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 Today - finance and farming edition

The Country
18 Jul, 2016 01:35 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

It's the whole show in one go! The organ-grinder is on holiday so the monkey is in charge this week.

That's right, it's Dom Boy George flying solo while Jamie sips a cheeky Pinot Gris back home at Roslyn Heights.

Today's music is brought to you by 1976 because on this day the 21st Olympic Games opened in Montreal and New Zealand's controversial tour of South Africa.

So let's kick things off with a rugby history lesson to the epic Hotel California by The Eagles.

On with the show! Phil Duncan let's us know what's happening with the weather around New Zealand. After he's compared birthdays and 80s technology with Dom.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

The Minister of Finance, (and acting Prime Minister) Bill English is up next to discuss the calamitous state of world affairs at the moment.

Today's panel is Steve Wyn-Harris and Grant McCallum, a central Hawkes Bay sheep farmer and a Northland cow cocky.

Neal Wallace updates us on the big farming stories of the week.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

He's a journalist for the New Zealand Farmers Weekly.

Finally let's have a dose of levity with The Country's rural raconteur Jim Hopkins!

Have a listen to the full show in the Soundcloud embed below:

Save
    Share this article

Latest from The Country

The Country

PM skips Parliament to meet Indian trade minister, denies talks in trouble

05 Nov 03:06 AM
The Country

Large service station development planned on some of NZ's best growing land

05 Nov 02:14 AM
The Country

How a new partnership could keep Northland’s talent and innovation at home

05 Nov 02:00 AM

Sponsored

Poor sight leaving kids vulnerable

22 Sep 01:23 AM
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from The Country

PM skips Parliament to meet Indian trade minister, denies talks in trouble
The Country

PM skips Parliament to meet Indian trade minister, denies talks in trouble

Luxon chose to skip his usual appearance in the House for Question Time on Wednesday.

05 Nov 03:06 AM
Large service station development planned on some of NZ's best growing land
The Country

Large service station development planned on some of NZ's best growing land

05 Nov 02:14 AM
How a new partnership could keep Northland’s talent and innovation at home
The Country

How a new partnership could keep Northland’s talent and innovation at home

05 Nov 02:00 AM


Poor sight leaving kids vulnerable
Sponsored

Poor sight leaving kids vulnerable

22 Sep 01:23 AM
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