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 - Injection edition

The Country
6 Aug, 2021 01:30 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 said he was doing well after his first Covid vaccination - until his wife pinched the injection site on his arm.

On with the show:

Chris Brandolino:

NIWA's weather guy talks about the warmest winter on record, snow late this weekend, then milder a mid-week.

Stuart Nash:

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

The Minister for Forestry and Economic Development responds to Beef + Lamb NZ concerns about the need for limits on forestry offsetting for fossil fuel emitters.

Jeremy Rookes and Stu Loe:

Today's farmer panel ponders lambing, the weather and rugby.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Chris Russell:

This week we find our Australian correspondent in a Western Australian mining town called Tom Price, where iron ore is proving to be the nation's economic lifeline.

Barry Soper:

Our political correspondent comments on the futility of the Ute Tax and whether he broke a political protocol by disclosing a conversation with the Prime Minister.

Discover more

Top of the chops: NZ's best butchers revealed

06 Aug 12:00 AM

Forestry conversion data shows carbon offset limits needed, says Beef+Lamb

04 Aug 02:30 AM
New Zealand

Govt ignored Treasury warnings over EV feebate scheme

05 Aug 05:00 PM

Listen below:

Save
    Share this article

Latest from The Country

The Country

Snow falls on south, temps plunge to 3C as MetService forecasts 'bumpy' ride for Santa

18 Dec 09:21 PM
The Country

Talking the talk: East Coast Farm Expo to offer range of guest speakers

18 Dec 09:00 PM
Sheep and Beef

B+LNZ, Tairāwhiti Whenua Collection holding Wormwise field day at Tolaga Bay

18 Dec 08:55 PM

Sponsored

The Bay’s secret advantage

07 Dec 09:54 PM
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from The Country

Snow falls on south, temps plunge to 3C as MetService forecasts 'bumpy' ride for Santa
The Country

Snow falls on south, temps plunge to 3C as MetService forecasts 'bumpy' ride for Santa

Snow warnings are in place tonight for Crown Range and Milford alpine roads.

18 Dec 09:21 PM
Talking the talk: East Coast Farm Expo to offer range of guest speakers
The Country

Talking the talk: East Coast Farm Expo to offer range of guest speakers

18 Dec 09:00 PM
B+LNZ, Tairāwhiti Whenua Collection holding Wormwise field day at Tolaga Bay
Sheep and Beef

B+LNZ, Tairāwhiti Whenua Collection holding Wormwise field day at Tolaga Bay

18 Dec 08:55 PM


The Bay’s secret advantage
Sponsored

The Bay’s secret advantage

07 Dec 09:54 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
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • NZME Events
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP