Listen to The Country: Reserve Bank’s Hayley Gourley on the Official Cash Rate

Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Committee member Hayley Gourley spoke to The Country's Jamie Mackay today.

Today on The Country radio show, host Jamie Mackay catches up with Hayley Gourley, who has just been appointed to the Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee.

Mackay asks Gourley how she got to this point and tries to find out what’s going to happen with the OCR on October 8.

On with the show:

Hayley Gourley:

A long-standing friend of The Country has been appointed to the Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee.

With a background in banking and agribusiness, we examine her progression through Rabobank and Skellerup, culminating in her role in helping decide the OCR on October 8.

Todd Clark:

Our US farming correspondent reflects on Farm Aid 40 years on, a dry fall/autumn, and he looks forward to seeing the All Blacks in Chicago in November.

Pita Alexander:

We catch up with a globe-trotting Christchurch farm accountant and raconteur.

He takes a look at the true cost of farm wages in 2026, and asks whether our politicians are worth their pay.

Andrew Hoggard and Grant McCallum:

We ask today’s farmer-politician panel if they’re worth their keep.

Phil Duncan:

We ask Monday’s resident weatherman whether the spring equinox will herald a change in our fortunes.

Listen below: