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Listen to The Country online: Dougie Haynes on walking the length of NZ

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23 Jan, 2026 01:25 AM2 mins to read

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Dougie Haynes spoke to The Country's Jamie Mackay today. Photo / Fin Ocheduszko Brown

Dougie Haynes spoke to The Country's Jamie Mackay today. Photo / Fin Ocheduszko Brown

Today on The Country radio show, host Jamie Mackay catches up with Dougie Haynes, who is walking the length of New Zealand carrying two sets of golf clubs to raise money for KidsCan.

On with the show:

Chris Brandolino:

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Sandra Matthews:

This Gisborne sheep and beef farmer is a former President of Rural Women NZ.

She talks about the devastation in her region.

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Stu Duncan and Stu Loe:

Today’s farmer panel ponders the weather, the Karaka Million race, the yearling sales, hail in Canterbury, and Razor Robertson.

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Dougie Haynes:

Walking the length of New Zealand is hard enough, but Mangawhai’s Haynes is going one step further by carrying two sets of golf clubs to raise money for KidsCan.

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Haynes, originally from Oxford in England, is a fulltime caddie, plying his trade at Tara Iti and Te Arai Links golf clubs in Mangawhai.

He moved to New Zealand in 2019 and said the inspiration to attempt the 3000 km Te Araroa trail was from seeing other hikers pass through his town.

In late October, he set off with two sets of golf clubs, one on each shoulder.

Today, we find him at the halfway point of Wellington.

Hamish McKay:

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