October 29, 2025 • 4 mins
Wirley was back to share the damage from last week's wild weather, and an interesting conundrum she has with rubber bands...
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hi Walie morning, Luke. How are you well?
Speaker 2 (00:02):
This time last week we were you were sparing a
thought for us in the face of this red wind warning,
and if listeners aren't already aware, you're based down in
southbound so here we are sparing a thought for you.
Have you got the power back on yet?
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Well, yes, Ruia Street was pretty lucky. We actually did
not lose the power at all. But there are still
I think about four or five thousand homes around the
district that haven't got pad. There's no parrot out at
the farm yet, and like this, it's just the destruction
and devastation was huge. I mean we've been farming over
one hundred years out there. Our pioneer settlers came to
(00:40):
the Churchy district when they came to New Zealand, and
Roy's great grandfather came down board our farm in ninety
oh nine, so you know, some of those trees would
have been planted over one hundred years ago and they
just toppled over like coming. It was just, Ah, the
devastation is unbelievable. And yes, have had no power out
(01:01):
there for a week now, so they'll be learning what
it's like to be pioneers.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
What sort of clean up mission is that because the
casual towning lot myself since the going oh a few
trees have fallen over that that's no drama, that's just fire.
Would for the next season, isn't that?
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Well, no, it's not just fire. I mean you could
say every cloud is a silver line, but no, this
is going to be that much fire that we had
gloves on fire. Would Like I think I sent you
some photos. Some of the trees are so big, like
to manhandle them. I mean, Todd has a digger out
there and they've got a bulldozer and things, but they've
had to get in some heavy artillery to shift the
(01:35):
stuff around. And that's another cost. And you know, like
I mean, it's just there's no insurance on that sort
of thing, or it's just and some farmers have, you know,
had to clear tracks to get to their house or
their sheds or whatever. It's just yeah, it's been horrific. Really,
I just yeah, I can't explain it. Having trouble for
(01:56):
finding the words to explain it.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Jeez. Well, maybe a bit of light escape something else there.
So I spotted on your social media earlier in the week,
You've got a rubber bend conundrum. What's going on here?
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Well, the southand Times comes with somebody, and I hope
they get more than a grain of salt, for it
wraps up our thousand times. It goes in a plastic bag,
it's sealed, and then it gets rolled up in a
rubber band, gets put round it. I have no idea
who's doing that, but they do a great job, and
so I can't throw things away on a tidy hoarder.
(02:31):
But yeah, I have now helped cost a hole. But
if there was a good result for that, I've had
two or three people message me saying, definitely keep your
rubber bands for me. So now I'm on the lookout
for more.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Oh, so you've found a home for your How out
of control was the rubber band's collection getting, Well.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
It was getting way out of control. I've got a
week picture half of baseball and that was only the
small that was the tip of the iceberg. So you know,
I've got bags of them, bags of them.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
I might need to see some of that across our page.
I geez, what what newspaper even comes rolled up for
us here in mckennery these days? Maybe the Press, certainly
not the Guardian.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Our courier, our OGT has glad red ros.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Oh. Yes, yeah, that.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Can be quite frustrating for people who are blind and
can't find the end of it. But we do manage
to get through that every morning. But you know, there's
a little Southland Times is rolled up neatly and placed
it with a rubber man.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
I hope it's some young kid after school, one of
those glory jobs and not some machine. Yeah. I can
understand you're not bringing yourself to get rid of them.
It's a bit like old batteries and that drawer of
stuff in the kitchen. You've worked hard to build that collection.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
For most deft at least, so no, but anyway, I
just yes, I had have a good result with that.
I do use a few myself to tie down my deafidels.
People used to put knots in them that I'm not that,
so I do use a few of them for that.
But we'll get rid of a few more. And and
I hear you're eating chilli on Saturday.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Are you going to feel the heat at the AMP show?
Speaker 1 (04:05):
Oh? I don't know who you used to be putting
your hand up for that, mate, that's not going to
be like normal spicy food that'll be hot.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
I'm doing a lot of that reaction, but I'm quietly
confident given some of the trials that we had this week,
and it's a lot different to the sharing last year.
I knew, even though I'm from a sheep background, I
knew it was going to be hapless with the sharing.
But I don't mind spicy food. So you know, I'm
feeling okay to this confidence that could well be misplaced
when the competition starts.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Where have you been having the trial? Oh?
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Here in the studio. We've been trying some of this
lethal stuff that Jay gave me.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Oh yeah, but they'll have a surprise for you on
the day, mate. We've been guarantee that
Hi Walie morning, Luke. How are you well?
Speaker 2 (00:02):
This time last week we were you were sparing a
thought for us in the face of this red wind warning,
and if listeners aren't already aware, you're based down in
southbound so here we are sparing a thought for you.
Have you got the power back on yet?
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Well, yes, Ruia Street was pretty lucky. We actually did
not lose the power at all. But there are still
I think about four or five thousand homes around the
district that haven't got pad. There's no parrot out at
the farm yet, and like this, it's just the destruction
and devastation was huge. I mean we've been farming over
one hundred years out there. Our pioneer settlers came to
(00:40):
the Churchy district when they came to New Zealand, and
Roy's great grandfather came down board our farm in ninety
oh nine, so you know, some of those trees would
have been planted over one hundred years ago and they
just toppled over like coming. It was just, Ah, the
devastation is unbelievable. And yes, have had no power out
(01:01):
there for a week now, so they'll be learning what
it's like to be pioneers.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
What sort of clean up mission is that because the
casual towning lot myself since the going oh a few
trees have fallen over that that's no drama, that's just fire.
Would for the next season, isn't that?
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Well, no, it's not just fire. I mean you could
say every cloud is a silver line, but no, this
is going to be that much fire that we had
gloves on fire. Would Like I think I sent you
some photos. Some of the trees are so big, like
to manhandle them. I mean, Todd has a digger out
there and they've got a bulldozer and things, but they've
had to get in some heavy artillery to shift the
(01:35):
stuff around. And that's another cost. And you know, like
I mean, it's just there's no insurance on that sort
of thing, or it's just and some farmers have, you know,
had to clear tracks to get to their house or
their sheds or whatever. It's just yeah, it's been horrific. Really,
I just yeah, I can't explain it. Having trouble for
(01:56):
finding the words to explain it.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Jeez. Well, maybe a bit of light escape something else there.
So I spotted on your social media earlier in the week,
You've got a rubber bend conundrum. What's going on here?
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Well, the southand Times comes with somebody, and I hope
they get more than a grain of salt, for it
wraps up our thousand times. It goes in a plastic bag,
it's sealed, and then it gets rolled up in a
rubber band, gets put round it. I have no idea
who's doing that, but they do a great job, and
so I can't throw things away on a tidy hoarder.
(02:31):
But yeah, I have now helped cost a hole. But
if there was a good result for that, I've had
two or three people message me saying, definitely keep your
rubber bands for me. So now I'm on the lookout
for more.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Oh, so you've found a home for your How out
of control was the rubber band's collection getting, Well.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
It was getting way out of control. I've got a
week picture half of baseball and that was only the
small that was the tip of the iceberg. So you know,
I've got bags of them, bags of them.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
I might need to see some of that across our page.
I geez, what what newspaper even comes rolled up for
us here in mckennery these days? Maybe the Press, certainly
not the Guardian.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Our courier, our OGT has glad red ros.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Oh. Yes, yeah, that.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Can be quite frustrating for people who are blind and
can't find the end of it. But we do manage
to get through that every morning. But you know, there's
a little Southland Times is rolled up neatly and placed
it with a rubber man.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
I hope it's some young kid after school, one of
those glory jobs and not some machine. Yeah. I can
understand you're not bringing yourself to get rid of them.
It's a bit like old batteries and that drawer of
stuff in the kitchen. You've worked hard to build that collection.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
For most deft at least, so no, but anyway, I
just yes, I had have a good result with that.
I do use a few myself to tie down my deafidels.
People used to put knots in them that I'm not that,
so I do use a few of them for that.
But we'll get rid of a few more. And and
I hear you're eating chilli on Saturday.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Are you going to feel the heat at the AMP show?
Speaker 1 (04:05):
Oh? I don't know who you used to be putting
your hand up for that, mate, that's not going to
be like normal spicy food that'll be hot.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
I'm doing a lot of that reaction, but I'm quietly
confident given some of the trials that we had this week,
and it's a lot different to the sharing last year.
I knew, even though I'm from a sheep background, I
knew it was going to be hapless with the sharing.
But I don't mind spicy food. So you know, I'm
feeling okay to this confidence that could well be misplaced
when the competition starts.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Where have you been having the trial? Oh?
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Here in the studio. We've been trying some of this
lethal stuff that Jay gave me.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Oh yeah, but they'll have a surprise for you on
the day, mate. We've been guarantee that
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