The Country 08/12/25: Phil Duncan talks to Jamie Mackay

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Weather on the country with farm lands helping to prevent
parasite outbreaks this summer. Okay, feil dunk and at late notice,
filling in for Todd Chartist. We'll try and get tired
on the show tomorrow. Phil. I'm reading from the Met
Service heat warnings. Heat alerts have been issued for Gisbone
and Hastings today, expecting thirty two to thirty four degrees.

Speaker 2 (00:21):
Yeah, it's it's pretty hot around many parts of the
North Island. You know, it's getting up to the upper
twenties across Auckland and Waikato. But if you look at
you know, the Gisbane area and look at Hawk's Bay
Inland and northern Hawks Bay, Yeah, these areas are getting
over thirty degrees thirty two to thirty three around Gisbon
at the moment. And you know it's only just gone
past the middle of the day, so another hour or

(00:42):
two of heating to go. So hot and dry summer
like there, but quite cooler in the South Island, you know,
said seen a cooler airflow coming through on the east,
so not sometimes when Hawks Bay's thirty christ churchers too,
but Christach is only about eighteen or seventeen at the moment.

Speaker 1 (00:57):
Yeah, and I know the dry parts did get a
wee bit of raw and they obviously need a bit more.
Looking at the new would drought Index map, is there
anything coming for the drier regions this week?

Speaker 2 (01:07):
Phill So no, not really. Apart from a few downpours
and thunderstorms that are likely around the sort of central
part of the North Island on Sunday, most of the
North Island's not really seeing rain this week. Pretty dry.
Similar story in Nelson, Marlborough and most of Canterbury. There
might be a little bit of wet weather at the
south of Canterbury, but Southland and the west coast of

(01:29):
the two areas that are likely to get the most
of the rain, and even then where you're talking about
fifteen millimeters at the most or twenty millimeters.

Speaker 1 (01:36):
Yeah. I was in Southland on the weekend Phil for
a golf thing. Well done to the Riversdale Golf Club,
the Mpicago Golf Club and the Harriet Golf Club. But
they're even looking for a bit of rain down there,
and they're a lot better off than the east coast
of both islands.