CountryWide CONNECT

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CountryWide CONNECT is the latest innovative daily livestreamed rural video/radio show broadcast at lunchtime 11am – 1pm Monday-Friday from Christchurch, New Zealand. The show is hosted by respected award-winning agribusiness broadcasters, Sarah Perriam-Lampp (formerly Sarah’s Country & Rural Exchange) and Andy Thompson (formerly The Rural Round-Up). Over two hours, Sarah & Andy cover the latest in New Zealand rural news, views, politics but most importantly in-depth technical farming advice to help improve farmers bottom lines! For more information & to subscribe to CountryWide, visit www.country-wide.co.nz

  1. Karen Williams - 'Inconsistent' to deny water significant infrastructure status

    15h ago

    Karen Williams - 'Inconsistent' to deny water significant infrastructure status

    This episode features Karen Williams, CEO, Irrigation New Zealand  discussing Irrigation New Zealand's call for a National Water Strategy.   WANT TO LISTEN TO THE SHOW LIVE (11am-1pm NZST) ON THE GO? Download CountryWide Connect mobile app to stream the show via Apple Car Play or Android Auto. Or try the voice command ‘Play CountryWide Connect’ on Amazon Alexa or Google Home.   Apple: https://apps.apple.com/nz/app/countrywide-connect/id6761033881 Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nz.co.countrywide&hl=en_NZ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    13 min
  2. Kate Scott - What HortNZ's regional reps will mean for growers

    15h ago

    Kate Scott - What HortNZ's regional reps will mean for growers

    This episode features Kate Scott, CEO, Horticulture NZ discussing Horticulture New Zealand's new regional representative structure, and the upcoming conference.   WANT TO LISTEN TO THE SHOW LIVE (11am-1pm NZST) ON THE GO? Download CountryWide Connect mobile app to stream the show via Apple Car Play or Android Auto. Or try the voice command ‘Play CountryWide Connect’ on Amazon Alexa or Google Home.   Apple: https://apps.apple.com/nz/app/countrywide-connect/id6761033881 Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nz.co.countrywide&hl=en_NZ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    10 min
  3. 29th June 2026 // Rural News in partnership with Farmlands

    16h ago

    29th June 2026 // Rural News in partnership with Farmlands

    Wairarapa farmers and communities cut off after catastrophic flooding Wool season closes at historic highs HortNZ board directors re-elected uncontested   Rural News is in partnership with Farmlands as part of CountryWide CONNECT with Andy Thompson & Sarah Perriam-Lampp - our daily rural show livestreamed from 11am-1pm. Visit country-wide.co.nz on how to watch / listen.   Wairarapa farmers and communities cut off after catastrophic flooding Sheep and beef farmers in coastal Wairarapa are among those hardest hit after catastrophic flooding washed out the Tūranganui Bridge on Friday, cutting off around four-hundred-and-sixty homes across Ngāwi, Lake Ferry, Whāngaimoana and Cape Palliser. Floodwaters broke through a riverbank onto farmland along the Tūranganui River, with farmers using quad bikes across neighbouring properties in difficult conditions to reach their stock. A local general store has been getting supplies through via quad bike and utes across private farmland — a trip that takes twenty minutes instead of the usual five. The community of Ngāwi is completely isolated with around a hundred people stuck. Aid including urgently needed infant formula is being helicoptered in, with council crews having worked seventy-two hours straight since Friday. South Wairarapa deputy mayor Rob Taylor says it could be nearly two weeks before full access is restored. The region hasn't seen flooding damage of this scale since the 1970s, with three-hundred millimetres falling overnight north of Ngāwi. Nearly a thousand properties across the North Island remain without power.   Wool season closes at historic highs New Zealand's wool season has closed on a remarkable note, with the final auction of the year recording another round of price gains across all wool types and styles — capping what auction manager Dave Burridge describes as an exceptional season. The national strong wool indicator rose twenty cents, with crossbred fleece in good style reaching seven-dollars-seventy per kilogram clean, while crossbred second shear lifted five percent to seven-dollars-thirty-five. Crossbred lambs wool continued its strong run, with thirty-two micron returning seven-sixty per kilogram clean. Mid-micron wools also performed strongly, with halfbred fleece at twenty-eight micron jumping seven percent to eleven dollars per kilogram clean, and halfbred hog holding at twenty-ten. The new season gets underway with high-quality pre-lamb shorn clips expected at the first auction back on July eighth.   HortNZ board directors re-elected uncontested Horticulture New Zealand has re-elected grower directors Alistair Petrie and Doug Brown to its board, both returning uncontested for a further three-year term beginning after the annual general meeting on July twenty-eighth. HortNZ chair Bernadine Guilleux says both directors bring valuable grower perspective and governance experience built over three years on the board. The re-elections come as the horticulture sector continues to perform strongly, with export revenue forecast to reach nine-point-five billion dollars in the year to June — up seven percent — and grow further to more than nine-point-seven billion the following year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    3 min
  4. Rex Newman - Industry award celebrates supporting ag in schools

    16h ago

    Rex Newman - Industry award celebrates supporting ag in schools

    This episode features Rex Newman, President, HATA discussing Sow the Seed winning the Education and Training Award at the 2026 Primary Industries New Zealand Awards.   WANT TO LISTEN TO THE SHOW LIVE (11am-1pm NZST) ON THE GO? Download CountryWide Connect mobile app to stream the show via Apple Car Play or Android Auto. Or try the voice command ‘Play CountryWide Connect’ on Amazon Alexa or Google Home.   Apple: https://apps.apple.com/nz/app/countrywide-connect/id6761033881 Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nz.co.countrywide&hl=en_NZ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    10 min
  5. Sandra Faulkner - New Feds Vice President bringing ‘team player’ mindset

    17h ago

    Sandra Faulkner - New Feds Vice President bringing ‘team player’ mindset

    This episode features Sandra Faulkner, New Vice President, Federated Farmers discussing election as Federated Farmers Vice President, and the priorities facing the organisation.   WANT TO LISTEN TO THE SHOW LIVE (11am-1pm NZST) ON THE GO? Download CountryWide Connect mobile app to stream the show via Apple Car Play or Android Auto. Or try the voice command ‘Play CountryWide Connect’ on Amazon Alexa or Google Home.   Apple: https://apps.apple.com/nz/app/countrywide-connect/id6761033881 Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nz.co.countrywide&hl=en_NZ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    12 min
  6. Sarah Donaldson - Push to get aerial footage of Wairarapa damage

    17h ago

    Sarah Donaldson - Push to get aerial footage of Wairarapa damage

    This episode features Sarah Donaldson, Wairarapa Area Controller, Rural Support Trust discussing severe weather impacts across Wairarapa and Lower Hutt.   WANT TO LISTEN TO THE SHOW LIVE (11am-1pm NZST) ON THE GO? Download CountryWide Connect mobile app to stream the show via Apple Car Play or Android Auto. Or try the voice command ‘Play CountryWide Connect’ on Amazon Alexa or Google Home.   Apple: https://apps.apple.com/nz/app/countrywide-connect/id6761033881 Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nz.co.countrywide&hl=en_NZ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    9 min
  7. Penny Hoogerbrug - ‘Magnificent animal’: Record-breaking $220,000 bull

    17h ago

    Penny Hoogerbrug - ‘Magnificent animal’: Record-breaking $220,000 bull

    This episode features Penny Hoogerbrug, Studmaster, Kaharau Angus discussing New Zealand's record-breaking $220,000 Angus bull sale.   WANT TO LISTEN TO THE SHOW LIVE (11am-1pm NZST) ON THE GO? Download CountryWide Connect mobile app to stream the show via Apple Car Play or Android Auto. Or try the voice command ‘Play CountryWide Connect’ on Amazon Alexa or Google Home.   Apple: https://apps.apple.com/nz/app/countrywide-connect/id6761033881 Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nz.co.countrywide&hl=en_NZ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    14 min
  8. Sport panel: Cricket, rugby and football chances

    3d ago

    Sport panel: Cricket, rugby and football chances

    This episode features Graeme 'Sportsfreak' Beasley & Brian "Gash" Ashby discussing the biggest sporting stories of the week and previewing all the key action across the weekend.   WANT TO LISTEN TO THE SHOW LIVE (11am-1pm NZST) ON THE GO? Download CountryWide Connect mobile app to stream the show via Apple Car Play or Android Auto. Or try the voice command ‘Play CountryWide Connect’ on Amazon Alexa or Google Home.   Apple: https://apps.apple.com/nz/app/countrywide-connect/id6761033881 Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nz.co.countrywide&hl=en_NZ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    15 min
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About

CountryWide CONNECT is the latest innovative daily livestreamed rural video/radio show broadcast at lunchtime 11am – 1pm Monday-Friday from Christchurch, New Zealand. The show is hosted by respected award-winning agribusiness broadcasters, Sarah Perriam-Lampp (formerly Sarah’s Country & Rural Exchange) and Andy Thompson (formerly The Rural Round-Up). Over two hours, Sarah & Andy cover the latest in New Zealand rural news, views, politics but most importantly in-depth technical farming advice to help improve farmers bottom lines! For more information & to subscribe to CountryWide, visit www.country-wide.co.nz

Information

  • Creator
    CountryWide Media
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    CountryWide CONNECT

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