A South Otago farmer, and associate minister of agriculture sings the praises of NZ First. As the minister for wool, he also sings the praises of that fibre.
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This bloke is the Minister of wall amongst other things,
Associate agg Minister. And if Winston gets his way Mark
Patterson and becomes the Prime Ministry. See I've got this
conspiracy theory that this is Winston's legacy election and he's
going to demand the top job. You could be the
Minister of Agriculture.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Yeah. Well we won't be getting too far ahead of ourselves,
the Jamie and your conspiracy theories. But no, that the
you know, we're pleased with the way we're tracking, a
long on way to go and the country's got an
enormous number of challenges in front of it.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
So see one of my other co in the theories,
Mark Minister of Walla. We'll get onto that in a tick.
Is that New Zealand First are going to poll very
well in this election. I think Winston and Shane are
very good at scratching itches. They are populous, let's talk
about it. But I think New Zealand First is going
to poll well and unfortunately for the Nats and perhaps
(00:53):
Seymour on the other side as well, cannibalized the National
Party vote. Is that part of the master plan.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Well, we're trying to make surmise that vote. There's no
doubt about that. They can worry about their camps. But
you know, I think the messages we're saying, and Winston
and Shane in particular, are really resonating with New Zealanders.
You never wonder where they're standing. They're they're pretty frank.
I mean, Winston's had a fantastic job navigating an incredibly
difficult geopolitical environment. Shows out in the province is actually
(01:24):
making stuff happening, and mining and aquaculture. You know, people
can actually see what we're doing, and I think and
hopefully in Wall as well.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Okay, well let's talk all very quickly. We've got Rachel
Sharer coming onto the show from she's the GM of
Wall for PGG rights, and we've seen a renaissance. Admittedly
we've got a way to go, but gee, it's the
prices have improved threefold since the real loads of COVID.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Yeah, we've been talking about it for a while, haven't
we This swing back to natural fibers, But it actually
is starting to happen.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Now.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
You can talk about it for so long, but we're
actually seeing the results. So it's fantastic to see those
auction prices for strong women Melbourne now the day exceeding
nine dollars a kilo. All of a sudden, it's starting
to become meaningful and obviously that's where we'd like to
see the bulk of the clip up at around those levels.
But yeah, the sentiment's really good. There's a lot of
investment going on now too. Hopefully there's there's a couple
(02:16):
of reasonably manifold manufacturing announcements coming up shortly where we're
doing more for more with will Wear in New Zealand.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Now, I don't know whether you've met this bloke. His
name's Alan Livingston, is the chair of the Kiwi two
National Trust. Have you got any covenants on your farm
in South Otaga.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
I've got about eight minookah bushes.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
So sorry Ellen, but well see I'm starting another campaign.
You might be the Minister of Agriculture of Winstance Prime minister,
so you need to put some more money into that.
That's the best thing government could do to protect the environment.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Yeah. In thak we we're having just this discussion the
other day. You'll be pleased to hear Alan, that's certainly
been pitched to us by the farming leaders that one
of the ways we could get around some of the
c CNA stuff. Is X need to really lean a
bit more into the Q two stuff and we are
hearing those messages.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Okay, Mark, thank you very much for your time. You
enjoy the rest of your day. Mark Patterson, Associate AGG Minister,
Minister of Wool. Keep up the good fight.
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