February 2, 2025 • 38 mins
Jamie Mackay talks to David Seymour, Hamish Bielski, Te Radar, and Andrew Davis.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 4 (00:28):
Gaday, New Zealand. Welcome to the Country. It's brought to
you by Brand. My name is Jamie McKay. This is Beyonce.
But when are already at the Grammys, Michelle, I'll update
that action for you. Rory's going well in the golf
as well. David Seymour, there's a man who probably won't
go so well, I wouldn't think. On Thursday we'll ask
him the act leader, what's he doing going to White Tongui.
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Maybe he needs to do what the Prime Minister's doing
and sneak off down to the South Island where he
might get a better reception. Lots to talk about as well,
including the government's new targets that they sold farming out
Hamish Bowski. This is a great story. Another sharer who's
paid big money for a South shedding sheep. There's an
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iron in that one. Tareda. We had the first of
the regional finals on the Northern Regional Final at Helensville.
Will update that one. We're going to chat to Drew
Davis out of Toyota. They're trying to set a world
record in early March down in Kingston and Phil Duncan's
our weather man. We head to the other end of
the country, north than where it's getting really dry. But
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let's kick off the show with David Seymour, act party leader.
You're a brave man heading to Waitangi on Thursday. This
could end in tears for you. This could be the
last time we talk.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Well, there's always the possibility, Janie, but I actually think
you'll make it through the week and I look forward to.
Speaker 4 (01:52):
I'm not talking about me, I'm talking about you.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
I know what you're saying. That's look aldermate. I mean
there's all in the country where people can talk to
each other. We're not so very different. I've gone up
to White Tony every year that i've been an MP
COVID committing and I know that they'll be a by
the people who will be focused on what the media amplify,
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which is actually annoysy minority. But I think it's important
that our country can come together and people can talk
to each other. That's what I intend to do. Yep.
Speaker 4 (02:28):
Well, I don't think you're going to be talking to
each other. They're going to be yelling at you. Look,
I'm going to yell at you. Now. What's the story
with your new climate target's emissions? Well, your climate target
of fifty one to fifty five percent emissions by twenty
thirty five. Federated Farmers David are quite rightly saying the
twenty thirty target of fifty percent reduction in all greenhouse
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gas emissions is already totally beyond reach. Why are you
setting a goal that we won't be able to reach.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
A First of all, the government has taken a position
in accordance with its commitment to Paris, which was signed
up to under the previous government. I think New Zealand first,
the Greens and Labor all signed up and made that commitment.
We remain bound by now. As a party, we're part
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of this government, we support its positions. There's a wider
question of whether the Government of New Zealand should be
committed to the Paris Accord when half the world appears
to be pulling out of it. Anyway, that's a discussion
for another time. And perhaps another election. But I just
make the point that I Act alone has long said
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that the Zero Carbon Act, which every other party in
the current Parliament voted for, is wrong, and that the
Paris Accord is wrong. Our policy should be based on
our public servants and diplomas that's going out and representing
New Zealand to these global institutions. They seem to spend
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a lot of their time representing the global institution's interests
to New Zealander is However, at the moment we're in
a government, we've got these commitments that's up every other
party are signed up to and as a result we
have to go along with it.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
But hang on, David, we can just do it. Trump
just kick at the touch.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Well that's the that's the question I'm raising. If you
want to talk about the targets within the agreements we
have then as part of the government, I support those.
If you want to have the wider conversation about whether
or not New Zealand should be involved in this at all.
While exposition is it's clear and we're the only party
that it's been there on this and consistent throughout right.
Speaker 4 (04:52):
Well let's stick with Trump because he's slapped these new
tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China. Interestingly, what Mexico and
Canada five percent? China only ten percent? He's gone away
bit soft on them. But this is going to have
far reaching ramifications, not only for the American economy and
these other sead economies, but also for global trade. And
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basically Trump softened up his own people by saying Americans
may find themselves paying the costs. So is this a
bit of a self defeating prophecy for Trump?
Speaker 3 (05:29):
This well, I hate to do it, but let me
give you the usual disclaimer. The United States is a democracy.
They just had an election. They elected a president and
he's carrying out the policies he campaigned on. And just
as we would never want an American government to interfere
in a New Zealand elected government doing that, I don't
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intend to comment on the what's in our intrants as
a country and what our government will be advancing at
every opportunity. And I set that toddmer Clay is a
pretty good job as a trade minister, is that we
need a world of free trade and the world that
is based on rules rather than misas right and New
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Zealand be making that case that point at every moment.
But if I was going to make an observation just
about pure economics. When I was in the States at
the start of last year, I asked people, who are
you voting for? Why? They said Trump? Because life's got
too expensive under Biden. If the government of the US
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does things that are inflationary, I think they will disappoint
those voters. But that's just that's just me eke on
one oh one. It's up for them to make it well, just.
Speaker 4 (06:45):
A couple of quickly finish on. Good to see you
in Winston for once agreeing on something that Ted Cruise
is rather actually achieve something well, Ted Cruise, I reckon
he's the slimiest politician in America.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
Yeah, I mean, it's a bit can't say. Right. Well,
you know, I just make the point that there's many
people in New Zealand who I disagree with and they
don't represent my views, and I'm sure he has the
same thing. Rather odd that anyone would think that John
Minto was someone you should actually listen to in any country,
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but he seems to have got John Minto confused with
an actual leader. The position of the New Zealand government
that Israeli citizens can come in under the visa waiver program.
They can fill out an online form and come here
for three months, just like about forty or fifty other
country citizens can. We're a very good friend of Israel
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in that regard, and Israeli tourists absolutely welcome here as
our tourist.
Speaker 4 (07:45):
Right over, Sorry, I do have two more to quickly
take off. Woke banks. Do you support Shane Jones on
this one?
Speaker 3 (07:53):
Well, he's got a point up to a point, which
is that there is for one of the word wokery
and the banks. It starts in the universities, comes into
the graduates and all of a sudden are in the
boardroom and they're pursuing goals on behalf of other people
lay there, investors and customers. They actually no one really
asks them to pursue. So up to a point, I
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get that, but they just share this other thought. Often,
when people in business start saying that they're doing something
for a reason other than the bottom line, the real
reason they're doing it is the bottom line. And when
they say we are getting out of coal because we
want to be this or that or whatever virture signaling
might do it, I can guarantee you at least in
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the back of their mind, if not the front of
their mind, is that the political environment for the mining
and the same thing goes for farming, has been so
bad that if you were a bank and you heard
there was a country that just dropped an avalanche of
regulation SNA's fresh water laws, farm environment plans, and you know,
a missions trading scheme, and the he Locke Canoa and
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so goes on, you might say, gee, I actually think
there's it's not dispurcha singling. There's some real risk there.
So yep, agree with them up to a point. But
I also just say, if I really want banks to
lend to farming and other industries at competitive rates, we
actually need to do is make sure that the regulatory
environment really is positive for those businesses. And that's what
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I think. You know, if you look at Andrew Hogart
and Simon Court with the SNAs, if you and the
RMA replacement, if you look at what we're doing on
a split gas approach, Mark caveron on ployment, then we
are actually doing the hard yards, mate.
Speaker 4 (09:37):
Right, This sounds like in the real way, David, It
sounds like an election speech. Finally, the school lunches. You've
been stitched up a bit by some of the media
on this one, and you know, my point of view is,
and I see there's like kids and parents and teachers
whining about not getting this school lunch or whatever. But ultimately,
you know, like, isn't it the parents responsibility? I know
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that they're expect thing of school lunch, but are some
of these kids just too picky and fussy? You and
I both went to boarding school, David, so you ate
what landed on your plate.
Speaker 3 (10:09):
Well, and our parents were paying for it. Look a
few things about that. I mean, first of all, yeah,
makes always My position has always been parents should pay.
But we're in a coalition government. Chris and Winston said no,
I got to keep it going. I said, okay, then
we're going to make it cheaper. And we've saved one
hundred and seventy million a year. If Labor did it
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the way that I'm doing it, they could have saved
eight hundred million in the first five years. Is there
been a couple of delays and some screw ups, yep,
but this is the start, the first week of delivering
two hundred and thirty thousand meals to every school well
at least third of the schools in the country, so
that's not surprising. But I'm actually impressed. You know. I
always said there's ultimately a deep lizard of common sense
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amongst Kiwis, and people are staying to say, hang on
a minute, you're complaining about free food given to your kids.
There needs to be a little bit of a reality
check here.
Speaker 4 (11:01):
Absolutely. David Seymour, their act party leader. Eighteen after twelve,
you are with the country. As I said Beyonce, I
think she's already one Album of the Year at the Grammys.
I'll keep an eye on the Gulf for you as well.
Rory going great guns there at Pebble Beach. But up
next for the second show in a row, a shearer
who's paid big money for a self shedding sheep. That's
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a sheep you don't have to share. Got to see
the irony in that one. Haimershbowski up next the Dad
we Aly knowing the here's a good yarn for you
today on the Country on a Monday. When I first
ran into our next guest on the Country, he was
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the sheep genetics manager at Mount Linton Station in West
and South and one of the most beautiful big farms
in New Zealand, or it certainly was back in those days.
His name is Hamas Shbowski. More recently he's become well
known as one of the country's leading regenerative farmers. And
if that's not enough, he's a sharer. And if that's
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not enough, he paid twenty four and a half thousand
dollars for a self shedding ram last week. Heymosh, welcome
to the country. Good to have you back on again, mate.
What is it about you sharers? We had Quentin Whitehead
on the show on Friday. You today. You're both paying
big bucks for animals that don't produce swallow don't need shared.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
Yep, thanks Jamie. I know the irony is not lost
on us, but if we want to go out sharing,
we don't want to have to do any inputs to
our own sheep.
Speaker 5 (12:46):
And I think the.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
Future is I mean, it's all a prediction, isn't it.
But I think the future of chemical resistance with strenches
and licensed fly is going to get more and more tense. Ossie.
Greenflies really dug its toes and down here in the
last decade. And if we can just rip the crutch
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and the belly off to start with, Well, there goes
like eighty percent of the workload. And if in the
end we just share once a year these peelers that
have excellent growth and milk and lots of lambs away
to the works, well we can go sharing or go
boating or do whatever you like. But you've got the
options there, and I just struggle to see how wool
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is going to pay enough in the future to justify
the costs and the inputs.
Speaker 4 (13:37):
Okay, so fill me in here. You talk about these peelers.
So are you saying you're still going to share these
self shedding sheep or take the remainder of the wall
off them once a year.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
Well, it's going to take a while to get the
wall fully off, fully shedding and on the way. The
aim is not to lose any productivity just to get
the wool off. So as we go, if Will and
I proved, then we might just go, well, let's keep
a bit of a fleece on and if the wall
stays down, we can take it off. You've got options.
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But the main aim is to keep the genetics productive
and not you know, single trait focus and lose productivity
if it's not.
Speaker 4 (14:18):
A rude question, Hamish, how old are you? Because I've
known you for a number of years, I'm assuming you're
you might have kissed your thirties goodbye, have you?
Speaker 2 (14:27):
Yeah, I'm forty eight at the moment.
Speaker 3 (14:29):
What are you?
Speaker 4 (14:29):
What are you doing out on the handpiece? Are you
moonlighting as a sharer?
Speaker 2 (14:34):
Well? Last year was like brutal, and so to make
the budget meet, we just went back. I just went
back out sharing for a good gang here Jason Gilder
and Open Run. And so this year I thought, well,
we'll do it again. The prices didn't look good and
actually the prices that have improved dramatically, so I probably
didn't need to, but I enjoy it that much. Or
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just thought well I'd love to do a season or more.
Speaker 3 (14:59):
And yeah, I put my hand to it.
Speaker 4 (15:02):
What tally is you getting?
Speaker 2 (15:05):
Ah, we're around about two fifty to two seventy YUS
and fumal lambs, so we're just sort of This was
my first real main share. I guess last main share
I did was year two thousand when I was at
Lincoln University.
Speaker 4 (15:20):
Sheees, yeah, exactly right. So the ram you bought because
when we were talking to Quentin on Friday, and I'm
still amazed at the irony of you two sharers buying
self sharing sheep. But his was an Excellana Wiltshire Nudy cross.
I think the one that you paid twenty four and
a half thousand dollars for. That's a lot of money
for a RAM was an ex Lana Wiltshire cross.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
Yeah, and it was out of an older Wiltshire. You
and the ram was a half Explanta Wiltshire. But yeah,
he just had such good feet, such good type, and
really good balances, which is really rare to get all
that in one package. And the shedding sheep aren't they're not.
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You know, it hasn't been around that long, so there's
still a few faults that you can get in them,
and we just don't want to buy any genetics that
bring in faults to what's already a good arm decades
of breeding in New Zealand.
Speaker 4 (16:21):
Okay, well, I asked the Sorry I asked this question
of Quentin. I'm going to ask it of you as well.
When you've spent that much on a RAM, are you
going to start up a start operation or is this
just for your own breeding purposes?
Speaker 2 (16:33):
I know we've got a polled horse that start already
and we're just going to breed a polled Dorset and
meat maternal type sheet that requires very little input. And
the other four partners that are in with me I
mean to do similar stuff. So it's without them this
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wouldn't have happened. So I'm very grateful.
Speaker 4 (16:55):
Before I let you go, because I know you've got
to get back on the handpiece now that your moonlighting
has a share of Hamishbelski. How's the regenerative farming going
in South Otago.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
She's pretty relaxed at the moment. Don't get much topping done,
so I'm a little bit behind. But the other lambs
have been growing really well. We're probably the best season
we've had since I've been here. And yeah, I'm it's
a big relief, I guess, and takes a lot of
the pressure off. But just also you know, just better
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mention Dan Wheeler who's also a partner up in North
Canterbury who's done a huge amount of the ram breeding industry,
and Chris Wheeler of Richmond Chris Entsel of Richmond Farm
who sells female stock. He's got a shedding flock of
two thousand. I'd use and he's not he's a commercial
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farmer but just loves top genetics. And then one other
breeder down here that wants to remain unnamed. So that's
that's the four crazy guys, and we're looking forward to
a good future and ripping the costs out of our sheep.
Speaker 4 (18:06):
Yeah, why boy, the farming for wool when you can
have recreational and fun times out on the handpiece at
forty something years of age, Amos Shpowski. Look, I tipped
a hat to you, and I guess when we get
twenty four and a half grand and we divide it
by four, that's not bad buying at all. We'll follow
this story with much interest. We better let you go.
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Time to get on for the afternoon run.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
Thanks much, Jamie, appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (18:32):
There you go, Hamer Shpowski, Thank you, Hamish. I wonder
if Hamous is listening to Sabrina Carpenter and the Wallshed,
or he might be just be like Quintin. He might
just be listening to DJ Sash, that great artist from
the nineties.
Speaker 3 (18:49):
I think.
Speaker 4 (18:50):
Anyhow, Michelle's going to update the Grammys for you. We're
going to see what's happening in the Gulf with Rory
as well. He must have won it by about now.
Our sky's disappeared on us here in the studio, which
is a bit of a pain in the backside. Up next,
so we're going to have a look at the first
of the regional finals for the FMG Young Farmer of
the Year held at Helensville at the amp Showgrounds on Saturday,
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and Andrew Lumsden was there. Ter Radar's up next for
the first time in twenty twenty five, Yesterda Andrew Lumsdon,
the voice behind the FMG Young Farmer of the Year
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Grand Final which is coming up and then the Cargo
in July. But we've got to get through the regional
finals first, and Terradar I think we got We've ticked
one box already the Northern Regional final at Helensville.
Speaker 5 (19:45):
What are the seven boxers perfect conditions in Helensville. Second,
my old bomping ground we filmed the off the radars
here is out theremediate years ago.
Speaker 6 (19:53):
So it was great to get.
Speaker 5 (19:54):
Back sunshine in the morning. A little bit of cloud
came over just to take the temperature down and it
was a cracker of a day.
Speaker 2 (20:00):
But Jamie, it's always great.
Speaker 5 (20:01):
With these regional finals where you're bringing a lot of
seasoned competitors who come on to that organizing committee. And
Zarnie Ferguson, who's been great.
Speaker 2 (20:10):
Competitor over the year, she was responsible.
Speaker 3 (20:12):
She was the convenor for that and.
Speaker 5 (20:13):
She said, with her with her group, a series of
pretty great challenges and it's always an interesting one. You
never I didn't never know the scores until we get
towards the end, and then you give out those module prizes.
And so there's a couple of your practical sides, there's
a couple for the brains. And we were split to
all between Justin Ryegrop and Jack Holloway and in the
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end Justin taking it out.
Speaker 4 (20:37):
Okay, tell us a little bit about young Justin rye Grot.
Speaker 5 (20:41):
She know all that much about Justin, but I do
know because I'd like to find out what was it
that inspires people to get into this kind of thing?
And we often talk about what's the point of these
competitions in this day and age? And you said I
was inspired to get into it because I saw Tim
Dangin speak after head one has thought, you know what
that's that's an inspirational kind of the kind of person
I want to be.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
And so you know the power of these people coming
through and that position.
Speaker 5 (21:04):
They hold when they when they win or look even
when they're competitors in this and they.
Speaker 6 (21:07):
Go on to speak about it.
Speaker 5 (21:08):
So he was he was brought in, I guess by that,
but I'm not entirely sure what he does.
Speaker 4 (21:14):
Well, I can tell you that Radard Rader, I'm better
prepared than you are.
Speaker 5 (21:18):
He is.
Speaker 4 (21:19):
He is dairy farming in the Franklin area and as
a member of the Franklin Young Farmers Club. It was
his first time competing and he was stoked to win
and be heading to the Grand Final and he gets
a didn't he get a motorbike or something?
Speaker 3 (21:34):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (21:35):
Yeah, Honda, Honda, And I think they get one of
the little Honda motorbikes as part of the price package.
And that's the thing I didn't Honda they involved for
more that this is.
Speaker 3 (21:42):
Season fifty seven.
Speaker 5 (21:43):
I have a feeling, if not all fifty seven seasons,
certainly well north of fifty years Honda has been involved
with the FMG Young Farmer The FMG celebrating ten years
this year. So you know that that kind of long
juvity of support from the business community absolutely vital. Here's
the other interesting thing. We often talk about getting a
lot more women into the competition. Nine of the ten
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finalists that we had the top five teams for the
FMG Junior, nine of them were women and all four women.
So to the top two teams hitting down, four women
heading down for the FMG Junior, and great representation from
some of the primary schools and intermediates as well. For
the aggregates, I think tick harm Or had four of
the top seven teams. They're sending a couple of a
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couple of teams down as well as some others.
Speaker 3 (22:29):
So you know we're back on that path to Grand Final.
It's reving up.
Speaker 5 (22:34):
We're in Stratford next week when wirrang O the week
after that, then we're down to Marston and then we're
down to your neck of the woods.
Speaker 4 (22:41):
Now you're coming down to my neck of the woods,
which is Dunedin to do a one man show, because
the last one we went along to was brilliant. And
I'm not just paying in your pocket here, but this
is about cockbooks. I hate cooking. I can boil a
savoloy at best. All the rest of my family are foodies.
Can I go along and enjoy it if I drag
some of them along? Ye?
Speaker 5 (22:59):
Look, absolutely can. It's for cookbookery. It's the celebration of
the bizarre.
Speaker 6 (23:05):
World of New Zealand cookbooks.
Speaker 5 (23:06):
You don't need to like cooking, you don't need to
like recently, you don't even need to like food. It's
just the kind of a joyous celebration of the madcap
world we had coming down the Hamilton Gardens Festival.
Speaker 6 (23:17):
I'll tell you what.
Speaker 5 (23:18):
That's a great little festival there in Hamilton.
Speaker 3 (23:19):
Though. Have you been to the Hamilton Gardens?
Speaker 4 (23:22):
No, I've been to the Hamilton Field Days and I've
run around the Hamilton Lake.
Speaker 5 (23:25):
Next that enough, Well, next time you do go to
the gardens. I've traveled the world with the mother going
to the gardens.
Speaker 6 (23:30):
These are world class gardens.
Speaker 5 (23:32):
I'm coming the end of the month and then in
the March beginning of April.
Speaker 6 (23:35):
I'm on a little road tour.
Speaker 3 (23:36):
So what have we got?
Speaker 5 (23:37):
We've got Dunedin, und I go to Omaru, Bannett Burn
Harwi are flattening across the Queens Ctenter as part of
the Deneden Arts and Wannaker Festival of Colors.
Speaker 6 (23:46):
So you know the best thing about it.
Speaker 5 (23:48):
I had a friend who bought their teenage Jordalog, not
a comedy fan, really enjoyed the show, and afterwards you
said it was great. He didn't talk about himself.
Speaker 6 (23:57):
I've taken that as a technic comedy.
Speaker 4 (23:59):
Okay, mate, this with You'll state you're taking a break
out of a very busy lunch schedule to talk to
us today. You're standing in a vineyard and Hawks Bay
with a tucks on. Are you're getting hot?
Speaker 5 (24:10):
I'm in my have been hot? Actually your son's signing.
I'm looking at it, just reflecting on beautiful grapes and
at puttytour of vineyard. We're shooting a little opening video
for the Primary Sector Awards down here, so I've got
a couple of days of traveling through the best of
the primary sector where a putty tool. We're going to
rocket next. I think we're off the dish. You're doing
the catering up within the forestry. I don't know what
the schedule is, but I'm getting a good drive around
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the beast of the primary sector is down here in
Hawk's Bay, and people seem also, they seem pretty happy
with how the season's going.
Speaker 4 (24:39):
Andrew Lumston Tareda. We will catch you next week or
maybe next Monday after the Taranaki Regional findal. What area
is that called.
Speaker 5 (24:47):
It's Tara man So, Taranaki Mana.
Speaker 3 (24:49):
Who I'll tell you what they love.
Speaker 5 (24:51):
They love original find it out there.
Speaker 3 (24:52):
It's going to be a crack good on you mate,
go well, thanks amye.
Speaker 4 (24:56):
Thank you. Rader. It is twenty three or four away
from one correction from Quentin Whitehead. His ram is Excelana
Wiltshire and he hasn't got any nerdy in there. He's
got twenty five percent Ozzie white I remember him talking
about that, saying what a good meat breed. They were
apologies for that one, Quentin. I wonder how I wonder
if David Fagin's buying a self shedding sheep. Well, he's
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into dairy cows these days. What about Roland Smith? He'sn't
a digures. Okay, up next rural news and sports news
before the end of the hour, Drew Davis, some cool
things happening as we attempt a high lux world record
and Phil Duncan on the Weather SAT Texas hold cut.
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It is twenty away from one year with the country
it's brought to you by Brant very shortly the latest
and rural news. But not before we give you the
chance to win a great prize at the Golden Shears.
You know, we wo with the Golden Shears be if
all the sheep in the country with self shedding. Of course,
we've still got to share most of them on nearly
all of them. So what we're going to do is
we're going to give you the opportunity to win a
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double pass to the Golden Shares on the big Day
this Saturday. It's the day session and the night session.
Of course. The Golden Shares runs from feb twenty seven
to March one at the War Memorial Stadium in Mastered
and when that Big Open finals on Michelle, the roof
is literally lifted off that magnificent stadium, so it's three
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days of NonStop action and entertainment. The Golden Shares is
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if you want to win this double pass to the
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text Golden and your name and where you're listening from
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is to my Here's the latest on Rural News.
Speaker 1 (27:02):
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Speaker 7 (27:12):
Federated farmers are calling for the government to double its
funding for the q E two National Trust so it
can can can continue to meet farmer demand. Covenants now
cover over one hundred and eighty thousand heat tears, an
area that's bigger than double the size of.
Speaker 4 (27:26):
Tongana, including four hectares of mine.
Speaker 7 (27:29):
Your little contribution there, that's part of it.
Speaker 4 (27:32):
I think it's great.
Speaker 7 (27:33):
It's great.
Speaker 4 (27:33):
They're trying to save the planet. They could. They waste
so much money on the best thing they could do
for the planet, to invest money in the KIWI two
National Trust.
Speaker 7 (27:41):
You sorry, you carry on, okay, So yeah, no, it's
a great thing that they're doing. And a large area
is on farms. As Jamie just pointed out, he's got
a little bit down on his little patch. The QW
two Trust celebrated its four thousandth covenant in two thousand
and fourteen fifteen, ten years later it has five thou
two hundred covenants to be managed and monitored, but no
change to government funding.
Speaker 4 (28:03):
Yeah, we're going to have to start a campaign for that,
like bring back Milkne schools, bring back rucking. One failed,
one sort of worked and then it failed again. School
lunches in school anyhow, Okay, there we go, getting off subject.
His sport sport.
Speaker 1 (28:17):
We're the naf go kiw to the bone. Since nineteen oh.
Speaker 4 (28:20):
Four, golfer Dame Lydia Coe has failed to defend a
Tournament of Champions title in Florida, finishing seven shots off
the pace after a two under final round of seventy
which began with three bogies in the opening six holes.
I would kill for three bogies in the opening six
holes and Rory Rory's won the at and T whatever
(28:42):
they call it a pebble beach. He finished twenty one
under Shane Lowry is great drinking Buddy, nineteen under Justin Rose,
eighteen under clean sweep for the Europeans. And somewhere in
here there's a story about where is it. Yeah, Ardie
Savaz has been named Moana Pacific a captain for the
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upcoming Super Rugby season. He's joining his older brother Julian
club this season after one hundred and thirty one appearances
for the Hurricanes, and he will add some steel to
that team. Up next, Drew Davis, We're going to try
and set a world record for the most Toyota High
Luxes in one place at one time. Here's a bloke
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with an interesting title. His name is Drew Davis out
of Palmerston, North. He's Toyota's Chief Strategy Officer and VP, yes,
Vice President of New Vehicles. Very American of you, Drew.
We're going to talk about Toyotas and getting as many
as we can to a place just south of Kingston.
Laura Coot from Real Country is trying to set a
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world record, or an unofficial world record for the most
high Luxes in one place. How are they going to go?
Speaker 5 (29:53):
Well?
Speaker 6 (29:54):
Quite amazing, isn't it. You know, it's great to have
people that are so passionate about brands like Highluks that
have been in New Zealand for a while time. So
it's a bit of a call out, a shout out
down south. We know the people down south really rarely
behind this sort of stuff, and yeah, we're looking forward
to seeing all sorts of highluxes from all sorts of generations.
Speaker 4 (30:10):
It's going to be cool Sunday, the second of March twelve,
thirty to three pm at the Real Country Farm. They're
just south of Kingston at the bottom of Lake Walker
Tipu there and there's all sorts of fun and games
and catering and coffee and we're hoping for some sort
of world record. Toyota's just about set a world record
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in New Zealand thirty seventh year as market leader.
Speaker 6 (30:35):
Yeah. Quite amazing, really, isn't it. I mean to hold
that position for thirty seven consecutive years, you know, it's
a big honor really. You know, a whole lot of
Kiwis obviously enjoy our products and we bring as many
products as we can to New Zealand, and high lux
is obviously one of those mainstays. So you know, it's
a privilege I guessed to be a leader for that
long and it's a big things the customers really, because
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are the ones to buy our vehicles.
Speaker 4 (30:57):
How much of the Toyota high Lux success is due
to Barry Crump and Scottie.
Speaker 6 (31:03):
Oh, I mean, yeah, yeah, you can't. You can't deny
the fact that those ads really sort of put Highlucks
on the map. I mean they were pretty cool back
in the day. Weren't there when you saw Highlucks as
climbing hills and being dropped from great heights and just
the arms, just two classic characters. And of course Highlucks
was probably the third character in those commercials, but it
really set Highlucks up and it's carried on ever since.
Speaker 4 (31:23):
Yeah, and of course there was the Dog the Bugger ad.
Speaker 6 (31:27):
Yeah, there was Jeers. I mean, commercial was a great
aunt they Back in those days there was only one
or two TV channels as well, so it was easy
to kind of, you know, show your message and talk
to all of New Zealand. So yeah, it's been a
whole lot of fun over the years of High LUCKXS.
Speaker 4 (31:40):
Well, well, it worked the trade. I grew up on
a farm drew with an old Series one land Drover.
It would go I don't know, thirty or forty mile
an hour flat out on the open road. So when
I got into a Highlux in the mid eighties as
a young farmer, I just thought I was some Bee's
knee because I could drive along the road and a
four wheel drive vehicle I'd have to undo the front
hubs of but I could go at one hundred k's
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an hour.
Speaker 6 (32:03):
Yeah, it was quite different, wasn't it. It was a
real game changer in the early days Highlucks just the
way it was built for New Zealand's tough conditions. You know,
there were a lot of uthes around back then, but
it was a real sort of lift up in that
with that generation. And as you say, the forward drive
capability just just works for keywis, isn't it.
Speaker 4 (32:19):
And you guys are leading the charge now And I
know this because I'm driving one with the hybrid Highlucks.
How's that going?
Speaker 6 (32:25):
It's going? Well, it's interesting. It's been a long shift
for Key motoring or motorists into hybrid and being able
to bring that technology to Highlucks has been really for us,
you know, and it's a no compromise thing. That's been
the biggest challenge. When you look at a youth or
a commercial vehicle that gets used so much in sort
of harsh conditions, particularly in rural areas, you need to
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make sure that technology is going to be capable and
it is, which we're proving as we're selling more and
more every day.
Speaker 4 (32:51):
Well, yeah, you've got a three and a half ton
towing capacity with your hybrid, highlucks, but it's not a
full Can I say this, it's not a full hybrid
compared likes the Rev four. My White drives around one
of those.
Speaker 6 (33:04):
Yeah, exactly. Because it's used in commercial conditions, it's a
slightly smaller hybrid system. So it's what we call a
forty eight volt hybrid. It gives it stop start, but
it gives it about sixty five newton meters a talk
off the mark or if you're trying to pass somebody
or tell a betrailer, so it delivers a good little
power boost when you need it, and it also allows
it to have a really smooth stop start system. So
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it's kind of new technology without compromise, and particularly for
rural customers. You know you're going to be saving between
eight and ten percent in terms of fuel consumption and
the mission. So you know, it's a small step versus
a Rev four, but it suits. It suits the conditions
that highlights works and as it's no compromise, do.
Speaker 4 (33:40):
You reckon, We'll ever get to the stage where we
have a fully ev toy out to highlight suit.
Speaker 6 (33:46):
Yeah, yeah, I definitely think we will. The challenge with
that sort of technology, which I'm sure many of the
listeners are reading about, is you know, how long does
it take to charge it? And how far can I go?
And then obviously for those rural customers, what can I
tell what can I do with it? So we'll definitely
have a battery electric hihlux at some point. Whether it's
practical enough for all kiwis off the bat, that'll be
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the challenge. And I mean it's not like we have
a hole of farmers out there that have big power
stations to be able to plug these things into. So
we've got to make sure we transition into electrification electrified products,
which is where the likes of Highlucks highwod comes in
because you don't have to plug it in. That's one
of the big things we have to keep telling people.
Speaker 4 (34:23):
Drew Davis at a Palmi North there HQ for toy
to high Lux here in New Zealand. Thanks for your
time and remember if you want to go for a
really good Sunday cruise and you're in the bottom half
of the South Island, Sunday, the second of March at
the Real Country Farm just south of Kingston. There we're
going to try and set an unofficial world record for
the most highluxes in one place at one time. Great
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to catch up now.
Speaker 6 (34:45):
Thanks very much, look forward to it and see everyone there.
Speaker 4 (34:48):
Indeed it is eight away from one year with the Country. Well,
for the past couple of weeks we're giving away Golden
Shares tickets today, but for the past couple of weeks
we have asked you to enter this wonderful competition. Win
the cub cadet right on Moa. This is the Alex
five four seven right on Moa, valued at six thousand,
one hundred and ninety nine dollars. And it's rather ironic
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that we're talking about the Golden Shares and Masterton because
the winner drum roll, Have we got a drum roll? Here?
Can you see a drum roll on the button bar?
Where's it gone? There was one there? Never mind? Drum roll?
And the winner is Michael Tosswell from He's a farmer
just outside of Masterton. So well done, Michael. We'll be
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in touch with you and tell you what local dealer
can provide you with that wonderful cub cadet right on Moa,
valued at six thousand, one hundred and ninety nine dollars,
so good that Tim Danjean decided to buy one for
his mother after Rowena filmed the video on his farm.
Up next, Phill Duncan in the Weatherxas Okay, Phil Duncan
(36:05):
on the Weather, I might have to hold that one, Texas,
hold until tomorrow. He's not answering his phone, So we'll
see what we can do for you, Michelle, if you
just google the Grammys and you could do a week
update on that one. Rory's run the golfer more interested
in that, But I got a text and from some
farmers in Northland saying how dry it is getting there.
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In fact, when I look at my knee, we're drought.
And next map I can see that. You know, the
western part of the North Island from basically horror for
newer manor are two up and you draw a line
straight up to sort of Fokatani, that part of the
Bay plenty and everything west of that is now a
wee bit dry. The good news is the east coasts, Okay,
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when I look at the South Island looking pretty good.
The Ordland's dryer than average, but that's a bit of
an anomaly because it always rains there. But the dry
part's probably the Waitaki Valley Inland North Otago, South Canterbury.
So what's happening in the Grammy's, Michelle, have you got
an update? Yeah?
Speaker 7 (37:08):
So far in the Grammys, so we've had in the
Pop Best Pop Solo Performance Bodyguard by Beyonce. So she's
picked up another one there. Her other one actually interesting
fact for you, Jamie fun Fact was a country music
song she did with Miley Cyrus that she that got
announced earlier today. And now she Beyonce joins the realms
of the Pointer Sisters, who also got nominated for a
Country Song back in nineteen seventy five.
Speaker 4 (37:30):
And the first black artist to win, is that right? Yeah,
to win one female black artists. Yeah, and they also
about Charlie Pride.
Speaker 7 (37:37):
Yeah, I have to look that one up. But they're
also the first to perform in Nashville at that famous
place which I cannot promate.
Speaker 4 (37:42):
The Grand Old Opry, that's the one. Yeah, I've been there.
I was lucky enough to go there because there's a
new one and there's an old one, and the new
ones for the summer season, and they used the old
one in the winter season, and we were lucky enough
to be there in the off season and see it
in the original venue. Absolutely fantastic. Here's a boring travel
story for you. If you're looking for a fun city
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to go to in the States, go to Nashville. We'll
love you and leave you. We'll catch you back tomorrow.
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Speaker 4 (00:28):
Gaday, New Zealand. Welcome to the Country. It's brought to
you by Brand. My name is Jamie McKay. This is Beyonce.
But when are already at the Grammys, Michelle, I'll update
that action for you. Rory's going well in the golf
as well. David Seymour, there's a man who probably won't
go so well, I wouldn't think. On Thursday we'll ask
him the act leader, what's he doing going to White Tongui.
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Maybe he needs to do what the Prime Minister's doing
and sneak off down to the South Island where he
might get a better reception. Lots to talk about as well,
including the government's new targets that they sold farming out
Hamish Bowski. This is a great story. Another sharer who's
paid big money for a South shedding sheep. There's an
(01:10):
iron in that one. Tareda. We had the first of
the regional finals on the Northern Regional Final at Helensville.
Will update that one. We're going to chat to Drew
Davis out of Toyota. They're trying to set a world
record in early March down in Kingston and Phil Duncan's
our weather man. We head to the other end of
the country, north than where it's getting really dry. But
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let's kick off the show with David Seymour, act party leader.
You're a brave man heading to Waitangi on Thursday. This
could end in tears for you. This could be the
last time we talk.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Well, there's always the possibility, Janie, but I actually think
you'll make it through the week and I look forward to.
Speaker 4 (01:52):
I'm not talking about me, I'm talking about you.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
I know what you're saying. That's look aldermate. I mean
there's all in the country where people can talk to
each other. We're not so very different. I've gone up
to White Tony every year that i've been an MP
COVID committing and I know that they'll be a by
the people who will be focused on what the media amplify,
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which is actually annoysy minority. But I think it's important
that our country can come together and people can talk
to each other. That's what I intend to do. Yep.
Speaker 4 (02:28):
Well, I don't think you're going to be talking to
each other. They're going to be yelling at you. Look,
I'm going to yell at you. Now. What's the story
with your new climate target's emissions? Well, your climate target
of fifty one to fifty five percent emissions by twenty
thirty five. Federated Farmers David are quite rightly saying the
twenty thirty target of fifty percent reduction in all greenhouse
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gas emissions is already totally beyond reach. Why are you
setting a goal that we won't be able to reach.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
A First of all, the government has taken a position
in accordance with its commitment to Paris, which was signed
up to under the previous government. I think New Zealand first,
the Greens and Labor all signed up and made that commitment.
We remain bound by now. As a party, we're part
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of this government, we support its positions. There's a wider
question of whether the Government of New Zealand should be
committed to the Paris Accord when half the world appears
to be pulling out of it. Anyway, that's a discussion
for another time. And perhaps another election. But I just
make the point that I Act alone has long said
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that the Zero Carbon Act, which every other party in
the current Parliament voted for, is wrong, and that the
Paris Accord is wrong. Our policy should be based on
our public servants and diplomas that's going out and representing
New Zealand to these global institutions. They seem to spend
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a lot of their time representing the global institution's interests
to New Zealander is However, at the moment we're in
a government, we've got these commitments that's up every other
party are signed up to and as a result we
have to go along with it.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
But hang on, David, we can just do it. Trump
just kick at the touch.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Well that's the that's the question I'm raising. If you
want to talk about the targets within the agreements we
have then as part of the government, I support those.
If you want to have the wider conversation about whether
or not New Zealand should be involved in this at all.
While exposition is it's clear and we're the only party
that it's been there on this and consistent throughout right.
Speaker 4 (04:52):
Well let's stick with Trump because he's slapped these new
tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China. Interestingly, what Mexico and
Canada five percent? China only ten percent? He's gone away
bit soft on them. But this is going to have
far reaching ramifications, not only for the American economy and
these other sead economies, but also for global trade. And
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basically Trump softened up his own people by saying Americans
may find themselves paying the costs. So is this a
bit of a self defeating prophecy for Trump?
Speaker 3 (05:29):
This well, I hate to do it, but let me
give you the usual disclaimer. The United States is a democracy.
They just had an election. They elected a president and
he's carrying out the policies he campaigned on. And just
as we would never want an American government to interfere
in a New Zealand elected government doing that, I don't
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intend to comment on the what's in our intrants as
a country and what our government will be advancing at
every opportunity. And I set that toddmer Clay is a
pretty good job as a trade minister, is that we
need a world of free trade and the world that
is based on rules rather than misas right and New
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Zealand be making that case that point at every moment.
But if I was going to make an observation just
about pure economics. When I was in the States at
the start of last year, I asked people, who are
you voting for? Why? They said Trump? Because life's got
too expensive under Biden. If the government of the US
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does things that are inflationary, I think they will disappoint
those voters. But that's just that's just me eke on
one oh one. It's up for them to make it well, just.
Speaker 4 (06:45):
A couple of quickly finish on. Good to see you
in Winston for once agreeing on something that Ted Cruise
is rather actually achieve something well, Ted Cruise, I reckon
he's the slimiest politician in America.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
Yeah, I mean, it's a bit can't say. Right. Well,
you know, I just make the point that there's many
people in New Zealand who I disagree with and they
don't represent my views, and I'm sure he has the
same thing. Rather odd that anyone would think that John
Minto was someone you should actually listen to in any country,
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but he seems to have got John Minto confused with
an actual leader. The position of the New Zealand government
that Israeli citizens can come in under the visa waiver program.
They can fill out an online form and come here
for three months, just like about forty or fifty other
country citizens can. We're a very good friend of Israel
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in that regard, and Israeli tourists absolutely welcome here as
our tourist.
Speaker 4 (07:45):
Right over, Sorry, I do have two more to quickly
take off. Woke banks. Do you support Shane Jones on
this one?
Speaker 3 (07:53):
Well, he's got a point up to a point, which
is that there is for one of the word wokery
and the banks. It starts in the universities, comes into
the graduates and all of a sudden are in the
boardroom and they're pursuing goals on behalf of other people
lay there, investors and customers. They actually no one really
asks them to pursue. So up to a point, I
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get that, but they just share this other thought. Often,
when people in business start saying that they're doing something
for a reason other than the bottom line, the real
reason they're doing it is the bottom line. And when
they say we are getting out of coal because we
want to be this or that or whatever virture signaling
might do it, I can guarantee you at least in
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the back of their mind, if not the front of
their mind, is that the political environment for the mining
and the same thing goes for farming, has been so
bad that if you were a bank and you heard
there was a country that just dropped an avalanche of
regulation SNA's fresh water laws, farm environment plans, and you know,
a missions trading scheme, and the he Locke Canoa and
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so goes on, you might say, gee, I actually think
there's it's not dispurcha singling. There's some real risk there.
So yep, agree with them up to a point. But
I also just say, if I really want banks to
lend to farming and other industries at competitive rates, we
actually need to do is make sure that the regulatory
environment really is positive for those businesses. And that's what
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I think. You know, if you look at Andrew Hogart
and Simon Court with the SNAs, if you and the
RMA replacement, if you look at what we're doing on
a split gas approach, Mark caveron on ployment, then we
are actually doing the hard yards, mate.
Speaker 4 (09:37):
Right, This sounds like in the real way, David, It
sounds like an election speech. Finally, the school lunches. You've
been stitched up a bit by some of the media
on this one, and you know, my point of view is,
and I see there's like kids and parents and teachers
whining about not getting this school lunch or whatever. But ultimately,
you know, like, isn't it the parents responsibility? I know
(09:59):
that they're expect thing of school lunch, but are some
of these kids just too picky and fussy? You and
I both went to boarding school, David, so you ate
what landed on your plate.
Speaker 3 (10:09):
Well, and our parents were paying for it. Look a
few things about that. I mean, first of all, yeah,
makes always My position has always been parents should pay.
But we're in a coalition government. Chris and Winston said no,
I got to keep it going. I said, okay, then
we're going to make it cheaper. And we've saved one
hundred and seventy million a year. If Labor did it
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the way that I'm doing it, they could have saved
eight hundred million in the first five years. Is there
been a couple of delays and some screw ups, yep,
but this is the start, the first week of delivering
two hundred and thirty thousand meals to every school well
at least third of the schools in the country, so
that's not surprising. But I'm actually impressed. You know. I
always said there's ultimately a deep lizard of common sense
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amongst Kiwis, and people are staying to say, hang on
a minute, you're complaining about free food given to your kids.
There needs to be a little bit of a reality
check here.
Speaker 4 (11:01):
Absolutely. David Seymour, their act party leader. Eighteen after twelve,
you are with the country. As I said Beyonce, I
think she's already one Album of the Year at the Grammys.
I'll keep an eye on the Gulf for you as well.
Rory going great guns there at Pebble Beach. But up
next for the second show in a row, a shearer
who's paid big money for a self shedding sheep. That's
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a sheep you don't have to share. Got to see
the irony in that one. Haimershbowski up next the Dad
we Aly knowing the here's a good yarn for you
today on the Country on a Monday. When I first
ran into our next guest on the Country, he was
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the sheep genetics manager at Mount Linton Station in West
and South and one of the most beautiful big farms
in New Zealand, or it certainly was back in those days.
His name is Hamas Shbowski. More recently he's become well
known as one of the country's leading regenerative farmers. And
if that's not enough, he's a sharer. And if that's
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not enough, he paid twenty four and a half thousand
dollars for a self shedding ram last week. Heymosh, welcome
to the country. Good to have you back on again, mate.
What is it about you sharers? We had Quentin Whitehead
on the show on Friday. You today. You're both paying
big bucks for animals that don't produce swallow don't need shared.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
Yep, thanks Jamie. I know the irony is not lost
on us, but if we want to go out sharing,
we don't want to have to do any inputs to
our own sheep.
Speaker 5 (12:46):
And I think the.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
Future is I mean, it's all a prediction, isn't it.
But I think the future of chemical resistance with strenches
and licensed fly is going to get more and more tense. Ossie.
Greenflies really dug its toes and down here in the
last decade. And if we can just rip the crutch
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and the belly off to start with, Well, there goes
like eighty percent of the workload. And if in the
end we just share once a year these peelers that
have excellent growth and milk and lots of lambs away
to the works, well we can go sharing or go
boating or do whatever you like. But you've got the
options there, and I just struggle to see how wool
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is going to pay enough in the future to justify
the costs and the inputs.
Speaker 4 (13:37):
Okay, so fill me in here. You talk about these peelers.
So are you saying you're still going to share these
self shedding sheep or take the remainder of the wall
off them once a year.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
Well, it's going to take a while to get the
wall fully off, fully shedding and on the way. The
aim is not to lose any productivity just to get
the wool off. So as we go, if Will and
I proved, then we might just go, well, let's keep
a bit of a fleece on and if the wall
stays down, we can take it off. You've got options.
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But the main aim is to keep the genetics productive
and not you know, single trait focus and lose productivity
if it's not.
Speaker 4 (14:18):
A rude question, Hamish, how old are you? Because I've
known you for a number of years, I'm assuming you're
you might have kissed your thirties goodbye, have you?
Speaker 2 (14:27):
Yeah, I'm forty eight at the moment.
Speaker 3 (14:29):
What are you?
Speaker 4 (14:29):
What are you doing out on the handpiece? Are you
moonlighting as a sharer?
Speaker 2 (14:34):
Well? Last year was like brutal, and so to make
the budget meet, we just went back. I just went
back out sharing for a good gang here Jason Gilder
and Open Run. And so this year I thought, well,
we'll do it again. The prices didn't look good and
actually the prices that have improved dramatically, so I probably
didn't need to, but I enjoy it that much. Or
(14:57):
just thought well I'd love to do a season or more.
Speaker 3 (14:59):
And yeah, I put my hand to it.
Speaker 4 (15:02):
What tally is you getting?
Speaker 2 (15:05):
Ah, we're around about two fifty to two seventy YUS
and fumal lambs, so we're just sort of This was
my first real main share. I guess last main share
I did was year two thousand when I was at
Lincoln University.
Speaker 4 (15:20):
Sheees, yeah, exactly right. So the ram you bought because
when we were talking to Quentin on Friday, and I'm
still amazed at the irony of you two sharers buying
self sharing sheep. But his was an Excellana Wiltshire Nudy cross.
I think the one that you paid twenty four and
a half thousand dollars for. That's a lot of money
for a RAM was an ex Lana Wiltshire cross.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
Yeah, and it was out of an older Wiltshire. You
and the ram was a half Explanta Wiltshire. But yeah,
he just had such good feet, such good type, and
really good balances, which is really rare to get all
that in one package. And the shedding sheep aren't they're not.
(16:09):
You know, it hasn't been around that long, so there's
still a few faults that you can get in them,
and we just don't want to buy any genetics that
bring in faults to what's already a good arm decades
of breeding in New Zealand.
Speaker 4 (16:21):
Okay, well, I asked the Sorry I asked this question
of Quentin. I'm going to ask it of you as well.
When you've spent that much on a RAM, are you
going to start up a start operation or is this
just for your own breeding purposes?
Speaker 2 (16:33):
I know we've got a polled horse that start already
and we're just going to breed a polled Dorset and
meat maternal type sheet that requires very little input. And
the other four partners that are in with me I
mean to do similar stuff. So it's without them this
(16:53):
wouldn't have happened. So I'm very grateful.
Speaker 4 (16:55):
Before I let you go, because I know you've got
to get back on the handpiece now that your moonlighting
has a share of Hamishbelski. How's the regenerative farming going
in South Otago.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
She's pretty relaxed at the moment. Don't get much topping done,
so I'm a little bit behind. But the other lambs
have been growing really well. We're probably the best season
we've had since I've been here. And yeah, I'm it's
a big relief, I guess, and takes a lot of
the pressure off. But just also you know, just better
(17:30):
mention Dan Wheeler who's also a partner up in North
Canterbury who's done a huge amount of the ram breeding industry,
and Chris Wheeler of Richmond Chris Entsel of Richmond Farm
who sells female stock. He's got a shedding flock of
two thousand. I'd use and he's not he's a commercial
(17:50):
farmer but just loves top genetics. And then one other
breeder down here that wants to remain unnamed. So that's
that's the four crazy guys, and we're looking forward to
a good future and ripping the costs out of our sheep.
Speaker 4 (18:06):
Yeah, why boy, the farming for wool when you can
have recreational and fun times out on the handpiece at
forty something years of age, Amos Shpowski. Look, I tipped
a hat to you, and I guess when we get
twenty four and a half grand and we divide it
by four, that's not bad buying at all. We'll follow
this story with much interest. We better let you go.
(18:26):
Time to get on for the afternoon run.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
Thanks much, Jamie, appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (18:32):
There you go, Hamer Shpowski, Thank you, Hamish. I wonder
if Hamous is listening to Sabrina Carpenter and the Wallshed,
or he might be just be like Quintin. He might
just be listening to DJ Sash, that great artist from
the nineties.
Speaker 3 (18:49):
I think.
Speaker 4 (18:50):
Anyhow, Michelle's going to update the Grammys for you. We're
going to see what's happening in the Gulf with Rory
as well. He must have won it by about now.
Our sky's disappeared on us here in the studio, which
is a bit of a pain in the backside. Up next,
so we're going to have a look at the first
of the regional finals for the FMG Young Farmer of
the Year held at Helensville at the amp Showgrounds on Saturday,
(19:11):
and Andrew Lumsden was there. Ter Radar's up next for
the first time in twenty twenty five, Yesterda Andrew Lumsdon,
the voice behind the FMG Young Farmer of the Year
(19:33):
Grand Final which is coming up and then the Cargo
in July. But we've got to get through the regional
finals first, and Terradar I think we got We've ticked
one box already the Northern Regional final at Helensville.
Speaker 5 (19:45):
What are the seven boxers perfect conditions in Helensville. Second,
my old bomping ground we filmed the off the radars
here is out theremediate years ago.
Speaker 6 (19:53):
So it was great to get.
Speaker 5 (19:54):
Back sunshine in the morning. A little bit of cloud
came over just to take the temperature down and it
was a cracker of a day.
Speaker 2 (20:00):
But Jamie, it's always great.
Speaker 5 (20:01):
With these regional finals where you're bringing a lot of
seasoned competitors who come on to that organizing committee. And
Zarnie Ferguson, who's been great.
Speaker 2 (20:10):
Competitor over the year, she was responsible.
Speaker 3 (20:12):
She was the convenor for that and.
Speaker 5 (20:13):
She said, with her with her group, a series of
pretty great challenges and it's always an interesting one. You
never I didn't never know the scores until we get
towards the end, and then you give out those module prizes.
And so there's a couple of your practical sides, there's
a couple for the brains. And we were split to
all between Justin Ryegrop and Jack Holloway and in the
(20:34):
end Justin taking it out.
Speaker 4 (20:37):
Okay, tell us a little bit about young Justin rye Grot.
Speaker 5 (20:41):
She know all that much about Justin, but I do
know because I'd like to find out what was it
that inspires people to get into this kind of thing?
And we often talk about what's the point of these
competitions in this day and age? And you said I
was inspired to get into it because I saw Tim
Dangin speak after head one has thought, you know what
that's that's an inspirational kind of the kind of person
I want to be.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
And so you know the power of these people coming
through and that position.
Speaker 5 (21:04):
They hold when they when they win or look even
when they're competitors in this and they.
Speaker 6 (21:07):
Go on to speak about it.
Speaker 5 (21:08):
So he was he was brought in, I guess by that,
but I'm not entirely sure what he does.
Speaker 4 (21:14):
Well, I can tell you that Radard Rader, I'm better
prepared than you are.
Speaker 5 (21:18):
He is.
Speaker 4 (21:19):
He is dairy farming in the Franklin area and as
a member of the Franklin Young Farmers Club. It was
his first time competing and he was stoked to win
and be heading to the Grand Final and he gets
a didn't he get a motorbike or something?
Speaker 3 (21:34):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (21:35):
Yeah, Honda, Honda, And I think they get one of
the little Honda motorbikes as part of the price package.
And that's the thing I didn't Honda they involved for
more that this is.
Speaker 3 (21:42):
Season fifty seven.
Speaker 5 (21:43):
I have a feeling, if not all fifty seven seasons,
certainly well north of fifty years Honda has been involved
with the FMG Young Farmer The FMG celebrating ten years
this year. So you know that that kind of long
juvity of support from the business community absolutely vital. Here's
the other interesting thing. We often talk about getting a
lot more women into the competition. Nine of the ten
(22:07):
finalists that we had the top five teams for the
FMG Junior, nine of them were women and all four women.
So to the top two teams hitting down, four women
heading down for the FMG Junior, and great representation from
some of the primary schools and intermediates as well. For
the aggregates, I think tick harm Or had four of
the top seven teams. They're sending a couple of a
(22:27):
couple of teams down as well as some others.
Speaker 3 (22:29):
So you know we're back on that path to Grand Final.
It's reving up.
Speaker 5 (22:34):
We're in Stratford next week when wirrang O the week
after that, then we're down to Marston and then we're
down to your neck of the woods.
Speaker 4 (22:41):
Now you're coming down to my neck of the woods,
which is Dunedin to do a one man show, because
the last one we went along to was brilliant. And
I'm not just paying in your pocket here, but this
is about cockbooks. I hate cooking. I can boil a
savoloy at best. All the rest of my family are foodies.
Can I go along and enjoy it if I drag
some of them along? Ye?
Speaker 5 (22:59):
Look, absolutely can. It's for cookbookery. It's the celebration of
the bizarre.
Speaker 6 (23:05):
World of New Zealand cookbooks.
Speaker 5 (23:06):
You don't need to like cooking, you don't need to
like recently, you don't even need to like food. It's
just the kind of a joyous celebration of the madcap
world we had coming down the Hamilton Gardens Festival.
Speaker 6 (23:17):
I'll tell you what.
Speaker 5 (23:18):
That's a great little festival there in Hamilton.
Speaker 3 (23:19):
Though. Have you been to the Hamilton Gardens?
Speaker 4 (23:22):
No, I've been to the Hamilton Field Days and I've
run around the Hamilton Lake.
Speaker 5 (23:25):
Next that enough, Well, next time you do go to
the gardens. I've traveled the world with the mother going
to the gardens.
Speaker 6 (23:30):
These are world class gardens.
Speaker 5 (23:32):
I'm coming the end of the month and then in
the March beginning of April.
Speaker 6 (23:35):
I'm on a little road tour.
Speaker 3 (23:36):
So what have we got?
Speaker 5 (23:37):
We've got Dunedin, und I go to Omaru, Bannett Burn
Harwi are flattening across the Queens Ctenter as part of
the Deneden Arts and Wannaker Festival of Colors.
Speaker 6 (23:46):
So you know the best thing about it.
Speaker 5 (23:48):
I had a friend who bought their teenage Jordalog, not
a comedy fan, really enjoyed the show, and afterwards you
said it was great. He didn't talk about himself.
Speaker 6 (23:57):
I've taken that as a technic comedy.
Speaker 4 (23:59):
Okay, mate, this with You'll state you're taking a break
out of a very busy lunch schedule to talk to
us today. You're standing in a vineyard and Hawks Bay
with a tucks on. Are you're getting hot?
Speaker 5 (24:10):
I'm in my have been hot? Actually your son's signing.
I'm looking at it, just reflecting on beautiful grapes and
at puttytour of vineyard. We're shooting a little opening video
for the Primary Sector Awards down here, so I've got
a couple of days of traveling through the best of
the primary sector where a putty tool. We're going to
rocket next. I think we're off the dish. You're doing
the catering up within the forestry. I don't know what
the schedule is, but I'm getting a good drive around
(24:32):
the beast of the primary sector is down here in
Hawk's Bay, and people seem also, they seem pretty happy
with how the season's going.
Speaker 4 (24:39):
Andrew Lumston Tareda. We will catch you next week or
maybe next Monday after the Taranaki Regional findal. What area
is that called.
Speaker 5 (24:47):
It's Tara man So, Taranaki Mana.
Speaker 3 (24:49):
Who I'll tell you what they love.
Speaker 5 (24:51):
They love original find it out there.
Speaker 3 (24:52):
It's going to be a crack good on you mate,
go well, thanks amye.
Speaker 4 (24:56):
Thank you. Rader. It is twenty three or four away
from one correction from Quentin Whitehead. His ram is Excelana
Wiltshire and he hasn't got any nerdy in there. He's
got twenty five percent Ozzie white I remember him talking
about that, saying what a good meat breed. They were
apologies for that one, Quentin. I wonder how I wonder
if David Fagin's buying a self shedding sheep. Well, he's
(25:18):
into dairy cows these days. What about Roland Smith? He'sn't
a digures. Okay, up next rural news and sports news
before the end of the hour, Drew Davis, some cool
things happening as we attempt a high lux world record
and Phil Duncan on the Weather SAT Texas hold cut.
(25:46):
It is twenty away from one year with the country
it's brought to you by Brant very shortly the latest
and rural news. But not before we give you the
chance to win a great prize at the Golden Shears.
You know, we wo with the Golden Shears be if
all the sheep in the country with self shedding. Of course,
we've still got to share most of them on nearly
all of them. So what we're going to do is
we're going to give you the opportunity to win a
(26:07):
double pass to the Golden Shares on the big Day
this Saturday. It's the day session and the night session.
Of course. The Golden Shares runs from feb twenty seven
to March one at the War Memorial Stadium in Mastered
and when that Big Open finals on Michelle, the roof
is literally lifted off that magnificent stadium, so it's three
(26:28):
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the pinnacle of international sharing, wall handling and wall pressing competitions. Now,
if you want to win this double pass to the
day and evening session final Day, Saturday, the first of March,
text Golden and your name and where you're listening from
(26:50):
to five double oh nine to be into one. Okay,
text the word golden your name where you're listening from
to five double oh nine and will announce the one
is to my Here's the latest on Rural News.
Speaker 1 (27:02):
The country's world news with Cod Cadet, New Zealand's leading
right on lawn Bower brand. Visit steel Ford dot co
dot nz for your local stockist.
Speaker 7 (27:12):
Federated farmers are calling for the government to double its
funding for the q E two National Trust so it
can can can continue to meet farmer demand. Covenants now
cover over one hundred and eighty thousand heat tears, an
area that's bigger than double the size of.
Speaker 4 (27:26):
Tongana, including four hectares of mine.
Speaker 7 (27:29):
Your little contribution there, that's part of it.
Speaker 4 (27:32):
I think it's great.
Speaker 7 (27:33):
It's great.
Speaker 4 (27:33):
They're trying to save the planet. They could. They waste
so much money on the best thing they could do
for the planet, to invest money in the KIWI two
National Trust.
Speaker 7 (27:41):
You sorry, you carry on, okay, So yeah, no, it's
a great thing that they're doing. And a large area
is on farms. As Jamie just pointed out, he's got
a little bit down on his little patch. The QW
two Trust celebrated its four thousandth covenant in two thousand
and fourteen fifteen, ten years later it has five thou
two hundred covenants to be managed and monitored, but no
change to government funding.
Speaker 4 (28:03):
Yeah, we're going to have to start a campaign for that,
like bring back Milkne schools, bring back rucking. One failed,
one sort of worked and then it failed again. School
lunches in school anyhow, Okay, there we go, getting off subject.
His sport sport.
Speaker 1 (28:17):
We're the naf go kiw to the bone. Since nineteen oh.
Speaker 4 (28:20):
Four, golfer Dame Lydia Coe has failed to defend a
Tournament of Champions title in Florida, finishing seven shots off
the pace after a two under final round of seventy
which began with three bogies in the opening six holes.
I would kill for three bogies in the opening six
holes and Rory Rory's won the at and T whatever
(28:42):
they call it a pebble beach. He finished twenty one
under Shane Lowry is great drinking Buddy, nineteen under Justin Rose,
eighteen under clean sweep for the Europeans. And somewhere in
here there's a story about where is it. Yeah, Ardie
Savaz has been named Moana Pacific a captain for the
(29:02):
upcoming Super Rugby season. He's joining his older brother Julian
club this season after one hundred and thirty one appearances
for the Hurricanes, and he will add some steel to
that team. Up next, Drew Davis, We're going to try
and set a world record for the most Toyota High
Luxes in one place at one time. Here's a bloke
(29:25):
with an interesting title. His name is Drew Davis out
of Palmerston, North. He's Toyota's Chief Strategy Officer and VP, yes,
Vice President of New Vehicles. Very American of you, Drew.
We're going to talk about Toyotas and getting as many
as we can to a place just south of Kingston.
Laura Coot from Real Country is trying to set a
(29:46):
world record, or an unofficial world record for the most
high Luxes in one place. How are they going to go?
Speaker 5 (29:53):
Well?
Speaker 6 (29:54):
Quite amazing, isn't it. You know, it's great to have
people that are so passionate about brands like Highluks that
have been in New Zealand for a while time. So
it's a bit of a call out, a shout out
down south. We know the people down south really rarely
behind this sort of stuff, and yeah, we're looking forward
to seeing all sorts of highluxes from all sorts of generations.
Speaker 4 (30:10):
It's going to be cool Sunday, the second of March twelve,
thirty to three pm at the Real Country Farm. They're
just south of Kingston at the bottom of Lake Walker
Tipu there and there's all sorts of fun and games
and catering and coffee and we're hoping for some sort
of world record. Toyota's just about set a world record
(30:31):
in New Zealand thirty seventh year as market leader.
Speaker 6 (30:35):
Yeah. Quite amazing, really, isn't it. I mean to hold
that position for thirty seven consecutive years, you know, it's
a big honor really. You know, a whole lot of
Kiwis obviously enjoy our products and we bring as many
products as we can to New Zealand, and high lux
is obviously one of those mainstays. So you know, it's
a privilege I guessed to be a leader for that
long and it's a big things the customers really, because
(30:56):
are the ones to buy our vehicles.
Speaker 4 (30:57):
How much of the Toyota high Lux success is due
to Barry Crump and Scottie.
Speaker 6 (31:03):
Oh, I mean, yeah, yeah, you can't. You can't deny
the fact that those ads really sort of put Highlucks
on the map. I mean they were pretty cool back
in the day. Weren't there when you saw Highlucks as
climbing hills and being dropped from great heights and just
the arms, just two classic characters. And of course Highlucks
was probably the third character in those commercials, but it
really set Highlucks up and it's carried on ever since.
Speaker 4 (31:23):
Yeah, and of course there was the Dog the Bugger ad.
Speaker 6 (31:27):
Yeah, there was Jeers. I mean, commercial was a great
aunt they Back in those days there was only one
or two TV channels as well, so it was easy
to kind of, you know, show your message and talk
to all of New Zealand. So yeah, it's been a
whole lot of fun over the years of High LUCKXS.
Speaker 4 (31:40):
Well, well, it worked the trade. I grew up on
a farm drew with an old Series one land Drover.
It would go I don't know, thirty or forty mile
an hour flat out on the open road. So when
I got into a Highlux in the mid eighties as
a young farmer, I just thought I was some Bee's
knee because I could drive along the road and a
four wheel drive vehicle I'd have to undo the front
hubs of but I could go at one hundred k's
(32:02):
an hour.
Speaker 6 (32:03):
Yeah, it was quite different, wasn't it. It was a
real game changer in the early days Highlucks just the
way it was built for New Zealand's tough conditions. You know,
there were a lot of uthes around back then, but
it was a real sort of lift up in that
with that generation. And as you say, the forward drive
capability just just works for keywis, isn't it.
Speaker 4 (32:19):
And you guys are leading the charge now And I
know this because I'm driving one with the hybrid Highlucks.
How's that going?
Speaker 6 (32:25):
It's going? Well, it's interesting. It's been a long shift
for Key motoring or motorists into hybrid and being able
to bring that technology to Highlucks has been really for us,
you know, and it's a no compromise thing. That's been
the biggest challenge. When you look at a youth or
a commercial vehicle that gets used so much in sort
of harsh conditions, particularly in rural areas, you need to
(32:45):
make sure that technology is going to be capable and
it is, which we're proving as we're selling more and
more every day.
Speaker 4 (32:51):
Well, yeah, you've got a three and a half ton
towing capacity with your hybrid, highlucks, but it's not a
full Can I say this, it's not a full hybrid
compared likes the Rev four. My White drives around one
of those.
Speaker 6 (33:04):
Yeah, exactly. Because it's used in commercial conditions, it's a
slightly smaller hybrid system. So it's what we call a
forty eight volt hybrid. It gives it stop start, but
it gives it about sixty five newton meters a talk
off the mark or if you're trying to pass somebody
or tell a betrailer, so it delivers a good little
power boost when you need it, and it also allows
it to have a really smooth stop start system. So
(33:24):
it's kind of new technology without compromise, and particularly for
rural customers. You know you're going to be saving between
eight and ten percent in terms of fuel consumption and
the mission. So you know, it's a small step versus
a Rev four, but it suits. It suits the conditions
that highlights works and as it's no compromise, do.
Speaker 4 (33:40):
You reckon, We'll ever get to the stage where we
have a fully ev toy out to highlight suit.
Speaker 6 (33:46):
Yeah, yeah, I definitely think we will. The challenge with
that sort of technology, which I'm sure many of the
listeners are reading about, is you know, how long does
it take to charge it? And how far can I go?
And then obviously for those rural customers, what can I
tell what can I do with it? So we'll definitely
have a battery electric hihlux at some point. Whether it's
practical enough for all kiwis off the bat, that'll be
(34:08):
the challenge. And I mean it's not like we have
a hole of farmers out there that have big power
stations to be able to plug these things into. So
we've got to make sure we transition into electrification electrified products,
which is where the likes of Highlucks highwod comes in
because you don't have to plug it in. That's one
of the big things we have to keep telling people.
Speaker 4 (34:23):
Drew Davis at a Palmi North there HQ for toy
to high Lux here in New Zealand. Thanks for your
time and remember if you want to go for a
really good Sunday cruise and you're in the bottom half
of the South Island, Sunday, the second of March at
the Real Country Farm just south of Kingston. There we're
going to try and set an unofficial world record for
the most highluxes in one place at one time. Great
(34:44):
to catch up now.
Speaker 6 (34:45):
Thanks very much, look forward to it and see everyone there.
Speaker 4 (34:48):
Indeed it is eight away from one year with the Country. Well,
for the past couple of weeks we're giving away Golden
Shares tickets today, but for the past couple of weeks
we have asked you to enter this wonderful competition. Win
the cub cadet right on Moa. This is the Alex
five four seven right on Moa, valued at six thousand,
one hundred and ninety nine dollars. And it's rather ironic
(35:11):
that we're talking about the Golden Shares and Masterton because
the winner drum roll, Have we got a drum roll? Here?
Can you see a drum roll on the button bar?
Where's it gone? There was one there? Never mind? Drum roll?
And the winner is Michael Tosswell from He's a farmer
just outside of Masterton. So well done, Michael. We'll be
(35:35):
in touch with you and tell you what local dealer
can provide you with that wonderful cub cadet right on Moa,
valued at six thousand, one hundred and ninety nine dollars,
so good that Tim Danjean decided to buy one for
his mother after Rowena filmed the video on his farm.
Up next, Phill Duncan in the Weatherxas Okay, Phil Duncan
(36:05):
on the Weather, I might have to hold that one, Texas,
hold until tomorrow. He's not answering his phone, So we'll
see what we can do for you, Michelle, if you
just google the Grammys and you could do a week
update on that one. Rory's run the golfer more interested
in that, But I got a text and from some
farmers in Northland saying how dry it is getting there.
(36:29):
In fact, when I look at my knee, we're drought.
And next map I can see that. You know, the
western part of the North Island from basically horror for
newer manor are two up and you draw a line
straight up to sort of Fokatani, that part of the
Bay plenty and everything west of that is now a
wee bit dry. The good news is the east coasts, Okay,
(36:50):
when I look at the South Island looking pretty good.
The Ordland's dryer than average, but that's a bit of
an anomaly because it always rains there. But the dry
part's probably the Waitaki Valley Inland North Otago, South Canterbury.
So what's happening in the Grammy's, Michelle, have you got
an update? Yeah?
Speaker 7 (37:08):
So far in the Grammys, so we've had in the
Pop Best Pop Solo Performance Bodyguard by Beyonce. So she's
picked up another one there. Her other one actually interesting
fact for you, Jamie fun Fact was a country music
song she did with Miley Cyrus that she that got
announced earlier today. And now she Beyonce joins the realms
of the Pointer Sisters, who also got nominated for a
Country Song back in nineteen seventy five.
Speaker 4 (37:30):
And the first black artist to win, is that right? Yeah,
to win one female black artists. Yeah, and they also
about Charlie Pride.
Speaker 7 (37:37):
Yeah, I have to look that one up. But they're
also the first to perform in Nashville at that famous
place which I cannot promate.
Speaker 4 (37:42):
The Grand Old Opry, that's the one. Yeah, I've been there.
I was lucky enough to go there because there's a
new one and there's an old one, and the new
ones for the summer season, and they used the old
one in the winter season, and we were lucky enough
to be there in the off season and see it
in the original venue. Absolutely fantastic. Here's a boring travel
story for you. If you're looking for a fun city
(38:02):
to go to in the States, go to Nashville. We'll
love you and leave you. We'll catch you back tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (38:08):
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I’m Jay Shetty host of On Purpose the worlds #1 Mental Health podcast and I’m so grateful you found us. I started this podcast 5 years ago to invite you into conversations and workshops that are designed to help make you happier, healthier and more healed. I believe that when you (yes you) feel seen, heard and understood you’re able to deal with relationship struggles, work challenges and life’s ups and downs with more ease and grace. I interview experts, celebrities, thought leaders and athletes so that we can grow our mindset, build better habits and uncover a side of them we’ve never seen before. New episodes every Monday and Friday. Your support means the world to me and I don’t take it for granted — click the follow button and leave a review to help us spread the love with On Purpose. I can’t wait for you to listen to your first or 500th episode!