January 22, 2026 • 38 mins
Jamie Mackay talks to Chris Brandolino, Sandra Matthews, Stu Duncan, Stu Loe, Dougie Haynes, and Hamish McKay.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 3 (00:33):
Play Good afternoon, New Zealand. Welcome to the Country. I'm
Jamie McKay. Welcome aboard Today I SUSU co naming sponsor
of the Country alongside Farmlands. Welcome aboard. Guys really appreciate
the support. This is a song called Superman It's Not
Easy from a band called Five for Fighting and this
(00:56):
is for all the first responders who have shown absolute
courage and bravery under fire quite literally this week. It's
been a terrible week for the country, probably not made
better in some ways by the annual inflation news that
came out this morning. It's sitting at three point one percent.
That's outside the Reserve Bank band. So I hope I'm hoping,
(01:18):
Like how it doesn't mean that interest rates go up anyhow.
We've got a battle on the weather. Mother Nature has
brutalized the North Island this week, no other word for it,
But what does she have in store for the recovery
phrase face. Should I say Chris Brandolino again this week
because it's important to give you or let you know
(01:38):
what's in store for the rest of the week. Sandra Matthews.
It was Sandra Faulkney yesterday. Sandra Matthews today. Gisbon Sheep
and beef Farmer, former President of Rural Women New Zealand
on the devastation in her region. The Farmer Panel their
South Island is stew Duncan and the Mannie Totos Stulo
in Canterbury, where I think there's a bit of dodgy
(01:59):
weather coming there. We've got a really lovely story for
you today, just to lighten things up. Awey, but I'll
keep my powder dry on that one with a a
young English bloke by the name of Dougie Haynes. Tell
you more about that later. And Hamish MacKaye MacKaye on Sport,
a substitute fill an host here on the country. He
called razors Acxing called it last year actually, so we'll
(02:22):
talk to him about that and see how things went
at the Fielding Stocksail this morning. I'm sure he was there. Radio.
Let's get straight into it and Chris Brandolino. Have I
got you there, Chris, Good afternoon.
Speaker 4 (02:37):
Oh, good afternoon.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
Yeah, I don't know whether I don't know whether I
can say good afternoon. It's all a bit depressing.
Speaker 5 (02:43):
Now.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
We can't do anything about the weather that's been. It's been,
it's been awful. But what we can do is you
can tell the punters what they can expect in the
recovery phase, because the last thing those flooded regions of
the North Island wants will follow.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
Up Ryan, Yeah, well, thankfully there's not going to be
much in their way of rain. There will be It's
gonna be almost like an autumn like period this weekend.
It's the holiday weekend for much of the Upper North
Island Watchotta Northland, Auckland because of Auckland Anniversary, and so
there will be these squally type showers again, almost like
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autumn in the Bay of Plenty. Because it will be
a westerly wind, those shower is probably not going to
be as frequent because of the downslopeing coming off the
cime Mines, but there will be the wind, Jamie, So
it is going to be a pretty windy weekend. I
think tomorrow on Saturday that'll be the day with the
highest wing gus. Winds will be gusting routinely near and
above seventy kilometers per hour, So it's not you know,
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the highest wind speeds, but certainly you know enough to
annoy you at the very least, and there could be
some minor impacts. But that will be the theme for tomorrow.
The wind and the cool temperatures and yeh showers around
much of the North Island. Even outside of those storm
impacted areas is maybe some squally showers and thundery showers
too for places like the Auckland region, Waikato still wendy
(04:06):
it looks like on Sunday, but the winds do gradually
ease on Monday for the holiday. For the South Island, Jamie,
as you mentioned earlier, can see some active weather today.
Our friends at mett Zibus with a severe thunderstorm watch
for much of Canterbury. It looks like due to the
thread of heavy and maybe potentially severe thunderstorm. So kind
of an active day there weather. Why So, that's all
(04:29):
with this push of colder air, so it's going to
be a chilly few days across much of the country
this weekend with the chilliest weather likely across the South
Island and Jamie. It looks like that will be a
theme as we go into next week. We are going
to see temperatures warm, we are going to see temperatures moderate,
but the South Island may have more puffs of cooler
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air later in the week. So about this time next week,
So dryness, actually, I know we've had some pretty we
have had some pretty wet weather, but it looks like
dry tinus will start to become a concern potentially for
places like Southland where it's already dry or drying out.
Speaker 6 (05:06):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
I know, I've got farming interests down there. I've got
farming mites down there. And yeah, it's rather bizarre, isn't
it When the North Island's so wit the bottom of
the country is really crying out for a bit of
ryein and they might get a bit this week in though, Chris,
there's a bit of rain forecast for the Deep South.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
Yeah, there is. In what you describing it as really
well aligned with what we expect with li Ninia and Lininia.
Tends to increase the odds for wetness and these big
rain events across the upper and eastern North Island. Conversely,
over the interior in western South Island it does favor
dryness and that's playing out right now. It doesn't look
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like dryness would be a thing for pretty much the
entire country. And again Chinas doesn't mean zero rain, just
means less than what is typical, and for some it
means they're rain by the way, But last few days
of January, in the first probably half week of February
or February going to be the normal from much of
the country, and that dryness is likely to persist well
into January or February. And I'll end with this as
(06:06):
I hear the music, Jamie, we do have to watch
the probably the last week of fab maybe early March,
for maybe more tropical moisture impacting the upper and eastern Northbouland.
It's a month away with something kind of bookmark and
keep in mind as we move through the rest of summer.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Chris Brandalino from Earth Science ZE and ZED, thanks for
turning up twice this week on the country. Really appreciate
the information.
Speaker 4 (06:30):
Oh my pleasure, Jamie and all the best and hopef
everyone can manage have a good weekend.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
Thank you, fourte and after twelve yeah, think, well, let's
there as we need some good news, I'll tell you
some good news. National Lamb di is on February the fifteenth.
It's a celebration the anniversary of New Zealand's first frozen
lamb shipment and eighteen ninety two. Lots of activity around
National Lamb Dae. Incidentally, Monday is Australia Day and they
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eat lamb on Australia Day. We need to do the
same on our national day. He just begs the question,
what is our national Day? Won't get into the politics
of that. But the Elsies do a great job of
promoting lamb. We should do likewise here in New Zealand.
The National Lamb Day is certainly a great start coming
up on Sunday, February the fifteenth. Up next are Sandra Matthews,
(07:22):
Gisbane Sheep and beef farmer. She sent us some videos
yesterday of basically a river running past a front door
on a Gisbane farm. We're going to talk to her
about what's happening in her region. A couple of South
Island farmers Stu Low wonder what he makes of his
Cantabrian razor getting the chop and Stuve Duncan, Stu Duncan.
(07:43):
This is how good farmers have got. At the moment
Stu tells me he's off to the Karaka Million Dollar
Race and then on to the yealing sales. I've got
a great story with a young British bloke called Dougie Haynes.
You're going to love this one. And Hamish Mackay MacKaye
on Sport.
Speaker 5 (08:00):
We st.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
A foreigner shoe.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
Sounds even here, welcome back to the country. Eighteen after twelve.
I've been speaking to this woman on the show off
and on since what about two thousand and six, two
thousand and seven. She used to be a monitor farmer
on my show along with her husband En. The name
(08:30):
is Sandra Matthews. They're farming at Rary, fifty kilometers northwest
of Gisbone, and I still remember fondly the field day,
the drought field day we had on your farm, Sandra,
way back in about two thousand and seven, and an
up and coming politician by the name of John Key
turned up. Remember that we.
Speaker 7 (08:50):
Did Jamie afternoon. We had about three hundred and eighty
people there in Marquees and it was a final field
day for our beef. And Lamb Monitor Farm and John
Key was our keynote speaker along with you, of course,
but it was great. I think you got helicoptered in too.
Speaker 5 (09:06):
But the dust.
Speaker 7 (09:07):
We were three years of drought at that point and
the dust was horrendous.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
What I remember about Key that was the first time
i'd met him personally. I thought, you're a smart guy
or a smart politician. Because his mind as were all
chewing his heirs. You've got to get you're going to
miss your flight out of wherever he was going out
of I think Napier or whatever. And he said, no,
I'm not going to leave until I've been around because
you had all the big bales of hay for Lena's
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and you had the four hundred farmers there, as you say,
a desperate drought. And he went around, worked the room
or worked the paddock, and he spoke to every single
one of those farmers on those lenas and I thought,
you know, you're a bit of a man of the people.
Speaker 7 (09:47):
Yeah, he was really impressive at that point. As you say,
he was in opposition at that point too, But yeah,
we came away thinking this man's going to do really
great things. And I think he did as a prime minister,
he was a good prime minister.
Speaker 3 (09:58):
Yep, I reckon he's the best prime minister of mine lafetime.
I'll get accused of bias there, but I think he's
been the best one anyhow. From drought from a screaming
drought to you've had Gabrielle a couple of years ago
or three years ago now, isn't it. And then this
latest rainfall event, although as I understand it, the worst
(10:19):
effect that areas are north.
Speaker 7 (10:20):
Of you, they are Jamie. So to give you a
bit of context, since Christmas, just at Reary where we are,
we've had three hundred and forty seven mills of rain.
That's about a third of our annual rainfall, and the
whole region was quite saturated. So when this last time,
over the twenty four hour period, we had one hundred
and fifty one hundred and fifteen milimeters at Rearly, Tolliger
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Bay on the way up the coast had a round
forty milimeters from one of the farmers that reported at
Hicks Bay, which is at the top of the cape
had three hundred and forty three milimeters in that twenty
four hour period, and the Giveman City had forty seven millimeters,
So you can see that there's wide ranges right around
the region of how much rain Peaple for got and
right at the cape and tire Hicks Bay Beer isolated still,
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so the roading up there, the damage to the roading
and it's a sorry state. You know, there's houses that
have been damaged, there's massive damage to the roads up there,
and people are isolated. So yeah, there's a lot of
work going on to be able to connect their back
into powered powers and issue up there at the moment.
So they've got choppers out working out where the power
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issues are and they were talking about getting large generators
up the coast, but the road access is hampering that.
So they're working on that the lines issues. As I said,
the choppers are actually assessing that it today as well
because the wind's dropped at the moment during the day. Yeah,
so they've also got food parcels getting flown in today
with essentials for the areas and tier are up that way.
(11:52):
From what I understand from the update we had about
eleven o'clock is that there's isolated pockets of the community
up there, maybe about eight or nine drop points because
slips are isolating between different groups of people. So you know,
the civil defense people in town are working really hard
to get you know, get the information, get the things
that they need up there. So the community groups have
(12:14):
been brilliant. They've had really good information come back down
so they know reasonably where people are and what the
problems are. And the roading crews as well from both areas.
They're isolated from the Bay of Plenty side and from
the business side, so the road and crews are working
from both angles to come through and clear the slips
that are on the roads and the problems they've got.
But there are some dropouts through, big dropouts on those roads.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
True, the Gisbon Poverty Bay region, the Poverty Bay Flats
some of the best farming land horticultural land in the country,
very much the salad bowl and the fruit bowl of
the country as it stands at the moment, State Highway
thirty five, the one that goes right around the cape
or the top of the cape there. It's out State
Highway too, the one that goes from a Potoguy through
the gorge into Gisbon's out. So to get produce out
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of Gisbon at the moment, you've got to go through
the central North Island.
Speaker 7 (13:05):
Yeah, it's a high risk. It's a problem that we've got.
We've got three roads basically that go out of Gismond
normally the state that goes down from Gisbon to Napier
and then out wherever it goes. That's the only way
to get our fresh produce out of the region. And
there's a high risk. I mean, we've got a high
wind warning now, which means that because the grand so
saturated trees, there could be issues or trees coming down.
(13:27):
Hopefully that doesn't eventuate. It's for tomorrow, but you know,
from what I understand from Haut this morning, there's an
update that there hasn't been a lot of severe damage
to crops the maze areas, which are we'll go under
water during floods. Anyway, it's a bit sad, but it's
not the end of the world. But the problem is
really for State Highway. We've only got one road out
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now and it's a massive risk.
Speaker 3 (13:53):
Okay, Sandra, Well, I know that you're doing great work
with the Rural Support Trust and all those organizations, those
many many hats that you wear and have worn over
the years, So thanks for updating us. And you know
it's easy for me to say sitting in an air
condition studio in Dunedin, but our thoughts go out to
the people in the North Island and just the tragic
(14:14):
loss of life puts everything into perspective. You can fix roads,
Yeah you can.
Speaker 7 (14:19):
And I think one of the things that's come off
from us of the lessons of Gabriel and Hale is
that the Civil Defense team were really great well prepared.
The comms came out early, so it allowed farmers to
get stock off the flat you know that had been flooded,
those sorts of things. So can't speak more highly of
them and the community links that have helped as well,
and feeling for North London, they have plenty all the
other areas as well. I think the teams that are
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behind us have done really well this time to make
sure they're on top of it and help people. Yeah,
so thanks.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
Jamie, well, thank you for all the good work you do.
Sandra Matthew's there and very fifty kilometers northwest of Gisbone.
Gisbane's such a wonderful I love that part of the world.
I was there for the Poverty Bay or Gisbane amp
show in October. See, it's a great part of New Zealand.
(15:07):
It's like in Bicago. I'm a bit biased being a Southlander,
but it's at the end of the line. You don't
pass through it to go anywhere You've got to want
to go. And I'll always want to go to Gisbone,
lovely place. Up next a couple of farmers, the Farmer Panel,
Stu Duncan and Stu Lowe. We'll try and track them down.
(15:28):
I think Stu Duncan is on his way to the
Kuraka million Dollar Race and the ealing sales.
Speaker 2 (15:34):
Never see hidden mess sound absurd.
Speaker 3 (15:50):
Welcome back to the country. Twenty eight after twelve. We've
got a great story coming up for you about a
young Englishman working in New Zealand for a few years,
is walking the length of the country. What a great
story it does. Dougie Hanes coming up. Well, from a
young Englishman to a couple of old kiwis. Can I
call you that? But mind you, I think I'm older
(16:12):
than both of you, so I can't be too ages.
Stew Duncan and Stu low I'll start with you. Stew Duncan,
the unofficial mayor of Where to Burn. You must be
rolling in the money. You're off to the Karaka Millions
race and then you're going to buy some yeelings.
Speaker 5 (16:25):
I'm going to Auckland for the weekend and I'm I'm
going to go to the racers tomorrow afternoon. And my
sister's got a horse in the thurst day of sales
at the Cracker, so we're going to be watching that.
So yeah, go for a trip away for a couple
of days, and been away over Christmas, so we'll go
up there and just have a look around.
Speaker 3 (16:42):
Well good on you, stew Stu Low of course well
known rugby player Canterbury and Crusader, but he's completely one eyed.
He wears an eyepatch. You won't be too chuffed about
poor old Razor getting the chop.
Speaker 6 (16:54):
Stew And Ali was, I suppose two years into a
four year contract here, no one would like to get
chopped buggest But I suppose you know they they did
the survey and yeah, but I'll probably put it. But
lot my golf career that I started after my rugby career,
I didn't go to the thirty six handy caper at
the golf club, w into the best golf parted to
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get a bit of advice who had won a few tournaments.
But anyway, that's that's the other way I look at it.
Speaker 3 (17:21):
What does that actually mean? What does that analogy mean?
Speaker 6 (17:24):
Well, you get you get a good advice from people
who win things.
Speaker 3 (17:29):
So I'm still confused. So are you four again? Raiser
getting the chop?
Speaker 6 (17:35):
Well, he had he had a good history of winning things. Yeah, absolutely, Yeah,
and you're buying his philosophy, I suppose or here, well
not everyone did obviously that Yeah.
Speaker 3 (17:49):
Stu Duncan, you'll be a big Jamie Josephine.
Speaker 5 (17:52):
Oh, I think it's a tough gig and they feel
a bit sorry for Raiser, but yeah, I know the
press that the opinion scenes. So he's swinging that way
and not going to be easy to have either. You've
just got to get the players to play for you
and get going and put your team and your supporters
and your the rest of it. You know, once you
lose a coach, you lose all the other assistant staff
and the psychologists and the merits all that.
Speaker 6 (18:12):
There's a lot in it.
Speaker 3 (18:13):
So yeah, well, and Stu Low, when you were playing,
imagine if player power was in when you were playing
and you guys in Canterbury had decided to give Alex
Wiley gris Wyley the EVO that wouldn't go down too well.
Speaker 6 (18:27):
No, any any of us when we were playing. You
didn't sit down after a lost and blame the coach,
did you. So it was normally the fellows down on
the field that mister tackles and didn't kick the goals
and that sort of thing. So anyway, yeah, things have changed,
haven't they.
Speaker 3 (18:39):
Okay, right, let's move on to farming.
Speaker 2 (18:41):
Stue.
Speaker 3 (18:42):
You've got a bit of a storm warning this afternoon
in Canterbury.
Speaker 6 (18:45):
Yeah, there's been some good rains and things are looking
pretty good. Yeah that Evan's buying lots of store stock,
so yeah, but we know it's been from what was
licked early on with good rainfall and getting good lot
of grass around.
Speaker 3 (19:03):
I got a text from an anonymous source in Canterbury
telling me there were thunder and lightning prices at the
hardened Wiltshire sale. These, of course the self shedding sheep
two tooths properly average three hundred and thirty U lambs
two twenty five. I wonder whether I'm not saying that
ship has sailed, but wool Stulo is making strong wool,
(19:24):
is making a bit of a renaissance.
Speaker 6 (19:27):
Definitely. Yeah, No, anyone. If a peer your clip well
and presented well to the you know to whoever you
sell it to, that the money certainly improved and let's
go and the more more those shedding sheep around all
the if you stick with the with crossbred wall which
(19:48):
I've got hopefully, yeah, things will improve and increase. Was
a lack of supply. So that's generally the way it works,
isn't it.
Speaker 3 (19:57):
Yep, Hey, Stu Duncan. Yeah, I think we're with the
sheep industry. At one stage it looked like it would
be last man's standing's going to be the ultimate winner.
But those who have hung in there are being reareded
and good on them. It's just Stu Low just finally
for you. What's the weather like in the many A
Toto because the only really sort of dry parts of
the country are the bottom ends.
Speaker 5 (20:19):
Yeah, I think you're talking to me there. Yeah, sorry, Yeah,
we've just got a heavy rain here now. I'm in
middle march of the clearing sail actually, and the sheep
have gone through the moon for the prices, but we've
actually had a good rain here, but that top end,
that sort of Saint Bethan's, Dansey's Pass and the top
of Omacarry have been getting quite good rains. The bottom
end has been patchy. Back getting good rain today. So
(20:41):
we've had a pretty good season. Really, a lot of
f and a lot of good lambs away to the worst.
Most guys are just weaning now, so we're pretty late,
just whening. We're weaning and sorting out use today actually,
so we're pretty lucky. And it's a good heavy rain
here in middle March around at the moment.
Speaker 3 (20:54):
Good on you, hey, Stue Low and Stu Duncan, now
that I've got you the right way around. Thanks for
your time, lads. Here we go the two stews the
Farmer panel today on the Country. Look, I'm going to
go next to a man who's sitting at a bus
stop in Wellington. This is a young englishman by the
name of Dougie Haynes. You're going to love this story.
(21:17):
It's kinda farming related because I was alerted to his
tale by a retired farmer, a bloke I used to
go to school with and play footy with. So Doggie
Haynes his story up next Hamish Mackay before the end
of the Hour Mackay on Sport.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
Fun where.
Speaker 3 (21:48):
It has been a tough week for New Zealander, so
I thought i'd lighten things up a week. But here's
a story to warm your heart. This bloke is sitting
in a bus stop an Oriental Bay in Wellington and
I know you're going so what what's interesting about that? Well,
an old schoolmate and rugby mate of mine, a retired farmer,
called me before Christmas. He is walking along with his
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partner the Taroa Trail, the long pathway the length of
New Zealand, three thousand kilometers, and he said, you need
to talk to this guy. His name is Dougie Haynes.
He's a professional caddy, or he was a professional caddy.
He is walking the Tiaruoa Trail with two sets of
golf clubs on his back. And I said to my
(22:31):
friend Mark Chidick, is this bloke the full quid? Let's
ask him. Dougie, sitting in a bus stop at Oriental Bay,
what on earth gave you the idea to do this?
Speaker 8 (22:42):
Good acting?
Speaker 5 (22:42):
Jamie?
Speaker 8 (22:43):
Thank you for thanks having me. Firstly, what gave me
the idea to do this?
Speaker 5 (22:48):
Well?
Speaker 8 (22:50):
The trail runs through Mungasai, which is where I've been
living in New Zealand for the last six years. So
I've seen seasonally the trail walkers come through. In the morning,
on my way to work, I see them leaving town,
and then on my way home I see them the
next wave arriving into town. And I've always sort of, God,
(23:10):
that looks like a fun way to spend the summer. Nice,
nice challenge. But obviously each summer is when I've been
caddying up there, so I've always put it off, put
it off. This year was the year Jamie and I
i am decided to do it. And then probably in
a moment of madness, I thought, well, how can I
elevate my profile or how can I be a point
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of difference and bring a charitable element to it? And
I thought, well, I carry golf clubs all day. Why
don't I just carry on carrying them and see how
far I can make it, see if it's even possible.
So yeah, here I am, as you said, in a
bus stop in Orienty, playing Wellington, with about nine point
eight kilometers left of the North Island to go, so
dagging halfway.
Speaker 3 (23:52):
I do question your sanity. But I mean, you're loving
the dream. I've been lucky enough to play Tara eighty
that's where all the rich people play golf, and you've
got Tira eye Links just down the road there. Surely
that would be a lot more fun than carrying two
sets of golf clubs wearing twenty five kilograms. The length
of New Zealand the Tierra Roa trail three thousand kilometers.
(24:13):
You've got to go through some very challenging terrain. Do
you get all your own personal gear and the golf
club bags?
Speaker 8 (24:20):
Yep, yep, it's all very craftily poked into the various
pockets and holders of the golf bags. Obviously, having two
means I can balance the weight quite well, and I
try and get as much of the mass up in
the top section sort of the rain covers, so that
hangs nicely on my shoulders. And yeah, my experience of
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caddying has obviously given me my body is used to
the shape and the way in which I stand. But yeah,
as you mentioned, the train is pretty rough. Recently we've
just gone through the Tara Oos here north of Wellington,
and yeah, some serious descents and quite heavy forests, ducking
and diving underneath it all. But we're surviving so far.
(25:05):
Whether or not it's more or less fun than carrying
at Tara easy that they're both fantastic experiences.
Speaker 3 (25:13):
Well, I googled the trail and it said it's considered
an advanced trail, requiring strong navigation, good fitness, self reliance,
with some sections notoriously muddy or challenging. And you know,
as tough as the walking would be, and as tough
as carrying the golf clubs on each shoulder would be,
do you know what the worst part of it would be?
(25:34):
From my point of view, Because I've thought about this,
this would be a good thing to do in semi retirement,
But staying in those dock huts with a dozen or
twenty other people snoring and farting would do my head.
Speaker 8 (25:45):
And we haven't had too many of the latter there,
but there's certainly been some snorers. Yeah, it's different people
every day, but actually I would say enough been the
highlight of my trail. My trail experience is meeting so
many people, as you mentioned Mark and his partner now
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who we met a month or two ago, that everyone
has a story to tell. Everyone's doing it for a reason.
And when you get into those dock cuts at the
end of the day and you're beaten up, you're bruised,
sometimes bloody, very often muddy. You know you're all in
it together and the teamwork comes to the force and
people go out and collect fire with someone getting in
(26:26):
the fire, going snoring. Aside meeting everyone in the huts
and on the trail has been an absolute blessing.
Speaker 3 (26:33):
Well, there is a serious side to what you're doing.
You're raising money for charity. You've raised so far more
than fifteen thousand dollars for the Kids Can Charitable Trust
and a further five thousand dollars for a UK mental
health charity called Mind. And I think there's a personal
connection there.
Speaker 8 (26:53):
Yeah, so on the British charity their Mind.
Speaker 5 (26:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (26:57):
When I was about twenty two, I had a very
very close friend of Michael Jack who unfortunately passed away.
His nickname was Channey because it was Jack and then
I don't know how it came to be, but it
was Jackie chan so.
Speaker 5 (27:08):
We always called him Channey.
Speaker 8 (27:10):
And since his passing, me and me and the group
of friends have done these Channey challenges to raise money
for Mind because Mind was supporting him in his battle
just before he passed. So yeah, we've done a few
half marathons and Christmas, we've done some cycles to the
North Pole. That's not the real North Pole, but he
cycled the distance to the North Pole on e but
(27:34):
on exercise bikes there. But this is the biggest Channy
challenge so far for the mind side of things, and
yet here in New Zealand raising money for Kids Can.
I don't have as much for personal connection to Kids Can,
but having arrived into New Zealand and just been overwhelmed
by the community and the people of New Zealand, I
(27:55):
wanted to give back to the entirety of this place
and I thought a lot better way than the entire future.
You know, the kids of New Zealand are the people
of tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (28:08):
So yeah, okay, Dougie Haynes, you're an absolute legend. The
Tiara Roha Trail doesn't pass through Dunedin unfortunately when you
get to the South Island. But there's a free invite
to come and stay at my place and I'll take
your golfing at the oldest golf course Belle McEwan, the
Otago Golf Club in the Southern Hemisphere. A final quick
question for you, you were like the head caddy there
(28:28):
or one of the head caddy's Tara EATI Flesh's golf
course in the country. Who's the most famous person you've
caddied for.
Speaker 8 (28:37):
Oh, probably shouldn't be provy to saying this, but from
a New Zealand perspective to John Keyes quite prominent. I
don't think he'd I don't think he'd be against me
saying that. We've had John Key out there quite readily.
Lots of the All Blacks. Yeah, the your bats and
thens come up with some team bonding cricket to from England,
(29:00):
crickets from Australia. The whole nine works.
Speaker 3 (29:04):
Dougie Haynes, Congratulations, you've made it to the halfway point Wellington.
Good luck when you get to the South Island and
finishing the long pathway the Tiara rowa three thousand kilometer trail.
Lovely to catch up.
Speaker 8 (29:17):
Thanks Jamie go brass.
Speaker 3 (29:20):
Modern inspiration. He is outstanding young man. I am told
Dougie Haynes right, it's going to take a break on
the other side of it. Better late than never. Rural
News and Sports News. Michelle's all fizzed up about the
Tour of South and they're climbing Bluff Hill this afternoon.
Good luck boys with that one. And we'll have rural
news as well. Fonterra is going to settle apparently in
(29:42):
the first quarter, are they We'll have a look at
that one. That story just out today. Mackay on Sport
Hamish McKay. I think you'll still be having a cup
of tea at the Fielding saleyard, so we'll go to
him to wrap the show.
Speaker 2 (30:00):
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Speaker 3 (30:03):
It is twelve away from one. Michelle and I are
going to swap roles. She's going to do sports news
because she's fissed up about the Tour of South and
who wouldn't be And a big athletics meet at Wanganui
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Yeah, and just hot off the desk at business desk.
Fonterra co Op Group now expects the four point two
billion Mainland Group sale to French giant luck to lease.
How did I go? I think that that was okay
to settle now in the first three months of the year.
It was previously said it expected to settle sometime in
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You're going to get your money earlier. The co Op
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they'll be voting on this one. A special meeting will
(32:07):
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eighty eight percent in support. That's your Rural News has sport.
Speaker 1 (32:23):
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Speaker 9 (32:30):
Thanks Jamie. And I'm just watching the live feed for
the SBS tour of Southland. At the moment the gap
is down to twenty five seconds of the Palatine is
hot on the chase to Bluff Hill fun fact for you, Jamie.
The average gradient of bluff hills about ten to twelve
and a half percent, I think, and at the steepest
point it's twenty point something twenty point eight I think.
So it's very pitchy for two point three.
Speaker 3 (32:49):
Kilometer and honestly, you try running or walking on a
treadmill at twelve percent and it seems like a really
steep hill. And Bluff Hill is actually steeper than the
remarkables climb, isn't it.
Speaker 9 (32:59):
It will be on some I think because of the
length of it. It's only two point three kilometers, but
it's a very tough climb. So the Palaton's hot in
the chase. It'll be interesting to see if that leaders
jersey will change. Also happening this weekend the Cook International
Classic tomorrow at Wanganui. Of course it's the New Zealand
Mild Championships is part of this. The big race will
be Sam Ruth versus Sam Tana. Sam Tann's actually gone
(33:19):
four times under the four minute mark at this event.
It'd be interesting to see if Sam Ruth can keep up.
Of course it's possible he can go under four we
know that, or Red, so we'll find out I guess,
and of course he beat him in the eight hundred
meters recently at in other meats.
Speaker 3 (33:34):
That's such a great rivalry and the best of mates.
And we've got I'm assuming Tom Walsh is up against
Jack O'Gill on the shot. What Zoey Hobbs. They've all
got farming connections, those people. Hamish curtse it's the high
jumper going to be.
Speaker 9 (33:45):
There, hopefully. I haven't looked at the full entry list,
but i'd imagine. So it's an international meet.
Speaker 3 (33:49):
Okay, there we go. We are going to the fielding
stocks early yards next Hamish mackay to wrap the country
on a Friday, on a tough week for New Zealand.
Speaker 1 (34:09):
McKay on sport with farm lands, prevent Paris and outbreaks
and score.
Speaker 4 (34:14):
A win this summer.
Speaker 3 (34:16):
Yes here he is Hamish MacKaye fill on host for
the country. Cousin, Hamish, I think i'll call them these days.
We are distantly related, Hamish, even if you spell your
name the wrong way.
Speaker 6 (34:27):
Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 10 (34:28):
We weren't quite as fleeaver as you. And we got
off the boat and let me out a letter and
you know we've suffered episodes, but no, we are.
Speaker 6 (34:34):
We are cousins. But like the bar and Juke, I
call us, you know.
Speaker 3 (34:38):
Yeah, but before I forget Hamish and I'll get I'll
be severely reprimanded if I forget this, because it's a
serious message. We also partner with Farmstrong here on the
country and together, I guess we'd like to send the
very best to all the farmers, growers rural communities around
New Zealand who have been impacted by this week extreme weather.
(35:01):
Our heartfelt thoughts go out to those communities that have
lost loved ones. We know getting back on your feet
after events like this is never easy, so just checking
with friends and neighbors, stay strong, stay safe, stay connected,
and stay farm strong. Before we talk about Sport the
man Or Two region, it was getting a bit dry.
(35:22):
How much of this rain have you guys collected?
Speaker 10 (35:25):
Yeah, well, I'm telling you what I felt, and I'm
sure a few of my mates around here have felt
a bit guilty because it's been sort of a constant,
misty rain. You know, it's been you know, like not
a really heavy damaging rain.
Speaker 6 (35:40):
So yeah, it's actually been pretty good.
Speaker 10 (35:43):
You know, the winds have been obviously, people had a
real crack with the wind here or just after Christmas.
So it's drying out real quick too.
Speaker 6 (35:53):
As quick as it's come down, it goes too.
Speaker 10 (35:56):
So yeah, but nothing like as you mentioned, you know,
what we see around the country's tragic.
Speaker 3 (36:02):
What was the chat at the field in stocks earliards
this morning?
Speaker 10 (36:05):
Oh well, well, you know, I mean everybody else, everybody
remains pretty buoyant, but the vader right to check everybody.
Oh what do you know? What are you hearing?
Speaker 6 (36:15):
What do you you know?
Speaker 10 (36:16):
But you know, most of the people now sort of go, oh,
I suppose we should have read more into that Lee
McDonald thing after four weeks and you know, so, but
everybody's still sort of everybody's got an idea and got
an idea on who's coming next. And yeah, I mean
some of the some of the rhetoric this week, I've
almost started to feel sorry for rape. But no, no,
(36:37):
I don't don't think I'll go down that track.
Speaker 3 (36:39):
But you, to be fair, you called this last year.
Speaker 10 (36:43):
Yeah, yeah, Look, looks on the outside it was like
late November. There's still a couple of tests to go
and and talking to you about it with the cows
moving at the sale and going there's trouble at MILBG time,
and I didn't think it would lead to this. I
thought that there would be some sort of resolution in there.
But the moment you saw that artists AaB Eff supped
against the goalpost pad after the England lost, I think
(37:05):
there was some riding on the wall then.
Speaker 6 (37:07):
But I think it's preposterous to suggest.
Speaker 5 (37:09):
That that it's a player lead thing.
Speaker 10 (37:11):
I think they just gave their opinion and this had
been cooking for a damn long time.
Speaker 3 (37:15):
Hey, just finally you got a horse racing this weekend.
You must have too much You us to be making
too much money. It remains there and fielding hamoush. But
you just want to warn the public of New Zealand
not to back it.
Speaker 6 (37:26):
Yeah, don't back it.
Speaker 10 (37:28):
Look a names fell arrested. She's in the last that
New Plumasy won last. I've got a hoop and so
I just don't want you to back it because I
need a divvy. Yeah you know it's struggling real estate?
Ache it where they all are? They all say they are.
I just want to divvy, that's all.
Speaker 3 (37:41):
Yeah. Well, I had an experience with race horse and
thanks to young Lashes who used to work here, and
I'll never forgive them. I'll never ever forgive them. What
a waste of time that was. But never mind, You
live and you learn, and you learn by your mistakes,
see Hamoush. There we go, Hamish Mackay wrapping the Country
for today. We'll catch you back on Monday. Take care
(38:02):
out there, supe.
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Play Good afternoon, New Zealand. Welcome to the Country. I'm
Jamie McKay. Welcome aboard Today I SUSU co naming sponsor
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the support. This is a song called Superman It's Not
Easy from a band called Five for Fighting and this
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is for all the first responders who have shown absolute
courage and bravery under fire quite literally this week. It's
been a terrible week for the country, probably not made
better in some ways by the annual inflation news that
came out this morning. It's sitting at three point one percent.
That's outside the Reserve Bank band. So I hope I'm hoping,
(01:18):
Like how it doesn't mean that interest rates go up anyhow.
We've got a battle on the weather. Mother Nature has
brutalized the North Island this week, no other word for it,
But what does she have in store for the recovery
phrase face. Should I say Chris Brandolino again this week
because it's important to give you or let you know
(01:38):
what's in store for the rest of the week. Sandra Matthews.
It was Sandra Faulkney yesterday. Sandra Matthews today. Gisbon Sheep
and beef Farmer, former President of Rural Women New Zealand
on the devastation in her region. The Farmer Panel their
South Island is stew Duncan and the Mannie Totos Stulo
in Canterbury, where I think there's a bit of dodgy
(01:59):
weather coming there. We've got a really lovely story for
you today, just to lighten things up. Awey, but I'll
keep my powder dry on that one with a a
young English bloke by the name of Dougie Haynes. Tell
you more about that later. And Hamish MacKaye MacKaye on Sport,
a substitute fill an host here on the country. He
called razors Acxing called it last year actually, so we'll
(02:22):
talk to him about that and see how things went
at the Fielding Stocksail this morning. I'm sure he was there. Radio.
Let's get straight into it and Chris Brandolino. Have I
got you there, Chris, Good afternoon.
Speaker 4 (02:37):
Oh, good afternoon.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
Yeah, I don't know whether I don't know whether I
can say good afternoon. It's all a bit depressing.
Speaker 5 (02:43):
Now.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
We can't do anything about the weather that's been. It's been,
it's been awful. But what we can do is you
can tell the punters what they can expect in the
recovery phase, because the last thing those flooded regions of
the North Island wants will follow.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
Up Ryan, Yeah, well, thankfully there's not going to be
much in their way of rain. There will be It's
gonna be almost like an autumn like period this weekend.
It's the holiday weekend for much of the Upper North
Island Watchotta Northland, Auckland because of Auckland Anniversary, and so
there will be these squally type showers again, almost like
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autumn in the Bay of Plenty. Because it will be
a westerly wind, those shower is probably not going to
be as frequent because of the downslopeing coming off the
cime Mines, but there will be the wind, Jamie, So
it is going to be a pretty windy weekend. I
think tomorrow on Saturday that'll be the day with the
highest wing gus. Winds will be gusting routinely near and
above seventy kilometers per hour, So it's not you know,
(03:44):
the highest wind speeds, but certainly you know enough to
annoy you at the very least, and there could be
some minor impacts. But that will be the theme for tomorrow.
The wind and the cool temperatures and yeh showers around
much of the North Island. Even outside of those storm
impacted areas is maybe some squally showers and thundery showers
too for places like the Auckland region, Waikato still wendy
(04:06):
it looks like on Sunday, but the winds do gradually
ease on Monday for the holiday. For the South Island, Jamie,
as you mentioned earlier, can see some active weather today.
Our friends at mett Zibus with a severe thunderstorm watch
for much of Canterbury. It looks like due to the
thread of heavy and maybe potentially severe thunderstorm. So kind
of an active day there weather. Why So, that's all
(04:29):
with this push of colder air, so it's going to
be a chilly few days across much of the country
this weekend with the chilliest weather likely across the South
Island and Jamie. It looks like that will be a
theme as we go into next week. We are going
to see temperatures warm, we are going to see temperatures moderate,
but the South Island may have more puffs of cooler
(04:50):
air later in the week. So about this time next week,
So dryness, actually, I know we've had some pretty we
have had some pretty wet weather, but it looks like
dry tinus will start to become a concern potentially for
places like Southland where it's already dry or drying out.
Speaker 6 (05:06):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
I know, I've got farming interests down there. I've got
farming mites down there. And yeah, it's rather bizarre, isn't
it When the North Island's so wit the bottom of
the country is really crying out for a bit of
ryein and they might get a bit this week in though, Chris,
there's a bit of rain forecast for the Deep South.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
Yeah, there is. In what you describing it as really
well aligned with what we expect with li Ninia and Lininia.
Tends to increase the odds for wetness and these big
rain events across the upper and eastern North Island. Conversely,
over the interior in western South Island it does favor
dryness and that's playing out right now. It doesn't look
(05:44):
like dryness would be a thing for pretty much the
entire country. And again Chinas doesn't mean zero rain, just
means less than what is typical, and for some it
means they're rain by the way, But last few days
of January, in the first probably half week of February
or February going to be the normal from much of
the country, and that dryness is likely to persist well
into January or February. And I'll end with this as
(06:06):
I hear the music, Jamie, we do have to watch
the probably the last week of fab maybe early March,
for maybe more tropical moisture impacting the upper and eastern Northbouland.
It's a month away with something kind of bookmark and
keep in mind as we move through the rest of summer.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Chris Brandalino from Earth Science ZE and ZED, thanks for
turning up twice this week on the country. Really appreciate
the information.
Speaker 4 (06:30):
Oh my pleasure, Jamie and all the best and hopef
everyone can manage have a good weekend.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
Thank you, fourte and after twelve yeah, think, well, let's
there as we need some good news, I'll tell you
some good news. National Lamb di is on February the fifteenth.
It's a celebration the anniversary of New Zealand's first frozen
lamb shipment and eighteen ninety two. Lots of activity around
National Lamb Dae. Incidentally, Monday is Australia Day and they
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eat lamb on Australia Day. We need to do the
same on our national day. He just begs the question,
what is our national Day? Won't get into the politics
of that. But the Elsies do a great job of
promoting lamb. We should do likewise here in New Zealand.
The National Lamb Day is certainly a great start coming
up on Sunday, February the fifteenth. Up next are Sandra Matthews,
(07:22):
Gisbane Sheep and beef farmer. She sent us some videos
yesterday of basically a river running past a front door
on a Gisbane farm. We're going to talk to her
about what's happening in her region. A couple of South
Island farmers Stu Low wonder what he makes of his
Cantabrian razor getting the chop and Stuve Duncan, Stu Duncan.
(07:43):
This is how good farmers have got. At the moment
Stu tells me he's off to the Karaka Million Dollar
Race and then on to the yealing sales. I've got
a great story with a young British bloke called Dougie Haynes.
You're going to love this one. And Hamish Mackay MacKaye
on Sport.
Speaker 5 (08:00):
We st.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
A foreigner shoe.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
Sounds even here, welcome back to the country. Eighteen after twelve.
I've been speaking to this woman on the show off
and on since what about two thousand and six, two
thousand and seven. She used to be a monitor farmer
on my show along with her husband En. The name
(08:30):
is Sandra Matthews. They're farming at Rary, fifty kilometers northwest
of Gisbone, and I still remember fondly the field day,
the drought field day we had on your farm, Sandra,
way back in about two thousand and seven, and an
up and coming politician by the name of John Key
turned up. Remember that we.
Speaker 7 (08:50):
Did Jamie afternoon. We had about three hundred and eighty
people there in Marquees and it was a final field
day for our beef. And Lamb Monitor Farm and John
Key was our keynote speaker along with you, of course,
but it was great. I think you got helicoptered in too.
Speaker 5 (09:06):
But the dust.
Speaker 7 (09:07):
We were three years of drought at that point and
the dust was horrendous.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
What I remember about Key that was the first time
i'd met him personally. I thought, you're a smart guy
or a smart politician. Because his mind as were all
chewing his heirs. You've got to get you're going to
miss your flight out of wherever he was going out
of I think Napier or whatever. And he said, no,
I'm not going to leave until I've been around because
you had all the big bales of hay for Lena's
(09:32):
and you had the four hundred farmers there, as you say,
a desperate drought. And he went around, worked the room
or worked the paddock, and he spoke to every single
one of those farmers on those lenas and I thought,
you know, you're a bit of a man of the people.
Speaker 7 (09:47):
Yeah, he was really impressive at that point. As you say,
he was in opposition at that point too, But yeah,
we came away thinking this man's going to do really
great things. And I think he did as a prime minister,
he was a good prime minister.
Speaker 3 (09:58):
Yep, I reckon he's the best prime minister of mine lafetime.
I'll get accused of bias there, but I think he's
been the best one anyhow. From drought from a screaming
drought to you've had Gabrielle a couple of years ago
or three years ago now, isn't it. And then this
latest rainfall event, although as I understand it, the worst
(10:19):
effect that areas are north.
Speaker 7 (10:20):
Of you, they are Jamie. So to give you a
bit of context, since Christmas, just at Reary where we are,
we've had three hundred and forty seven mills of rain.
That's about a third of our annual rainfall, and the
whole region was quite saturated. So when this last time,
over the twenty four hour period, we had one hundred
and fifty one hundred and fifteen milimeters at Rearly, Tolliger
(10:41):
Bay on the way up the coast had a round
forty milimeters from one of the farmers that reported at
Hicks Bay, which is at the top of the cape
had three hundred and forty three milimeters in that twenty
four hour period, and the Giveman City had forty seven millimeters,
So you can see that there's wide ranges right around
the region of how much rain Peaple for got and
right at the cape and tire Hicks Bay Beer isolated still,
(11:05):
so the roading up there, the damage to the roading
and it's a sorry state. You know, there's houses that
have been damaged, there's massive damage to the roads up there,
and people are isolated. So yeah, there's a lot of
work going on to be able to connect their back
into powered powers and issue up there at the moment.
So they've got choppers out working out where the power
(11:27):
issues are and they were talking about getting large generators
up the coast, but the road access is hampering that.
So they're working on that the lines issues. As I said,
the choppers are actually assessing that it today as well
because the wind's dropped at the moment during the day. Yeah,
so they've also got food parcels getting flown in today
with essentials for the areas and tier are up that way.
(11:52):
From what I understand from the update we had about
eleven o'clock is that there's isolated pockets of the community
up there, maybe about eight or nine drop points because
slips are isolating between different groups of people. So you know,
the civil defense people in town are working really hard
to get you know, get the information, get the things
that they need up there. So the community groups have
(12:14):
been brilliant. They've had really good information come back down
so they know reasonably where people are and what the
problems are. And the roading crews as well from both areas.
They're isolated from the Bay of Plenty side and from
the business side, so the road and crews are working
from both angles to come through and clear the slips
that are on the roads and the problems they've got.
But there are some dropouts through, big dropouts on those roads.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
True, the Gisbon Poverty Bay region, the Poverty Bay Flats
some of the best farming land horticultural land in the country,
very much the salad bowl and the fruit bowl of
the country as it stands at the moment, State Highway
thirty five, the one that goes right around the cape
or the top of the cape there. It's out State
Highway too, the one that goes from a Potoguy through
the gorge into Gisbon's out. So to get produce out
(13:00):
of Gisbon at the moment, you've got to go through
the central North Island.
Speaker 7 (13:05):
Yeah, it's a high risk. It's a problem that we've got.
We've got three roads basically that go out of Gismond
normally the state that goes down from Gisbon to Napier
and then out wherever it goes. That's the only way
to get our fresh produce out of the region. And
there's a high risk. I mean, we've got a high
wind warning now, which means that because the grand so
saturated trees, there could be issues or trees coming down.
(13:27):
Hopefully that doesn't eventuate. It's for tomorrow, but you know,
from what I understand from Haut this morning, there's an
update that there hasn't been a lot of severe damage
to crops the maze areas, which are we'll go under
water during floods. Anyway, it's a bit sad, but it's
not the end of the world. But the problem is
really for State Highway. We've only got one road out
(13:50):
now and it's a massive risk.
Speaker 3 (13:53):
Okay, Sandra, Well, I know that you're doing great work
with the Rural Support Trust and all those organizations, those
many many hats that you wear and have worn over
the years, So thanks for updating us. And you know
it's easy for me to say sitting in an air
condition studio in Dunedin, but our thoughts go out to
the people in the North Island and just the tragic
(14:14):
loss of life puts everything into perspective. You can fix roads,
Yeah you can.
Speaker 7 (14:19):
And I think one of the things that's come off
from us of the lessons of Gabriel and Hale is
that the Civil Defense team were really great well prepared.
The comms came out early, so it allowed farmers to
get stock off the flat you know that had been flooded,
those sorts of things. So can't speak more highly of
them and the community links that have helped as well,
and feeling for North London, they have plenty all the
other areas as well. I think the teams that are
(14:42):
behind us have done really well this time to make
sure they're on top of it and help people. Yeah,
so thanks.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
Jamie, well, thank you for all the good work you do.
Sandra Matthew's there and very fifty kilometers northwest of Gisbone.
Gisbane's such a wonderful I love that part of the world.
I was there for the Poverty Bay or Gisbane amp
show in October. See, it's a great part of New Zealand.
(15:07):
It's like in Bicago. I'm a bit biased being a Southlander,
but it's at the end of the line. You don't
pass through it to go anywhere You've got to want
to go. And I'll always want to go to Gisbone,
lovely place. Up next a couple of farmers, the Farmer Panel,
Stu Duncan and Stu Lowe. We'll try and track them down.
(15:28):
I think Stu Duncan is on his way to the
Kuraka million Dollar Race and the ealing sales.
Speaker 2 (15:34):
Never see hidden mess sound absurd.
Speaker 3 (15:50):
Welcome back to the country. Twenty eight after twelve. We've
got a great story coming up for you about a
young Englishman working in New Zealand for a few years,
is walking the length of the country. What a great
story it does. Dougie Hanes coming up. Well, from a
young Englishman to a couple of old kiwis. Can I
call you that? But mind you, I think I'm older
(16:12):
than both of you, so I can't be too ages.
Stew Duncan and Stu low I'll start with you. Stew Duncan,
the unofficial mayor of Where to Burn. You must be
rolling in the money. You're off to the Karaka Millions
race and then you're going to buy some yeelings.
Speaker 5 (16:25):
I'm going to Auckland for the weekend and I'm I'm
going to go to the racers tomorrow afternoon. And my
sister's got a horse in the thurst day of sales
at the Cracker, so we're going to be watching that.
So yeah, go for a trip away for a couple
of days, and been away over Christmas, so we'll go
up there and just have a look around.
Speaker 3 (16:42):
Well good on you, stew Stu Low of course well
known rugby player Canterbury and Crusader, but he's completely one eyed.
He wears an eyepatch. You won't be too chuffed about
poor old Razor getting the chop.
Speaker 6 (16:54):
Stew And Ali was, I suppose two years into a
four year contract here, no one would like to get
chopped buggest But I suppose you know they they did
the survey and yeah, but I'll probably put it. But
lot my golf career that I started after my rugby career,
I didn't go to the thirty six handy caper at
the golf club, w into the best golf parted to
(17:16):
get a bit of advice who had won a few tournaments.
But anyway, that's that's the other way I look at it.
Speaker 3 (17:21):
What does that actually mean? What does that analogy mean?
Speaker 6 (17:24):
Well, you get you get a good advice from people
who win things.
Speaker 3 (17:29):
So I'm still confused. So are you four again? Raiser
getting the chop?
Speaker 6 (17:35):
Well, he had he had a good history of winning things. Yeah, absolutely, Yeah,
and you're buying his philosophy, I suppose or here, well
not everyone did obviously that Yeah.
Speaker 3 (17:49):
Stu Duncan, you'll be a big Jamie Josephine.
Speaker 5 (17:52):
Oh, I think it's a tough gig and they feel
a bit sorry for Raiser, but yeah, I know the
press that the opinion scenes. So he's swinging that way
and not going to be easy to have either. You've
just got to get the players to play for you
and get going and put your team and your supporters
and your the rest of it. You know, once you
lose a coach, you lose all the other assistant staff
and the psychologists and the merits all that.
Speaker 6 (18:12):
There's a lot in it.
Speaker 3 (18:13):
So yeah, well, and Stu Low, when you were playing,
imagine if player power was in when you were playing
and you guys in Canterbury had decided to give Alex
Wiley gris Wyley the EVO that wouldn't go down too well.
Speaker 6 (18:27):
No, any any of us when we were playing. You
didn't sit down after a lost and blame the coach,
did you. So it was normally the fellows down on
the field that mister tackles and didn't kick the goals
and that sort of thing. So anyway, yeah, things have changed,
haven't they.
Speaker 3 (18:39):
Okay, right, let's move on to farming.
Speaker 2 (18:41):
Stue.
Speaker 3 (18:42):
You've got a bit of a storm warning this afternoon
in Canterbury.
Speaker 6 (18:45):
Yeah, there's been some good rains and things are looking
pretty good. Yeah that Evan's buying lots of store stock,
so yeah, but we know it's been from what was
licked early on with good rainfall and getting good lot
of grass around.
Speaker 3 (19:03):
I got a text from an anonymous source in Canterbury
telling me there were thunder and lightning prices at the
hardened Wiltshire sale. These, of course the self shedding sheep
two tooths properly average three hundred and thirty U lambs
two twenty five. I wonder whether I'm not saying that
ship has sailed, but wool Stulo is making strong wool,
(19:24):
is making a bit of a renaissance.
Speaker 6 (19:27):
Definitely. Yeah, No, anyone. If a peer your clip well
and presented well to the you know to whoever you
sell it to, that the money certainly improved and let's
go and the more more those shedding sheep around all
the if you stick with the with crossbred wall which
(19:48):
I've got hopefully, yeah, things will improve and increase. Was
a lack of supply. So that's generally the way it works,
isn't it.
Speaker 3 (19:57):
Yep, Hey, Stu Duncan. Yeah, I think we're with the
sheep industry. At one stage it looked like it would
be last man's standing's going to be the ultimate winner.
But those who have hung in there are being reareded
and good on them. It's just Stu Low just finally
for you. What's the weather like in the many A
Toto because the only really sort of dry parts of
the country are the bottom ends.
Speaker 5 (20:19):
Yeah, I think you're talking to me there. Yeah, sorry, Yeah,
we've just got a heavy rain here now. I'm in
middle march of the clearing sail actually, and the sheep
have gone through the moon for the prices, but we've
actually had a good rain here, but that top end,
that sort of Saint Bethan's, Dansey's Pass and the top
of Omacarry have been getting quite good rains. The bottom
end has been patchy. Back getting good rain today. So
(20:41):
we've had a pretty good season. Really, a lot of
f and a lot of good lambs away to the worst.
Most guys are just weaning now, so we're pretty late,
just whening. We're weaning and sorting out use today actually,
so we're pretty lucky. And it's a good heavy rain
here in middle March around at the moment.
Speaker 3 (20:54):
Good on you, hey, Stue Low and Stu Duncan, now
that I've got you the right way around. Thanks for
your time, lads. Here we go the two stews the
Farmer panel today on the Country. Look, I'm going to
go next to a man who's sitting at a bus
stop in Wellington. This is a young englishman by the
name of Dougie Haynes. You're going to love this story.
(21:17):
It's kinda farming related because I was alerted to his
tale by a retired farmer, a bloke I used to
go to school with and play footy with. So Doggie
Haynes his story up next Hamish Mackay before the end
of the Hour Mackay on Sport.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
Fun where.
Speaker 3 (21:48):
It has been a tough week for New Zealander, so
I thought i'd lighten things up a week. But here's
a story to warm your heart. This bloke is sitting
in a bus stop an Oriental Bay in Wellington and
I know you're going so what what's interesting about that? Well,
an old schoolmate and rugby mate of mine, a retired farmer,
called me before Christmas. He is walking along with his
(22:10):
partner the Taroa Trail, the long pathway the length of
New Zealand, three thousand kilometers, and he said, you need
to talk to this guy. His name is Dougie Haynes.
He's a professional caddy, or he was a professional caddy.
He is walking the Tiaruoa Trail with two sets of
golf clubs on his back. And I said to my
(22:31):
friend Mark Chidick, is this bloke the full quid? Let's
ask him. Dougie, sitting in a bus stop at Oriental Bay,
what on earth gave you the idea to do this?
Speaker 8 (22:42):
Good acting?
Speaker 5 (22:42):
Jamie?
Speaker 8 (22:43):
Thank you for thanks having me. Firstly, what gave me
the idea to do this?
Speaker 5 (22:48):
Well?
Speaker 8 (22:50):
The trail runs through Mungasai, which is where I've been
living in New Zealand for the last six years. So
I've seen seasonally the trail walkers come through. In the morning,
on my way to work, I see them leaving town,
and then on my way home I see them the
next wave arriving into town. And I've always sort of, God,
(23:10):
that looks like a fun way to spend the summer. Nice,
nice challenge. But obviously each summer is when I've been
caddying up there, so I've always put it off, put
it off. This year was the year Jamie and I
i am decided to do it. And then probably in
a moment of madness, I thought, well, how can I
elevate my profile or how can I be a point
(23:33):
of difference and bring a charitable element to it? And
I thought, well, I carry golf clubs all day. Why
don't I just carry on carrying them and see how
far I can make it, see if it's even possible.
So yeah, here I am, as you said, in a
bus stop in Orienty, playing Wellington, with about nine point
eight kilometers left of the North Island to go, so
dagging halfway.
Speaker 3 (23:52):
I do question your sanity. But I mean, you're loving
the dream. I've been lucky enough to play Tara eighty
that's where all the rich people play golf, and you've
got Tira eye Links just down the road there. Surely
that would be a lot more fun than carrying two
sets of golf clubs wearing twenty five kilograms. The length
of New Zealand the Tierra Roa trail three thousand kilometers.
(24:13):
You've got to go through some very challenging terrain. Do
you get all your own personal gear and the golf
club bags?
Speaker 8 (24:20):
Yep, yep, it's all very craftily poked into the various
pockets and holders of the golf bags. Obviously, having two
means I can balance the weight quite well, and I
try and get as much of the mass up in
the top section sort of the rain covers, so that
hangs nicely on my shoulders. And yeah, my experience of
(24:40):
caddying has obviously given me my body is used to
the shape and the way in which I stand. But yeah,
as you mentioned, the train is pretty rough. Recently we've
just gone through the Tara Oos here north of Wellington,
and yeah, some serious descents and quite heavy forests, ducking
and diving underneath it all. But we're surviving so far.
(25:05):
Whether or not it's more or less fun than carrying
at Tara easy that they're both fantastic experiences.
Speaker 3 (25:13):
Well, I googled the trail and it said it's considered
an advanced trail, requiring strong navigation, good fitness, self reliance,
with some sections notoriously muddy or challenging. And you know,
as tough as the walking would be, and as tough
as carrying the golf clubs on each shoulder would be,
do you know what the worst part of it would be?
(25:34):
From my point of view, Because I've thought about this,
this would be a good thing to do in semi retirement,
But staying in those dock huts with a dozen or
twenty other people snoring and farting would do my head.
Speaker 8 (25:45):
And we haven't had too many of the latter there,
but there's certainly been some snorers. Yeah, it's different people
every day, but actually I would say enough been the
highlight of my trail. My trail experience is meeting so
many people, as you mentioned Mark and his partner now
(26:05):
who we met a month or two ago, that everyone
has a story to tell. Everyone's doing it for a reason.
And when you get into those dock cuts at the
end of the day and you're beaten up, you're bruised,
sometimes bloody, very often muddy. You know you're all in
it together and the teamwork comes to the force and
people go out and collect fire with someone getting in
(26:26):
the fire, going snoring. Aside meeting everyone in the huts
and on the trail has been an absolute blessing.
Speaker 3 (26:33):
Well, there is a serious side to what you're doing.
You're raising money for charity. You've raised so far more
than fifteen thousand dollars for the Kids Can Charitable Trust
and a further five thousand dollars for a UK mental
health charity called Mind. And I think there's a personal
connection there.
Speaker 8 (26:53):
Yeah, so on the British charity their Mind.
Speaker 5 (26:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (26:57):
When I was about twenty two, I had a very
very close friend of Michael Jack who unfortunately passed away.
His nickname was Channey because it was Jack and then
I don't know how it came to be, but it
was Jackie chan so.
Speaker 5 (27:08):
We always called him Channey.
Speaker 8 (27:10):
And since his passing, me and me and the group
of friends have done these Channey challenges to raise money
for Mind because Mind was supporting him in his battle
just before he passed. So yeah, we've done a few
half marathons and Christmas, we've done some cycles to the
North Pole. That's not the real North Pole, but he
cycled the distance to the North Pole on e but
(27:34):
on exercise bikes there. But this is the biggest Channy
challenge so far for the mind side of things, and
yet here in New Zealand raising money for Kids Can.
I don't have as much for personal connection to Kids Can,
but having arrived into New Zealand and just been overwhelmed
by the community and the people of New Zealand, I
(27:55):
wanted to give back to the entirety of this place
and I thought a lot better way than the entire future.
You know, the kids of New Zealand are the people
of tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (28:08):
So yeah, okay, Dougie Haynes, you're an absolute legend. The
Tiara Roha Trail doesn't pass through Dunedin unfortunately when you
get to the South Island. But there's a free invite
to come and stay at my place and I'll take
your golfing at the oldest golf course Belle McEwan, the
Otago Golf Club in the Southern Hemisphere. A final quick
question for you, you were like the head caddy there
(28:28):
or one of the head caddy's Tara EATI Flesh's golf
course in the country. Who's the most famous person you've
caddied for.
Speaker 8 (28:37):
Oh, probably shouldn't be provy to saying this, but from
a New Zealand perspective to John Keyes quite prominent. I
don't think he'd I don't think he'd be against me
saying that. We've had John Key out there quite readily.
Lots of the All Blacks. Yeah, the your bats and
thens come up with some team bonding cricket to from England,
(29:00):
crickets from Australia. The whole nine works.
Speaker 3 (29:04):
Dougie Haynes, Congratulations, you've made it to the halfway point Wellington.
Good luck when you get to the South Island and
finishing the long pathway the Tiara rowa three thousand kilometer trail.
Lovely to catch up.
Speaker 8 (29:17):
Thanks Jamie go brass.
Speaker 3 (29:20):
Modern inspiration. He is outstanding young man. I am told
Dougie Haynes right, it's going to take a break on
the other side of it. Better late than never. Rural
News and Sports News. Michelle's all fizzed up about the
Tour of South and they're climbing Bluff Hill this afternoon.
Good luck boys with that one. And we'll have rural
news as well. Fonterra is going to settle apparently in
(29:42):
the first quarter, are they We'll have a look at
that one. That story just out today. Mackay on Sport
Hamish McKay. I think you'll still be having a cup
of tea at the Fielding saleyard, so we'll go to
him to wrap the show.
Speaker 2 (30:00):
I can't stand to fly.
Speaker 3 (30:03):
It is twelve away from one. Michelle and I are
going to swap roles. She's going to do sports news
because she's fissed up about the Tour of South and
who wouldn't be And a big athletics meet at Wanganui
Cooks Gardens this weekend, is it? Yeah? Before I forget
and before I do the rural news, because I've got
a story hot off the press from Business Desk Sunday
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(30:26):
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It's the cub Cadet ALEX five four seven right on
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(30:47):
most impressive thing for me is hell, it just turns
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(31:09):
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Speaker 3 (31:24):
Yeah, and just hot off the desk at business desk.
Fonterra co Op Group now expects the four point two
billion Mainland Group sale to French giant luck to lease.
How did I go? I think that that was okay
to settle now in the first three months of the year.
It was previously said it expected to settle sometime in
the first half of twenty six So this is good.
(31:46):
You're going to get your money earlier. The co Op
on Friday today release the notice of meeting for the
vote to approve the capital return, which will see three
point two billion return to shareholders. Turkeys don't vote for
an early Christmas. All the farmers I know which way
they'll be voting on this one. A special meeting will
(32:07):
be held on February nineteen, the second vote in the
process to divest the consumer business. The first was in
October when shareholders initially voted to approve the transaction with
eighty eight percent in support. That's your Rural News has sport.
Speaker 1 (32:23):
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Speaker 4 (32:26):
Ki we owned and trusted it. That's rare.
Speaker 9 (32:30):
Thanks Jamie. And I'm just watching the live feed for
the SBS tour of Southland. At the moment the gap
is down to twenty five seconds of the Palatine is
hot on the chase to Bluff Hill fun fact for you, Jamie.
The average gradient of bluff hills about ten to twelve
and a half percent, I think, and at the steepest
point it's twenty point something twenty point eight I think.
So it's very pitchy for two point three.
Speaker 3 (32:49):
Kilometer and honestly, you try running or walking on a
treadmill at twelve percent and it seems like a really
steep hill. And Bluff Hill is actually steeper than the
remarkables climb, isn't it.
Speaker 9 (32:59):
It will be on some I think because of the
length of it. It's only two point three kilometers, but
it's a very tough climb. So the Palaton's hot in
the chase. It'll be interesting to see if that leaders
jersey will change. Also happening this weekend the Cook International
Classic tomorrow at Wanganui. Of course it's the New Zealand
Mild Championships is part of this. The big race will
be Sam Ruth versus Sam Tana. Sam Tann's actually gone
(33:19):
four times under the four minute mark at this event.
It'd be interesting to see if Sam Ruth can keep up.
Of course it's possible he can go under four we
know that, or Red, so we'll find out I guess,
and of course he beat him in the eight hundred
meters recently at in other meats.
Speaker 3 (33:34):
That's such a great rivalry and the best of mates.
And we've got I'm assuming Tom Walsh is up against
Jack O'Gill on the shot. What Zoey Hobbs. They've all
got farming connections, those people. Hamish curtse it's the high
jumper going to be.
Speaker 9 (33:45):
There, hopefully. I haven't looked at the full entry list,
but i'd imagine. So it's an international meet.
Speaker 3 (33:49):
Okay, there we go. We are going to the fielding
stocks early yards next Hamish mackay to wrap the country
on a Friday, on a tough week for New Zealand.
Speaker 1 (34:09):
McKay on sport with farm lands, prevent Paris and outbreaks
and score.
Speaker 4 (34:14):
A win this summer.
Speaker 3 (34:16):
Yes here he is Hamish MacKaye fill on host for
the country. Cousin, Hamish, I think i'll call them these days.
We are distantly related, Hamish, even if you spell your
name the wrong way.
Speaker 6 (34:27):
Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 10 (34:28):
We weren't quite as fleeaver as you. And we got
off the boat and let me out a letter and
you know we've suffered episodes, but no, we are.
Speaker 6 (34:34):
We are cousins. But like the bar and Juke, I
call us, you know.
Speaker 3 (34:38):
Yeah, but before I forget Hamish and I'll get I'll
be severely reprimanded if I forget this, because it's a
serious message. We also partner with Farmstrong here on the
country and together, I guess we'd like to send the
very best to all the farmers, growers rural communities around
New Zealand who have been impacted by this week extreme weather.
(35:01):
Our heartfelt thoughts go out to those communities that have
lost loved ones. We know getting back on your feet
after events like this is never easy, so just checking
with friends and neighbors, stay strong, stay safe, stay connected,
and stay farm strong. Before we talk about Sport the
man Or Two region, it was getting a bit dry.
(35:22):
How much of this rain have you guys collected?
Speaker 10 (35:25):
Yeah, well, I'm telling you what I felt, and I'm
sure a few of my mates around here have felt
a bit guilty because it's been sort of a constant,
misty rain. You know, it's been you know, like not
a really heavy damaging rain.
Speaker 6 (35:40):
So yeah, it's actually been pretty good.
Speaker 10 (35:43):
You know, the winds have been obviously, people had a
real crack with the wind here or just after Christmas.
So it's drying out real quick too.
Speaker 6 (35:53):
As quick as it's come down, it goes too.
Speaker 10 (35:56):
So yeah, but nothing like as you mentioned, you know,
what we see around the country's tragic.
Speaker 3 (36:02):
What was the chat at the field in stocks earliards
this morning?
Speaker 10 (36:05):
Oh well, well, you know, I mean everybody else, everybody
remains pretty buoyant, but the vader right to check everybody.
Oh what do you know? What are you hearing?
Speaker 6 (36:15):
What do you you know?
Speaker 10 (36:16):
But you know, most of the people now sort of go, oh,
I suppose we should have read more into that Lee
McDonald thing after four weeks and you know, so, but
everybody's still sort of everybody's got an idea and got
an idea on who's coming next. And yeah, I mean
some of the some of the rhetoric this week, I've
almost started to feel sorry for rape. But no, no,
(36:37):
I don't don't think I'll go down that track.
Speaker 3 (36:39):
But you, to be fair, you called this last year.
Speaker 10 (36:43):
Yeah, yeah, Look, looks on the outside it was like
late November. There's still a couple of tests to go
and and talking to you about it with the cows
moving at the sale and going there's trouble at MILBG time,
and I didn't think it would lead to this. I
thought that there would be some sort of resolution in there.
But the moment you saw that artists AaB Eff supped
against the goalpost pad after the England lost, I think
(37:05):
there was some riding on the wall then.
Speaker 6 (37:07):
But I think it's preposterous to suggest.
Speaker 5 (37:09):
That that it's a player lead thing.
Speaker 10 (37:11):
I think they just gave their opinion and this had
been cooking for a damn long time.
Speaker 3 (37:15):
Hey, just finally you got a horse racing this weekend.
You must have too much You us to be making
too much money. It remains there and fielding hamoush. But
you just want to warn the public of New Zealand
not to back it.
Speaker 6 (37:26):
Yeah, don't back it.
Speaker 10 (37:28):
Look a names fell arrested. She's in the last that
New Plumasy won last. I've got a hoop and so
I just don't want you to back it because I
need a divvy. Yeah you know it's struggling real estate?
Ache it where they all are? They all say they are.
I just want to divvy, that's all.
Speaker 3 (37:41):
Yeah. Well, I had an experience with race horse and
thanks to young Lashes who used to work here, and
I'll never forgive them. I'll never ever forgive them. What
a waste of time that was. But never mind, You
live and you learn, and you learn by your mistakes,
see Hamoush. There we go, Hamish Mackay wrapping the Country
for today. We'll catch you back on Monday. Take care
(38:02):
out there, supe.
Speaker 1 (38:06):
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