The Country Full Show: Monday, November 17, 2025

Jamie talks to David Seymour, Nathan Guy, David Clark, Andrew Davis, and Phil Duncan. 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Catch all the latest from the land. It's The Country
Podcast with Jamie McKay. Thanks to Brent, you're specialist in
John Deere construction equipment.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
Good afternoon, New Zealand. Welcome to the Country. The show's
brought to you by Brandt. I'm Jamie McKay. This is
simply read musical theme for today. Going to kick off
the show with the good news story over the weekend.
The old trump Ster, Donald Trump, the leader of the
Free World, has decided or has flip flopped really on
the tariffs for beef and for Kiwi fruit. At this stage,

(00:58):
what about the likes of lamb We are going to
ask Deputy Prime Minister Act Party leader David Seymour what
he makes of the whole thing. And the other big
story out there today is Federated Farmers have launched a
petition calling on the government to urgently step in and
end the consenting crisis affecting farmers up and down the country.

(01:22):
So we're going to talk to David Clark, mid Canterbury
arable farmer about this one former Mid Canterbury president of
Federated Farmers. He was in the bizarre situation it was
going to cost him fifty or sixty grand to renew
his farming consent, and it ended up it was cheaper
for him on his arable and sheep farm to convert
to dairy farming, believe it or not, and get a

(01:44):
consent for that, then get a consent for his existing
farming practice. Nathan Guy will join us. He's the chair
of the Meat Industry Association. We'll get his take on
the Trump tariffs. So we're going to talk about American
tariffs and Asian hornets with Nathan Guy. He's also the
chair what is he not the chair of Apiculture New Zealand.

(02:07):
We're going to tell you when the new high lux
is going to hit the streets or the paddocks of
New Zealand. And Phil Duncan on the weather man, Aman,
did christ Church have an interesting time weatherwise? During Cup
and Show Week? It's all on the Country. It's all
brought to you by Brandt Packed Party leader. Deputy Prime

(02:39):
Minister David Seymour kicks off the Country today. Good news
story Trump dropping tariffs on beef and Kiwi fruit. Does
this surprise you.

Speaker 3 (02:49):
David, No, because nobody is above the law, especially the
laws of economics. It was always going to be a
matter of time before the logic of trade came back
into fashion. If one person's got something like a hunk
of beef and the other person's got something like a
hunk of hunger and some cash, there's an obvious deal

(03:10):
for them to do. And governments don't improve anything by
getting in the way, So that logic was always going
to come through. And if anything, it's a tribute to
New Zealand fathers and the quality of the goods they produce.
I reckon Donald probably just you know, couldn't get enough
and he was going to let it back in.

Speaker 2 (03:28):
Do you think this is the beginning of the end
of Trump's tariff regime? I mean, beef and key we fruit,
that's good, A couple of our biggest ex sports lamb.
No such luck there is He only going to drop
these on the stuff he really needs.

Speaker 3 (03:43):
Well, it's one of those things where I can tell
you what's going to happen, but I can't tell you
when inevitably free trade will come back into fashion because
mutually beneficial gains for consenting adults. I mean, it's just
fundamentally a good idea, and governments that get in the
way of that denying people prosperity, and over time people

(04:06):
will see through it. So I know what will happen.
Free trade will come back. But as to exactly when,
there's so much going on with US politics as they
effectively renegotiate their deal with the rest of the world,
it could be next week, it could be next year,
it could be next president.

Speaker 4 (04:25):
Very difficult to know.

Speaker 2 (04:26):
So we're there, we go. Free trade could be like
flares and shoulder pads and leg warmers, everything eventually comes back.
David Seymour, Okay.

Speaker 4 (04:34):
Look, I didn't know you backoned to the shoulder pads.

Speaker 2 (04:37):
Well, it was not me in the eighties, but it
was the decade of big hair and big shoulders. Okay,
let's move on because we are going to talk to
Nathan Guy about this from the Meat Industry Association Federated Farmers,
and we've got David Clark coming up to talk about
this one as well. But I'm keen to get your
views on it. They've launched a petition over the consenting crisis,

(04:59):
which seems absolute nonsense. I'm talking about the consenting process.
They're not going to get an argument from.

Speaker 4 (05:04):
You, No, they're not.

Speaker 3 (05:08):
It's a bit of a difficult situation because we are
doing the right thing by replacing resource management law. I've
seen the draft resource Management laws and I think rural
New Zealand's going to be very happy with what Simon
caught from Act and Chris Bishop have cooked up. It's
going to be a game changer for our country. But

(05:29):
in the meantime there's a whole lot of people who
are due consents under the old system and being hijacked
by basically council members who seem to be trying to
get their last bit of revenge. As far as I
can work out from talking to farmers, all I can
say is that Simon card and Chris Bishop do have

(05:50):
a solution, but it's not for me to talk to.
I expect they'll be unveiling it next month, possibly the
end of this month, and that should get some relief.
So we know there's a problem, We've clocked it and
it's just a matter of making the wheels turn.

Speaker 2 (06:05):
Here in Wellington, the government has only rated three point
nine out of ten in the latest Issues Monitors Survey.
Believe it or not, David Seymour, your coalition government, the
only issue that you're beating Labor on is law and order,
and what's happened to the balance of the universe when
labor's winning on inflation, cost of living, and the economy.

(06:29):
Aren't you guys meant to be the experts on the economy.

Speaker 4 (06:33):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (06:34):
I think what people are reflecting is their experience that
they say, look.

Speaker 4 (06:37):
It's pretty tough.

Speaker 3 (06:38):
Inflation is high, or at least it has been high,
and I'm still paying the high prices that came from
that period. Interest rates are falling, but people are still
trying to replenish their balance sheet a lot of ways.
People are still paying for COVID. I had a guy
just last week email me say, look, I'm actually I've

(07:00):
got a business that works, but I'm still in tax
areas from the COVID period and if I don't get
some relief from inland revenue, it might tip me over.
So obviously I've talked to the Ministry of Revenue about
that or Minister for Revenue. But that's the kind of
thing that's going on out there, And so I can
understand someone like that if you ask him how's the
economy going, Well, you know, not great. I'm about to

(07:21):
lose my business. But if you forensically go back through
the reasons for that. It's actually decisions that were made
four years ago that have put them in this position
before we were in government. So I can understand where
people are at. I just point to, are we managing
our spending well?

Speaker 4 (07:37):
Yes? Are we getting inflation down? Yes? Are we getting
inflation interest rates down?

Speaker 5 (07:41):
Yes?

Speaker 3 (07:42):
Do I wish there was a shortcut, that we could
skip a few steps and just get to heaven tomorrow?

Speaker 4 (07:48):
Yes?

Speaker 5 (07:48):
I do?

Speaker 4 (07:49):
Is that dream of reality?

Speaker 1 (07:50):
Know?

Speaker 4 (07:51):
What are we going to do?

Speaker 3 (07:52):
Just keep doing the hard yards, cutting red tape, cutting
waste for spending, getting interest rates and inflation under control.

Speaker 4 (07:58):
That creates the condition for people to be able to prosper.

Speaker 2 (08:02):
David Sema. On that note, we'll leave you. Thanks for
your time. Is always on the Country.

Speaker 4 (08:06):
Yep, loud and clear. You have a great day.

Speaker 2 (08:09):
I will thank you, David. It is fifteen after twelve,
Bang on, This is the Country. The show's brought to
you by Brandt Up. Next Nathan Guy, former Minister of
Agriculture or he was Primary Industries I think was his
title these days, Chair of the Meat Industry Association and
app Culture New Zealand, American Tariffs and Asian Hornets to

(08:32):
talk about David Clark. The consenting Christis Federated Farmers are
on the warpath there. Before the end of the hour,
Phil Duncan on the weather. Okay, so christ Church, we
were up there on Thursday for the launch of the Mackayser.
It was a wet, miserable day. All we could do
was sit inside the Emerson's tiny pub and drink the

(08:53):
stuff for the afternoon. I've spent worse afternoons, to be honest,
And thanks to all the farmers who popped in Friday
at the show People's day, stunning day, brilliantly hot, absolutely
wall to wall crowd. And then of course on Saturday
at Rickerton they had the hail and then we had
the cricket there yesterday and I was talking to some

(09:15):
people who were in the crowd that thinned out a
fair bit for that second innings as well. Went on
to I don't know why they didn't start the game
a week bit earlier. It was freezing there as well,
So what's happening to the weather. Phel Duncan on that
Before the end of the hour, time welcome back to

(09:54):
the country. Twenty after twelve. Nathan Guy, former Minister of
a agriculture Minister for primary industries. I think was this
correct title these days? Chair of the Meat Industry Association,
Chair of Apiculture New Zealand. We're going to talk about
American tariffs and Asian hornets, Hey, Nathan. Is it as

(10:15):
as simple or is it as simple as saying we've
just made three hundred million dollars over the weekend. And
when I say we the New Zealand meat industry with
the tariffs being dropped on.

Speaker 5 (10:27):
Beefday, Jamie would be great if it was that simple.
The reality it isn't. The demand is being very strong,
so I think some of the pricing has been built
into that demand. So I'm not sure that we're completely
out of pocket by that much and suddenly we're going
to have a windfall after this announcement on the weekend.

(10:48):
But regardless of that, let's not debate everything down to
the infinite degree. But it is very positive for our
red meat sector, for our process. This is in for
our farmers, and we don't know how long this is
going to be the current case, but we I guess

(11:08):
we bank it while we can.

Speaker 2 (11:10):
Well if Trump he could change his mind literally overnight.
Did this come as a surprise to you and the industry.

Speaker 5 (11:16):
Yes, as it did the ten to fifteen percent lift
a few months back. We didn't see this coming. We've
always said, Jamie that this was potentially going to be
inflationary and put the prices up. And the moment Americans
have to pay more for their hamburgers, they hate it
and they want someone to blame. So this is going

(11:38):
to provide some relief. But I think if we keep
it all in balance, our exporters have been doing pretty
well in places like the European Union and in the UK,
Southeast Asia, but certainly the States has been very lucrative
over recent times despite the tariff. So this will give
us a little bit of a leg up. But we're waiting.

Speaker 4 (12:00):
See.

Speaker 2 (12:01):
I can understand why he would get rid of the
tariff on our beef because it's proving hugely unpopular in
the in the wallet of Americans. What's the story with
the Kiwi fruit and is there any hope for the
likes of lamb wine.

Speaker 5 (12:17):
Well, we hope that there will be some reduction in
the tariff for lamb because we know these very wealthy
consumers in the West, typically both sides of the States,
the Western the East Coast love our lamb and we
hope that we may see some relief there, but that

(12:38):
may take a bit of time to work its way through.

Speaker 2 (12:41):
Okay, there's Trump's tariffs. It's a moving feast, quite literally,
but as you say, Nathan guy, we will bank it
while we can. So that's I want you to take
off your chair of the Meat Industry Association hat put
on the chair of the APICO New Zealand one. How
big a deal is this Asian hornet threat.

Speaker 5 (13:05):
It's quite a concern. It's a nasty little bugger and
we've found more than we hope to find queen populations
in around the North Shore. There of Aokland MPI or
BI security in zets. They're now. Court's done a pretty
good job where they've been well engaged with APPNZ and

(13:27):
those in the industry. It's about one hundred and twenty.

Speaker 6 (13:31):
Officials working on it.

Speaker 5 (13:32):
They've got international expertise out of the Netherlands and also
out of the UK, two areas that have dealt with it.
I'm not sure that they've been able to eradicate it.
I think the US at one point may have eradicated
a nasty blugged luck that yeah, they legged horned but
sorry hornet. But I'm not sure of the success. So

(13:56):
doing what Biosecurity in z are doing now is the
most appropriate thing. Enlarging the area out the five kilometers,
more traps, more surveillance, and actually the New Zealand public
can play a very important role in this as well,
with identifying things, taking pictures and letting officials know what
they see.

Speaker 2 (14:13):
A couple will really quickly finished on FDA with India.
Do you think you mate Todd McLay might get this
across the line.

Speaker 5 (14:22):
Oh, I'm sure he will. I met the Commerce Minister
Gooyle with Todd McLay a couple of weeks ago and
rode to a very successful chat and mister mcclay's up
there now. It's sounding positive. We always know that dairy's
going to be a challenge. I hope we can get

(14:42):
something there, but all signals that I'm getting is it's
going to be very good for the red meat sector,
particularly for sheep meat and Lamb.

Speaker 2 (14:52):
Yeah, absolutely be greatful. Lamb. And your season in horror
Fenawa where you're farming dairy farming, how's it going.

Speaker 5 (15:00):
I'm just going to say we're facing a thirty percent
tariff at the moment and about three percent local taxes
and Aussies on zero, so yeah, you can get something similar.
That's a big one. I'm looking at a mob of
wieners at the moment. They're in good shape, they've got
some on their back. The grass is booming, milk flowing,
so we're in a sweet spot right now. But as
we know in farming, things can change pretty quickly.

Speaker 7 (15:23):
Right now.

Speaker 5 (15:23):
It's great.

Speaker 2 (15:24):
Good on you, Nathan guy, thank you very much for
your time, Chair of Meat Industry Association and Appiculture New Zealand.
Up next to the Federated Farmers. I didn't get time
to ask Nathan about this one because we're going to
cover it next up. Federated Farmers has launched a petition
calling on the government to urgently step in and end
the consenting crisis affecting farmers up and down the country.

(15:47):
And it is a bit of a crisis if you
ask me, if you're going to have to pay fifty
or sixty grand just to renew a consent for something
where you've effectively ticked all the boxes, maybe Shane Jones
is right. Let's get rid of regional councils. David Clark,
mid Canterbury farmer up next on the country. David Clark

(16:15):
is a Mid Canterbury arable farmer. It is the seed
bowl of New Zealand beautiful arable country. He's also the
former Federated Farmer's President for Mid Canterbury. He's also or you, David,
are also an arable farmer who might have to convert
to dairy farming just so he can get a consent
to carry on farming. How crazy is that?

Speaker 4 (16:36):
Absolutely crazy?

Speaker 6 (16:37):
Jamie, Hey, look great to join you again and talk
with you. And look, it is a perverse outcome that
the nightmare of trying to renew a consent in Canterbury
looks like it's an easier pathway if we converted a
dairy rather than renewed our arable consent. But the bigger
issue and play here is just the complexity of renewing

(16:58):
and applying for resource consents. And that's why the current
government has clearly signaled that the RMA is past its
use by dating. There's a new legislation coming, but we
need to manage the transition.

Speaker 2 (17:10):
Well, you need some action before that new legislation comes
into play. To that end, I note that the FEDS
Federated Farmers. They've launched a petition calling on the government
to urgently step in and end the consent and crisis
affecting farmers up and down the country. But here's my
question for you, David Clark, based in Canterbury. There is

(17:30):
this an ECN problem largely or is it affecting farmers
right across the country.

Speaker 6 (17:36):
So Federator Farmers have done a great job on this
that once I went public and raised the profile of
this issue, they then sought information from farmers facing similar
situations to us. And what's become evident is that there
is a whole raft of farming families from all across
New Zealand who are facing similar situations to us, and
in some cases actually the costs that they've incurred make

(17:59):
our situation look mild. Yes, it's far worse than Canterbury,
but it is an issue that is nationwide and that's
that's why it requires a solution from central government.

Speaker 2 (18:10):
So a recent survey shows the scale of the problem.
Four out of five farmers worry about gaining or renewing
consents and I can't believe this. The average cost of
a new consent is nearly forty five thousand dollars. In
some cases Canterbury farmers blessed can are paying over sixty grand, and.

Speaker 6 (18:32):
We're one of those farmers. Is not to be called
average once, Jamie. So our situation is here. We're renewing
a lend use consent for an terrible a sheep farm
in the Canterbury. Now we are meeting all zone reduction
targets and we have an A grade audit on this
property from December twenty twenty four. Now we applied to

(18:53):
renew our consent, which we'd had for eight years, just
to answer the first request from information the section ninety two,
a request from he can that will get us to
expenditure of sixty thousand dollars just to answer the first
request for information. No guarantee that that will be the

(19:14):
end of it, but sixty grand spent just to that. Now,
what is the point of it all? Given where a
farm meeting all the reduction targets and have an A
Grade audit, what's to be gained by sending spending an
excess of sixty thousand dollars to renew an ongoing status
quo consent. I guess Jamie, that's why government have clearly

(19:36):
signaled that the RAMA is passed its use by date
and they are with pace drafting new legislation. You can't
continue to expect farmers to renew resource consents based on
a regional plan and an RAMA that are about to
be completely rewritten. That there is no equity in that,

(19:58):
and that's why there's got to be a paused this
whole process.

Speaker 2 (20:01):
So I guess you'd be fully supportive of the Prince
of the Province as Marta Shane Jones. He wants rid
of the regional councils. They're doing them themselves no favors,
I would think, especially he can when they're setting such
high hurdles for farmers just to get on with their
business farming.

Speaker 6 (20:20):
So in my view, he can are making this process
overtly complicated, and they're trying to embed rules within our consent.
So the NAHU Regional Policy Statement on fresh Water they
want to embedd in our consent. They are trying to
embed part of the freshwater plans of David Parkers. Now
they're gone Burger rules, but they're trying to embed those
in our consent. He can are making this overtly complicated.

(20:44):
I think we have a structural problem in New Zealand
with regional councils. We certainly do here within Canterbury. And yes,
I am fully supportive of the views of government that
regional counsel are the need to complete structural change and
we need new organizations to confidently and unbiasedly administer environmental

(21:08):
rules of New Zealand.

Speaker 2 (21:09):
Yeah, I felt a shiver down my spine the ghost
of David Parker. Look, if you want to, if you
want to add your voice to the petition, go to
Consenting Crisis dot n Z. I'm going to go and
put my name to it. We've got to stop this
bureaucratic red tape getting in the way of productivity. David Clark,
thanks for your time. You, along with feder Aided Farmers,
keep up the good fight.

Speaker 6 (21:30):
Thanks very much. Jamie, have a great day.

Speaker 2 (21:33):
Well, thank you David. It is what is the time
as twenty seven? I from one You're with the country.
Simply read something got me started? Hello, Michelle Watt, Jamie McCarty,
it's good to have you in the studio. Now. You
know how we run a food chain here, Well it's
a dictatorship. Let's be honest about it. Do you know
what you've got to do this afternoon.

Speaker 8 (21:53):
Oh I dream to say. I feel like you haven't
told me about a job.

Speaker 2 (21:56):
No, no, no, I haven't. You've got to go to
Consenting Crisis dot en Z. And so the petition your employment,
your ongoing employment depends on it. All right, Okay, I'll
put it on the list, and all you farmers out
there go and do it, because that's ridiculous. It's ridiculous
what we've heard. The website is Consenting Crisis dot in Z.

(22:16):
And before I forget, we were talking about christ Church
and the weather extremes. Man, ohman, they have some weather
extremes between Thursday and Sunday. We were there on Thursday
launching the twenty twenty five Emerson's Machaiser. It is a
hop oil infused New Zealand pilsner. It's very you. I

(22:38):
know you haven't tried it yet, and you went to
Emerson's on the weekend with some visitors and they didn't
have it on tap there. We'll do something about that
for you. It's very citrusy.

Speaker 8 (22:47):
I'll take your word for it. I found some new
favorite beers while I was trying some down there.

Speaker 2 (22:51):
What's your favorite beer?

Speaker 8 (22:51):
At Emerson's day Tripper now has taken my top spot.

Speaker 2 (22:55):
Why isn't that the low carb Hazy?

Speaker 8 (22:58):
Is it a low carbone? I don't know if it's
a low carbone, it's very nice.

Speaker 2 (23:02):
Yeah, I'm well, look at me, I'm after the I'm
after always want the full fat version myself. But I
think it might be the because the low car bear
is just all the fashion, and I think Spakes Summitt Ultra,
which is sort of under the Emerson's umbrella. They're all
in together. That is the top selling bear in the country.
And that's because young blokes like my sons drink it

(23:24):
and say this is much better for you, Dad, But
then they go and drink eighteen bottles of it.

Speaker 8 (23:30):
Not much better.

Speaker 2 (23:31):
That's not better for you anyhow. The winner, the winner
of the five hundred dollars cash for Emerson's mackaysa Facebook competition,
was Ewen Cameron from Timaru. Ewan commented on the Facebook
post and he was covering his backside here. Who would
you have a cold one with? Ewan said, I'd have

(23:51):
a cold Makaisa with the missus Abbi Cameron. So well done, Ewan,
and especially you Abby, because you are going to get
a cold machaiser. We'll be back with rural news and
sports news. Welcome back to the country. The show's brought

(24:19):
to you by Brandt. Very shortly Michelle with the latest
and rural news. We'll have a look at sports news
for you as well. But you know, farmers getting cows
and calf It's all about timing, isn't it. And that's
where sense Hub Dairy collars come in. These collars do
the watching for you, keeping an eye on your herd's behavior,
spotting which cows are on heat and indicating the best

(24:40):
window for insemination. Saves you the tail paint saves you
the time standing on the platform and makes life on
farm a whole lot easier. And it's not just collers.
Sense Hub Dairy is part of a connected ecosystem drafting gates,
milk monitoring and cowshared automation, all designed to work together
so your farm runs smarter, not harder, and behind it

(25:00):
all you've got a trusted name. Sence Hubdairy comes with
over sixty five years of awflex experience here in New
Zealand and they've been using collars on Kiwi farms for
more than a decade plus you're backed by MSD Animal
Health with a dedicated local team trainers in every region
and this is so important tech support from four am
to seven pm, seven days a week. If you've been

(25:23):
thinking about getting on top of herd monitoring, check out
sense hub dot co dot Nz or give you a
local monitoring specialist a call for an on farm visit
sense Ubdairy. That just makes sense.

Speaker 1 (25:37):
To the country's rural news with Cob Cadet, New Zealand's
leading right on lawnbower brand, visit steel Ford dot Co
dot Nz for your local stockist and.

Speaker 2 (25:46):
Michelle just before we get into the rural news, the
outstanding issue of the day is the day tripper indeed
a low carb hazy from Emerson's It is.

Speaker 8 (25:55):
Indeed, But you know, I'm an athlete, Jamie, so I've
got to go after these low card bears. Maybe that
doesn't make its either really forniturance athlete.

Speaker 9 (26:01):
Does it.

Speaker 2 (26:01):
It was so interesting talking to Kate Ackland on Friday
at the show. She's she's got a bit of energy.

Speaker 8 (26:10):
Yeah, I didn't realize she used to be a swimmer
when she was young.

Speaker 2 (26:12):
She said she was a national squad swimmer. That's why
she's doing the Iron Man. She told me a marathon time.
It's not stunningly quick a marathon time, but she's plotted
through a marathon, she said. The biking's going to be
the hardest one. But I reckon and you're and you're
a proper athlete the biking. If you can run, you
can bike. It's a bit of leg strength. It's the
swimming that gets most people, because unless you've got a

(26:33):
good swimming background, you'll always struggle to be competitive, won't you.

Speaker 8 (26:37):
Yeah, you don't make much time up in a swim, though, Jamie.
So it kind of it's it's very little. So the
bike is where the time's made up because it's the
biggest distance.

Speaker 2 (26:44):
And you see Hayden wild controversy over the weekend.

Speaker 8 (26:47):
Oh wasn't that nuts with the T one hundred.

Speaker 2 (26:49):
No, he's a great athlete, that bloke. Now, if I
played the rural News, yes, I have already got for us.

Speaker 8 (26:54):
So the Ruins you actually found the story for me, Jamie.
So it turns out door Meets have been named with
the world's Best Steak at the World Stake Challenge in
twenty twenty five. For twenty twenty five, Sorry, thirty two
day aged Irish Angus strip Point produced by Dawn Meats
has won that award, which is pretty incredible. And I
actually looked up, I did my research because you know

(27:14):
that's what I do, and Alliance were at so they
run two parts to this award. They have one of
the Netherlands, which is kind of like the precursor. And
this final was in London just recently where Dawn Meets
won the Supreme Award.

Speaker 2 (27:26):
But didn't the Alliance win something as well? For sixty
five day. Imagine that's a long time to age the steak.
How good would that be? So yeah, well there you go,
all you Alliance Group Farmer shareholders. You're buying into a
world champion winning meat company and that is, of course
Dawn Meats.

Speaker 1 (27:44):
Sport on the country with Afco key we owned.

Speaker 9 (27:48):
That's rare.

Speaker 2 (27:49):
Oh talking about wonderful meat companies. Okay. Scott Robertson, Yes,
the All Blacks coach is promising the All Blacks will
emerge from a current gloomy state and for the final
test of the year, Robertson says the team needs to
respond to the hurt of losing to England and front
up against Wales this weekend. I could have written that

(28:10):
press release where's Michelle gone? She's disappeared. Anyhow, I don't
need it for this particular but another black Caps recall
for Canterbury left handed batter Henry Nichols covering for Darrel
Mitchell ahead of Wednesday second One Day International against the
Windy's at Napier First match. Centurion Mitchell is having scans
on a grond strain suffered running between the wickets. How

(28:32):
good was he? And Yannick Sinner has clinched the season
ending atp Tennis men's singles title in Turin, beating Carlos
Alcaraz in straight sets. That is a wonderful tennis rivalry.
Up next, if you want an iconic ute, we've got
one coming your way. That's up next. Next porter call

(28:58):
on the country is Palmi North, the one or two region,
the farming capital of the country. That's what Hamus mackay
keeps telling me. Anyhow, Hey there, Toyota is headquartered. I
was talking to the Toyota teams at the Gisbon and
christ Church shows and they've got a new high Lux
coming out as well as a new rare four. Andrew

(29:19):
Davis vice president of Toyota, New Zealand. I love the
americanization there. When can we expect this new highlux.

Speaker 7 (29:27):
Yeah good, Jamie. So new Highlucks and Rare four as
you say, Highlucks will launch early next year. But we've
actually got orders open now for customers already. In the
modern world, people see the vehicles online, they know what
they want, and we're open and ready to take their
orders on Highlucks.

Speaker 2 (29:44):
Well, I had a look at it online just so
i'd be prepared for this chat. And it's got like
a smart new grill. It's quite a masculine, should I
say that boxy sort of look. And then I looked
at your PR release and you decide and you described
the design theme as cyber Sumo. That was an interesting choice.

Speaker 7 (30:03):
Yeah, yeah, well it's just a modern spin.

Speaker 6 (30:06):
Really.

Speaker 7 (30:06):
The sort of cyber reference is the new modern front
styling face we've got on the vehicle. It's got one
hundred millimeters of higher waiting depth at the front or
kind of eNTRI angle when you're climbing hills in a
higher eyebrow line, so it's lifted the front up a bit.
And when you look at the front styling and obviously
the side treatments near the front wheels. It kind of
looks like a crouching sumo, so that's where that had

(30:28):
come from. And obviously, you know Japan and Australia co
designed this vehicle along with the team in Thailand, so
that's year. That's the reference they give it.

Speaker 2 (30:37):
So two point eight leater turbo diesel powered the High
Laxes as opposed to the rav Force because they're like
a fall on hybrid. The Highlaxes have a mild hybrid
power train. I think it sits under the one of
the seats, forty eight volt battery. What does this actually
give you.

Speaker 7 (30:54):
Yeah, so mild hybrid rather than what we would call
a full hybrid, like a like a Rare four as
you reference.

Speaker 4 (31:00):
What a mild hybrid allows us to do.

Speaker 7 (31:02):
Is to retain things like towing capacity that Highlux is
known for it three and a half ton. So hybrid
technology is coming on thick and fast, but we're going
to make sure that you know, a rural customers, people
that use their Highlucks is thought theyre designed for have
the same reliability. So a mild hybrid provides an ability
to stop start if you're in town. If you're something
that lights, the engine can turn off and on. It

(31:22):
gives you a little bit more power when you apply throttle,
when you pull away with a trailer or items like that,
and it regenerates obviously when you decelerate, so no need
to plug it in. As you say, with high LUs,
the battery is in the back. It's quite a small
battery and it's a similar system to the toy Deprato
that we've just launched where it provides assistance, but unlike

(31:43):
a Rev four that's a full hybrid system, it can't
run on the hybrid system alone.

Speaker 2 (31:47):
When are these things going to be hitting the market.

Speaker 7 (31:50):
So we're hoping February March. We're just working through arrival
timings now. As I say, we've basically run out of
all of the previous generation Highlux vehicle, which are still
an awesome vehicle. So our dealers are open and ready
to take orders now they've got everything they need to
talk it through with customers to jump into your store.

Speaker 2 (32:09):
What's my entry level for a brand new high Lucks
A twenty twenty six model with the Cybersumo design thing
so forty.

Speaker 7 (32:16):
Nine nine ninety so just under fifty grand and that's
that's actually for a two wood drive variant. Two would
drive is less popular than it used to be. Lots
of customers are now shifting to four wood drive just
gives them a safer option and a little bit more capability.
But we've got we've got a two point eight lead
to two wood drive still it's the SR double cab
and that's priced at forty nine nine ninety so sub

(32:38):
fifty grand.

Speaker 2 (32:39):
Damn good value. Andrew Davis out a Parmi North, Thanks.

Speaker 4 (32:41):
For some of your time, no problems.

Speaker 7 (32:44):
Thank you.

Speaker 1 (32:46):
Get two.

Speaker 2 (32:48):
Teen away from one. That is the good news out
of the one or two region. Unfortunately breaking news and
we'll update this at the top of the hour one
o'clock here on newstalk, said b The deaths of three
children and their father at the scene of a one
or two house fire are being investigated as a suspected

(33:13):
triple murder suicide. Stuff is reporting that up next the weather,
see if we can brighten up your day or we
but there you as well have it on.

Speaker 1 (33:45):
Weather on the country with farmlands helping to prevent parasite
outbreaks this summer.

Speaker 2 (33:55):
Just having a quick look at the text machine fell
Duncan forthwith, here's one that came in on Friday when
we were broadcasting from a beautifully sunny and fine and
warm christ Church Day for the Canterbury Amp Show. What
a successful day People's Day was from Cedric who said
this is in reference to the Prime minister who kicked

(34:16):
off the show. Luxon is lying there is no CGT
capital gains tax on holiday homes. They are exempt. Please
correct this, says Cedric. Well, Cedric, last time I had
a look, the holiday home is not exempt from a
capital gains tax. Your own home is, but not your
holiday home. If you sell the batch, I think you've

(34:37):
got to play CGT on it. Correct me if I'm wrong.
On five double nine, Phil Duncan, what's your understanding of
the capital gains tax? Because you're a property making Nate.

Speaker 9 (34:50):
I was actually just reading the story on the Herald
about that, just trying to get my head around it more.
I don't understand enough about it yet, but yeah, I
think there's probably going to be more conversation about this
in the months ahead to figure it out.

Speaker 2 (35:02):
Well. The interesting thing is with Chippy in this capital
gains tax, I'm not in favor of myself, but I
think we do at some stage need to broaden the
tax space. We're going to go broke as a nation.
The other thing we should be doing is raising the
age of eligibility for national super That would solve some
of our problems. But as long as Winston's breathing, that's
never going to happen. But when you check these surveys

(35:25):
or the Poles, people aren't against it. I guess anything
to get the rich pricks a fell. Talk to me
about the weather extremes christ Church case in point. Thursday
miserably cold and wet, Friday stunningly warm, Saturday hail at
Rickett and Sunday freezing at the cricket.

Speaker 9 (35:44):
It sounds like November and Canterbury to me. You know,
the Southern Elks really make the South Island have some
crazy ups and downs, which you know, the North Island
just doesn't really get those big temperature swings, not to
the same degree anyway. But yeah, Canterbury, those two areas
especially get counced by these changes. It's a weird thing

(36:04):
to say, because you know, looking at someone else's problems
to make itself feel better. But if you look at
the weather in Tasmania and Victoria. We're getting the Pollar
boundary coming up over the almost every week. Still, we've
got a couple more times coming up. So the weather
over there is far more wintry and unsettled than it
is here. That's my silver lining for you. And you know,
we've got another bit of a cold flick at the

(36:26):
end of this week, but it's going to be a
warmer than average week really for Monday through to Friday
in just about the entire country.

Speaker 2 (36:32):
Okay, any reprieve for the dry regions.

Speaker 9 (36:35):
Look, there's a little bit, but not much. What we've
got this week is a subtropical flow and a north
to northwesterly flow. Now that could actually drive in some
really heavy rain for Bay of Plenty. It really captures
a subtropical northerly that seeds in there. Some of that
might spill over into Hawk's Bay, probably not the southern
parts of Hawk's Bay, but certainly northern Hawks Bay's got

(36:55):
a chart of it. But if you're further southwards, wided
up at Wellington, Marlborough, Chostschurch or Canterbury excuse me, and
right down to Otago, those areas basically have no rain
coming up other than a bit of spillover from some
of those other systems.

Speaker 2 (37:09):
Yeah, well, Fill, I'm looking at the drought index map.
Hawks Bay are standing out and then other parts of
the East coast we're seeing Marlborough right down to Christchurch
are we bit there in mid Canterbury, South Canterbury. So
the east coasts are definitely starting to dry out. Phil.
Thank you very much for your time. Really appreciate it, mate,
my pleasure. Yeah you too, Phil. Duncan and enjoy the

(37:32):
warmer week. I know in Dnedan here we're going to
get a warmer week. We could do with one. Just
that breaking news and there will no doubt be more
about this twenty seven degrees with the northwest of today
in Christchurch, as in Canterbury Province of extremes. The deaths
of three children and their father at the scene of

(37:53):
the one or two house fire are being investigated as
a suspected triple murder suicide and that is what stuff
is reporting. So we'll see if we update it here
on en zebby on news Talk ZEDB at the top
of the hour. We live in a sad, sad world.

(38:13):
Catch it back tomorrow, catch.

Speaker 1 (38:18):
All the latest from the land. It's the Country Podcast
with Jamie McKay. Thanks to Brent, You're specialist in John
Deere machinery.