Locker Room Ladies

Each Friday, thanks to Quinns Unichem Pharmacy, we catch up with a bunch of local ladies who keep us on our toes and well and truly entertained. With different interests and strong opinions, they bring fresh energy to every episode.

This week, Kim, Shirley, Taryn, and Tyla dive into the topic of tall poppy syndrome — that uniquely Kiwi tendency to cut down those who stand out or succeed. Is it about keeping things humble, or does it hold us back from celebrating ambition and confidence? The ladies share their personal takes, challenge the status quo, and remind us why standing tall matters.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
And good morning too, Tyler, Shirley, Taran and Kim that
all up the limp where they are and where they
are and they're all here and good morning night. So
Scott Aid is newly announced as the head coach for
the SPS Bank South and Staggs for next season. He
was in the studio this morning. Awesome human, great chat.

(00:23):
And I said to him before we went to air
anything off topic and he said, no, open book, go
for it, and I was like, cool, I already know
we're gonna get on well if you are happy to
talk about the things that are being talked about and
pretty much to put a pin in it. There's been
a bit of chatter around about whether he is the
right person for that role, as he too young, should

(00:46):
be going off shores to get more experience. Blah blah
blah blah blah. Scott, if you don't know his career
was a very successful rugby player, has worked in the
academy assistant coach. All of the above. Thirty three years young,
tall poppy is pretty much what I'm calling it, and
I think it just opens up a good discussion around it.

(01:07):
Do we think it's a thing, Do we think it's
a thing locally, our thoughts and feelings on it.

Speaker 2 (01:12):
Really, I just like to throw out there he was
also a great touch coach. He's just my touch coach
back in the day. Yeah, it makes me twelve and No.
I think we need to start pumping up people, not
only just in that area, obviously everywhere, but I think
obviously top poppies quite big down in Southland. I think

(01:34):
we need to be pumping up everyone who's doing something major,
who's doing something minor, because yes, some people are like
arrogant and maybe deserve to be knocked down a few pigs.
But I think in this day and age, we just
need to be pumping everyone up.

Speaker 1 (01:50):
And I think there is a difference between arrogance and
having your head in the game and I on the prize,
and I think sometimes that can be perceived as arrogance.
I remember saying to my dad once that I thought
my really good friend, who is a phenomenal sharer, as
a wee bit arrogant. And he said, you know what,

(02:12):
she's got to have a wee bit of arrogance in
her because otherwise she wouldn't be going that extra time,
And that sort of flipped my script. Awe but on it,
and I was like, oh, yeah, she's not arrogant as
in the way she treats other people. She's arrogant in
her beliefs that she can achieve. And that's good arrogance,
like it doesn't have to be bad. And I also
think that we spend a lot of time saying, oh,

(02:35):
that famous person is awesome, ba beautiful, blah blah blah blah,
those pedestals. But when your friend does something really good,
you don't follow or like or real life say well done.

Speaker 3 (02:46):
Most definitely I agree with both of what you said.
But to answer your first question, is it a thing?
It is definitely a thing. And the smaller the town,
the bigger the thing is. Unfortunately, I don't know why.
And Gore's really really bad for it, really bad for it.

Speaker 4 (03:00):
I've spent a lot of time on the side of
the rugby fields, as you'll well know. I have some
successful rugby players in my fun which you'll well know,
so I don't think they don't very often get praised.

Speaker 5 (03:13):
For anybody and because are too good. It's like he
doesn't pass the ball well if he does that present
like and the arrogance, the competitive where do you think
how do you think they got to where they are
without being competitive? And so when I see a child
out there playing really, really well, I make a beeline
for the parents, Oh well, your son or daughter's amazing,
because hey, everyone else is going.

Speaker 1 (03:34):
I think there's a difference, Like we give you plenty
of stick about your nephews and stuff, but at the
same time, I'd like to think we're all the first
people to pump their tires up, you know, to get
in and actually support them. I think there's a massive
difference between that too, Tyler, what do you think.

Speaker 6 (03:52):
I think it's all kind of ironic because yeah, tool
Poppy is so big down here, but yet to the
second they go back, like your nephews are going to
be a prime example, Jack, like New Zealand, all of
a sudden it's like, oh yeah, he's from Southland, he's
from Gore, and then we lay massive claim to them.
It's like we'll try and cut them down while they're here,
but then as soon as they've made it on the
national stage, we'll be like, oh, yeah, go them local
lad da da da da da. Like it's just so

(04:13):
I don't know, and I think Scotty will be the
same what if he's the biggest success story to come
out of the Stags all of a sudden, everyone's going
to be like, oh my goodness, thank goodness, they got
someone young into their Like it just whatever goes with
the narrative at the.

Speaker 1 (04:25):
Time, right like it does. It boggles my mind. If
you are in a group of humans and there is
a bit of discussion around things like that, will you
call it out?

Speaker 6 (04:35):
Oh?

Speaker 1 (04:35):
I do all the time, especially for the all black coaches.

Speaker 4 (04:37):
They down those all black coaches every two seconds, and
I'm like, are you gonna be the next orbleet coach?

Speaker 1 (04:42):
I don't think so, mate. We are just handing out
life lessons. This one here, we'll just call it a
rap and we'll see you next week.