July 20, 2026 • 3 mins
Federated Farmers’ vice-president is at the Beehive - what’s happening there today? A big win for Feds yesterday with the RMA and the removal of the Mana Whakahono ā Rohe agreements. Plus, adverse events and providing help for Kaikōura farmers affected by severe weather.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Sandra Faulkner. She has been labeled Federated Farmers Queen Bee
at the beehive today. And I didn't come up with
that good one liner, Sandra. In fact, it was your
pr guru, Aaron Lecter or is it Ledcher? I call
him raspute and that's why we're playing a bit of
bony m. So it's not a bad one liner from Aaron.
(00:22):
How is the queen b What are you doing at
the bee hive? Well?
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Today is next to an opportunity to catch up with well,
pretty much everybody who moans and shapes up here. I
guess it's a real privilege to be able to sit
down with ministers and their teams and to see where
we can go to help our rural communities and make
(00:46):
sure that their voice is right.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
FEDS get a big win yesterday. We've touched on this
with Damian O'Connor. Are regarding stopping some of this rush
rush legislation with the changes to the r M.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
A, yeah, well you're talking about the man of agreements.
We did ask for there to be consideration made to
just it seems like a bit of an unseemly rush
to try and get agreements at least in front of
councils to sign peering in mind that in the current
system they would be binding on any authority that was
(01:22):
governing local body. So that said, one thing I probably
did want to say was what it doesn't do is
change some of the more collegial and established arrangements that
already exist in places like my home, perch Up and
Parrafhaiti where you know we as farmers farm together ee
(01:46):
and and others.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
That's the way it should be put on your adverse
events hat, because you've got we have got some issues
around the country, and I particularly look at what's happening
and or has happened in the likes of Co Cora,
I know, some parts of the Wira Rapper. We tend
to get excited and give them lots of press coverage
and then the weather clears up and we move on
to the next issue. We can't forget these people.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
No, that's right, and it's the nature of the news cycle,
as you say, Jamie, but it's really important to us,
particularly here. It feeds that our team are still there
supporting those that have been hit with the weather, and
these things tend to roll on, you know. We see
something you know, in this case Northern Canbury Carcoura, and
(02:33):
then the next weekend is something else, and the next
weekend is something else type thing. So I think for us,
what's becoming really clear is that our farming communities and
endors in particular can be confident that we're not going
anywhere until we can get some assistance on the ground
that we see them and we hear them.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Now that you've ascended to the lofty title of National
Vice President of Federated Farmers, do they have a week
piece of red carpet they roll out at Gisbean Airport
when you when you get home, Sandra, I better get
it right.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Absolutely not.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
No.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
If I'm really lucky the boss that the farm picks
me up and I go stright back to being the
junior ship and again basically so so no red carpet. No,
absolutely not.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Okay, well, thank you for some of your time. Good
luck going into bat for the farmers of this country
in Parliament, and we will catch up at a later
date and talk about some of those local body reforms.
Shane wants rid of half the local councils, but that's
another issue for another day. We've run out of time, Sandra,
thanks for yours Yeah, thanks so.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Much, Shamie, and your time for our royal communities too.
You are their voice too.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
No thank you. I think that's a compliment.
Sandra Faulkner. She has been labeled Federated Farmers Queen Bee
at the beehive today. And I didn't come up with
that good one liner, Sandra. In fact, it was your
pr guru, Aaron Lecter or is it Ledcher? I call
him raspute and that's why we're playing a bit of
bony m. So it's not a bad one liner from Aaron.
(00:22):
How is the queen b What are you doing at
the bee hive? Well?
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Today is next to an opportunity to catch up with well,
pretty much everybody who moans and shapes up here. I
guess it's a real privilege to be able to sit
down with ministers and their teams and to see where
we can go to help our rural communities and make
(00:46):
sure that their voice is right.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
FEDS get a big win yesterday. We've touched on this
with Damian O'Connor. Are regarding stopping some of this rush
rush legislation with the changes to the r M.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
A, yeah, well you're talking about the man of agreements.
We did ask for there to be consideration made to
just it seems like a bit of an unseemly rush
to try and get agreements at least in front of
councils to sign peering in mind that in the current
system they would be binding on any authority that was
(01:22):
governing local body. So that said, one thing I probably
did want to say was what it doesn't do is
change some of the more collegial and established arrangements that
already exist in places like my home, perch Up and
Parrafhaiti where you know we as farmers farm together ee
(01:46):
and and others.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
That's the way it should be put on your adverse
events hat, because you've got we have got some issues
around the country, and I particularly look at what's happening
and or has happened in the likes of Co Cora,
I know, some parts of the Wira Rapper. We tend
to get excited and give them lots of press coverage
and then the weather clears up and we move on
to the next issue. We can't forget these people.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
No, that's right, and it's the nature of the news cycle,
as you say, Jamie, but it's really important to us,
particularly here. It feeds that our team are still there
supporting those that have been hit with the weather, and
these things tend to roll on, you know. We see
something you know, in this case Northern Canbury Carcoura, and
(02:33):
then the next weekend is something else, and the next
weekend is something else type thing. So I think for us,
what's becoming really clear is that our farming communities and
endors in particular can be confident that we're not going
anywhere until we can get some assistance on the ground
that we see them and we hear them.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Now that you've ascended to the lofty title of National
Vice President of Federated Farmers, do they have a week
piece of red carpet they roll out at Gisbean Airport
when you when you get home, Sandra, I better get
it right.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Absolutely not.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
No.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
If I'm really lucky the boss that the farm picks
me up and I go stright back to being the
junior ship and again basically so so no red carpet. No,
absolutely not.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Okay, well, thank you for some of your time. Good
luck going into bat for the farmers of this country
in Parliament, and we will catch up at a later
date and talk about some of those local body reforms.
Shane wants rid of half the local councils, but that's
another issue for another day. We've run out of time, Sandra,
thanks for yours Yeah, thanks so.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Much, Shamie, and your time for our royal communities too.
You are their voice too.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
No thank you. I think that's a compliment.
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