The Country
  • The Country home
  • Latest news
  • Audio & podcasts
  • Opinion
  • Dairy farming
  • Sheep & beef farming
  • Rural business
  • Rural technology
  • Rural life
  • Listen on iHeart radio

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • Coast & Country News
  • Opinion
  • Dairy farming
  • Sheep & beef farming
  • Horticulture
  • Animal health
  • Rural business
  • Rural technology
  • Rural life

Media

  • Podcasts
  • Video

Weather

  • Kaitaia
  • Whāngarei
  • Dargaville
  • Auckland
  • Thames
  • Tauranga
  • Hamilton
  • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua
  • Tokoroa
  • Te Kuiti
  • Taumurunui
  • Taupō
  • Gisborne
  • New Plymouth
  • Napier
  • Hastings
  • Dannevirke
  • Whanganui
  • Palmerston North
  • Levin
  • Paraparaumu
  • Masterton
  • Wellington
  • Motueka
  • Nelson
  • Blenheim
  • Westport
  • Reefton
  • Kaikōura
  • Greymouth
  • Hokitika
  • Christchurch
  • Ashburton
  • Timaru
  • Wānaka
  • Oamaru
  • Queenstown
  • Dunedin
  • Gore
  • Invercargill

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / The Country

The Country - Welcome back Lashes edition

NZ Herald
18 May, 2020 01:58 AM2 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save
    Share this article

Today on The Country, Sam 'Lashes' Casey finally makes a post-lockdown return, while Jamie Mackay is coincidentally (?) missing in action...

On with the show:

Phil Duncan:

We ask Monday's resident weather expert if there's any rain on the way for farmers and whether the dry areas risk going back into 'severe meteorological drought.' Plus look ahead to snowfall for the ski season.

Steve Wyn-Harris and Grant McCallum:

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Today's panel features a Central Hawkes Bay sheep farmer and a Northland cow cocky, who give us a drought update, debate the virtues of Jamie Mackay's continual push for strategic voting of NZ First, and the challenges of taking on a new business and employing new staff over lockdown.

Dan Lynch:

Project Manager for Ovis Management. With all the uncertainty around duckshooting, one important thing may have been overlooked – treating your dogs for sheep measles. We find out why this is crucial.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Jen Scoular:

The chief executive of NZ Avocado and one of the 15 women behind the new 'Together We Grow NZ' initiative gives us an industry updates and explains the reasoning behind her new project.

Martin Devlin:

We talk the resumption of sport with the Bundesliga, Super Rugby also preparing for a return and an increased workload to seven hours a week on air with a 2020 Radio Award winner.

Discover more

Poppy Renton's rural Facebook page a 'lifesaver'

15 May 06:11 PM
Premium
Business

NZ log prices rebounded strongly during level 4 lockdown

17 May 05:00 PM
New Zealand

Million-dollar shipping container for sale - with 7 acres of beachfront

16 May 02:14 AM
New Zealand

Duck shooters out of luck as Lake Whatumā nears empty

18 May 01:51 AM

Listen below:

Save
    Share this article

Latest from The Country

The Country

Llamas Ken, Drick and Lamar on sheep security at Ambury Farm

20 Feb 02:10 AM
The Country

Shane McManaway appointed new chairman of Growing Future Farmers

20 Feb 01:46 AM
The Country

Farmer has hundreds of sheep killed by roaming dogs

20 Feb 01:00 AM

Sponsored

Cyber crime in 2025: Increased specialisation, increased collaboration, increased risk

09 Feb 09:12 PM
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from The Country

Llamas Ken, Drick and Lamar on sheep security at Ambury Farm
The Country

Llamas Ken, Drick and Lamar on sheep security at Ambury Farm

The three-year-old llama brothers now guard about 600 lambs at the park.

20 Feb 02:10 AM
Shane McManaway appointed new chairman of Growing Future Farmers
The Country

Shane McManaway appointed new chairman of Growing Future Farmers

20 Feb 01:46 AM
Farmer has hundreds of sheep killed by roaming dogs
The Country

Farmer has hundreds of sheep killed by roaming dogs

20 Feb 01:00 AM


Cyber crime in 2025: Increased specialisation, increased collaboration, increased risk
Sponsored

Cyber crime in 2025: Increased specialisation, increased collaboration, increased risk

09 Feb 09:12 PM
NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • NZ Herald e-editions
  • Daily puzzles & quizzes
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Subscribe to the NZ Herald newspaper
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • NZME Digital Performance Marketing
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • NZME Events
  • © Copyright 2026 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP