November 30, 2025 • 6 mins
This Wairarapa farmer is also the chair of Safer Farms, and she wants farmers to get home safely for Christmas.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Lindy Nelson is a Wira Apper farmer. She's also the
chair of Safer Farms. On the day of the Big one, Thursday,
the twenty third of October, she sent me a text
and she said, let's not have the headline next week
worker killed while shifting stock and Lindy, that was part
of the industry message for farmers to a get out
of the wind and b when it came to chopping
(00:22):
up the trees, let the experts do it. We were
very worried about springback. As far as I'm aware, there
have been no serious injuries or fatalities around the tidy
up of the storm. Good afternoon, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Good afternoon, Jamie. I think the same thing. And as
a really good example of all of us recognizing, hey
is real potential here and to stop Paul's plan, share
that skill widely and just go let's approach this differently.
And yeah, we did it.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Now I've got a text from one of your PR
people who does an excellent job of badgering me on
behalf of Safer Farms, and he said, we're heading into
the peak season for injuries and fatalities. That's a rather
grim comment, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
It is, and so we recognize this and we're urging
farmers to plan around this. I mean, if what I
think of the last few years, Jamie, we had quad
bite deaths, we had contractors killed coming home late at night,
where kids on farm that died, and so this is
farm injuries and fatality spike over the summer months. And
(01:37):
so what we're urging farmers same thing as we did
around that wind pause, build those stuff and think moments
into your day, plan it, share that plan with your wife,
your team, set the job up right, and a little
worde from me, Jamie. You know, farmers are getting a
little bit more income this year. Maybe the Christmas present
(02:00):
for yourself and your team is a bit of an
investment in some safety equipment.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Like what.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Crush protection would be fantastic because certainly last year, when
we did that deep dive into what is preventing farmers
from fitting crush protection on their quad bikes, cost was
an absolute barrier. And so there's one thing that we
can take control of. Would be great to see good inductions,
(02:30):
you know those there's always an antidote to a bad choice, Jamie,
isn't there? And we're sort of urging farmers to really
recognize this is a pressure time of year. How do
we go about getting through it safely so we all
can sit around the Christmas table?
Speaker 1 (02:46):
But Lundy to find a positive picture or light on
this one. We are getting better.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
We are getting better, and we have seen farmers stepping
up to that, Jamie, investing in goods, safety equipment, better
inductions for their staff. We are getting better, but it's
those little bit you know, ninety percent the time we
totally get it right, Jamie. Now we kind of think
we're bad at health and safety, but we're not. Ninety
(03:14):
percent of the time we get it right. But we
need built in bits for when things go wrong. We
need to be able to fail safely.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Heaven help us. We even had a health and safety
plan for our southern storm shout last week, Lindy. What
could possibly go wrong there?
Speaker 2 (03:32):
And everyone got home safely?
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Jamie, Yes they did, I'm pleased to say, and that's
because we had a health and safety plan.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Go, you're a.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Wira Appa farmer. I'm going to ask you about the
dry But just before we do that, we were chatting
about the Golden shares because I put a plea out
to someone to put me up for the weekend and
I've had some wonderful office including from you too, are
Lindy wonderful. But we were talking about health and safety
and how the sharing industry is so much better than
(04:01):
it used to be because there's an industry that's fraught
with danger, back injuries, et cetera.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Absolutely, and those guys and ladies who recognize it and
they get you so fit for that sharing season. They
are athletes, so high performance athletes in the sharing sheds
pretty amazing.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Absolutely, they're not as cavalier as they used to be
in the old days. It was a work hard, drink hard,
play hard game, yep, it was.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
But absolutely brought that culture of care into their sharing teams.
They look after them, so they look after one another
and they plan actually to get home safely at the
end of the day.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Hey, how big a deal for the wire rapper is
the Golden Shaar is going to be this year early
March or next year twenty twenty six early March, because
you've got the World Sharing Champs as well.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Isn't that amazing that in a time where wall has
actually not traditionally been doing so Oh, we've had a
listen now that we actually have events like this, and
we have people who handle our will share it, present it,
get it out of our sheds. It's pretty phenomenal.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
Yeah, really looking forward to that one and I'm hoping
a key we can take home the World Sharing Champs.
And as I mentioned, you are a wire rapper farmer,
and Eka Tahuna one of my favorite golf courses in
the country. Ikadhna. It's a lovely little town regarded as
kind of being summer safe even though the wire a
rapper region. And I'm looking at the Aniwa or Earth
(05:32):
Sciences n Z Drought Index map and the east coast
of both islands are starting to getting to get dry.
How are you guys hanging in?
Speaker 2 (05:40):
You know, we're actually good. We've had some rain, We've
got some more forecast on Wednesday. We're looking pretty good.
But we can see around us, you know, a south
wire rappa along that coast. We came down from the
Hawk's Bay in the weekend and yeah, it's looking pretty dry.
Some crops there that you have failed to spring up
(06:01):
and do the do their things.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Lindy Nelson's share of Safer Farms. I'm remembered, do you
remember that old TV program I'm trying to remember the
cop program from the eighties Hell Street Blues. Do you
remember that.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
Don't be telling my age, Jamie, but.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
I'll take that as a yes. And what did what
did the sergeant used to say, Hey, be careful out
there or something when he sent everyone out. So that's
the message to the farmers out there, because I know
it is a very stressful time, very long hours. Just
be careful out there and get home for Christmas.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Thanks, Jamie.
Lindy Nelson is a Wira Apper farmer. She's also the
chair of Safer Farms. On the day of the Big one, Thursday,
the twenty third of October, she sent me a text
and she said, let's not have the headline next week
worker killed while shifting stock and Lindy, that was part
of the industry message for farmers to a get out
of the wind and b when it came to chopping
(00:22):
up the trees, let the experts do it. We were
very worried about springback. As far as I'm aware, there
have been no serious injuries or fatalities around the tidy
up of the storm. Good afternoon, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Good afternoon, Jamie. I think the same thing. And as
a really good example of all of us recognizing, hey
is real potential here and to stop Paul's plan, share
that skill widely and just go let's approach this differently.
And yeah, we did it.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Now I've got a text from one of your PR
people who does an excellent job of badgering me on
behalf of Safer Farms, and he said, we're heading into
the peak season for injuries and fatalities. That's a rather
grim comment, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
It is, and so we recognize this and we're urging
farmers to plan around this. I mean, if what I
think of the last few years, Jamie, we had quad
bite deaths, we had contractors killed coming home late at night,
where kids on farm that died, and so this is
farm injuries and fatality spike over the summer months. And
(01:37):
so what we're urging farmers same thing as we did
around that wind pause, build those stuff and think moments
into your day, plan it, share that plan with your wife,
your team, set the job up right, and a little
worde from me, Jamie. You know, farmers are getting a
little bit more income this year. Maybe the Christmas present
(02:00):
for yourself and your team is a bit of an
investment in some safety equipment.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Like what.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Crush protection would be fantastic because certainly last year, when
we did that deep dive into what is preventing farmers
from fitting crush protection on their quad bikes, cost was
an absolute barrier. And so there's one thing that we
can take control of. Would be great to see good inductions,
(02:30):
you know those there's always an antidote to a bad choice, Jamie,
isn't there? And we're sort of urging farmers to really
recognize this is a pressure time of year. How do
we go about getting through it safely so we all
can sit around the Christmas table?
Speaker 1 (02:46):
But Lundy to find a positive picture or light on
this one. We are getting better.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
We are getting better, and we have seen farmers stepping
up to that, Jamie, investing in goods, safety equipment, better
inductions for their staff. We are getting better, but it's
those little bit you know, ninety percent the time we
totally get it right, Jamie. Now we kind of think
we're bad at health and safety, but we're not. Ninety
(03:14):
percent of the time we get it right. But we
need built in bits for when things go wrong. We
need to be able to fail safely.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Heaven help us. We even had a health and safety
plan for our southern storm shout last week, Lindy. What
could possibly go wrong there?
Speaker 2 (03:32):
And everyone got home safely?
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Jamie, Yes they did, I'm pleased to say, and that's
because we had a health and safety plan.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Go, you're a.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Wira Appa farmer. I'm going to ask you about the
dry But just before we do that, we were chatting
about the Golden shares because I put a plea out
to someone to put me up for the weekend and
I've had some wonderful office including from you too, are
Lindy wonderful. But we were talking about health and safety
and how the sharing industry is so much better than
(04:01):
it used to be because there's an industry that's fraught
with danger, back injuries, et cetera.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Absolutely, and those guys and ladies who recognize it and
they get you so fit for that sharing season. They
are athletes, so high performance athletes in the sharing sheds
pretty amazing.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Absolutely, they're not as cavalier as they used to be
in the old days. It was a work hard, drink hard,
play hard game, yep, it was.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
But absolutely brought that culture of care into their sharing teams.
They look after them, so they look after one another
and they plan actually to get home safely at the
end of the day.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Hey, how big a deal for the wire rapper is
the Golden Shaar is going to be this year early
March or next year twenty twenty six early March, because
you've got the World Sharing Champs as well.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Isn't that amazing that in a time where wall has
actually not traditionally been doing so Oh, we've had a
listen now that we actually have events like this, and
we have people who handle our will share it, present it,
get it out of our sheds. It's pretty phenomenal.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
Yeah, really looking forward to that one and I'm hoping
a key we can take home the World Sharing Champs.
And as I mentioned, you are a wire rapper farmer,
and Eka Tahuna one of my favorite golf courses in
the country. Ikadhna. It's a lovely little town regarded as
kind of being summer safe even though the wire a
rapper region. And I'm looking at the Aniwa or Earth
(05:32):
Sciences n Z Drought Index map and the east coast
of both islands are starting to getting to get dry.
How are you guys hanging in?
Speaker 2 (05:40):
You know, we're actually good. We've had some rain, We've
got some more forecast on Wednesday. We're looking pretty good.
But we can see around us, you know, a south
wire rappa along that coast. We came down from the
Hawk's Bay in the weekend and yeah, it's looking pretty dry.
Some crops there that you have failed to spring up
(06:01):
and do the do their things.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Lindy Nelson's share of Safer Farms. I'm remembered, do you
remember that old TV program I'm trying to remember the
cop program from the eighties Hell Street Blues. Do you
remember that.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
Don't be telling my age, Jamie, but.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
I'll take that as a yes. And what did what
did the sergeant used to say, Hey, be careful out
there or something when he sent everyone out. So that's
the message to the farmers out there, because I know
it is a very stressful time, very long hours. Just
be careful out there and get home for Christmas.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Thanks, Jamie.
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