October 14, 2025 • 6 mins
We catch up with an award-winning rural journalist from Pongaroa to celebrate International Day of Rural Women. Plus, what does she think of the government’s new methane reduction target?
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Today is International Rule Women's Day.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
So we're going to head over the certain the Tararua
district because I always get told off for saying sort
of Southern Hawk's Bay Northern maira rapper, and I don't
like getting told off by this person.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
Rebecca Greaves becks, how are you?
Speaker 3 (00:16):
Oh, I'm great, dank time.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
I never tell you off?
Speaker 2 (00:19):
No, no, I actually don't you know you haven't maybe
once somewhere over.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
The over the years. Hey, look, International Rural Women's Day.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
I could I could rattle off this huge long list
of names of amazing women in the agg and primary
sector in New Zealand. The Katie Milns, that Julia Jones is,
the Kate Ecklan's, the Karen William Jack Lon Rowe. I
could just go on and on, and I would have
missed out about fifty It is egg still a man's world,
of or we crack through that one.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Well. I like to think that it's a world where
women can succeed as equally as well as men. And
obviously some of the women you just lost it showing
the way in leadership positions and in credible kind of
thought leadership and showing us. I guess how it can
be done. I kind of feel like it's weird that
(01:07):
you need a day to recognize these things, but then
at the same time, I'm all for it. If we
have to have a special day to highlight the fact
that there are so many incredible rural women, then hey,
why not? Why not go with it? And we are
doing a special webinar today actually with I am hosting it,
but I'm doing it with three women who are an
(01:30):
incredible example of leadership in the mental health space. And
we particularly chose to do it today because of the
fact that it is International Day of Rural Woman. It's
the tongue twister.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Yeah, it is International Rural Woman's Day. A variation on
that we can we can date that, we know what
it is. Look because you know, look, I've got this,
you know, as you know from a previous life, a
very solid contact book of people in the rule and
the primary sector across the board. And if it goes
through and go like, hey, if I want to make
a contribution of people to be on the country, I
(02:05):
go through and I go tick and it's primarily woman.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
So I'm just going to say it out loud. I mean,
it's just a fact.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
The leaders that, as you say, the ideas people, you know,
at the heart of so many of the tanks, in
the backbone of so many businesses.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
Women, Yeah, it's slowly And also I think i'd point
out that, you know, rural women New Zealand is celebrating
one hundred years this year as well, so that's a
pretty big milestone for them. And obviously there's some incredible
women and Foundra Macaw's is someone who I would say
is a great leader, a great rural woman, even though
she is Australian. I think she'll forgive me for pointing
(02:41):
that out, but yeah, I mean that's a massive milestone
for them as well. So, yeah, lots of great women
doing lots of great things, and I just think it's
nice to kind of take a moment maybe to think
about the great women that are in your life, whether
it's your mum or your sister, or your friends or
the people in your community. School bus driver. She's an
amazing rural woman who would probably never be on the country,
(03:04):
but she does so much for me and I would
say she's kind of part of the village and you know,
for our school as well, and people like that don't
necessarily get their names up on lights, but they contribute
so much to our communities, and so I think it's
a day for everyone.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Well, I watch what you do, and I see my
own sister who's also like you, just amazing rural woman
and who do incredible.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Things on and off farm. Good on you, right, a
couple of topics.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
I want to ask you, what did you make of
the fourteen to twenty four percent methane reduction by twenty fifty.
Is that you know or I do have to apologize
very quickly to the President of Federated Farmers, mister Langford,
because I did say he said it was a no
brainer to go to zero percent. I actually made a mistake.
He was okay with where we're at, progress, et cetera,
(03:54):
et cetera. So I probably embellished what he said while
talking to Heather Duplissy Allen recently.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
But your thoughts becks on this.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
Yeah, Look, I'd be honest. I haven't looked into it
super closely, but I did through some reading when the
announcement came through, and also saw what Bee can Land
put out, and yeah, obviously it's positive, it's progress, it's
moving in the right direction. It's good to see that
the agricultural emissions pricing has been taken off the table
and also their reduction, as you point out, So I think,
(04:22):
I mean, it's positive, right. We have to be happy
that things are moving in the right direction for farmers,
and it seems like a sensible and you know, I'm happy,
and it will hopefully make life a bit more, you know,
a bit easier. We still have to take responsibility, I
think for the emissions that we create, but I believe
(04:46):
that farmers do generally anyway, and are doing a lot
of good things to be more efficient and therefore reduce
emissions on the daily basis anyway. So I think we
just have to keep focusing on that stuff and keep
trying to do our best every day.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Yeah, the great work is happening, and I don't think
anybody will see it as a sort of a green
light to throw in the tower and stop trying to
reduce emissions.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Have you needed some Do you need some rain? But
dry over there? Has it been?
Speaker 3 (05:17):
Oh, there's a little bit of moisture yesterday, But yeah,
like we get some rain, but then the wind and
it just sucks it out again. So I mean, I
said to someone the other day I would normally have
a few months of the year where I wouldn't be
able to ride a horse on the farm because we
have a lot of clay tracks and it gets very slippery.
But I am still riding around. All of our tracks
are pretty bone dry, So yes, we would like to
(05:42):
have some rain. I think the other side of the
country's probably had enough, but I think Hawk's Bay would
need it more than we do. But certainly, yes, it
would be good to have some. I think last time
it's but to you, we were putting the foot on
and we've noticed a mess of pack up and grass
growth with the night gen that we put on it
(06:02):
range just after, and Richard can't get over how much
feed we've grown since then, So I mean it could
be an all right spring in the end for us.
But yeah, obviously that was a strategic spend to do that,
knowing that we're a bit tight.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Yeah, great stuff.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
Rebecca Greaves, journalist, farmer, farming thinker leader on International Rural
Women's Day.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Thanks for joining us backs much appreciated.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
Yeahs, same
Today is International Rule Women's Day.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
So we're going to head over the certain the Tararua
district because I always get told off for saying sort
of Southern Hawk's Bay Northern maira rapper, and I don't
like getting told off by this person.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
Rebecca Greaves becks, how are you?
Speaker 3 (00:16):
Oh, I'm great, dank time.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
I never tell you off?
Speaker 2 (00:19):
No, no, I actually don't you know you haven't maybe
once somewhere over.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
The over the years. Hey, look, International Rural Women's Day.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
I could I could rattle off this huge long list
of names of amazing women in the agg and primary
sector in New Zealand. The Katie Milns, that Julia Jones is,
the Kate Ecklan's, the Karen William Jack Lon Rowe. I
could just go on and on, and I would have
missed out about fifty It is egg still a man's world,
of or we crack through that one.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Well. I like to think that it's a world where
women can succeed as equally as well as men. And
obviously some of the women you just lost it showing
the way in leadership positions and in credible kind of
thought leadership and showing us. I guess how it can
be done. I kind of feel like it's weird that
(01:07):
you need a day to recognize these things, but then
at the same time, I'm all for it. If we
have to have a special day to highlight the fact
that there are so many incredible rural women, then hey,
why not? Why not go with it? And we are
doing a special webinar today actually with I am hosting it,
but I'm doing it with three women who are an
(01:30):
incredible example of leadership in the mental health space. And
we particularly chose to do it today because of the
fact that it is International Day of Rural Woman. It's
the tongue twister.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Yeah, it is International Rural Woman's Day. A variation on
that we can we can date that, we know what
it is. Look because you know, look, I've got this,
you know, as you know from a previous life, a
very solid contact book of people in the rule and
the primary sector across the board. And if it goes
through and go like, hey, if I want to make
a contribution of people to be on the country, I
(02:05):
go through and I go tick and it's primarily woman.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
So I'm just going to say it out loud. I mean,
it's just a fact.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
The leaders that, as you say, the ideas people, you know,
at the heart of so many of the tanks, in
the backbone of so many businesses.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
Women, Yeah, it's slowly And also I think i'd point
out that, you know, rural women New Zealand is celebrating
one hundred years this year as well, so that's a
pretty big milestone for them. And obviously there's some incredible
women and Foundra Macaw's is someone who I would say
is a great leader, a great rural woman, even though
she is Australian. I think she'll forgive me for pointing
(02:41):
that out, but yeah, I mean that's a massive milestone
for them as well. So, yeah, lots of great women
doing lots of great things, and I just think it's
nice to kind of take a moment maybe to think
about the great women that are in your life, whether
it's your mum or your sister, or your friends or
the people in your community. School bus driver. She's an
amazing rural woman who would probably never be on the country,
(03:04):
but she does so much for me and I would
say she's kind of part of the village and you know,
for our school as well, and people like that don't
necessarily get their names up on lights, but they contribute
so much to our communities, and so I think it's
a day for everyone.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Well, I watch what you do, and I see my
own sister who's also like you, just amazing rural woman
and who do incredible.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Things on and off farm. Good on you, right, a
couple of topics.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
I want to ask you, what did you make of
the fourteen to twenty four percent methane reduction by twenty fifty.
Is that you know or I do have to apologize
very quickly to the President of Federated Farmers, mister Langford,
because I did say he said it was a no
brainer to go to zero percent. I actually made a mistake.
He was okay with where we're at, progress, et cetera,
(03:54):
et cetera. So I probably embellished what he said while
talking to Heather Duplissy Allen recently.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
But your thoughts becks on this.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
Yeah, Look, I'd be honest. I haven't looked into it
super closely, but I did through some reading when the
announcement came through, and also saw what Bee can Land
put out, and yeah, obviously it's positive, it's progress, it's
moving in the right direction. It's good to see that
the agricultural emissions pricing has been taken off the table
and also their reduction, as you point out, So I think,
(04:22):
I mean, it's positive, right. We have to be happy
that things are moving in the right direction for farmers,
and it seems like a sensible and you know, I'm happy,
and it will hopefully make life a bit more, you know,
a bit easier. We still have to take responsibility, I
think for the emissions that we create, but I believe
(04:46):
that farmers do generally anyway, and are doing a lot
of good things to be more efficient and therefore reduce
emissions on the daily basis anyway. So I think we
just have to keep focusing on that stuff and keep
trying to do our best every day.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Yeah, the great work is happening, and I don't think
anybody will see it as a sort of a green
light to throw in the tower and stop trying to
reduce emissions.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Have you needed some Do you need some rain? But
dry over there? Has it been?
Speaker 3 (05:17):
Oh, there's a little bit of moisture yesterday, But yeah,
like we get some rain, but then the wind and
it just sucks it out again. So I mean, I
said to someone the other day I would normally have
a few months of the year where I wouldn't be
able to ride a horse on the farm because we
have a lot of clay tracks and it gets very slippery.
But I am still riding around. All of our tracks
are pretty bone dry, So yes, we would like to
(05:42):
have some rain. I think the other side of the
country's probably had enough, but I think Hawk's Bay would
need it more than we do. But certainly, yes, it
would be good to have some. I think last time
it's but to you, we were putting the foot on
and we've noticed a mess of pack up and grass
growth with the night gen that we put on it
(06:02):
range just after, and Richard can't get over how much
feed we've grown since then, So I mean it could
be an all right spring in the end for us.
But yeah, obviously that was a strategic spend to do that,
knowing that we're a bit tight.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Yeah, great stuff.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
Rebecca Greaves, journalist, farmer, farming thinker leader on International Rural
Women's Day.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Thanks for joining us backs much appreciated.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
Yeahs, same
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