The Country 17/07/25: Bruce Weir and Amber Brador talk to Jamie Mackay

We announce the winner of the 2025 Rabobank Good Deeds Competition. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is one of my favorite jobs on the country,
giving away money, especially other people's money. In this case
rabobanks five thousand dollars worth plus a day's labor plus
someone from the country's going to help. It might be
me if there's a good golf course anywhere near the
winner of the twenty twenty five Rabobank Good Deeds competition, Bruce,
where's the GM for Country Banking? Bruce? Where are we

(00:22):
heading to you?

Speaker 2 (00:23):
Good afternoon, Jamie. Yes, the twenty twenty five Good Deeds
winner is the rural based Colleton School northeast of Fielding
in the mono or two.

Speaker 1 (00:33):
Well, I know plenty of good golf courses in and
around Palmerston North, so it might be me going up there.
But here's the question, what do I have to do?
Do I have to get on the end of a shovel?
Is this going to be too much like hard work?
Let's ask the spokesperson for the cole Iton Primary School
and braider and but what are you up to? What
are you going to use your five thousand dollars in
all the labor to do?

Speaker 3 (00:55):
Hello, thank you so much. Yes, we are going to
move our bike track. So we had to unfortunately cut
the end of our bike track off to put in
a brand new septic field, and so we're moving the
bike track and putting back in a rugby field.

Speaker 1 (01:10):
Well I read that on the copy brief. Well, what
the hell's a septic field?

Speaker 3 (01:15):
The new modern septic systems have to have big drainage
fields for all the pipes, and unfortunately it takes up
a whole lot more room than the old system.

Speaker 1 (01:23):
So is that you like your fordy field? Your hockey
field all gone? Is it because of a septic system?

Speaker 3 (01:29):
Yep, there's just not enough room there anymore. So the
Ministry has fortunately allowed us to buy a little bit
of the paddock next door. So we're moving everything around
and going to do a big enhancement of the outside
area and put the field back in.

Speaker 1 (01:44):
Well, I'm pleased to hear that, because kids need plenty
of space and the rural kids are used to it.
What's the connection with the bike track?

Speaker 3 (01:50):
Amber? So the fundraising committee put the back track in
quite a long time ago now, but we had to
chop the end off it to septic feldon, so it's
not usable anymore. Anyway, We're going to shift it to
a completely different place. On the school grounds and where
it is now will be part of the new field.

Speaker 1 (02:09):
And what will it cost to make this new bike track? This,
I assume is not going to pay for the whole lot.

Speaker 3 (02:16):
No, but the labor and the money are definitely going
to help. No, it's going to cost quite a lot
of money to do the full outdoor enhancement, a sort
of probably around five hundred thousand dollars. But we've been
fundraising hard and we'll hopefully get a few more grants
like this one, which is going to go a long way.

Speaker 1 (02:33):
I'm not much chop on a spade, but I'm good
on a barbecue tongk But one man who's very good
on a spade because he works out every morning is
Bruce Waere, the GM for Country Banking. He'll be there, Bruce, Yeah, I'll.

Speaker 2 (02:45):
Plan to be Jamie. I try not to miss those sessions.
But I know that our local team lead Brian Henderson,
really looking forward to this project, and I know they've
got plenty of energy, so I'm sure. And Congress, by
the way, I'm sure you'll work them hard. We're up
for it.

Speaker 3 (03:03):
We will do. Thank you very much.

Speaker 2 (03:05):
We really appreciate it well.

Speaker 1 (03:06):
Amber thank you very much, looking forward to catching up
with you. I'm assuming this is going to happen at
the end of this year when the weather is a
wee bit better. What's it like in the manner or two?

Speaker 3 (03:14):
At the moment, very sulky. You will not want to
be on a wheelbarrow at the moment.

Speaker 1 (03:18):
Well, I wouldn't want to be on a septic field
at the moment either. I'm a bit frightened by those.
Don't even start me on open classrooms. Hey, Bruce Ware
and Amber Brader, Congratulations to the coll it And School
for getting the five thousand dollars and the day's labor
from the team at Rabobank to do your new community project. Bruce,
from over well over one hundred entries, this is a

(03:39):
very good one.

Speaker 2 (03:40):
Yes, a fantastic one, and like you, Jamie, we really
look forward to this time of the year. But I
can assure you I'm glad I was not on the
judging panel. Was over one hundred or so where the
entries that the judging panel had to work hard to
clump with this one.

Speaker 1 (03:55):
We'll be running it again next year, the Rabobank Good
Deeds Competition. Amber Bruce, thanks for your time, Congratulations

Speaker 2 (04:02):
Thank you very much, thanks S.