awaits the unveiling of the Sir Colin Meads statue in Te Kuiti.
Jamie Mackay's 'From the Lip': Channeling my inner Muhammad Ali
Jamie Mackay would rather plant native trees around his duck pond than shoot ducks on it.
Jamie Mackay's 'From the Lip': Sunday, Sonny Bill and slow drivers
Jamie Mackay's calm Easter time of reflection is scuppered by a hatred of slow drivers
Jamie Mackay's 'From the Lip': Farming jobs I've hated
Crutching muddy ewes in winter? "No thank you!" says Jamie Mackay.
From the Lip: Justin Marshall, Jimmy Cowan and Me
Jamie Mackay loves modern technology. So why does he yearn for the simplicity of 1950?
From the Lip: Lock up our politicians (except Winston)
It's all shearing and superannuation in this week's From the Lip.
Jamie Mackay's 'From the Lip' - The day Helen Clark totally ignored me
Jamie Mackay reflects on politicians he has known and interviewed over his radio career. Even the ones who ignore him...
Jamie Mackay's 'From the Lip': shearing memories of Sir David Fagan
Like all the young lads I went to boarding school with back in mid-seventies, the thing I looked forward to most on my 15th birthday
Jamie Mackay's From the Lip: Trump - you have to hand it to him?
You can rightfully accuse Donald Trump of many things but you couldn't accuse the most powerful man in the world of sitting on his hands.
Jamie Mackay's From the Lip - Don't die wondering
The Country host Jamie Mackay shares his list of things to see and do before he shuffles off this mortal coil.
Jamie Mackay's From the Lip: 2016 - The year of the upset!
The Country Host Jamie Mackay reflects on the good, the bad and the ugly of 2016.
Jamie Mackay's From the Lip - aftershocks and shocking omissions
The Country host Jamie Mackay reflects on some seismic shifts in the rural community.
Jamie Mackay's From The Lip - An ode to Trump
I first met East Coast farmer and raconteur, Graeme Williams, about a dozen or so years ago. He was a mate of Grant 'Disaster' McMaster
Jamie Mackay's From the Lip - bobby calves and Big Brother
The Country host Jamie Mackay tackles the bobby calf abuse issue.
Confessions of a 'Left Wing Tosser'
In this week's From the Lip - Jamie answers an ill-informed critic who labels him left-wing. Don't they know he's apolitical?
Jamie Mackay's From the Lip - 'The media is no place for shrinking violets'
The Country host Jamie Mackay tackles his detractors in this week's column, but it's not all bad news.
Jamie Mackay's From the Lip - swimming in murky waters
Jamie Mackay wades in to the water quality debate
Jamie Mackay's From the Lip - ruminant ruminations and rural rugby
Jamie Mackay ruminates on the location of those 500 missing cows in this week's From the Lip.
Jamie Mackay's From the Lip: Sleeping with sporting royalty
The Country's Jamie Mackay reminisces about a night he spent in the company of sporting heroes Dick Tayler and Sir Colin Meads.
Jamie Mackay's From the Lip: Agricultural ABCs
The Country's Jamie Mackay is flexing his creative muscles with a clever Agricultural ABC poem.
From the Lip: Pokémon NO. A message for the youth of today
Jamie Mackay continues his obsession with Pokémon Go by chastising the youth of today about their obsession with Pokémon Go.
From the Lip: Agricultural Acronyms with Jamie Mackay
Do you know your GDT from your OMG? The Country's Jamie Mackay is here to teach you the ways of the agricultural acronym!
Opinion: Horey, Beaver and Fieldays
Jamie Mackay lets us read his personal Fieldays diary filled with amateur mistakes and blatant disregard for curfews.
From the Lip: Glass half full or empty?
We all have our foibles. I'm an odd mix of impulsive and conservative.
Jamie Mackay's From the Lip: Welcome to The Country
There are three adages by which I try to live my life. The first is to err is human. It's forgivable to make a mistake, just as long as you don't make the same mistake twice.