The Country 23/10/25: Jeremy Rookes talks to Jamie Mackay

Our Canterbury-based lifestyle correspondent gives us a weather report and talks a bit of footy.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Okay, Jeremy Rooks, I don't know what you were saying
in the background there. I was trying to play a
wee bit of Jim Morrison. Now, Jeremy, I have promoted
this slot extensively. I've left you to last. You can
sum up this terrible weather because I said a man
connected as well as you are, I will have spoken
to as extensive network of farming friends to update what's

(00:22):
happening in Canterbury on the ground. Give it to me, baby,
hang on, let me let me destry that. Sorry wrong fader,
I've got you where you go again, Jeremy, No, No, I.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
Haven't really spoken anyone, and anyone have kicks that hasn't replied.

Speaker 1 (00:37):
So Jeremy, you're a bit like the teachers today. You're
striking on me.

Speaker 2 (00:45):
Well you know, well, I know I've just been I
don't know really, but I can give you a.

Speaker 1 (00:51):
Report from Will you give me a report from your
lifestyle property in Canterbury?

Speaker 2 (00:56):
Well just you are you? No? Well, we've got to
have on a first then, and then we haven't. It's
just been coming and going. But we've had about one
milla rain. But certainly you can hear it out in
the back. It sounds like just a roll and thunder's
been going on further out in the hills all day,
so I've had to be pretty grim out in the
high country. That sounds like him is getting pumped as well.

(01:17):
But I think it was worse on Tuesday actually because
I was trailing up close to sue Low and Tuesday
and it was bloody awful and Tuesday.

Speaker 1 (01:25):
How well, we're going to hear from stue Low tomorrow.
It's sort of Canterbury v Otago Stu Duncan versus stue
Low ahead of the NPC final. Hiss En from North
Otago saying Monday was a hell of a lot worse
than today, although maybe the bottom of the South Island
the worst is still to come. But you've been around
a long time, Jeremy. Wind is nothing unusual than Canterbury.

Speaker 2 (01:48):
No, it just happens, and every now and again you
get a massive event and obviously certain areas that get
hit hard of anothers and stuff. But yeah, I mean,
as long as everyone you know it stays inside and
enjoys day off, well.

Speaker 1 (02:01):
See, it's not going to affect your work day because
that's what you would have been doing anyhow.

Speaker 2 (02:06):
Well, I went out from a morning walk first thing
this morning because I wasn't blaming, and I came and
shifted my break when I got back before the wind
from the ten kettle. And then I thought, well, well,
well that's my day done. So I've been sitting in
tidle day.

Speaker 1 (02:19):
How long does it how long does it take to
shift to break for tin kettle?

Speaker 2 (02:23):
About ninety seven seconds?

Speaker 1 (02:24):
I thought, so, now, mind you, Jeremy, you could just
about earn a full time wage from those ten kettle
if they're worth I don't know, three grand each. There's
thirty grand.

Speaker 2 (02:33):
Well yeah, well hope, well as all of it. Well
we'll hold this some rain today because it's hitting them
at dry and Canbary. It's been the grass is started
to move, but it's when we when we get constantly
like in run for the last of the three weeks
really so so no things are just just sitting on
an ice edge of it.

Speaker 1 (02:50):
It's been a very challenging month, that says September for
a lot of farmers. Okay, and I'll talk to Stulo
in depth about this one tomorrow a targo versus. I
was going to say, Southland, I wish it was Southland
in the NPC Final at so Targo versus Canterbury. Everyone
in the country wants O Targo to win.

Speaker 2 (03:08):
Well, I know that Southland wouldn't even win the Little
Hawk Cup the way they played this year, but anyway
it'll be. It'll be a hell of a game and
I think the Targo have got have got a really
good chance of winning it. It'll be a great occasion
and I'm luckily having lunch. Want the mate on Saturday
who's from a Targo say the abuse that started already
stuff I'm looking forward to. Well, it's just so good

(03:28):
the NPC. It's it's so much better than Super Rugby.
It means it for you know, and everyone's supporting it
this year, which is awesome.

Speaker 1 (03:36):
I absolutely agree and I love the Heartland rugby, Mid
Canterbury getting home and North Otago right he Oh, there's
Jeremy Rook's a lifestyle correspondent out of Canterbury.