Jamie Mackay
The Country
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Check out Jamie’s latest content
Labour - out of the Covid frying pan and into the Gabrielle fire
OPINION: Observations from the Milford Track.
Jamie Mackay: Farming, footy and politics - the 2022 rural award winners
Here’s the year through my lens.
Jamie Mackay: How will Fieldays receive the PM and Labour this year?
OPINION: Fieldays will be a litmus test for the Government.
Jamie Mackay: Why this virtue signalling Govt is so reviled by the rural sector
The past two years have been the most divisive of my lifetime, writes Jamie Mackay.
Jamie Mackay: The case for, and against, Labour winning election
Don't write off the Winston factor either.
Jamie Mackay: Gloves off in climate fight over He Waka Eke Noa
A problem for Jacinda Ardern, James Shaw and Rod Carr.
Jamie Mackay: Government to reap what they sow in climate fight
Like farming seasons, winter is coming for this Government - it could come in spring 2023.
Jamie Mackay: Farewell Tony Laker - a friendship forged by farming and footy
Remembering a great mate and businessman.
Jamie Mackay: Winston Peters - if the MAGA cap fits, wear it
Is it fair to label Winston Peters Trump-like?
Jamie Mackay: From Russia to Wellington - here's what I'm thinking
From a Russian megalomaniac to protesters in tin foil hats.
Jamie Mackay: 'Red' light not a death knell for exploring NZ
Many of us may not be able to travel overseas, but there's plenty to see in New Zealand.
Jamie Mackay: 2021 in review (and a couple of awards too)
This time last year we were looking forward to a better year. Instead we got 2021.
Jamie Mackay: All Blacks and Groundswell half a world apart but closer than you'd think
Neither the All Blacks coach or Prime Minister could still be in charge by 2023.
Jamie Mackay: Rural Kiwis need to step up vaccination efforts
Rural New Zealanders are dragging the chain a bit on vaccination rates.
Jamie Mackay: Groundswell protests no Bloody Friday - luckily
It's now farmers who don't want to be sacrificial lambs.
Jamie Mackay: Open letter to the PM - hold urban NZ to equal account
Don't sacrifice New Zealand and its economy on the altar of climate change.
Jamie Mackay: Ardern's Fieldays popularity a problem for Nats
Farmers don't love Labour. So why did PM have 'rock star' status at Mystery Creek?
Jamie Mackay: Why Sir John Kirwan's greatest achievement was off the field
We need to look after rural folk and their mental health, our economy depends on it.
Jamie Mackay: Stuck at home — but what a home it is
Global travel's off limits so go see our stunning country.
Jamie Mackay: And the 2020 Rural Oscars go to ...
There's no sugar-coating it, 2020 has been a bugger of a year.
Jamie Mackay: Can Ardern take the farmers of the nation with her
If so, she could be here for some time to come.
Jamie Mackay: Wake me up after September's election
COMMENT: We're on track for the most economically-defining election in a generation.
Comment: The best and worst jobs to have under a Covid-19 cloud
COMMENT: Jamie Mackay rounds off the best and worst jobs to have in a pandemic.
Coronavirus - Jamie Mackay: Why there must be a seachange (and I'll stop picking my nose)
Comment: The Country host is determined to accentuate the positive in these trying times.
Jamie Mackay: The good, the bad, the ugly - and my wrap of 2019
Comment: Rating the winners - and the cowardly bottom-dwelling losers - of 2019.
Ten water-quality questions for Todd Muller and Jacinda Ardern
Today Jamie Mackay has 10 water questions for Todd Muller, tomorrow, Jacinda Ardern.
Jamie Mackay: The country comes to town
COMMENT: Show is about a whole lot more than farming.
Why Jacinda is not a sad example to all women
Opinion: Jamie Mackay tackles a troll who thinks Jacinda is letting the side down.
Jamie Mackay: Good luck Jacinda - well, sort of.
Jamie Mackay puts a rural perspective on the Prime Minister.
Jamie Mackay: Does Winston Peters' talent hold no bounds?
Jamie Mackay can't help but respect Winston Peters' eye for the main chance.