June 4, 2026 • 40 mins
Jamie Mackay talks to Nathan Guy, Stu Duncan, Stu Loe, Chris Brandolino and Barry Soper.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Catch all the latest from the land. It's the Country
Podcast with Jamie McKay thanks to Aisuzu, get Demo deals
on the tough Dmax today.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Maybe when I met you there with PEESI I said
up to get you with the fine dude calm. I
was offside. There was something good. Good afternoon, New Zealand.
Goid A, Welcome to the Country. I'm Jamie McKay going
(00:38):
old time country on the Country today. Can't beat a
bit of Dolly and Kenny. I might sneak in some
Glenn Campbell just because I feel like it. On a Friday, right,
someone who's doing us a favor on a Friday is
our first guest. He has just stepped out of the
AGM which is about to get underway and willing and
(01:00):
for apriculture New Zealand. His name is Nathan Guy. He has,
of course the former Minister for Primary Industries, current Special
or New Zealand Special Agricultural Trade Endvoy. He's just back
from a trade trip to the EU, the UK and
the US. What does he make of Trump's tariffs. Plus
we're going to have a look at the honey industry
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and some very useful rain in his farming province of
Hora Fanoa, where they've been very, very dry. We'll have
a look at the weather as we always do on
a Friday with Chris Brandolino, a fave Friday weather man
from Earth Science is New Zealand Today's Farmer Panel, Stu
Duncan and Stu Low Big stew Low there only got
(01:44):
one eye like most Cantabrians. He's very, very excited because
he's off to the footy tomorrow night. They sold that
game out in twenty minutes, Crusaders versus the Blues and
I can't believe I'm saying this. I want the Crusaders
to win that game. So we'll talk to him about
farming and fordy and of course Stu Duncan. Last time
we chatted to him he just had his big bullsale.
(02:06):
Jane Smith must be due to have hers shortly as well,
so we'll have a look at the black gold that
is well, that are angus bulls a Barry soaper. Yes.
Last night, of course, was the New Zealand Radio Awards.
My presence wasn't required, but Heather Duplicy Allen took out
the big gong for the Broadcaster of the Year and
(02:28):
News talks. He'd b had a really successful haul of
awards at the New Zealand Radio Awards. We'll talk about that,
and I don't know whether you caught up on the story.
It annoyed me slightly the fact that we'd sent these
politicians to Taiwan. China's got the they're asking us to apologize.
But that's not the big issue in my mind. The
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big issue in my mind is why are we sending
four no name politicians to Taiwan and tight times two
of them, for heaven's sakes, Duncan Webb and more mpur
Ati wiring. What a waste of time and our money.
And I'm also on the case of Todd McClay, Minister
of Trade. I want to get his take on the
Trump tariffs as well. But Nathan Guy kindly stepping out
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of the agm of Apriculture New Zealand to kick off
the country. Let's kick off the show with the former
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Minister for Primary Industries. These days he's New Zealand's Special
Agricultural Trade Envoy and when he's not doing that and
traveling around the US, the EU and the UK is
a horror fin or a cowcocky. I'll start with the
dairy farming Nathan guy, you've had some useful rain. You
guys were really dry.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
Yeah, afternoon, Jamie. Yes, we've had about thirty miles. Just
came from nowhere this morning. Fantastic. We had twenty two
miles for May, which was unheard of, lowest in about
twenty years looking back on the records. But I guess
one small benefit was utilization was fantastic. So we always
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bitch and moan about something, Jamie, Typically it's the weather.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Yeah, well, at least you wouldn't need to get the
gun boots out. You won't be making much mud. I
just hope that the super al Nino doesn't rear its
head because it could get very messy for some parts
of the country. We'll keep our fingers crossed on that one.
More about that a bit later in the show with
Chris Brandolino from Newa. Now, you're just back from a
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trade trip to the US, the EU and the UK.
And of course was it yesterday or the day before
we had Trump announcing a new range of tariffs. He's
just trying to skin the cat in a different way.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Yes, we always knew that this was a possibility. We
hoped it wouldn't happen, and talking to all the experts
over there, no one really knows what's next coming out
of the Oval Office. This was an investigation on forced labor.
We know we haven't got any of that in now
supply chain. If anything like that that happens untoward, it's
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dealt with very quickly. So it's unfortunate. But I guess
we've been here before, and I look across the Tasman
they were at ten percent. If this all comes to
bear and we're still waiting in the next couple of months,
they will move to twelve and a half. So other
countries like US are in similar boat. We do worry
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about a potential sheep meat investigation being talked about on
your show over the last couple of months, So we
are hoping that doesn't happen, but we're bracing for it.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
There's a rich irony in this, isn't there, Nathan Guy?
Because Trump talking about forced labor in countries like Australia
and New Zealand, the force labor's happening in the US.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
Well, I won't comment on what goes on in the US.
We know that we haven't got an issue here. That's
the fundamental fact our officials went from Foreign Affairs and
presented up there. I'm sure they'll be representing us again.
We'll have one last crack to say we're not the problem.
But the reality is, I think this is going to
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happen most unfortunate. Of course, the US consumers are worried
about fuel prices, which have risen remarkably quickly, not quite
as fast as ours have an NZ because of the
Middle East, but they'll be worried about the inflationary aspect
of this. We saw it play out with beef Jamie,
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where they backpedaled on beef because of the price of
the hamburgers went through the roof.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
Mind you, even under this news scenario, the twelve and
a half percent tariff regime, beef and KIW fruit, as
I understand it, remain immune from these tariffs.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
That's right, And fundamentally that's because supply and demand can't
get enough beef. So you've seen recently that Brazil has
been given some great access the Trump administration are hoping
that the prices will come down as a result. And
KEYW fruit is this wonderful, wonderful almost a super powered
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fruit that is now playing out with this GLP one drug.
It's on the list because it's high in fiber, high
in nutrition. So we're very fortunate despite these tariffs that
across the board, the primary sector is in very good heart.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
Okay, when we look at our and you correct me
if my numbers are wrong, these are just off the
top of my head. Red meats something like about three billion.
Of course more than half of that will be exempt.
I use the word immune. I should have gone with
exempt from tariffs dairy one billion, and then wine seven
hundred and fifty million. So from a dairy farming point
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of view, can we move that stuff to other more
lucrative markets.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
Oh, potentially, But this is a high value market for
us in the US. So this is what Fonterra has
to deal with on a daily basis. Where is the
price point, where's the demand? Yes, they can move product
around the place, but they have to deal like every
meat company and every exporter with his geopolitical issues. They
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seem to be a lot more common than what they
have been in the past. So this is the vagaries
of trade, and that's what our exporters have to deal with.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
Putting on your n Z Special Agricultural Trade in voy haat.
You're just back, as I said, from the US, the
EU and the UK. What sort of what are you getting?
What messaging are you getting from our markets?
Speaker 4 (08:54):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (08:54):
If I just look at the UK, because we've just
celebrated three years since the FDA and our exports have
grown forty percent in this market in the last two years.
And let's not forget they import about forty percent of
the food that they eat for their seventy million customers.
So we've got a gold plate at FTA there and
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it's proving it's worth for our exporters. If we look
at the EU two way trade, twenty three billion, massive
for red meat about two billion, a growing opportunity for
dairy there, six hundred million kiw fruit about a billion,
So it's a massive market and a huge opportunity there,
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four hundred and fifty million consumers. We're blessed with a
very good FDA with the EU as well, just celebrated
that in the last few months. So if you look
at those historical markets of ours, the rock solid opportunity
for growth. And then the US is an important one
and we just celebrated one hundred years of red meat
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exports to the US yes, we've got head but once again,
that's a high value market for US.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
Nathan Guy with US former Minister for Primary Industries these
days in New Zealand's Special Agricultural Trade invoy. I don't
know whether you caught up with that Rabobank Agribusiness Monthly
report released yesterday. The RABO research or the global team
is suggesting that or they've changed their baseline forecast for
the Strait of Hermus to remain closed until September. And
(10:25):
they're talking about Q three and Q four oil price
forecasts of a one hundred and twenty and one hundred
US dollars, respectively per barrel. That's not a good outlook.
I hope they got that wrong.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
I hope they did too. They've certainly got a headline
out of their report, and Rabo's normally pretty good, but
I hope they're wrong. You and I follow this closely.
You know, there's peace talks, there's a truth going on,
and then suddenly it doesn't happen. So I think that
that's going to be resolved quicker than what RABO thinks,
(11:01):
mainly because of the politics. Trump administration have got their
eyes focused on the midterms, not too far away, so
they won't want this still playing out when people are
going to the ballot box.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
To finish on. Nathan Guy, you've stepped out of a
meeting the AGM of Apiculture n Z. You are the chair.
Are you going to change your name to Honey and
Bees n Z.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
Yes, Well that's a transition proposal. We are coming together
and we've got the vote happening shortly with another industry
group there, NZBI, it's commonly referred to. So we're hoping
that the industry can hold hands and move forward. A
very important industry, has the potential to really grow, and
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it's bogged down in politics. So I'm doing what i
can to try and path the way forward and I'm
hoping that the vote is positive this afternoon. Otherwise we'll
be winding down. It'll be left to someone else.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
That sounds a bit messy, how the poor old honey
produces the beekeepers going because a few years ago Manuka
honey was going to be the answer for all our woes.
Speaker 3 (12:10):
Well it still is, and it's coming out of the doldrums.
Of course, if you look at the global economics Jamie
on the back of COVID, it has taken a while
for economies to start growing again, so that's impacted honey
returns we're seeing I hate this word green shoots, but
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the reality is the markets bumbled along the bottom, hit
the rocks and it's rebounding now. We've also had not
a great harvest because it's been too wet. It's been
great for our cockies and sheep and bee farmers across
the country because it's mainly been wet, but that's not
so good for honey production. So the market's responding to
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less volume and values on its way up, and they
need a strong industry body to represent them, not only
in government but the world.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
Nathan Gouy, we'll let you get back to that appiculture end.
Zed AGM. Hope to see you next week in Hamilton
for the field days.
Speaker 3 (13:07):
Look forward to catching up. Jamie cheers.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
Good on you, Nathan, Thanks for some of your time
and stepping out of the appiculture end. Z AGM. Troubled
times for the honey industry a bit like the culture
wine at the moments, a bit of a battle as
is Arabel, and yet other parts of it are going great. Guns.
Darie red meat, Kiwi fruit apples are pretty good. It's
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pretty hard to get everything right at one time, isn't it? Okay?
The I dropped the Isuzu Mux off for a service.
I didn't realize this, but apparently you service them at
like three thousand cas. You don't service them. They just
tighten up the nuts and bolts and that on them.
Dropped it off to Calvin at Cook Alison here in Dunedin,
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great bloke. Anyhow, he and I'd arrange for Michelle, who
lives out that way, to pick me up on the
way to work. And the poor girl arrived there at
Calvin and his wisdom from Isuzu Cook Alice and said no, no, no, no,
you've got to drive the d Max today and you
can return it later on when we've sorted your m
Ux out. So I drove it, and my goodness, it's
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a good ute. It drives like a car.
Speaker 5 (14:17):
Now.
Speaker 2 (14:18):
The reason I say this is that from the fifth
to the seventh of June i today through to Sunday,
they've jumped the gun a wee bit at Isuzu. Then
there they're going with field days deals before field days
and they're calling theirs there midyear, musta sail. It's on
all Isuzu dealerships nationwide. It's your chance to get an
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out the gate deal on a new d Max. That's
the Ute or the m Ux that is the suv.
The seventh seater. You can fold the seats down and
fit bucket loads. It's like a ute tray in the
back of your car or suv. And every new Isuzu
comes back with a double tough six year warranty for
genuine peace of mind. Plus they've got a real good
(15:02):
deal on the financing of that as well. It is
the Isuzu midyear musta sale. It is on now. Thank you, Calvin.
I promised to return the Dmax a week but later
this afternoon. Up next to Farmer panel, a couple of
rugged farmers on a Friday, ste Duncan and Stue Low.
Before the end of the hour, Chris Brandolino from New
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Niewa Earth Sciences, New Zealand. You heard Nathan guy talk
about how dry they were in Horathenoa. Well, they've had
some useful rain, but parts of the country are still
perilously dry for this time of the year. And Barry Soper, hopefully, hopefully,
Barry Soper, if I can find them before the end
of the hour, plus I got a week special audio
(15:45):
treat for you, just because it's a Friday.
Speaker 6 (16:00):
Julie, Jolly Joy.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
I'm begging O you please don't. Twenty four after twelve
years with The Country Farmer, Panels, Stu Duncan and the
man Atoto God's own Farm. It's a beautiful basin. Can
I call it a basin? Stu Duncan? Can I call
it a basin? The Man a Tooto. It's more than
a valley, isn't it? Well, hang on, hang on, I'll
(16:26):
turn your fader up. Sorry about that. I just got
put off by Dolly Parton. Well there you go. Is
it a basin? It's more than a valley, right.
Speaker 4 (16:34):
Yeah, it is.
Speaker 7 (16:35):
And it's a million acres of land surrounded by mountains.
Actually so it's got a big, big dam in the middle.
And it's yeah, pretty cool. It starts away at the
top of the sticks and heads out to Danger's Parson
and Peters. That's pretty big area.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
The only problem is it can get a bit dry,
stew you can.
Speaker 7 (16:52):
And we are right at the moment that we've had
probably ten to fifteen mills raign the lastle days and
fifteen degrees in the first week of June, so it's
definitely a week picking the stock of loving it. So
we'll just take it because other years we've had eighteen
inches of snow and will frost and you start feeding
out of Mendo May. We won nineteen eighty six, I
think as we curled the bond spill and the twenty
eighth of May, so we're happy to have some sunshine.
Speaker 2 (17:15):
With climate change and global warming. Do your bond spills
ever happen? For people who don't realize what it is,
it's when the dams freeze over and you do the curling.
Speaker 7 (17:24):
Yeah, we haven't had one for fifteen or twenty years,
and you've got to have it over.
Speaker 3 (17:29):
By the end of July or else.
Speaker 7 (17:30):
It quite often get that Northwest break from it comes
in from Aussie after about the eighteenth of July, so
you really need to get it Dune July and to
make enough ice to hold the ice for two days.
So we haven't had any real major frost yet, so
we'll touch wood. But there's no snow on the mountains
and a lot of those streams out of the mountains
are pretty dry, so it will definitely at the moment heading
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into a dry spring that's for.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
Sure, Okay Stu low on North Canterbury. I guess Stu
Duncan doesn't know what dry is. Is it true that
you guys only I know christ City only got one
millimeter of rain in the month of May.
Speaker 4 (18:04):
How did you fear they're not much better? Jamie? About
four meals, I think, and that was mainly heavy Jews
in fog. That we sort of went to the rain
gage and yeah, felt better at tipping something out, but
you know we were very dry. But it's all about averages,
isn't it. So generally we'll get the rain at some stage,
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so fingers crossed we get it before we start lemming
sort of in July.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
You must be worried though you'd have to be worried
in the back of your mind all this talk, and
it looks more and more likely as each day goes
on that we new Zealand will face a super ol
Nino event that will won't be good news for Canterbury.
Speaker 4 (18:44):
No, so I'm starting to look at getting rid of
some fat kettle that because we had such a good
sort of summer early autumn, have done really well, so
you know they'll be killable, probably at lighter weight, but
they can start going in whether we actually tell a
few family muse we'll sort of make a final decision
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on that. But yeah, that's an option. But yeah, they'll
have to go a bit further afield because there's not
much demand for in their amuse around here at the moment.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
Yeah. I mean there's so many positives in farming in
the primary sect, their agriculture at the moment. On the
income side of the Ledger, and we talked about this
one yesterday. The other side's not so flash, the the
debit side of the ledger. If you want farm inputs,
interest rates, well, foreign exchange is working okay for us.
The dollars reasonably friendly at the moment. Oil and freight
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and Rabo research Minjie. This is Michael every the world's
greatest alarmist. They're global strategists out of Singapore. They've now
changed their mind. They don't think the strait of a
Moves is going to be opened Stu Duncan until September.
If that does come to pass, it's going to make
it really sticky for all of us.
Speaker 7 (19:57):
Yeah, I think so. And to be fair, they look
pretty good, didn't They just talked ten days ago and
now they're back scrapping, and what happens, and even if
they do have settlements and months a long time in politics,
so you've only got to have something. But where we go?
But it is quite concerning, and to be fair, at
one hundred and twenty dollars a bar or the fuel
prices into the spring and Christmas will be pretty tough.
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But we don't notice out of control, isn't it so
like a snowstorm in the spring. You just don't know
what's going to happen over there. So we can only
play with the cards we've got. And at the moment,
everything's looking bright. But you know who knows.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
Well red meat's looking particularly bright. Ste Low, you're a
sheep and beef farmer. A wall cracking through this is clean,
of course, cracking through the seven dollars a kilogram barrier
for the first time I think in fifteen years. I
know it's got a long way to go to get
to where it was in real terms in the nineteen eighties,
but this is such an improvement on where we were
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five years ago at the absolute COVID low, when farmers
were getting not much more than a dollar a kilogram.
Speaker 4 (20:57):
You know, the wall job had certainly picked up, which
is which it needed to. And I guess it's the
supply demands. Been a few of those runs that don't
grow well, you know, she don't grow wall put or
specially runs pretty out, which I suppose those of us
who stick with the wool crossbreads will benefit the short term.
(21:19):
I guess so. And if if the wall does does
indeed stay up, and hopefully it does, because once people
get to realize that the qualities after synthetics, it is
a great product.
Speaker 2 (21:34):
Hey, you need to be like your old mate, famous
wist Otago farmer. I hope he doesn't mind me quoting
him here, Graham Parnel Edgar. He's taking a real punt
on wall because he's stuck with those buffeed Romney's with
here from their eyeballs to their toeas well.
Speaker 4 (21:50):
I don't think mine can see where they go after
after the grown wall for about eight months and I
just eight months year. So you know, it's any any
of the fiber as long as it's nice and clean
and white and bright.
Speaker 2 (22:03):
Well. Hey, nowadays, nowadays oddments are the new gold. They're
paying huge money for the oddments to mix them with
the main fleece wall.
Speaker 4 (22:12):
Yes, I heard them say that the other day.
Speaker 2 (22:14):
Yes, okay, Stu. Wolve's never been a problem for you
because the wall you're producing on your farm is not
strong crosspread wall. It's what mid micron is it. So
you've always been well paid. It'll get a bite.
Speaker 7 (22:28):
Well, it's been pretty flat in the last couple of years, but.
Speaker 4 (22:30):
That mid mic is pretty popular.
Speaker 7 (22:32):
And I've just got two contracts on the table and
ones come up two dollars clean a kilo in the
last two weeks, so tops one comes around the next
couple of weeks.
Speaker 4 (22:40):
You might get it more.
Speaker 7 (22:41):
But it's pretty popular at the moment. And we're in
that pot. It at clearly twenty one iron and you
will at twenty five. So that's definitely had a lift,
but it needed to because you know that's it takes
a wee bit to share them. But nowhere happy enough
for that. Everything is looking positive and we'll just hold
and craut and hold and let's see what happens.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
Well, crouch and hold. There we go. We can segue
very briefly to rugby. You and I haven't got a
team to follow. Now our Highlanders have gone. I'm focusing
on the south on Staggs and the MPC, but due Low.
You've still got a team that's your old team, the
team you used to play for, the Crusaders, and it's
just the hottest ticket in town, isn't it to go
to the new one New Zealand Stadium. I better get
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it right and watch anything.
Speaker 4 (23:24):
Yeah, they had had a pretty good number there at
the content that's six sixty content. There's still a few
teething problems as far as getting in and out with
some of the door you know, not having enough doors
open and everyone's queuing up, But hopefully that gets rictified
because I think they've got the Warriors and the Orblet's
coming so that I'm not sure if they've actually got
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the temporary seeking up this week for another five thousand people.
But you know, it's a great a great venue so
close to town and hopefully you know, the heart of
Christ Hitch is and for a bit of a renaissance
aft to know what has been a pretty tough tough
time since twenty eleven.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
Yeah, yeah, and good on you. It's every dog as
his day and you've got a wonderful new stadium. I
can't believe I said this at the top of the
show's stulo. I'm I'm wishing for the Crusaders. I don't
think I've ever said that in my life.
Speaker 4 (24:18):
ABC. Isn't it anyone but normally but hopefully they've always been,
you know, depending on other results of course as to
what the layout going forward. But your first and foremost
get a win and you go another week.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
Good on you. Okay, lads, thank you very much for
your time. I got to go. There we go Today's
Farmer panel Stu Duncan and the Mania is a great
area basin, big valley whatever you want to call it,
A million acres in there, Duncan said, and Stu Low
and Canterbury where they need some rain, but it won't
worry them. Under the roof, I was going to say tonight,
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but it's tomorrow afternoon. I think what have we got
the hurricanes tonight and talking about rugby. It is life
members Day at the Mighty Riversdale Rugby Club tomorrow. Can't
make it. Unfortunately, I know you guys will have a
great time. The vikings are tidy up by Kiwi and
the Mighty Riversdale Senior Sees. They've brushed the cobwebs off
(25:15):
all the old guys and the young guys and they've
got another footy ten going. That's what club Rugby is
all about. Have a great day in Riversdale tomorrow. Up
next Michelle with the latest and rural news, Sports news.
Before the end of the hour, Chris Brandolino, we'll see
if we can whisk up some rain for you people
who are dry. Some of you have had far too
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much rain this week, by the way, I'm not belittling that.
And also Barrysopa a great night for the Soper Duples
ce Allen family last night at the New Zealand Radio Awards.
Speaker 1 (25:47):
It is sad.
Speaker 2 (25:49):
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Targ guest, did I tell you why I chose Dolly Parton?
Speaker 2 (28:14):
No, Well, I've played a couple of Dollies, then I've
gone to obviously Glenn Campbell. I might even sneak a
wee bit of Charlie Pride or something. And just because
we're going old time country, why did you choose Dolly Dolly?
Speaker 8 (28:26):
Because earlier in the week we played Miley Cyrus and
Dolly is Miley's godmother and actually distantly related in a way.
But also Dolly's a legend.
Speaker 2 (28:34):
Maybe we could play Billy Ray Cyrus.
Speaker 8 (28:36):
We could.
Speaker 2 (28:37):
Yes, he's got one song. One He's got one song. Yeah, well,
he produced a very talented daughter. I'll give him that.
Radio Watson Rural and.
Speaker 8 (28:44):
News Okay, Real news. Resilience funding towards state highways has
been welcomed by Horticulture New Zealand. The government has set
asigned four hundred million dollars for state highway resilience projects
to improve reliability of key routes during and after severe
weather events. Projects include resilience and improvement on State Highway
two through the yo Weicker Gorge and State Highway twenty
(29:04):
five around the Coramandel. Kate Scott, CEO at HORTENZI, says
the funding recognizes how important reliable and resilient transport networks
are for getting fresh produce to market across New Zealand,
and State Highway seventy three between Arthur's Pass and Otela
has reopened after a suspected tallow spill and rain coursed
several trucks to slide. Road users are encouragter travel with
(29:26):
extra care and that's real news.
Speaker 1 (29:29):
Sports on the country with AFCO business well done.
Speaker 2 (29:33):
Well favor us clamping down on plastic horns at the
Men's Football World Cup, which starts later this month in
the United States, Canada and Mexico. The ruling body has
banned Vuvuzela's I think I got that right, which became
a staple of matches at the twenty ten edition in
South Africa. We all remember that well, the last time
the All Whites featured at the tournament, and I think
(29:56):
by memory of the All Whites were the only team
to go through that tournament and not lose a game.
Someone correct me on the text line if I'm wrong
with that. One body paint, laser beams and reusable water
bottles are also on the prohibited list at all sixteen
World Cup venues, and Hurricanes coach clayde Claigue Clark laid
(30:16):
Law insists co captain Duplessy Carrefe is fit and ready
for tonight's Super Rugby Qualifying finals match in Wellington. Carrefe
has been named at open side flanker after overcoming a
niggley shoulder injury that's kept him sidelined in recent weeks.
And just remember that deal from Halter. I have so
much paper in the studio. A tree has suffered a
(30:38):
horrible death for me to get the show tomorrow. Where
is it the whole to deal it's here, somewhere. I
will find it. I will find it. The six of
them to give away here, it is here. This is
a great deal. So the six Halter you can get
hold of free on your farm for a whole year.
So two existing hal To customers, one dere farm and
(31:00):
one beef farm in the North Island, one dairy farm
and one beef farm in the South Island. The website
is Halter hq dot com. Forward slash win Up next
Chris Brandolino.
Speaker 1 (31:15):
Weather on the country with Fiji where happiness comes naturally.
Speaker 2 (31:20):
Okay, let's rip straight into it. He's our favorite weather
man on a Friday. Chris Brandolino from Earth Sciences, New Zealand.
I know that parts of the country, like the Nelson
Golden Bay sort of area, they got far too much rain.
Marlborough got plenty as well, but that you go down
the road away bit to Canterbury. We're talking to Stulo
three or four mills for the month of May, one
(31:40):
million in christ Church and dry on other parts of
the North Island as well.
Speaker 4 (31:46):
Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 6 (31:48):
We are going to get a good drop rain for
this afternoon, in this evening, across this time, much of
the North Island, so areas of the North Island will
see pretty active weather. In fact, you may have heard
about the very vivid lightning and thunderstorms that impacted areas
across the south coast of Wellington and the top of
the South Island. That same weather system is gonna be
(32:08):
moving north, so expect this afternoon. In this evening heads up,
farmers downpours thunderstorms across the Waycotto. In fact, our friends
at met Service have a severe thunderstorm watching effect between
three and eight o'clock this evening, I believe for Northland,
Auckland and much of the Waikatos, so there's gonna be
some locally heavy rank. Could be a tornado or two,
so that'll move on through now. I know Hawks Bay
(32:30):
could use the rain gosh dart if they're not gonna
get enough, they're gonna get maybe a little bit, but
much of central and southern Hawks Bay Jamie could be
spectators on this one. Good puff of cool air comes
in for the weekend. Looks like we'll find a big
sharp dropped in temperatures with a southerly but probably gonna
be short lived because we'll find temperatures rebounding once again
(32:52):
middle part of next week into the weekend. It looks
like after this rain Jamie, we're gonna be settling into
more of a dry weather pattern and then unfortunately that's
the concern as we move forward. Our winter outlook has
been released and we sort of hinted at this last week.
Speaker 4 (33:08):
Dryness.
Speaker 6 (33:09):
We are concerned for dryness, So the northern and eastern
part of the North Island. That's the greatest risk for
dryness for the North Island, as well as the eastern
part of the South Island where they really could use
the rain. That is a concern. We could see a
dry winter or drier than usual winter anyway.
Speaker 2 (33:25):
What about the areas that got white too much? Rine
are the biblical numbers on the West coast and sort
of Nelson region.
Speaker 6 (33:32):
Yeah, so look the top of the good question, top
of the South Island. So these weather events we saw
over the weekend and early in the week King's weekend
where we had these lows to our west dragging tropical
moisture down right, that's going away so with El Nino,
and that's going to be likely a strong or very
strong and so called super El Nino. With El Nino
literally on the cusp of forming. Those sorts of air
(33:53):
flows are going.
Speaker 4 (33:54):
To go away.
Speaker 6 (33:55):
So the areas that have seen over the past year roughly,
that have seen going back to life winter have seen
these big rainfall events Upper North Island, Upper South Island,
those same areas are going to be trending dryer. So
I don't expect to see many more of these big
rainfall events where air comes to the north. I'm not
saying that don't happen at all, but I guess the
odds are going to be much lower. It's the west
(34:16):
of the South Island, Jamie over toward Fjordland, Southland, interior
Otago you're going to see after a relatively dry and
warm June, as we get into later in July and August,
that al Ninia type west to southwest wind becomes more persistent,
our rainfall picks up, elevation snow, and I think it's
the second half of winter where the rainfall really increases.
(34:38):
But it's going to be the western and southwest part
of the South Island. I think many other areas, including
the top of the South Island, run that dry risk concern,
and unfortunately that may continue into spring and when we
have consecutive months of dry weather. That's when things really
get in early. So make a plan. Farmers. If you
get dry, think about when it's happened in previous years,
(34:59):
when you've done I'm really dry and think about a plank.
Speaker 2 (35:02):
Yeah, you know. I just I've got a question. I
want a ten second answer. Can I wear my dress R. M.
Williams boots to field days and not get muddy? Or
do I need to wear the old ones.
Speaker 6 (35:13):
For field days? That's next week?
Speaker 4 (35:15):
Right?
Speaker 2 (35:15):
Yeah Hamilton, you can do this. Chris, Yeah, look, be quite.
Speaker 6 (35:20):
You don't need to have a duty ones.
Speaker 2 (35:21):
Okay, I'll wear the new ones. Thank you.
Speaker 4 (35:23):
We have a new one.
Speaker 2 (35:24):
I hope that. Hopefully they don't get money. Only place
you get muddy boots is in the car parkt Field
days are very shortly. Barry Soaper and dream.
Speaker 5 (35:32):
Of gow the Stone.
Speaker 2 (35:39):
Welcome back to the country. Just trying to get hold
of Barry Soaper. We'll get them on a sick before
I forget Farmstrongs teamed up with Spark that chat. I've
got no idea what spark that chat as. Maybe Michelle
can tell me to power up the twenty twenty six
cut the Ball campaign and boost the mental well being
of young farmers, growers and workers. You'll be able to
(35:59):
have a chat with Jack Jensen and his high Ocdane
crew on the farm Strong stand at field Days next week,
and of course the farm Strong team will also be
there to have a natter. So if you're at Mystery
Creek next week, make sure you call in and say
hi and share what you're doing to cut the ball
and stay farm strong. Hopefully we'll have Sam Samuel Whitelock,
the Farm Strong Ambassador on the show next week from
(36:22):
Field Days. Yes, trying to multitask, not doing a very
good job. But someone's just texted in here Michelle really quickly,
because I know you've looked at the answer for this one.
You know, we know what we sell India India, what
do we buy off them?
Speaker 8 (36:36):
The main things are technology, electronics, pharmaceuticals and I think
minerals as well might be one of them. So we
do get quite a bit of stuff out of India,
believe it or not.
Speaker 2 (36:44):
Yep, Okay, So there you go, Elizabeth Taranaki, sheep and
beef farmer, thanks for texting, and Barry Soaper wraps the
country next.
Speaker 6 (36:53):
Whenever a chance to meet.
Speaker 1 (36:57):
Some old friends on their street.
Speaker 4 (37:01):
That one.
Speaker 2 (37:01):
Yeah, going old old old time country with Charlie Pride
and kiss an angel good morning. That's probably what our
final guest for the week did this morning, Barry Soaper,
Are you there, Barry, I certainly am. Jomie, did you
kiss an angel good morning? I kiss an angel good
morning this morning? Because you're married to the best broadcaster
(37:22):
in New Zealand.
Speaker 5 (37:24):
Well no, I didn't this morning because she left for
the office at about half past two this morning.
Speaker 2 (37:31):
Brutal brutal house, isn't it.
Speaker 5 (37:34):
They are when you do the Brieffast Show. But of
course Mike Hosking is out of the country, so she's
filling in.
Speaker 2 (37:41):
Well done, Barry, I know that you or you've got
I mean you would we know, as Michelle said, there's
no room left in the pool room at your place
because you've got years and years and years of them
and Heather Stock is stacked up the best gone or
the biggest gong two years in a row.
Speaker 5 (37:56):
Yeah, no, it was pretty extraordin we you know, we
all know weren't going to go last night, Jamie because
she is doing this early morning show and then somebody
has to look after the kids when she gets a
bit of sleep. So we thought we'll give the awards
a missed this year. But we were sort of nudged
towards them and decided that we would go after all.
Speaker 2 (38:17):
Well, I'm glad you did. Look, here's a question for
you out of the blue. I was watching the news
last night, and of course China's got the huff that
four politicians went to Taiwan. They have to apologize. They're
not allowed into China. No big deal. But why why
in God's name are we sending a four no names,
particularly two of them Duncan Webb and more in pure
(38:38):
correct me if I'm wrong, who are retiring in this term?
What a waste of taxpayers money?
Speaker 5 (38:45):
Well, yes, you could say that.
Speaker 2 (38:46):
No, I just did say that. Well where's the value
in it?
Speaker 5 (38:50):
Well probably I would imagine their trip would have been
paid for by the Taiwanese. It wasn't an official delegation
from parliament, so you know, the Taiwanese known for doing that.
I've in fact beaned to Taiwan many years ago, and
that was I was approached by a cabinet minister who
put together a group went up to Taiwan themselves. So look,
(39:13):
It's been done for years, but in the Chinese have
been a little less sensitive than what they are at
the moment. And I think that what that says, Jamie,
is that the tension between Taiwan and mainland China is
now at an all time high.
Speaker 2 (39:27):
Hey, Barry, I just want to say, your book, one
last question, Prime Minister, is putting me to sleep every night.
And that's not because it's boring, Barry. It's such a
good read. I just read it into the small lass
and then I'm not off great box.
Speaker 5 (39:41):
Well, I'm really pleased to hear that. Yes, I certainly
hit the right notes and I'm happy about that. And
as you're hitting the right note now, Jamie.
Speaker 2 (39:50):
Yes, I am a bit of Charlie pride for you.
I know you're a Gore boy. There would have been
lots of Charlie pride back in the day when you
were doing the domes and the center parks in the
middle of Gore. We go, Berry, soaper, he's come a
long way, hasn't he. Radio that's us gone and dusted,
and I can't believe I'm saying this. You go the
Crusaders tomorrow and christ Church we'll catch you back on Monday.
Speaker 1 (40:17):
Catch all the latest from the land. It's the Country
Podcast with Jamie Mackay. Thanks to Aisuzu, get demo deals
on the tough Dmax Today
Catch all the latest from the land. It's the Country
Podcast with Jamie McKay thanks to Aisuzu, get Demo deals
on the tough Dmax today.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Maybe when I met you there with PEESI I said
up to get you with the fine dude calm. I
was offside. There was something good. Good afternoon, New Zealand.
Goid A, Welcome to the Country. I'm Jamie McKay going
(00:38):
old time country on the Country today. Can't beat a
bit of Dolly and Kenny. I might sneak in some
Glenn Campbell just because I feel like it. On a Friday, right,
someone who's doing us a favor on a Friday is
our first guest. He has just stepped out of the
AGM which is about to get underway and willing and
(01:00):
for apriculture New Zealand. His name is Nathan Guy. He has,
of course the former Minister for Primary Industries, current Special
or New Zealand Special Agricultural Trade Endvoy. He's just back
from a trade trip to the EU, the UK and
the US. What does he make of Trump's tariffs. Plus
we're going to have a look at the honey industry
(01:22):
and some very useful rain in his farming province of
Hora Fanoa, where they've been very, very dry. We'll have
a look at the weather as we always do on
a Friday with Chris Brandolino, a fave Friday weather man
from Earth Science is New Zealand Today's Farmer Panel, Stu
Duncan and Stu Low Big stew Low there only got
(01:44):
one eye like most Cantabrians. He's very, very excited because
he's off to the footy tomorrow night. They sold that
game out in twenty minutes, Crusaders versus the Blues and
I can't believe I'm saying this. I want the Crusaders
to win that game. So we'll talk to him about
farming and fordy and of course Stu Duncan. Last time
we chatted to him he just had his big bullsale.
(02:06):
Jane Smith must be due to have hers shortly as well,
so we'll have a look at the black gold that
is well, that are angus bulls a Barry soaper. Yes.
Last night, of course, was the New Zealand Radio Awards.
My presence wasn't required, but Heather Duplicy Allen took out
the big gong for the Broadcaster of the Year and
(02:28):
News talks. He'd b had a really successful haul of
awards at the New Zealand Radio Awards. We'll talk about that,
and I don't know whether you caught up on the story.
It annoyed me slightly the fact that we'd sent these
politicians to Taiwan. China's got the they're asking us to apologize.
But that's not the big issue in my mind. The
(02:48):
big issue in my mind is why are we sending
four no name politicians to Taiwan and tight times two
of them, for heaven's sakes, Duncan Webb and more mpur
Ati wiring. What a waste of time and our money.
And I'm also on the case of Todd McClay, Minister
of Trade. I want to get his take on the
Trump tariffs as well. But Nathan Guy kindly stepping out
(03:13):
of the agm of Apriculture New Zealand to kick off
the country. Let's kick off the show with the former
(03:42):
Minister for Primary Industries. These days he's New Zealand's Special
Agricultural Trade Envoy and when he's not doing that and
traveling around the US, the EU and the UK is
a horror fin or a cowcocky. I'll start with the
dairy farming Nathan guy, you've had some useful rain. You
guys were really dry.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
Yeah, afternoon, Jamie. Yes, we've had about thirty miles. Just
came from nowhere this morning. Fantastic. We had twenty two
miles for May, which was unheard of, lowest in about
twenty years looking back on the records. But I guess
one small benefit was utilization was fantastic. So we always
(04:21):
bitch and moan about something, Jamie, Typically it's the weather.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Yeah, well, at least you wouldn't need to get the
gun boots out. You won't be making much mud. I
just hope that the super al Nino doesn't rear its
head because it could get very messy for some parts
of the country. We'll keep our fingers crossed on that one.
More about that a bit later in the show with
Chris Brandolino from Newa. Now, you're just back from a
(04:46):
trade trip to the US, the EU and the UK.
And of course was it yesterday or the day before
we had Trump announcing a new range of tariffs. He's
just trying to skin the cat in a different way.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Yes, we always knew that this was a possibility. We
hoped it wouldn't happen, and talking to all the experts
over there, no one really knows what's next coming out
of the Oval Office. This was an investigation on forced labor.
We know we haven't got any of that in now
supply chain. If anything like that that happens untoward, it's
(05:22):
dealt with very quickly. So it's unfortunate. But I guess
we've been here before, and I look across the Tasman
they were at ten percent. If this all comes to
bear and we're still waiting in the next couple of months,
they will move to twelve and a half. So other
countries like US are in similar boat. We do worry
(05:45):
about a potential sheep meat investigation being talked about on
your show over the last couple of months, So we
are hoping that doesn't happen, but we're bracing for it.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
There's a rich irony in this, isn't there, Nathan Guy?
Because Trump talking about forced labor in countries like Australia
and New Zealand, the force labor's happening in the US.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
Well, I won't comment on what goes on in the US.
We know that we haven't got an issue here. That's
the fundamental fact our officials went from Foreign Affairs and
presented up there. I'm sure they'll be representing us again.
We'll have one last crack to say we're not the problem.
But the reality is, I think this is going to
(06:29):
happen most unfortunate. Of course, the US consumers are worried
about fuel prices, which have risen remarkably quickly, not quite
as fast as ours have an NZ because of the
Middle East, but they'll be worried about the inflationary aspect
of this. We saw it play out with beef Jamie,
(06:50):
where they backpedaled on beef because of the price of
the hamburgers went through the roof.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
Mind you, even under this news scenario, the twelve and
a half percent tariff regime, beef and KIW fruit, as
I understand it, remain immune from these tariffs.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
That's right, And fundamentally that's because supply and demand can't
get enough beef. So you've seen recently that Brazil has
been given some great access the Trump administration are hoping
that the prices will come down as a result. And
KEYW fruit is this wonderful, wonderful almost a super powered
(07:29):
fruit that is now playing out with this GLP one drug.
It's on the list because it's high in fiber, high
in nutrition. So we're very fortunate despite these tariffs that
across the board, the primary sector is in very good heart.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
Okay, when we look at our and you correct me
if my numbers are wrong, these are just off the
top of my head. Red meats something like about three billion.
Of course more than half of that will be exempt.
I use the word immune. I should have gone with
exempt from tariffs dairy one billion, and then wine seven
hundred and fifty million. So from a dairy farming point
(08:06):
of view, can we move that stuff to other more
lucrative markets.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
Oh, potentially, But this is a high value market for
us in the US. So this is what Fonterra has
to deal with on a daily basis. Where is the
price point, where's the demand? Yes, they can move product
around the place, but they have to deal like every
meat company and every exporter with his geopolitical issues. They
(08:32):
seem to be a lot more common than what they
have been in the past. So this is the vagaries
of trade, and that's what our exporters have to deal with.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
Putting on your n Z Special Agricultural Trade in voy haat.
You're just back, as I said, from the US, the
EU and the UK. What sort of what are you getting?
What messaging are you getting from our markets?
Speaker 4 (08:54):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (08:54):
If I just look at the UK, because we've just
celebrated three years since the FDA and our exports have
grown forty percent in this market in the last two years.
And let's not forget they import about forty percent of
the food that they eat for their seventy million customers.
So we've got a gold plate at FTA there and
(09:15):
it's proving it's worth for our exporters. If we look
at the EU two way trade, twenty three billion, massive
for red meat about two billion, a growing opportunity for
dairy there, six hundred million kiw fruit about a billion,
So it's a massive market and a huge opportunity there,
(09:35):
four hundred and fifty million consumers. We're blessed with a
very good FDA with the EU as well, just celebrated
that in the last few months. So if you look
at those historical markets of ours, the rock solid opportunity
for growth. And then the US is an important one
and we just celebrated one hundred years of red meat
(09:57):
exports to the US yes, we've got head but once again,
that's a high value market for US.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
Nathan Guy with US former Minister for Primary Industries these
days in New Zealand's Special Agricultural Trade invoy. I don't
know whether you caught up with that Rabobank Agribusiness Monthly
report released yesterday. The RABO research or the global team
is suggesting that or they've changed their baseline forecast for
the Strait of Hermus to remain closed until September. And
(10:25):
they're talking about Q three and Q four oil price
forecasts of a one hundred and twenty and one hundred
US dollars, respectively per barrel. That's not a good outlook.
I hope they got that wrong.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
I hope they did too. They've certainly got a headline
out of their report, and Rabo's normally pretty good, but
I hope they're wrong. You and I follow this closely.
You know, there's peace talks, there's a truth going on,
and then suddenly it doesn't happen. So I think that
that's going to be resolved quicker than what RABO thinks,
(11:01):
mainly because of the politics. Trump administration have got their
eyes focused on the midterms, not too far away, so
they won't want this still playing out when people are
going to the ballot box.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
To finish on. Nathan Guy, you've stepped out of a
meeting the AGM of Apiculture n Z. You are the chair.
Are you going to change your name to Honey and
Bees n Z.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
Yes, Well that's a transition proposal. We are coming together
and we've got the vote happening shortly with another industry
group there, NZBI, it's commonly referred to. So we're hoping
that the industry can hold hands and move forward. A
very important industry, has the potential to really grow, and
(11:47):
it's bogged down in politics. So I'm doing what i
can to try and path the way forward and I'm
hoping that the vote is positive this afternoon. Otherwise we'll
be winding down. It'll be left to someone else.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
That sounds a bit messy, how the poor old honey
produces the beekeepers going because a few years ago Manuka
honey was going to be the answer for all our woes.
Speaker 3 (12:10):
Well it still is, and it's coming out of the doldrums.
Of course, if you look at the global economics Jamie
on the back of COVID, it has taken a while
for economies to start growing again, so that's impacted honey
returns we're seeing I hate this word green shoots, but
(12:30):
the reality is the markets bumbled along the bottom, hit
the rocks and it's rebounding now. We've also had not
a great harvest because it's been too wet. It's been
great for our cockies and sheep and bee farmers across
the country because it's mainly been wet, but that's not
so good for honey production. So the market's responding to
(12:52):
less volume and values on its way up, and they
need a strong industry body to represent them, not only
in government but the world.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
Nathan Gouy, we'll let you get back to that appiculture end.
Zed AGM. Hope to see you next week in Hamilton
for the field days.
Speaker 3 (13:07):
Look forward to catching up. Jamie cheers.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
Good on you, Nathan, Thanks for some of your time
and stepping out of the appiculture end. Z AGM. Troubled
times for the honey industry a bit like the culture
wine at the moments, a bit of a battle as
is Arabel, and yet other parts of it are going great. Guns.
Darie red meat, Kiwi fruit apples are pretty good. It's
(13:32):
pretty hard to get everything right at one time, isn't it? Okay?
The I dropped the Isuzu Mux off for a service.
I didn't realize this, but apparently you service them at
like three thousand cas. You don't service them. They just
tighten up the nuts and bolts and that on them.
Dropped it off to Calvin at Cook Alison here in Dunedin,
(13:53):
great bloke. Anyhow, he and I'd arrange for Michelle, who
lives out that way, to pick me up on the
way to work. And the poor girl arrived there at
Calvin and his wisdom from Isuzu Cook Alice and said no, no, no, no,
you've got to drive the d Max today and you
can return it later on when we've sorted your m
Ux out. So I drove it, and my goodness, it's
(14:15):
a good ute. It drives like a car.
Speaker 5 (14:17):
Now.
Speaker 2 (14:18):
The reason I say this is that from the fifth
to the seventh of June i today through to Sunday,
they've jumped the gun a wee bit at Isuzu. Then
there they're going with field days deals before field days
and they're calling theirs there midyear, musta sail. It's on
all Isuzu dealerships nationwide. It's your chance to get an
(14:40):
out the gate deal on a new d Max. That's
the Ute or the m Ux that is the suv.
The seventh seater. You can fold the seats down and
fit bucket loads. It's like a ute tray in the
back of your car or suv. And every new Isuzu
comes back with a double tough six year warranty for
genuine peace of mind. Plus they've got a real good
(15:02):
deal on the financing of that as well. It is
the Isuzu midyear musta sale. It is on now. Thank you, Calvin.
I promised to return the Dmax a week but later
this afternoon. Up next to Farmer panel, a couple of
rugged farmers on a Friday, ste Duncan and Stue Low.
Before the end of the hour, Chris Brandolino from New
(15:24):
Niewa Earth Sciences, New Zealand. You heard Nathan guy talk
about how dry they were in Horathenoa. Well, they've had
some useful rain, but parts of the country are still
perilously dry for this time of the year. And Barry Soper, hopefully, hopefully,
Barry Soper, if I can find them before the end
of the hour, plus I got a week special audio
(15:45):
treat for you, just because it's a Friday.
Speaker 6 (16:00):
Julie, Jolly Joy.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
I'm begging O you please don't. Twenty four after twelve
years with The Country Farmer, Panels, Stu Duncan and the
man Atoto God's own Farm. It's a beautiful basin. Can
I call it a basin? Stu Duncan? Can I call
it a basin? The Man a Tooto. It's more than
a valley, isn't it? Well, hang on, hang on, I'll
(16:26):
turn your fader up. Sorry about that. I just got
put off by Dolly Parton. Well there you go. Is
it a basin? It's more than a valley, right.
Speaker 4 (16:34):
Yeah, it is.
Speaker 7 (16:35):
And it's a million acres of land surrounded by mountains.
Actually so it's got a big, big dam in the middle.
And it's yeah, pretty cool. It starts away at the
top of the sticks and heads out to Danger's Parson
and Peters. That's pretty big area.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
The only problem is it can get a bit dry,
stew you can.
Speaker 7 (16:52):
And we are right at the moment that we've had
probably ten to fifteen mills raign the lastle days and
fifteen degrees in the first week of June, so it's
definitely a week picking the stock of loving it. So
we'll just take it because other years we've had eighteen
inches of snow and will frost and you start feeding
out of Mendo May. We won nineteen eighty six, I
think as we curled the bond spill and the twenty
eighth of May, so we're happy to have some sunshine.
Speaker 2 (17:15):
With climate change and global warming. Do your bond spills
ever happen? For people who don't realize what it is,
it's when the dams freeze over and you do the curling.
Speaker 7 (17:24):
Yeah, we haven't had one for fifteen or twenty years,
and you've got to have it over.
Speaker 3 (17:29):
By the end of July or else.
Speaker 7 (17:30):
It quite often get that Northwest break from it comes
in from Aussie after about the eighteenth of July, so
you really need to get it Dune July and to
make enough ice to hold the ice for two days.
So we haven't had any real major frost yet, so
we'll touch wood. But there's no snow on the mountains
and a lot of those streams out of the mountains
are pretty dry, so it will definitely at the moment heading
(17:50):
into a dry spring that's for.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
Sure, Okay Stu low on North Canterbury. I guess Stu
Duncan doesn't know what dry is. Is it true that
you guys only I know christ City only got one
millimeter of rain in the month of May.
Speaker 4 (18:04):
How did you fear they're not much better? Jamie? About
four meals, I think, and that was mainly heavy Jews
in fog. That we sort of went to the rain
gage and yeah, felt better at tipping something out, but
you know we were very dry. But it's all about averages,
isn't it. So generally we'll get the rain at some stage,
(18:25):
so fingers crossed we get it before we start lemming
sort of in July.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
You must be worried though you'd have to be worried
in the back of your mind all this talk, and
it looks more and more likely as each day goes
on that we new Zealand will face a super ol
Nino event that will won't be good news for Canterbury.
Speaker 4 (18:44):
No, so I'm starting to look at getting rid of
some fat kettle that because we had such a good
sort of summer early autumn, have done really well, so
you know they'll be killable, probably at lighter weight, but
they can start going in whether we actually tell a
few family muse we'll sort of make a final decision
(19:05):
on that. But yeah, that's an option. But yeah, they'll
have to go a bit further afield because there's not
much demand for in their amuse around here at the moment.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
Yeah. I mean there's so many positives in farming in
the primary sect, their agriculture at the moment. On the
income side of the Ledger, and we talked about this
one yesterday. The other side's not so flash, the the
debit side of the ledger. If you want farm inputs,
interest rates, well, foreign exchange is working okay for us.
The dollars reasonably friendly at the moment. Oil and freight
(19:37):
and Rabo research Minjie. This is Michael every the world's
greatest alarmist. They're global strategists out of Singapore. They've now
changed their mind. They don't think the strait of a
Moves is going to be opened Stu Duncan until September.
If that does come to pass, it's going to make
it really sticky for all of us.
Speaker 7 (19:57):
Yeah, I think so. And to be fair, they look
pretty good, didn't They just talked ten days ago and
now they're back scrapping, and what happens, and even if
they do have settlements and months a long time in politics,
so you've only got to have something. But where we go?
But it is quite concerning, and to be fair, at
one hundred and twenty dollars a bar or the fuel
prices into the spring and Christmas will be pretty tough.
(20:18):
But we don't notice out of control, isn't it so
like a snowstorm in the spring. You just don't know
what's going to happen over there. So we can only
play with the cards we've got. And at the moment,
everything's looking bright. But you know who knows.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
Well red meat's looking particularly bright. Ste Low, you're a
sheep and beef farmer. A wall cracking through this is clean,
of course, cracking through the seven dollars a kilogram barrier
for the first time I think in fifteen years. I
know it's got a long way to go to get
to where it was in real terms in the nineteen eighties,
but this is such an improvement on where we were
(20:50):
five years ago at the absolute COVID low, when farmers
were getting not much more than a dollar a kilogram.
Speaker 4 (20:57):
You know, the wall job had certainly picked up, which
is which it needed to. And I guess it's the
supply demands. Been a few of those runs that don't
grow well, you know, she don't grow wall put or
specially runs pretty out, which I suppose those of us
who stick with the wool crossbreads will benefit the short term.
(21:19):
I guess so. And if if the wall does does
indeed stay up, and hopefully it does, because once people
get to realize that the qualities after synthetics, it is
a great product.
Speaker 2 (21:34):
Hey, you need to be like your old mate, famous
wist Otago farmer. I hope he doesn't mind me quoting
him here, Graham Parnel Edgar. He's taking a real punt
on wall because he's stuck with those buffeed Romney's with
here from their eyeballs to their toeas well.
Speaker 4 (21:50):
I don't think mine can see where they go after
after the grown wall for about eight months and I
just eight months year. So you know, it's any any
of the fiber as long as it's nice and clean
and white and bright.
Speaker 2 (22:03):
Well. Hey, nowadays, nowadays oddments are the new gold. They're
paying huge money for the oddments to mix them with
the main fleece wall.
Speaker 4 (22:12):
Yes, I heard them say that the other day.
Speaker 2 (22:14):
Yes, okay, Stu. Wolve's never been a problem for you
because the wall you're producing on your farm is not
strong crosspread wall. It's what mid micron is it. So
you've always been well paid. It'll get a bite.
Speaker 7 (22:28):
Well, it's been pretty flat in the last couple of years, but.
Speaker 4 (22:30):
That mid mic is pretty popular.
Speaker 7 (22:32):
And I've just got two contracts on the table and
ones come up two dollars clean a kilo in the
last two weeks, so tops one comes around the next
couple of weeks.
Speaker 4 (22:40):
You might get it more.
Speaker 7 (22:41):
But it's pretty popular at the moment. And we're in
that pot. It at clearly twenty one iron and you
will at twenty five. So that's definitely had a lift,
but it needed to because you know that's it takes
a wee bit to share them. But nowhere happy enough
for that. Everything is looking positive and we'll just hold
and craut and hold and let's see what happens.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
Well, crouch and hold. There we go. We can segue
very briefly to rugby. You and I haven't got a
team to follow. Now our Highlanders have gone. I'm focusing
on the south on Staggs and the MPC, but due Low.
You've still got a team that's your old team, the
team you used to play for, the Crusaders, and it's
just the hottest ticket in town, isn't it to go
to the new one New Zealand Stadium. I better get
(23:20):
it right and watch anything.
Speaker 4 (23:24):
Yeah, they had had a pretty good number there at
the content that's six sixty content. There's still a few
teething problems as far as getting in and out with
some of the door you know, not having enough doors
open and everyone's queuing up, But hopefully that gets rictified
because I think they've got the Warriors and the Orblet's
coming so that I'm not sure if they've actually got
(23:46):
the temporary seeking up this week for another five thousand people.
But you know, it's a great a great venue so
close to town and hopefully you know, the heart of
Christ Hitch is and for a bit of a renaissance
aft to know what has been a pretty tough tough
time since twenty eleven.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
Yeah, yeah, and good on you. It's every dog as
his day and you've got a wonderful new stadium. I
can't believe I said this at the top of the
show's stulo. I'm I'm wishing for the Crusaders. I don't
think I've ever said that in my life.
Speaker 4 (24:18):
ABC. Isn't it anyone but normally but hopefully they've always been,
you know, depending on other results of course as to
what the layout going forward. But your first and foremost
get a win and you go another week.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
Good on you. Okay, lads, thank you very much for
your time. I got to go. There we go Today's
Farmer panel Stu Duncan and the Mania is a great
area basin, big valley whatever you want to call it,
A million acres in there, Duncan said, and Stu Low
and Canterbury where they need some rain, but it won't
worry them. Under the roof, I was going to say tonight,
(24:55):
but it's tomorrow afternoon. I think what have we got
the hurricanes tonight and talking about rugby. It is life
members Day at the Mighty Riversdale Rugby Club tomorrow. Can't
make it. Unfortunately, I know you guys will have a
great time. The vikings are tidy up by Kiwi and
the Mighty Riversdale Senior Sees. They've brushed the cobwebs off
(25:15):
all the old guys and the young guys and they've
got another footy ten going. That's what club Rugby is
all about. Have a great day in Riversdale tomorrow. Up
next Michelle with the latest and rural news, Sports news.
Before the end of the hour, Chris Brandolino, we'll see
if we can whisk up some rain for you people
who are dry. Some of you have had far too
(25:37):
much rain this week, by the way, I'm not belittling that.
And also Barrysopa a great night for the Soper Duples
ce Allen family last night at the New Zealand Radio Awards.
Speaker 1 (25:47):
It is sad.
Speaker 2 (25:49):
Julie, welcome back to the country. I'm Jamie McKay. Very
shortly Michelle Watt with the latest and rural news. We'll
have a look at sports news for you. But it's
field Day's season. Field Days is here where it is
next week? And Halters this is a great deal. Halter
(26:10):
is on the lookout for six farmers to win Halter
for one year free. I'll tell you all about it.
Are you happy with how you run your farm? But reckon,
there's more potential to unlock. While Halter wants to back
you this year they're giving six farms a full year
of Halter completely free. Great deal a one dairy farm
(26:30):
and one beef farm in the North Island, one dairy
farm and one beef farm in the South Island. But wait,
there's more. And for the first time, two existing Halter
customers anywhere in New Zealand are with Halter. You can
virtually fence and shift cows from your phone, manage pasture
more efficiently, and stay on top of mating and animal health.
(26:51):
It's the future of farming built here in New Zealand.
If you could be the farmer they're looking for. Whether
you already farm with Halter or not, head to halterhq
dot com forward slash win to apply entries closed fourteenth
of June or swing by site e eighty two at
field Days try Halter and farm the way you've always wanted.
(27:13):
That's HALTERHQ dot com forward slash win. That is a
great field Day's offer. Indeed it is. They're not a
mile away from where we're broadcasting from. We are broadcasting
from the farmland site. Off the top of my head,
where's my run sheet, it's e one eight, not a
(27:35):
mile away from the main entrance actually good spot down
by all the vehicles there at field days. So we
will be at Farmlands broadcasting from site e one o
eight Wednesday to Friday. Make sure you swing by and
have a yarn and get some expert advice, not from
me or Michelle, but from the team at Farmlands. Looking
forward to it. Here's Michelle with the latest and rural news.
Speaker 1 (27:59):
The count News with cub Cadet. It's one thing to
talk innovation, another to back it up drive it. We
dare you visit steel Ford dot cot, ALLNZ for your locals.
Speaker 8 (28:09):
Targ guest, did I tell you why I chose Dolly Parton?
Speaker 2 (28:14):
No, Well, I've played a couple of Dollies, then I've
gone to obviously Glenn Campbell. I might even sneak a
wee bit of Charlie Pride or something. And just because
we're going old time country, why did you choose Dolly Dolly?
Speaker 8 (28:26):
Because earlier in the week we played Miley Cyrus and
Dolly is Miley's godmother and actually distantly related in a way.
But also Dolly's a legend.
Speaker 2 (28:34):
Maybe we could play Billy Ray Cyrus.
Speaker 8 (28:36):
We could.
Speaker 2 (28:37):
Yes, he's got one song. One He's got one song. Yeah, well,
he produced a very talented daughter. I'll give him that.
Radio Watson Rural and.
Speaker 8 (28:44):
News Okay, Real news. Resilience funding towards state highways has
been welcomed by Horticulture New Zealand. The government has set
asigned four hundred million dollars for state highway resilience projects
to improve reliability of key routes during and after severe
weather events. Projects include resilience and improvement on State Highway
two through the yo Weicker Gorge and State Highway twenty
(29:04):
five around the Coramandel. Kate Scott, CEO at HORTENZI, says
the funding recognizes how important reliable and resilient transport networks
are for getting fresh produce to market across New Zealand,
and State Highway seventy three between Arthur's Pass and Otela
has reopened after a suspected tallow spill and rain coursed
several trucks to slide. Road users are encouragter travel with
(29:26):
extra care and that's real news.
Speaker 1 (29:29):
Sports on the country with AFCO business well done.
Speaker 2 (29:33):
Well favor us clamping down on plastic horns at the
Men's Football World Cup, which starts later this month in
the United States, Canada and Mexico. The ruling body has
banned Vuvuzela's I think I got that right, which became
a staple of matches at the twenty ten edition in
South Africa. We all remember that well, the last time
the All Whites featured at the tournament, and I think
(29:56):
by memory of the All Whites were the only team
to go through that tournament and not lose a game.
Someone correct me on the text line if I'm wrong
with that. One body paint, laser beams and reusable water
bottles are also on the prohibited list at all sixteen
World Cup venues, and Hurricanes coach clayde Claigue Clark laid
(30:16):
Law insists co captain Duplessy Carrefe is fit and ready
for tonight's Super Rugby Qualifying finals match in Wellington. Carrefe
has been named at open side flanker after overcoming a
niggley shoulder injury that's kept him sidelined in recent weeks.
And just remember that deal from Halter. I have so
much paper in the studio. A tree has suffered a
(30:38):
horrible death for me to get the show tomorrow. Where
is it the whole to deal it's here, somewhere. I
will find it. I will find it. The six of
them to give away here, it is here. This is
a great deal. So the six Halter you can get
hold of free on your farm for a whole year.
So two existing hal To customers, one dere farm and
(31:00):
one beef farm in the North Island, one dairy farm
and one beef farm in the South Island. The website
is Halter hq dot com. Forward slash win Up next
Chris Brandolino.
Speaker 1 (31:15):
Weather on the country with Fiji where happiness comes naturally.
Speaker 2 (31:20):
Okay, let's rip straight into it. He's our favorite weather
man on a Friday. Chris Brandolino from Earth Sciences, New Zealand.
I know that parts of the country, like the Nelson
Golden Bay sort of area, they got far too much rain.
Marlborough got plenty as well, but that you go down
the road away bit to Canterbury. We're talking to Stulo
three or four mills for the month of May, one
(31:40):
million in christ Church and dry on other parts of
the North Island as well.
Speaker 4 (31:46):
Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 6 (31:48):
We are going to get a good drop rain for
this afternoon, in this evening, across this time, much of
the North Island, so areas of the North Island will
see pretty active weather. In fact, you may have heard
about the very vivid lightning and thunderstorms that impacted areas
across the south coast of Wellington and the top of
the South Island. That same weather system is gonna be
(32:08):
moving north, so expect this afternoon. In this evening heads up,
farmers downpours thunderstorms across the Waycotto. In fact, our friends
at met Service have a severe thunderstorm watching effect between
three and eight o'clock this evening, I believe for Northland,
Auckland and much of the Waikatos, so there's gonna be
some locally heavy rank. Could be a tornado or two,
so that'll move on through now. I know Hawks Bay
(32:30):
could use the rain gosh dart if they're not gonna
get enough, they're gonna get maybe a little bit, but
much of central and southern Hawks Bay Jamie could be
spectators on this one. Good puff of cool air comes
in for the weekend. Looks like we'll find a big
sharp dropped in temperatures with a southerly but probably gonna
be short lived because we'll find temperatures rebounding once again
(32:52):
middle part of next week into the weekend. It looks
like after this rain Jamie, we're gonna be settling into
more of a dry weather pattern and then unfortunately that's
the concern as we move forward. Our winter outlook has
been released and we sort of hinted at this last week.
Speaker 4 (33:08):
Dryness.
Speaker 6 (33:09):
We are concerned for dryness, So the northern and eastern
part of the North Island. That's the greatest risk for
dryness for the North Island, as well as the eastern
part of the South Island where they really could use
the rain. That is a concern. We could see a
dry winter or drier than usual winter anyway.
Speaker 2 (33:25):
What about the areas that got white too much? Rine
are the biblical numbers on the West coast and sort
of Nelson region.
Speaker 6 (33:32):
Yeah, so look the top of the good question, top
of the South Island. So these weather events we saw
over the weekend and early in the week King's weekend
where we had these lows to our west dragging tropical
moisture down right, that's going away so with El Nino,
and that's going to be likely a strong or very
strong and so called super El Nino. With El Nino
literally on the cusp of forming. Those sorts of air
(33:53):
flows are going.
Speaker 4 (33:54):
To go away.
Speaker 6 (33:55):
So the areas that have seen over the past year roughly,
that have seen going back to life winter have seen
these big rainfall events Upper North Island, Upper South Island,
those same areas are going to be trending dryer. So
I don't expect to see many more of these big
rainfall events where air comes to the north. I'm not
saying that don't happen at all, but I guess the
odds are going to be much lower. It's the west
(34:16):
of the South Island, Jamie over toward Fjordland, Southland, interior
Otago you're going to see after a relatively dry and
warm June, as we get into later in July and August,
that al Ninia type west to southwest wind becomes more persistent,
our rainfall picks up, elevation snow, and I think it's
the second half of winter where the rainfall really increases.
(34:38):
But it's going to be the western and southwest part
of the South Island. I think many other areas, including
the top of the South Island, run that dry risk concern,
and unfortunately that may continue into spring and when we
have consecutive months of dry weather. That's when things really
get in early. So make a plan. Farmers. If you
get dry, think about when it's happened in previous years,
(34:59):
when you've done I'm really dry and think about a plank.
Speaker 2 (35:02):
Yeah, you know. I just I've got a question. I
want a ten second answer. Can I wear my dress R. M.
Williams boots to field days and not get muddy? Or
do I need to wear the old ones.
Speaker 6 (35:13):
For field days? That's next week?
Speaker 4 (35:15):
Right?
Speaker 2 (35:15):
Yeah Hamilton, you can do this. Chris, Yeah, look, be quite.
Speaker 6 (35:20):
You don't need to have a duty ones.
Speaker 2 (35:21):
Okay, I'll wear the new ones. Thank you.
Speaker 4 (35:23):
We have a new one.
Speaker 2 (35:24):
I hope that. Hopefully they don't get money. Only place
you get muddy boots is in the car parkt Field
days are very shortly. Barry Soaper and dream.
Speaker 5 (35:32):
Of gow the Stone.
Speaker 2 (35:39):
Welcome back to the country. Just trying to get hold
of Barry Soaper. We'll get them on a sick before
I forget Farmstrongs teamed up with Spark that chat. I've
got no idea what spark that chat as. Maybe Michelle
can tell me to power up the twenty twenty six
cut the Ball campaign and boost the mental well being
of young farmers, growers and workers. You'll be able to
(35:59):
have a chat with Jack Jensen and his high Ocdane
crew on the farm Strong stand at field Days next week,
and of course the farm Strong team will also be
there to have a natter. So if you're at Mystery
Creek next week, make sure you call in and say
hi and share what you're doing to cut the ball
and stay farm strong. Hopefully we'll have Sam Samuel Whitelock,
the Farm Strong Ambassador on the show next week from
(36:22):
Field Days. Yes, trying to multitask, not doing a very
good job. But someone's just texted in here Michelle really quickly,
because I know you've looked at the answer for this one.
You know, we know what we sell India India, what
do we buy off them?
Speaker 8 (36:36):
The main things are technology, electronics, pharmaceuticals and I think
minerals as well might be one of them. So we
do get quite a bit of stuff out of India,
believe it or not.
Speaker 2 (36:44):
Yep, Okay, So there you go, Elizabeth Taranaki, sheep and
beef farmer, thanks for texting, and Barry Soaper wraps the
country next.
Speaker 6 (36:53):
Whenever a chance to meet.
Speaker 1 (36:57):
Some old friends on their street.
Speaker 4 (37:01):
That one.
Speaker 2 (37:01):
Yeah, going old old old time country with Charlie Pride
and kiss an angel good morning. That's probably what our
final guest for the week did this morning, Barry Soaper,
Are you there, Barry, I certainly am. Jomie, did you
kiss an angel good morning? I kiss an angel good
morning this morning? Because you're married to the best broadcaster
(37:22):
in New Zealand.
Speaker 5 (37:24):
Well no, I didn't this morning because she left for
the office at about half past two this morning.
Speaker 2 (37:31):
Brutal brutal house, isn't it.
Speaker 5 (37:34):
They are when you do the Brieffast Show. But of
course Mike Hosking is out of the country, so she's
filling in.
Speaker 2 (37:41):
Well done, Barry, I know that you or you've got
I mean you would we know, as Michelle said, there's
no room left in the pool room at your place
because you've got years and years and years of them
and Heather Stock is stacked up the best gone or
the biggest gong two years in a row.
Speaker 5 (37:56):
Yeah, no, it was pretty extraordin we you know, we
all know weren't going to go last night, Jamie because
she is doing this early morning show and then somebody
has to look after the kids when she gets a
bit of sleep. So we thought we'll give the awards
a missed this year. But we were sort of nudged
towards them and decided that we would go after all.
Speaker 2 (38:17):
Well, I'm glad you did. Look, here's a question for
you out of the blue. I was watching the news
last night, and of course China's got the huff that
four politicians went to Taiwan. They have to apologize. They're
not allowed into China. No big deal. But why why
in God's name are we sending a four no names,
particularly two of them Duncan Webb and more in pure
(38:38):
correct me if I'm wrong, who are retiring in this term?
What a waste of taxpayers money?
Speaker 5 (38:45):
Well, yes, you could say that.
Speaker 2 (38:46):
No, I just did say that. Well where's the value
in it?
Speaker 5 (38:50):
Well probably I would imagine their trip would have been
paid for by the Taiwanese. It wasn't an official delegation
from parliament, so you know, the Taiwanese known for doing that.
I've in fact beaned to Taiwan many years ago, and
that was I was approached by a cabinet minister who
put together a group went up to Taiwan themselves. So look,
(39:13):
It's been done for years, but in the Chinese have
been a little less sensitive than what they are at
the moment. And I think that what that says, Jamie,
is that the tension between Taiwan and mainland China is
now at an all time high.
Speaker 2 (39:27):
Hey, Barry, I just want to say, your book, one
last question, Prime Minister, is putting me to sleep every night.
And that's not because it's boring, Barry. It's such a
good read. I just read it into the small lass
and then I'm not off great box.
Speaker 5 (39:41):
Well, I'm really pleased to hear that. Yes, I certainly
hit the right notes and I'm happy about that. And
as you're hitting the right note now, Jamie.
Speaker 2 (39:50):
Yes, I am a bit of Charlie pride for you.
I know you're a Gore boy. There would have been
lots of Charlie pride back in the day when you
were doing the domes and the center parks in the
middle of Gore. We go, Berry, soaper, he's come a
long way, hasn't he. Radio that's us gone and dusted,
and I can't believe I'm saying this. You go the
Crusaders tomorrow and christ Church we'll catch you back on Monday.
Speaker 1 (40:17):
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