04/12/2025
Country-Wide is in for a very exciting 2026 as we are moving into radio!
Sarah will be joining forces with Andy Thompson to launch a new era in rural media with an innovative, multi-media daily rural radio show under the CountryWide brand.
You'll know Andy as the host of Sport Nation’s The Rural Roundup and The Local Game and previously NZME’s The Muster. Sarag is no stranger to rural radio having been a part of the foundational team of Mediaworks’ Rural Exchange from 2017-2019 as a host alongside Richard Loe and Hamish McKay. She is a regular rural commentator to Radio NZ, Herald NOW and TVNZ Breakfast as well as previously on the AM Show. She is of course our CountryWide podcast host too!
The move is about combining both of our strengths and passion for agriculture as well as leveraging CountryWide Media’s current national presence in print, video and digital.
"Once you have the radio-itch, it’s hard to not scratch it again. I respect Andy dearly and he will bring huge credibility and trust in spades," says Sarah.
Sarah & Andy share the same values and ambition to continue to lift the standard of rural broadcasting providing farmers a media they can rely on in all forms
