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 - Virtually There Fieldays edition

The Country
17 Jul, 2020 12:59 AMQuick 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, Jamie Mackay continued his Virtually There Fieldays experience by catching up with Avocado NZ boss Jen Scoular.

On with the show:

Lewis Ferris:

Our Met Service Weather forecaster says it's wet and wild in the north and fine and cold in the south.

Judith Collins:

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

We yarn with an iconic New Zealand politician for the first time in her [long-lusted-for] capacity as leader of the National Party. We also pay tribute to her two very recent predecessors and ask if National is still the "farmers' party"?

Jeremy Rookes and Stu Loe:

Today's panel features a couple of battle-hardened sheep and beef cockies as we talk a bit of farming and footy on a Friday.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Jen Scoular:

On Day three of our Virtually There Fieldays we catch up with a Mystery Creek regular and New Zealand's most enthusiastic chief executive, the boss of Avocado NZ, to discuss the launch yesterday of The Covid Recovery Strategy for Horticulture

Barry Soper:

Our political correspondent ponders one of the most bizarre weeks in New Zealand political history.

Discover more

Boris back after 13 years in the wilderness

12 Jul 09:09 PM

Why Winston isn't worried about Judith

15 Jul 04:20 AM
New Zealand

Shear ambition: Sid, 6, has his future cut out

15 Jul 06:00 PM
Premium

Why 'people person' Judith Collins remains confident

17 Jul 04:55 AM

Listen below:

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Save
    Share this article

Latest from The Country

The Country

Farms, vineyard warn water race closure could force shutdowns

09 Apr 10:25 PM
Premium
The Country

Frozen veg in New Zealand: The data behind McCain and Wattie’s cuts

09 Apr 09:00 PM
The Country

Almost 13% of NZ’s bee colonies lost last winter

09 Apr 08:49 PM

Sponsored

Sponsored: The deposit myth putting Kiwis off building

24 Mar 04:35 PM
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from The Country

Farms, vineyard warn water race closure could force shutdowns
The Country

Farms, vineyard warn water race closure could force shutdowns

'If we don’t have water, we don’t have stock.'

09 Apr 10:25 PM
Premium
Premium
Frozen veg in New Zealand: The data behind McCain and Wattie’s cuts
The Country

Frozen veg in New Zealand: The data behind McCain and Wattie’s cuts

09 Apr 09:00 PM
Almost 13% of NZ’s bee colonies lost last winter
The Country

Almost 13% of NZ’s bee colonies lost last winter

09 Apr 08:49 PM


Sponsored: The deposit myth putting Kiwis off building
Sponsored

Sponsored: The deposit myth putting Kiwis off building

24 Mar 04:35 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