The Country Full Show: Friday, November 21, 2025

Jamie talks to Shane Jones, Emma Poole and Tim Dangen, Chris Brandolino, Hamish McKay, and Barry Soper. 

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As promised from US. Today's show after Matellica going hard
rock here on the Country. We normally go come on
a Friday, but they know about you. Shook me all
night long. But our first guest is going to shake
up the show. Martua, Shane Jones picking fights with the

(01:09):
Green Sam, Neil, you name it. They're all in his
sights at the moment. Today's Farmer Panel Emma Paul Tim
Dangin brother and sister, both former Young Farmers of the Year.
Emma is in the Whitehadow. Tim is down in South Front.
A month on from the Big Storm? How is the
recovery going? Talking about the weather? Chris Brandolino Friday's weather

(01:31):
guy from Earth Sciences, end Z, the artist formerly known
as Kniewha The impending Big Dry. Yeah, we scheduled a
one day international for Napier. We only ended up or
they only ended up getting about five mills of rain
I think so that was enough to wet the path,
not to break the dry or the drought. Hamish Mackay
mckaye on Sport. We've got our last all Black test

(01:54):
for the year. We've got the ashes starting today, looking
forward to that. And have we got the right coach
for the silver Ferns Barry Sooper? Could Winston ever go
with labor again? I'll I'll Shane that one as well.
And Chloe what do you do with a problem like Chloe? Anyhow,
That's all on the show today. Michelle will be in
here with rural news as well, and we'll update sports

(02:17):
news for you. Must We've got a special message from
the team at Armstrong. Jane Jones is the Prince of

(02:38):
the province. Is the self titled Marta Shane. But here's
a question for your Shane. Are you and Winston getting
ready to go with labor? According to David Cymore, you are?

Speaker 5 (02:48):
Oh.

Speaker 6 (02:49):
Look, this is one of David's and passioned outbursts. There's
some ongoing debate as to the real value of the
regulatory legislation that he's brought and look very proud of
the legislation, but we need to make sure that we
have a manifesto next time around that speaks to the issues.
But no, there's no agenda to breathe life into the

(03:11):
old relationship with Sindor or inheritors at all.

Speaker 4 (03:15):
Minjie Winston has said he's never going to go with
Chris Hepkins. He backstabbed him and all that sort of stuff.
But if there was a change in labor leadership, and
they're obviously probably won't be before the election, he technically
could change his mind and cover his backside.

Speaker 6 (03:29):
Are you South Islanders have got to spend less time
in the back paddock imagining all these strange, eerie premonition
riddle false realities. Park it up, parking up. We know
exactly what we're doing, and Li has said that we're
not joining with them again once bit and twice shy,

(03:50):
And I'm no wecker who puts his head back in
the noose second time.

Speaker 4 (03:53):
Winston did say when he was speaking to mister Hoskins,
that's Mike this morning, that it wasn't the bottom line
for him, It is a bottom line for David Seymour. So,
taking you at your word, I expect you to give
ground on that one and coalition negotiations if you indeed
get the Treasury benches back. Now. I must congratulate you,
Shane Jones, on some of your rhetoric around the Greens.

(04:15):
It always amuses me. You've labeled the Greens idea about
mining as ideological compost and a foolish belief that somehow
prosperity comes from a community garden, beautiful work.

Speaker 6 (04:30):
You know as well as I do that the Green
recipe is economic treason.

Speaker 5 (04:36):
You know that.

Speaker 4 (04:39):
Well, yes I do. But I'm hoping for some more
rhetoric from you for all my listeners.

Speaker 2 (04:43):
No, no, no, no, no.

Speaker 6 (04:44):
Look, look, the bottom line is that every time Chloe
stands up in Parliament, she's like some sort of demonic
egg beater, all full of rhetoric, all full of slogans
designed to scare away investment, destroy the god fearing ability
of Kiwi's, of Aussie's, of international investors to reinvigorate our mining.

(05:07):
I've got every right to call her out, I mean,
these ecomaniacs. Also, what about what about them over in
Brazil full of hot air trying to denounce New Zealand
for bringing some common sense, some pragmatism, and standing up
for the cow owners and the farmers of New Zealand. Mate,
the South Island should be on top of every steeple,

(05:29):
every hill, on the side of every white beat, stand
and clapping and applauding me. At least I put it
out there and tell Chloe and Labor and anyone else
else who stands in the way of economic prosperity meet
me at the PLoP box, and I believe I've got
cues on my site.

Speaker 4 (05:44):
You've also picked a fight with Sam Neil gets dangerous
to pick fights with popular celebrities. Shane Jones.

Speaker 6 (05:52):
Well, I've no doubt in my mind that whilst Sam
is a beloved character, the people who vote for me
are the moms and dads who want their children to
have a future in New Zealand. Just last night at
the Caricirie Hotel there are a whole lot of young
men and women saying they're packing up and going to Wazzi.
Why because they see at the moment better opportunities to

(06:15):
fly in and fly out and working in their mining sector.
I want to recreate. I want to develop that option
for them here in New Zealand. Now, look, I know
Sam and his Cohort may be a bit upset with me,
but look, if Sam gets too frisky with me, he
should go back to Jurassic Park.

Speaker 4 (06:32):
Well that Sam sorted out. The most annoying one act
a celebrity for me, Hollywood heavyweight, whatever you want to
call them, is James Cameron, that well known Wira Rappa
farmer who jets in and out of Los Angeles by
private jet. And I forget about that carbon footprint. But
then he's telling us how to live and even worse,
telling us out of farm.

Speaker 6 (06:52):
James Cameron asserted, and in those bleak days of just
Cinda Aduran, that the future was synthetic beef. He can
take his synthetic beliefs, he can take his anti Kiwi
attitudes and put them where the sun doesn't shine. He
has no business as an American moving to New Zealand

(07:15):
taking for granted all of the liberties, the rights, and
the heritage of us Kiwis. And it comes off the
back of the farm, not only denouncing but undermining the
traditions that have made places like Northland and White of
Upper Key legacy destinations in the nation of our in
the history of our nation.

Speaker 4 (07:35):
Just to finish on you and I are both keen
observers of American politics. What did you make And I
know you've got to be careful because you're a government minister,
but what did you make of Trump's decision to drop
tariffs in our case on beef and kiwi for it?
Good news for us, but I mean he flip flops daily,
that bloke.

Speaker 6 (07:54):
Well Winston told us all along that what happens on
a Monday may not be the case on a Friday,
and fair cop to good marks for Todd McLay. Todd
said when these decisions were announced, and I hope the
cock is down the line accept this, that he would
not give up. He'd continue to advocate and point out

(08:15):
that we're not a threat to America's economic viability. We're
actually a positive contributor. And I think that Winston and
Todd had it right. Don't go out there with neon
lights trying to pick a scrap. Just quietly move away
and let the move on and let the facts speak
speak into that political echo chamber. And they've kicked a goal.

Speaker 4 (08:35):
So you've got good people like Todd McLay, who's doing
a great job in trade. I mean, how could you
swap that for Raweri and Debbie.

Speaker 6 (08:42):
Come on, Shane, well Lawidi and Debbie. As I've said,
rakin to the moor soon becoming extinct. They will never
be seen again after the next election. I said in
Parliament it's in the Bible. The house that it's divided
among itself, it perishes and collapses. They have basically dashed

(09:05):
the hopes of the Farno and the households that sent
them to parliament. They're wasting our time and money. And
look they turn up with all of these strange feathers
and colors and sort of crazy rhetoric, and people have
moved away from them. They are never ever going to
be in cabinet. And the short time they've blighted New

(09:27):
Zealand politics was thankfully coming to an end.

Speaker 4 (09:30):
Yeah, and some of that traditional Mari garb as well,
like the cowboy hat.

Speaker 6 (09:36):
Yeah, well, I'm really disappointed that he's bought a fine
tradition into disrepute. It was Dover who started wearing a hat,
and of course it already says, oh well, I wear
it because cowboys was the nickname for the married battalion
from the East Coast. Don't exploit, don't weaponize a proud
tradition of New Zealand history. Just so you can cover

(09:56):
your foolish, toxic ideology.

Speaker 4 (10:00):
Shane Jones, are you never disappoint Thanks for your time
today on the Country. Appreciate it.

Speaker 6 (10:05):
Demonic Egg better see you later.

Speaker 4 (10:09):
Thanks Shane, Demonic Egg Beta. Where did that come from? Anyhow?
That's the description of Chloe And what did you say
about Roweri and Debbie akin to the moab to become extinct?
Tell us what you really think, Shane, Ah, he's entertaining.
Seventeen after twelve you all with the country. The show
is brought to you by brand Off to the coal face.

(10:31):
Next a couple of farmers, brother and sister, former Young
Farmers of the Year, Emma Paul and Tim Dangein Chris Brandolina,
I'm looking at his NEA or Earth Science as en
Z drought map, and more and more of the east
coast of both islands are starting to get a tingy
yellow there. Hamish McKay's at the Fielding Saleyards right in

(10:51):
the middle of town by the clock tower or down
the road from the clock tower. What a great town.
Fielding is one of my favorite rural towns. And Barry
Soper Winston ever ever go with labor and is Chloe
indeed a demonic egg beater? We'll ask Barry before the
end of the hour.

Speaker 1 (11:26):
The Farmer panel with the Isuzu Dmax, the Kiwi ute
built tough with truck DNA.

Speaker 4 (11:33):
Today's Farmer panel. Brother and sister One was the Young
Farmer of the Year and twenty twenty two Tim dangeon
his younger sister Emma Paul the Young Farmer of the
Year the following year, twenty twenty three. I want to
start with you, Tim. You've gone down to Southland, that
farming El Dorado to make your fortune. Now, are you
a bit worried about the price of milk?

Speaker 5 (11:53):
Jamie? Good to be here. It certainly looks like it's
got a bit of pressure on it, doesn't it. We
were pretty ambitious with our foot thing early on, so
we did locks and so we've covered ourselves from a
rest perspective there somewhat. But it's certainly on a bit
of a downward trend. So you just got to be
mindful of it and make sure that we don't get
too carried away with our spending this season, and just

(12:14):
wait to see where it ends up.

Speaker 4 (12:15):
Mind you if it is nine dollars fifteen, it could
well end there for this season. I note that the
futures market's currently at nine sixty two for this season,
and you can take that with a grain of salt.
But that's okay. You can still make money perhaps of
more concern, and there's a lot of water to go
under the bridge between now. On the twenty six twenty
seven season, it's sitting at eight dollars ninety three. And

(12:39):
if we got down to that, Tim dangein dairy en
Z tell us it costs eight dollars sixty or something
to make a kilogram of milk solids, well, becomes more
of a marginal business.

Speaker 5 (12:50):
Here, it does, Jamian. This is just the game we play,
isn't it. We're just in the usual cyclical trend that
we see with dairy farming. So just got to make
sure that you're keeping an eye on your own cost
within your business and you don't get too carried away
with your spending. I always cerdainly grew mindful of what
next season is looking like, and we will possibly cover
ourselves with the brisk mitigation there as well. I'd say

(13:13):
that you did right on nine dollars fifty is still
good money to be made. So I think it's a
little bit frustrated that Fonterra came out with the early
signaling of ten dollars, which probably put a bit of
extra fuel in the system for farmers. That has led
to a bit of extra supplement being fed and extra
milk bean creative throughout the country, which fuels the problem

(13:34):
in itself, doesn't it. But we're still we're still happy
at nine dollars fifty and we're loving things down here
in South and so we'll keep driving away now.

Speaker 4 (13:41):
That the storm's over. Will come back to the storm, Emma,
Paul and Waikato. Is Fonterra guilty of fanning the flames
a bit on this? In this case, ten dollars always
seemed ambitious. And I found the interesting thing right at
the beginning of the season when Fonterra, I think, by memory,
set a low point of at a high point of
eleven on a mid point of ten.

Speaker 7 (14:03):
Good afternoon, Jamie, Yeah, thanks for being here, but yeah,
you're not wrong there. And I guess that wide range
at the very beginning signaled that there was uncertainty about
and what go that must come down Jamie and we've
had a pretty good run with dairy lately, haven't we,
So it's not surprising that it might be on its
way back down. And I see that you talked about
darien Z with the cost of production being eight.

Speaker 2 (14:25):
Dollars sixty eight.

Speaker 8 (14:26):
They've actually lifted that.

Speaker 7 (14:27):
From eight dollars forty one. So whether or not there's
the supplement uses playing into the cost of production there.
But what the really interesting thing I think is that
with a bit of extra money floating around, the use
of supplement has increased, and with that we've seen a
lift in production. So we quite often have discussions around
the way, kiddo, whether what system you should be running,

(14:49):
whether it should be a one or a five, and
how much supplement you should be using. But it goes
to show that if you do put in strategic use
of supplement and use it at the right time, you
can actually balance out those deffercas you get in grass
farming and list the cow production. Which is a good
efficiency story there, isn't it.

Speaker 4 (15:05):
Well, it's a mathematical equation, isn't it. When you've got
a high payout ten dollars, chuck it in one end,
it comes out the other.

Speaker 7 (15:11):
If only it was that simple. You can certainly waste
a lot of money checking it in one end. Well,
you've got a grass surplus and not managing that properly, Jamie,
So you've got to keep your finger on the tab
for sure. But grass is definitely not a perfect diet
for our cows, and we're seeing sort of a decrease
in fiber in the grass that's coming about these days,
so it's really essential to make sure that you're balancing

(15:34):
the protein and energy with those supplements.

Speaker 2 (15:36):
Strategically.

Speaker 4 (15:37):
You're suggesting, and you've got a background not only as
a dairy farmer and a former young farmer of the air,
you're a trained vet and you're suggesting that carf rearing,
more carf rearing on dairy farms and moving the operation
or diversifying the operation into a beef operation as well,
would be a good thing to do because of all

(15:58):
the stables in the primary sector. At the moment, i'd
have to say red meat and particularly beef, looks the
best story.

Speaker 7 (16:05):
Oh beef's looking bloody brilliant, isn't it. It's nate to
see that they're having the turn after we've had ours.
But I won't give away all.

Speaker 5 (16:11):
My secrets, Jamie.

Speaker 7 (16:12):
But yeah, we've certainly been wearing calves here on our
farm for the last ten ten seasons, and it's just
such a lovely supplement to the dairy income, especially when
things start heading southward, to know that you've got another option.
And for the first time ever this year we saw
no increase in milk price powder. We didn't see an

(16:32):
increase in palette price really, but the price of wieners
that's beef cross dairy carves that are coming out of
our dairy herd, the price of sale at the other
ends hit about two hundred dollars extra on it from
previous seasons, so pretty remarkable story. And I know Dad
up north was taking a trailer full of sheep to
the sales and selling his sheep for three hundred dollars

(16:54):
ahead and picking up four day old calves for thirty
dollars ahead. So he's buying ten calves for every sheep
is sold, which is just a crazy story in itself.

Speaker 4 (17:02):
I think Timm d engine down on Southland a month
on from the big stormhouse, the recovery.

Speaker 5 (17:06):
Going, Yeah, we're going good, Jamie. We've still got a
handful of trees to clean up, but we had a
really good passure at it in the last week or so.
The weather has come right fortunately, so most farmers are
just getting on with the job that's in front of them.

Speaker 2 (17:19):
Really.

Speaker 5 (17:19):
It's a very busy time of the year, as you
can imagine, so you've got all the usual things happening
with mating and silage and bailage being made flat out.
So we're just sort of chipping away and taking a
long term approach. But another couple of weeks and we'll
be back to normal hopefully.

Speaker 4 (17:33):
Are you coming to the Southern Storm Shout at the
twenty seventeen Young Farmer of the Year's place between Milton
and Bealcloth next Thursday.

Speaker 5 (17:43):
Yeah, I'll be up there, Jamie. It's awesome that Nigel
and Leanna are willing to host a bunch of hungry
and thirsty farmers, so we'll come along for a free
drink and a feed, and you'll try to bring some
of the stuff along as well. Looking forward to it.

Speaker 4 (17:55):
Maybe we should fly you and Emma as a celebrity guest.

Speaker 7 (18:00):
To have a baby, remember, Jamie, So a right opportunity
leave after this.

Speaker 4 (18:03):
That's a good excuse not to be drinking. We will,
we will leave you in peace. When does the baby
jew by the way, early.

Speaker 7 (18:10):
December, Jamie, So we've got a couple of weeks leaves
unless I mean he's a short gestation ball.

Speaker 4 (18:14):
I better get I better get one more panel in
before the birth, I think, because you might be out
of action for a week or two. Knowing you probably not.
But anyhow, Hey, good luck, Thank you so much, the
pair of you for your time. That is our farmer panel,
Tim Dangel and Amber Paul go well, guys, Jamie Jamie,
and you've got to love the dairy farmer humor there,
Emma suggesting that she might have had a short gestation

(18:37):
ball with the pregnancy. Gee, if you want a job done,
ask a busy person. That'll be child number three for Emma.
And she's running two farms with a husband, and she's
a vet as well. And then she runs around the
country doing speaking engagements amazing people. Well, now the Highway

(18:57):
to Hell. Michelle's wandered in here, Hi jeneral this friendship
at the South Otago show in two thousand and one
week back in the early millennium. Anyhow, Michelle and the
Highway to Hell is not between Bellcluth your home place
and Milton the hot that's State Highway one, State high
and on next Thursday you need to get on State

(19:19):
Highway one and find your way to Nigel and Leanne
Woodheads Farm. Nigel was the twenty seventeen Young Farmer of
the Year for our Southern Storm Shout. We've got the
Emerson's Tiny pub spates bar there, We've got silver Fern
Farms meet on the barbie. It's all paid for or

(19:39):
donated goods from these wonderful companies. We've got a coffee card,
ice creams, you name it. So turn up. If you've
been affected by the storm, it's the Southern Storm Shout.
Look forward to your company next Thursday. We're still waiting
on the art from the Enzidmee art department in Auckland,
so we can send a poster out. When's that happening.

Speaker 9 (19:59):
I'm not in charge of the apartment, but I will
chase that up.

Speaker 4 (20:02):
Could you give that department to kick up the JACKSI
and tell them to get on and give us some artwork?
All right? And you could do it. You could make
up a wee posted, couldn't you.

Speaker 9 (20:10):
I probably could. I'm pretty creative. But I feel like
our boss right now might be listening to this and
hearing this message.

Speaker 4 (20:15):
Jamie Ben Ben, we'd love you to come down as well,
because Ben's not afraid of a bear. Ben, if you're listening,
give the art department to kick up the backsite. Come on,
we need to get this going. We need to get
the word out there. Up next to the weather with
our man from Earth Sciences, New Zealand, Chris Brandolino.

Speaker 1 (20:50):
Weather on the country with farmlands helping to prevent parasite
outbreaks this summer.

Speaker 4 (20:57):
That is twenty seven away from twelve. No way from
one thirty two after twelve. Stopped laughing, Michelle, Right, Chris
brandl There's only one ic DC song we could play
into a way the main I made a sunderstruck Chris
Brendolino from Earth Sciences, New Zealand, the artist formerly known

(21:17):
as Neghbor. Good afternoon, How arey?

Speaker 8 (21:20):
I'm well. I you know, I lived in Perth for
a couple of years and you know, worked for the
Beer Meteorology and one time the kids were quite young,
we took a trip to Fremantle and there's a statue
of Bond Scott there and I'll never forget. You know,
this is a Saturday morning, must have been like ten thirty,
eleven o'clock something like that, and we got to check
it out because he has Perth connections. And you know,

(21:42):
there was a couple of guys passed out, you know,
just sleeping by this statue and you can only imagine
the scene maybe like eight hours ago, four o'clock in
the morning. But these guys were clearly had were over
served and spent the night, you know, sleeping it off
and then well to the morning.

Speaker 4 (21:59):
So yeah, pilgrimage to the light, great Bond Scott. Yeah,
I'm looking at the your new word drought index math.
And I said to you when I was teeing up
in the commercial break the One Day Cricket International didn't
do much even though it shortened the game to break
the drought and hawks by and you correct and you

(22:20):
corrected me as a pedantic where the man would you said,
it's not a drought.

Speaker 8 (22:24):
Well, look, I mean you can still have drought like impacts,
So I don't certainly want to discount what farmers may
be experiencing on you know, on farm or you know,
on the paddic. But when you look at the index.
Just you know, from a science perspective, we're on a
custom drought for sure eastern part of Hawk's Bay and
in conditions that will be qualified as extremely dry or

(22:45):
very dry and just a shameless plug. My steam colleague
Chester yesterday wrote the hotspot report. It's on our website
and then this talks about you know where the dryness
is and how that dryin is expected to behave by
way of rainfall. Is you're going to get back or
is it going to get worse over the next week.
So you can have a read at that. But if
maybe you're too busy to do that, we can give

(23:06):
you a little play by play. I can tell you this.
It's darn hot right now in parts of the eastern
South Island. Christ Church over thirty degrees right now and
Chevy also more than thirty degrees right now. So it's
a very hot day and places in Hawks Bay are
expected to reach, if not reach thirty, maybe exceed it.
So very warm to hot conditions today across eastern parts

(23:28):
of the country.

Speaker 4 (23:29):
Chris, it's Friday. When we check to you here on
the country, I am looking at drought Indix map. It's
a really good indicator. Albeit this one. It's always a
few days behind because they've got to get the information.
This is stated the eighteenth and November, so that's three
days off the pace. But that yellow is starting to
creep up up to the Gisbon Eese Coast region, down

(23:49):
through the water Rapa, Marlboro, into North Canterbury, down to
christ Church.

Speaker 8 (23:55):
Yes, that's right. And unfortunately, when I look at the
expected rainfall, say over the next ten days, look, it's
not a lot for those areas, still be some rain,
but unfortunately the areas that need the rain over the
next seven to ten days aren't to get much. And
one thing that's really important, Jamie, this is really important
And I no farmers, no, just but I'll say it anyway.

(24:17):
This time of the year it's all about budget. We're
losing moisture pretty rapidly, especially when there's any when there's
any wind. So when I look at what's called the
potential Evapo transporation PET, basically over the past fifteen days
roughly two weeks, those same areas eastern the upper Eastern
South Island and much of the eastern North Island have

(24:39):
lost between eighty and ninety millimeters of rain over the
past or moisture. I should say over the past couple
of weeks and over the past five days some places
twenty five, So that's five millimeters a day. So even
if it rains two millimeters or three millimeters, they're still
in deficit. So this is the time of the year
when we're basically spending more than we're making in that budget.

(25:02):
And unfortunately, we're not going to see a lot of
rain in areas that need it over the next ten
to fourteen years, or rain some but not where we
need it. It's going to be the west of the
South Ioland so that's where it will be some episodes
of rain over the coming ten days or so.

Speaker 4 (25:16):
Hey, Chris Brandeleno, I always appreciate your contribution here on
the Country on a Friday. You have a good weekend
you too, sir.

Speaker 10 (25:23):
Thank you.

Speaker 4 (25:23):
Here we go, Chris Breandoleno from Earth Sciences, New Zealand,
ac DC Friday on the Country. Our online producer Jane
Ferguson is a bit of a bogan as well, but
like you, Michelle, I don't know why am I surrounded
with bogans, but she's up. It was She's from Milton Well.
I love Milton I love the Milton Lions because they're

(25:46):
doing the barbie. They're running a courtesy van to get
all the farmers home. But she's up seeing tllool. I've
never heard of tool, not that tools. No, no, I
didn't know. I didn't say that tools, but tall. I
think she went to Metallica as well.

Speaker 9 (26:01):
I don't know if she went to Metallica, but I
know Roe went to Metallica.

Speaker 4 (26:05):
Rowena went to Metallica. Well, Rowena is a hard dog
to keep on the porch. She goes to everything. She
turned up to the opening of an envelope.

Speaker 9 (26:13):
It was their first time, and I did pre warn her.
I said to her, it will be crazy, it'll be amazing.
They are incredible live. Tool will be a great act
life though we've.

Speaker 4 (26:22):
Got any tool on our button bar.

Speaker 9 (26:24):
We have, but I don't know that you'll enjoy it
too much.

Speaker 4 (26:27):
I suspect I won't, but we might sample some tool.
Before the end of the hour, we're going to take
a break. We'll do rural news and sports news. Hamish
Mackay and Barry Sober to Rabbit.

Speaker 5 (26:48):
Well.

Speaker 4 (26:49):
The texts are coming in thick and fast. Please you
kept your promise with ac DC getting dry and Clyde Vale,
our surviving pivot is flat out and the Clyde boils
down on South Otago. Whoever that person is a text
it and make sure you turn up to the Sudden
Storm Shout next Thursday, because I know Clyde Vale was
particularly badly hit. So yes, it's starting to dry out

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around quite a bit of the country at the moment.
Rod regular texter. Rod, you just need to learn to
use full stops, my friend. But we do appreciate your contribution.
He doesn't like ACDC, not one jot. He wants Barry Manilow.
So music is very, very subjective. And here's another one saying, God,
you probably shouldn't say that. It could be blasphemous in

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some people's eyes. My goodness, I could have listened to
Shane Jones all day and that's from a retired trade
e and ran fairly Yeah. I like Shane Jones as well.
He's fun. Here's Michelle with the latest and rural.

Speaker 1 (27:49):
News, the country's world news with Cod Cadet, New Zealand's
leading right on lawn Bower Brand visit steel Ford dot
Cott zid for your locals, Douggist and.

Speaker 9 (28:00):
Before I go into the story, Jamie, I've just found
out ACDC are actually currently touring around Australia. Both the
lead guys are over seventy. It's incredible these bands coming.

Speaker 4 (28:08):
Up, they'll all be over seventy In ac DC.

Speaker 9 (28:11):
Angus is seventy and Brian is seventy six.

Speaker 4 (28:14):
Yeah, well he was replaced Bond Scott is right. Yeah, yeah,
great band. They've got so many They've got so many
better songs than tul.

Speaker 9 (28:23):
You haven't even heard Tool, although I've.

Speaker 4 (28:25):
Never heard a Tool. There you go. We're going to
try and I'm tossing up between Tool and Barry Manilow
as we go. Obviously end of this we go hard
thrash metal. Well it's not very Manilow is not really
hard thrash metal?

Speaker 9 (28:36):
Is he soften?

Speaker 4 (28:38):
I don't know. Lounge Lizard right, Rural News, the Alliance
Group came out with their annual result and it's a
vast improvement.

Speaker 9 (28:45):
It is, indeed, so thanks to Riley. I have to
credit Riley with the story.

Speaker 4 (28:49):
From Business desk Riley Kennedy, that.

Speaker 9 (28:51):
Is fantastic reporter. You often hear him on the show.
So Alliance Group has returned to profitability as it prepares
itself for a new majority owner in the coming weeks.
The result turns the page on two years of large
losses for the Processor, which had to find more than
two hundred and fifty million in new capital in order
to repay its banking syndicate. For the twelve months to
the end of September, it reported a net profit before

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tax of twenty four point six million, just above guidance
for twenty two million and twenty four million provided by
the company at its special meeting. Revenue was two point
one billion for the twelve month period.

Speaker 4 (29:27):
Just look at those numbers. Sorry, I haven't seen this,
I mean I saw it last night. But yeah, so
the turnovers two point one billion, the profit is where's
the profit? Oh, net profit of twenty twenty four point
six million. That's like it's like a one percent it's
I mean, it's a vast improvement, but it's still only
a one percent profit margin on that turnover. So it

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shows that you know, the farmers are doing okay, but
it's probably hard work for the meat company, says sport.

Speaker 1 (29:57):
Sports on the country. With AFCO we owned, and that's.

Speaker 4 (30:02):
Well, thank you af Cohen. We'll be quick with the
sport because we've got Hamish mckaye on sport and I'm
going to ask him about this one. This story here,
plaud it's from former Silver Fern netball captain Adean Wilson.
What a great player she was for interim Coachavette mccauseland
jury as her tenure draws to a close. Mccauseland jury

(30:23):
stepped in during the international game with campaigns. Should I say,
with incumbent Dame Noline Taro are suspended due to his
dispute with the governing body. Wilson says a steady hand
was welcomed during a tumultuous time. Now the question is
have we got the right netball coach for the Silver Ferns.
We'll ask Hamish MacKaye that one, and we'll do that

(30:44):
straight after the break and Barry Sober before the end
of the hour. Could Winston ever go with labor and
is Chloe indeed a demonic egg beater?

Speaker 1 (30:58):
MacKaye on sport farm Lands prevent Harrison outbreaks and score
a win this summer?

Speaker 4 (31:04):
Okay, Well, he's standing in the middle of the fielding
sailyards as he does on a Friday, goes down for
his cup of tea, Hamish Mackay MacKaye on sport. I
can hear the cows or the stairs bellowing in the background, Hamish.

Speaker 8 (31:16):
If they are there.

Speaker 10 (31:17):
A few cents down a kilogram this week, Jamie. But
you know plenty of numbers going through and smiles on
the face of the farmers, you know right across well
may not, you know, I think it's across the country,
isn't it. But certainly here in the manner with two
on a lovely sunny day and fielding it. We've had
enough moisture to the grass is growing, so we aren't
quite suffering some of the problems for the rest of
the country has in terms of a bit of bit dry.

Speaker 4 (31:39):
Are you looking forward to the Welsh Test or is
it a box ticking exercise?

Speaker 10 (31:43):
I feel way, but I'm looking forward to it because
I want to see how Ruben Love goes.

Speaker 4 (31:46):
Now.

Speaker 10 (31:47):
I don't think he I think he's a natural ten
and I think that's where we were going to see.
You know, this guy takes on the line with no
respect for his own safety. He does not lack an
intestinal fortitude. So fifteen I'm happy and playing and I'm
happy to see d Mat get another run on happy
to see you know Rico our center, get another go.

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But you know a Welsh side there's only just beaten
Japan and they've lost. You know, it's not a lot
to get excited about. But I suppose we've got to
look for green sheets that we I like Christian Leo
Early on the bench. I think he's been one of
the big wastes of the year in terms of we
saw how good a ball carrying number eight was in
being Hills. You know we need one like Leo Willie

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to come out and do that. And just by the way,
I just said, did you see that missus come out
from the Chief Center that said the horror movie that's
been banned, Annihilation at Tricking Them no longer allowed.

Speaker 8 (32:37):
To be watched.

Speaker 4 (32:38):
Right, Hey, Peter Archives seems to be a good ball
carrying number eight, but I wouldn't describe him as a
monster of a man. He's built more like a seven
than an eight.

Speaker 10 (32:48):
Well, if you look at Peter Larkey made about eighty
en tackles or something. But if you're judging who was
the best number eight on the field, the Englishman an
English open side underhill. He had us for dinner those
guys in the collision win every time and they get
over the advantage line. I don't want activity or pretty
passes from Satiki. I want guys hitting guys hard, taking
three or four with them and giving our backs front football.

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That's why, that's what we're not getting from this albit ok.

Speaker 4 (33:13):
Couple to quickly finish on Becau, I'm running short on time.
How good are the ash is going to be starting
this afternoon in Perth?

Speaker 10 (33:18):
They're going to be absolutely outstanding.

Speaker 8 (33:20):
I love this thing.

Speaker 10 (33:21):
I'm going on the background between the retired Panasar and Smith,
the Aussie captain.

Speaker 8 (33:26):
Where he's been given him.

Speaker 10 (33:27):
Apparently Panasa was on on Mastermind and he thinks America
is a village Oliver twisted as a season weather season
and Athens is in Germany. So Steve Smith said, he's
not really that qualified to have a crack at me,
is he there?

Speaker 4 (33:41):
You go?

Speaker 3 (33:41):
Can't wait for the air And have we got.

Speaker 4 (33:43):
The right person coaching or going to be coaching the
silver Ferns?

Speaker 8 (33:48):
Well yeah, I think so, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 4 (33:53):
The fillin didn't do a bad job, a great.

Speaker 10 (33:55):
I thought did a very honorable and hid how old
high and as she said back to school, back to Tippany,
back to sin Stephens on Monday. And yeah, I think
that I think out of the whole messy kind of
like you know scenario that it was, she's come out
of it with her head held high and did a
great job and now let's just hope we get on

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with it.

Speaker 4 (34:18):
Good on your Hamosh, enjoy the rest of your day
at the fielding stock is Sailyards right smack in the
middle of town. It is ate away from one Hamish MacKaye.
There Mackay on Sport Before I forget our message from
our mates farm Strong really important after what we've had recently.
When you're busy, taking time off can be a real challenge,
but everyone needs rest and recovery time to recharge the

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batteries so they can give their best on farm. So
make a little time this weekend to do something you
enjoy with your family, mates or neighbors. Come to the
Southern Storm shout all welcome you guys from North Canterbury
are welcome to drive down as well from Farm Strong.
You'll come back to work feeling fresher and more motivatable.
Catch next week Barry so perhaps the country. Welcome back

(35:13):
to the country. Wrapping up with Barry Sober, a political correspondent,
Barry straight into it, could Winston ever go with Labor again?

Speaker 2 (35:22):
First of all, Jamie, was that Metallica you were coming
out of?

Speaker 4 (35:25):
No, that's a C D C. And I know, Heather,
did you hear the go to Metallica?

Speaker 2 (35:30):
I went to Metallica. I never knew much about him,
but I loved it. When I went there, I thought
it was great. The music I could maybe do without,
but it was a spectacular night.

Speaker 4 (35:40):
It's the Winston, it's the vibe, it's Mavo.

Speaker 2 (35:43):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (35:43):
So tell me about Winston and Labor.

Speaker 2 (35:46):
Well, you know, I think not. I don't think he
will go with Labor at all. There's not even a
hint that he could go with it other than that
made by David Seymour. The thing is Winston and Chippy,
Chris Hipkins. They go back to the time when Winston
saw jasind dernhan to offers. So he knows the cut

(36:09):
of Chippy's cloth fairly well. And he has said whilst
he leads the Labor Party, there is no way New
Zealand First will go with them. And I think you've
got to take him out his word even though he's
done an about face on the Regulatory Standards Act. But
what he would claim And I don't know whether you
heard him this morning, and I was told by his

(36:30):
office yesterday that the original Act had a referendum attached
to it when it was voted on. He said he
was overseas, so wasn't there when Casey Costello got up
and spoke in favor of the legislation. That's no excuse really,
But nevertheless, he says, your campaign on no doubt reintroducing

(36:51):
a referendum to go with the Act.

Speaker 4 (36:54):
Yeah, I think we're seeing the first struggles for power
within the coalition partners. I still get the feeling they
might cannibalize the NET or try to cannibalize the national
vote heading into the general election next year. And I
know you didn't hear Shane Jones, but he called Chloe
a demonic egg beata. Where does the stuff come from?
Where does it even come from?

Speaker 2 (37:13):
I do not know what the demonic egg beta. Anyway,
I mean, they just turned how can you change it?
But anyway, look, I think you know the fact that
Chloe Swarbrick came out and said that she would revoke
any mining licenses if they were part of a government.

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She hasn't said that it would be her bottom line,
but I'll tell you what. If it was her bottom line,
label would have to go against what it said it
would do if it got into governance, and that was
honor any commitments that had been made. So they're not
together on that. And if you look at that alternative,
you look at the Mouldi Party, which is no way
in the world ready to be part of a government

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at the moment.

Speaker 8 (37:57):
A year on.

Speaker 2 (37:57):
Who knows, but I doubt it.

Speaker 4 (37:59):
Well shame Shane said. Debbie and Roweri were akin to
the moa about to become well, about to become extinct. Barry,
enjoy your weekend. Gotta go, Barry Soper wrapping the Country.
Have a great weekend. We'll catch you back Monday. At Monday.

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