February 11, 2026 • 37 mins
Jamie Mackay talks to Wayne Langford, Tim Dangen, Chris Brandolino, Andrew Gibson, and Chris Russell.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Yes me.
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Finally, so case.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Good a New Zealand Welcome to the Country. Back at
Danita HQ today, we're heading down the road tomorrow for
the Southern Field Days, first of the big field days.
As we head into field day season, I'm really keen
to find out what the vibe is like, Marbo Dennis Denito,
What is it going to be like, especially for the
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big ticket items like tractors and all that sort of stuff.
We're going to kick off the show with a man
who I probably caused a bit of grief. Caused him
some grief yesterday, should I say, Wayne Langford, President of
Federated Farmers, addressing the rumors that he's considering a career
in national or should that be labor politics? Wayne Langford
from way Mumu, just outside a gore. He gets around
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this bloke. We're going to talk to Tim Dangin twenty
twenty two New Zealand Young Farmer of the Year west
Auckland beef farmer. But he's gone down to Southland to
milk Cow's. He's at Whyemumou as well. Chris Brandolino from
Earth Sciences, New Zealand. We'll talk to him. Andrew Gibson's
our guy from PGG Rights and Livestock Report. We're heading
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to Taranaki with having a brilliant season. And Chris Russell's
our Australian correspondent. It's so hot over there that fruit
is cooking on the tree in a sustained heat wave.
But from what I understand Wayne Langford, president of Federated Farmers,
there's a bit of a heat wave on in Southland today.
How are you going?
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Oh there is Jamie. I've just just arrived and Sloanen
and just arrive here at Fieldos.
Speaker 4 (02:08):
It's hard to find a quiet place to stand it too,
because as packed. Yeah, the place is hummon, the sun's out.
It's a great day.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Everyone's going to call on for the shade ladder in
the afternoon.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
Well that long, Matt continue. I'm going to be down
there tomorrow. Might be a bit cooler and a bit
wetter tomorrow, but you take it. You take a fine
day when you get one. Okay, let's just address these
rumors and that were made apparent to me on Tuesday
evening and back benches bar across the road from politics.
Here's Chris Hopkins from yesterday's show, Wayne back Benches last night, Chris,
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rumors were rife that Wayne Lanthor, current president of Federated Farmers,
is going to be standing for Labor and Damien's old
seat West Coast Tasman. Can you confirm or deny.
Speaker 5 (02:51):
If you want to, you know, cast those potential aspursions
on Wayne.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
I don't view them as suspicions, but.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
He might there we go. I wonder if he does
view them suspersions. Wayne Langford, do I are you an apology?
Speaker 4 (03:04):
I think so that bunkles have and I saying, hey,
what's what's going on now? Obviously with the West Coast
Desmond being widely available now people are asking questions. But
but I'm you know, and obviously you know, I think
about it. I've spent a bit of time in the
halls there and and Wellington, but my focus right now
is on FIDS and and and getting getting what we've
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got to get done for Farmers.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
Well, let me let me put two and two.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
I think okay, you're happy to be happy.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
You're happy, you're happy to be the MP for So
let me put two and two together and get five here.
Don't you finish your term as President of Federated Farmers
in June or July of this year. Wouldn't that open
up an opportunity for you to run in an election
in November?
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (03:49):
Potentially, But I might be a bit more like Donald
Trump and to see if I can stay on for
another few years that SAIDs so see if I can
rewrite the constitution. No, no, no, no. There's obviously about
going on as elect in year. And you're right, my
turn does finishing and at the end of June, and
so of course i'd be looking at everything. I was
actually hoping to go back to the farm and do
a bit more farming. So there's all kinds of things
(04:11):
going on. But I can assure you right now that
my main focus is on feeds and getting the work
down to feed.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
Where would these rumors about the labor connection come from.
I don't know your political allegiances. They're up to you.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
I would love to know what circles you're mixing on too,
to find Jamie. So I was just as surprised as
as many of the listeners out there was as well.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
Yeah, but wait, we had a good we had a
good gathering with you Federated Farmers guys and back benches
on Tuesday evening. And it didn't come as a surprise
that rumor to some of them.
Speaker 4 (04:43):
Oh you know, you know when you're when you're a
heak of a leader, you'd be a heck of a politician. Maybe,
So there's no wonder that people were asking the question.
But no, no, like I said, I've got I've got
a job to do. It feeds and that's what I'm
focusing on doing. Uses an election coming up next year,
but for right now, it's it's feeds and feeds all
the way.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
See, Chippy gave a reasonably unconvincing denial there, and I
did say to him, if labor could get their hands
on someone like you, it would give them some egg
cred that they haven't currently got.
Speaker 4 (05:13):
Yeah, I just said, it needs to be a fair
bit more than just incredibility, right, And it's the good
policy for farmers and good results of farmers them. And
that's sort of been working on for the last couple
of years and I'm planning to continue to work on that.
So yeah, that would be an interesting time. But but yeah,
definitely all rumors at the moment.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
Have you talked to me finally not something that none,
of course not. You've obviously talked to Andrew Hoggard who
went straight from Federated Farmer's presidency to well he went
straight into being a cabinet minister. And it's interesting in
the other one, the one the Federated Farmer's President before
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Andrew Hoggard was Katie Milnan. Katie has told me so
this is not rumor spreading, a rumormongering that she has
been approached by political parties. And Kate, i guess is
on the West Coast as well, so you never know
she might put her hand up.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 4 (06:06):
I mean, well that just shows kind of the influence
and the impact that we have with in so parliament
really just to show that we'd be having that kind
of interest.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
So the credit to the work that for our ad.
Speaker 4 (06:16):
Farmas does and like I say, the work that we
put in. But so again, right now my focus is
on fairs and getting kids done and if my term
comes to an end of at the end of June,
then I'll I'll consider my ups and then but up
until then, yeah, getting it done for feeds.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Let's move on to National Lamb Day. It's getting bigger
and better, and well I'm talking about yesterday's barbecue on
the parliamentary lawns. It's getting bigger and better every year,
and it seems to be getting garnering more national attention.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
Yeah, it was a fantastic day.
Speaker 4 (06:47):
And well I don't know who was on crooking the
cook and the chelves, so they did a great job
on that.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
So yeah, no, very good.
Speaker 4 (06:53):
Obviously an election year because all the all the politicians
were up, but most of all just the celebration of
lamb and the fantas the product that we've produced there.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
So it was was really good.
Speaker 4 (07:03):
And you never know. Next year they might move from
the from the back lawn out to the front lawn
and feed a few of those protests out in the front.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Maybe there might be too many protesters to feed. It
might be fishes and loaves. Let's just have a quick
look at other issues that are coming across Federated Farmer's
Desk at the moment, that is the RIMA reforms. Now
I know, ground swells hot under the collar about this.
You might be running into Bryce and Lorry at Waimumu.
I don't know, but is there a sneaky water tacks
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in there somewhere?
Speaker 4 (07:34):
Yeah, there certainly some concerns with the way it's seeing
worded at the moment. And as you can imagine, while
we've come out in support of the RMA changes, it
doesn't mean that that that we agree with everything that's
in there. And actually probably some of the wording has
gone well, not probably, it has gone gone way too far.
So so we're working through that and the potential around
the water text or a levy is definitely on the table,
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and we'll be calling for the for the current government
to be rolling that out because because we can't be
heaving that that's just ridiculous and we certainly wouldn't be agrant.
Speaker 3 (08:03):
And I know the industry good bodies, not only Federated farmers,
but the likes of Beef and Lamb who were obviously
involved yesterday darien Z I was talking to them. They're
right in the middle of the submission process. So can
we rely on the industry good bodies to do the
heavy lifting for farmers? I mean, if you're a farmer
and you don't like the thought of a water tacks.
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Do you leave it up to your industry, good body,
or do you make a submission yourself?
Speaker 4 (08:30):
Jeremy that they are man as a complex topic and
so I encourage farmers if they do want to make
a submission, that's good. But it is a very complex
topic and the everybody's and cetera. Farmers attacking and obviously
extremely seriously. So the team did not get a lot
of holidays over the summer because it was put out
just before Christmas. It's got to be responded to by
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the end of this week and they'll be getting the submission,
and there maybe certain parts of it that different farmers
want to submit on and that'd be good to have
farmer input. But certainly, yeah, the teams are working very
well together. So's to make sure we not only get
good policy in there, but also good science and extension
work that comes from the everybody's in there as well.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
I know you've just arrived on the ground at the
Southern field days at Why Mumoo Rowena is calling it
because we're using her phone. Actually we'll catch her tomorrow.
She's running around organizing you at the moment because your
phone's gone flat. So we're talking on her phone. She
said it's like a heat wave, but that might be
an exaggeration for Southland.
Speaker 4 (09:31):
Yeah, I don't think she can handle that. No, it is, Honestly,
it's a beautiful that it's a cracker where feeder in
the farmland extent. I got a ride from the airport
with the MG and so they're doing They are here too,
and they've got a big sten and so that's good.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
And then I'm kicking around with Rover.
Speaker 4 (09:47):
But while I borrow her phone, hope to see the
messages that comes around this phone.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
Yeah, well you never know. Do I need to forward
Rowena's number on to Chris Hipkins just in case he
wants to call.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
Definitely not.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
I'm like I said, yeah, I'll got work to do
before we go thinking about that stuff.
Speaker 3 (10:05):
You've practiced that line nicely, Wayne Yolo Langford, thanks for
being a good sport. It's good to catch up with
you yesterday, jammy President of Federated Farmers, Wayne Langford. It's
interesting Damian O'Connor of course, has vacated that seat. Maureenpure
is retiring, so West Coast Tasman Damian O'Connor's old seat
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and very much up for grabs. You know his name
has been bandied about. I guess all the parties would
be interested in someone like him. Katie Miln's another one.
She'd be interesting. She'd go well and well. I don't
know whether she'd go well. She dislikes getting stuff done.
She mightn't go that well on politics.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
Right.
Speaker 3 (10:47):
Michelle came up with the musical theme today. This is
sixpence none the Richer. I had no idea that this
is from the American teen drama called Dawson's Creek. I've
never ever seen it, but actor James Van der Beek,
best known for his starring role in the US teen
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drama which I've never seen Dawson's Creek, has died at
the age of forty eight after being diagnosed with bowel cancer.
That's not a good innings, is it. So take care
out there, and it's good to see that we've actually
in this country lowered the age of bowel screen testing
from I think sixty to fifty eight. If you get
one of those in the male, do it seriously. Up next,
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we're sticking with Southland. He's a west Aucklander who's gone
down there to milk Cow's. His name is Tim Dangin.
He was also the twenty twenty two New Zealand Young
Farmer of the Year. He's been on the ground a
bit longer than Yolo has. Or see what he's got,
what he knows about the vibe at Waimumu the first
of the big Farmer field Days this year. It's just
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one more day twenty two after twelve you're with the
country brought to you by Farmlands where Wayne Langford was
and is Suzu not catch up with my old rugby
mate Bobby Morrell, great Southland halfback. I think he's got
the Isuzu dealership down on Southland. No doubt he'll be
(12:38):
at field Days. But here's a North Islander who's now
an adopted Southland at Tim Dangel twenty twenty two Young
Farmer of the Year. Rowena has described it as a
heat wave. Wayne Langford said she doesn't handle the heat
very well. What do you call it, Tim, because you're
used to warmer climbs than Southland, being a west Auckland.
A good afternoon.
Speaker 5 (13:00):
You could have to know Jamie good to be here.
It's a bit of northern weather all right. The sun
is teaming in, there's a light nor westerly breeze though,
so I can call in the shade. But no, it's
very boringt down here, Jamie. It's good to see and
there's a lot to be happy about in agriculture sectre
at the moment, isn't there Red meat really sending some
records there, and dairy farmers off the back of a
good payout last year and improving GDT auctions this year.
(13:22):
It's looking very promising all round. So I'd say there'll
be some deals then done down on the field days.
Speaker 3 (13:27):
Well, I think the interesting one from the dairy farmer's
point of view, the Fonterra dairy farmers I'm talking about.
They've got the capital repayment as well. That is an
average across the board of about four hundred thousand dollars
as a tax free capital are repayment. So I'm thinking
if you're ever going to upgrade some gear, get a
new track, to buy a new ute or whatever, if
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times have been a bit tough in the past few years, this.
Speaker 5 (13:51):
Would be the year to do it, absolutely, Jamie, and
I think farmers will be looking carefully where they can
reinvest their capital, isn't it So if there's productivity benefits
on farm by upgrading machinery or creating a better workplace
than Now's the time to do it, for sure, and
it's exciting to see a bit of cash being going around,
particularly in an election year. I think it is real
time and opportunity for politicians to be able to really
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shine the spotlight on their primary center and show just
how well we're doing and the opportunities that are out
there for all people, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
It's great to see.
Speaker 3 (14:20):
I'm going to have a yarn when I get down
there tomorrow morning before we go to here to some
of the tractors, salespeople and the utes and the ones
who are selling the big ticket items the farm machinery,
just to see what the vibe is are you. Are
you there to spend money or you just tire kicking, Tim.
Speaker 5 (14:38):
We'll break the wallet out for a few things. We've
picked up another contract for another farm next season, so
we've got a little bit of capital to invest somewhere.
So yeah, we'll be doing a few deals hopefully, Jamie.
But I can't really see any reason why people wouldn't
be spending money here things that things are very buoyant
and the weather's good, and the stores are looking fantastic,
So it's an exciting time to be in the primary
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sector for sure.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
Southland and Otago and well Southwest Otago and parts of
Canterbury got walloped by that wind back in late October
of last year. I know the recovery has been a
painful process for many people. How has the season treated
you getting recovering from that, because I also know you've
got to weep bit dry.
Speaker 5 (15:21):
Yes, we did get dry for a bit, and I
think if you take the wind event out of things,
it's actually been a pretty good season all around down here,
Jamie talking about the farmers, I think hole on hole,
you'd take it on most seasons. So although we did
get a little bit dry, there's been some sort of
frequent rain coming through and there's a little bit coming tomorrow,
so I'll bring you gun boats, so if you're going
to come along to my murmur but no, all in all,
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a very good season down here, really.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
Okay, Well we'll let's go. How's your sister Emma getting on.
We spoke to her a couple of weeks ago, mother
of three, vet former Young Farmer of the Year as well.
I understand like the maize crops aside that the Waikato
regions having a very good grassy so as well.
Speaker 5 (16:01):
Yeah, they're having a bumper, an't they. So it's interesting
to see because certainly from volume wise, supplies looking very
good around most of the country from the dairy sector,
so it'd be interesting to see if this payout does
shift upwards or not with the volumes staying high. But no,
she's going very well here and Chris are very busy.
They're just starting to have some early calves up there,
so they'll be into the autumn carving side of things shortly,
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which obviously keeps them very busy, and along with the
three kids, AND's got a handful handsful, but she manages
to balance at all. Jamien does very well there, you
know that well, mother.
Speaker 3 (16:33):
Of three, vet dairy farmer, celebrity speaker. And if that's
not enough carving twice a year, who needs spare time, eh?
Speaker 5 (16:43):
Not the Pool family, that's for sure. But no, they're
going for a Jamie and it's awesome to see them
really reaching out and capitalizing on some of the opportunities
that are out there at the moment. It's widespread and
I see it certainly down in the South and that
the doors are open for quality people that want to
work hard and try and get ahead. And it's yeah,
I think it's an exciting time the next ten to
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fifteen years when we see a lot of succession plans
follow through and a lot of opportunities.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
Pop up for young people. So it's good time to
be in the primary seat of for sure.
Speaker 6 (17:12):
Jamie.
Speaker 3 (17:12):
You mentioned reaching out, You reach into your pocket, get
that wallet out and share the love.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
At Waimomo will do Jami.
Speaker 3 (17:19):
Tim d Engine there twenty twenty two Young Farmer of
the Year. His farming has a very good future when
people like Tim and Emma are running the cutter. Okay,
up next, Chris Brandolino. I would normally catch them tomorrow
from Newer but I've got kind of a full dance
card again down at the Southern Field Days. As I said,
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the first of the of the regional field Days. We've
got Northland, We've got Central districts. When's the East I
need to look up where's Dave Martin. Dave send me
a text, when's the East Coast Farming Expo? And then
of course we've got a mystery creek. It's going to
be huge this year. I'd imagine if these prices hold,
mystery Creek is really I'm gonna go off. That's National
(18:01):
Field Days up next from NEWA. What's these days? Earth Sciences,
New Zealand, Chris Brandolino.
Speaker 6 (18:16):
Messy, Kim, I'll blame it on the weather man.
Speaker 3 (18:24):
Well, I'm not blaming it on the weather man, Chris.
We're playing this music today because apparently it's from an
American teen drama called Dawson's Creek, which I've never ever
watched in my life. Are you did you ever watch
Dawson's Creek?
Speaker 2 (18:39):
No?
Speaker 7 (18:39):
No, I did not, but I know, you know, my
twenties back in the in the mid to late nineties,
so that was a really popular show. But look, I
did morning television in the nineties and two thousand and
two thousand knots, so I was getting up a one
two o'clock in the morning, which meant I was going
to bed at probably six in the evening. Yeah, I
missed out.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
Okay, Now, look, I was going to ask you for
a forecast for National Lambdown Sunday. But more importantly, as
I look at the NEEWA or Earth Sciences New Zealand
trout Indix map, there's a wee shade of yellow at
the very top of Northland. But other than that, the
countries are looking pretty damn good. But what we are
worried or you're concerned a wee bit about, is another
(19:22):
rainfall event for the east coast of the North Island.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (19:26):
Look, unfortunately, we do have to consider the potential for
some pretty heavy rain this weekend for the North Island,
and some of that quite frankly, may sneak into the
upper and eastern part of the South Island as we
get into maybe say Sunday night into Monday. But before that, yeah,
what looks like tomorrow there'll be some showers and thunderstorms
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for those in the much of the North Island, So
from Wellington all the way up into the Manawatu, the
Waikato North and all going to be some showers and
thunderstorms around tomorrow. Then what's going to happen, Jamie. We're
going to see this kind of two separate weather systems
team up, and it's how those two weather systems interact
that will really determine what happens in terms of a rain.
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One will be coming from the north, another will be
zipping east from the southern Tasman Sea and the two
will sort of connect and form this pretty strong low
that'll take shape off the eastern part of the North Island.
And how that moves and how that behaves, as I said,
that will ultimately determine how much rainfalls and where. But
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the indications are I guess for those who have interests
in places like Traphidi, Gisbin over toward even parts of
Hawk's Bay, Gosh, even wader Rappa into Wellington. Once again,
there could be another round of very heavy rain which
may cause some chance for things like flooding and landslips. Look,
there's a lot of uncertainty, so I do want to
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emphasize that, Jamie. It's how those two weather systems interact
is creating uncertainty, and that means it's unclear as to
you know, when where the heaviest rain falls, does it
stay offshore? That would be great, but that's just something
we'll have to We'll have to wait and see. But yeah,
just a heads up. That would be basically later on Saturday,
but especially Sunday and then to Monday. But for the
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rest of the country, I do think the weekend's looking favorable.
We'll get some gusty wind with that low Jamie, it's
gonna be some really strong wind for the lower and
eastern North Island Sunday and to Monday. And then as
we look ahead, I guess farther afield into next week
kind of a cooler weather pattern next week. As cooler
air does come in, it looks like we'll find temperatures moderating,
(21:39):
perhaps by say this time next week or maybe the
following weekend.
Speaker 3 (21:43):
Okay, Chris brand delanea there, and remember don't blame it
on the way the man, don't shoot the messager. Thanks
for your time.
Speaker 7 (21:49):
Yeah, please don't thank you so yeah.
Speaker 3 (21:51):
Chris Brain Delena from Earth Science is New Zealand. It
is twenty well that's between twenty six from twenty seven
away from one. Up next, Michelle or wander in here
and we'll have a look at rural news and sports
news for you before the end of the air. Andrew
Gibson PDG writes an area livestock manager in Taranaki. They're
(22:13):
having a bit of a royaler of a season. I
bet your smiley Barrett smiling, he's always smiling. And Chris
Russell's there, Assie correspondent good bar Welcome back to the Country,
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have watched Dawson's Creek in the nineties because I love
Paula Cole. Here's Michelle with the latest and rural.
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Speaker 3 (23:07):
Were you a Dawson's Creek fan?
Speaker 9 (23:08):
Of course though was it was totally my era?
Speaker 3 (23:11):
Who's heard it at the Star?
Speaker 9 (23:13):
James van der Beek.
Speaker 3 (23:15):
James is no longer with us.
Speaker 9 (23:17):
The guy that played Pacey, who's been in a lot
of other stuff. I'm sure someone can text and remember
his name, of course. Katie Holmes, who married you know,
Jumping on the Couch Tom Cruise.
Speaker 3 (23:26):
That's the one that ended in tears.
Speaker 9 (23:29):
Michelle Williams, who was married to the Australian actor that
passed away, Heath Ledger. That's the one.
Speaker 3 (23:35):
Well there you go, all right, what do you got
for rural news? Okay?
Speaker 9 (23:38):
In rural news, of course, National Lamb Day is actually
officially on Sunday, and interestingly enough, a lot of that
Lamb actually left from Olmoru and one of the farms
up there. Tota Estate is holding a big event for
Lamb Day on Sunday, the fifteenth of February. It's just
near Omaru sort of area. It's beautiful state and the
event is celebrating one hundred and forty four years of
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the first ship kind of refrigerated land from New Zealand
to Britain. Of course at left Port Charmers here in Dunedin,
which is even meta, isn't it to live in the
town where that all started basically kick started the primary
industry economy. So if you wanted to head along to that,
it's on Sunday and it begins at ten am and
runs through to all s three pm. But fantastic way
to celebrate our meat industry National Lamb Day.
Speaker 3 (24:18):
Looking forward to it.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
His sport sport on the country with Aco one hunder
percent ki we owned and trusted.
Speaker 3 (24:26):
It's oh sorry about that, f Cohen and breaking news.
I can't believe this. Jason snowed and snow has just
sent me a text from Tekuwiti. Stan Mead's one of
my favorite living all blacks. In fact, he's one of
the oldest living all blacks. He's such a great man.
Stan Meads is being made a life member of the
Yetti Rugby Club this Sunday, on National Lamb Day.
Speaker 9 (24:49):
Oh that's great.
Speaker 3 (24:50):
Well, I'm surprised that Stan wasn't made a life member
years and years ago. But anyhow, he's he's been awarded
that well deserved honor. Of course, is Pine Tree, also
a life member. The Meads name synonymous synonymous with that
rugby club. Have I got any Oh? Cali Brazier, there's
a good Otargo girl. I think she went to Otargo
(25:10):
Girls has announced a retirement from international rugby after eighteen
years at the top level. The thirty six year old
has played forty four tests in the fifteens code, winning
two World Cups and playing in two others and sevens.
She earned four Olympic and Commonwealth Games medals, including gold
at Tokyo in twenty twenty one. Cali Brasia, enjoy your retirement.
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And snowboarder Cam Malville has clinched a spot in Saturday
mornings Milan Cortina Olympic halfpipe final. That's sports news. Up
next Andrew Gibson and Taranaki monthly here on the Country
(25:57):
we catch up with the team from PGG wrights in
and have a look at the livestock selling industry today.
We're off to I can't call it the dairy in
capital of the country. I might get in trouble in
Waykatto would I? Andrew Gibson, you're the area livestock manager
auctionaire there on Taranaki. Do you guys call yourself the
dairy in Capital or do you leave that to the tron?
Speaker 6 (26:19):
Hey, Jamie, so the baita will mate de Pences generally
won the last game of rugby between us. We get
the right here the skype, but I'd like to think
we're still there there in Capital.
Speaker 3 (26:30):
Yeah, wow, you've got You've got lots of dairy farms
and dairy farmers there. Now that those guys are doing
incredibly well with their dairy beef sales. They're booming. You
were telling me in the break that dairy beef sALS
for calves these are calves, wereen calves hundred kilos to
one hundred and twenty getting over one thousand bucks. That's
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huge money.
Speaker 6 (26:53):
Yeah, it is. It's late too, you know, February sales
and stuff where so last Thursday and year one hundred
and one hundred and twenty kilow white faced balls and
stairs and charlet or beef breeds were making definitely over
a thousand, you know, up to twelve hundred bucks. It's
you know, but there's still so much positivity in their
market and it's good to see that there's grassy the reads.
Speaker 2 (27:14):
So yeah, the guys that buy them with confidence.
Speaker 6 (27:17):
It looks like we could be in another couple of
years of the shortage.
Speaker 3 (27:20):
Yeah, well, the dairy beef calves probably worth more than
the dairy dairy calves.
Speaker 6 (27:26):
Yeah, it'll be oh yeah, it'll be about the same word.
We're selling a fair few though, the one dairy kettle.
Speaker 2 (27:32):
Down to the south, all of those books.
Speaker 6 (27:34):
Down there at the momentary scene, so yeah, it's it's
not far off the same sort of money.
Speaker 3 (27:39):
Yeah, yep, brilliant money. And you guys at PGG Rights
and do a brilliant job for the IAC calf and
rural scheme. And I know that they've got record returns
this year for their calves, so that's absolutely fantastic. The
wider cattle market still strong across all rangers.
Speaker 6 (27:57):
Yeah, it's it's obviously said boy by the schedule at
the moment on the primes and and and even the
cow and the ball. Those guys, Theo's finishes are selling
their kettle for good money and they got they just
they climbing back in on the same sort of market.
You know, there's a.
Speaker 2 (28:12):
There's not much you can do.
Speaker 6 (28:14):
Really, it's a supplying demand. So if you're not buying kettle,
you're to pay the contractor so yeah, the options are
fairly limited. But like I said before, the down looks
so positive that buying with conference it's working both in
favor for both lots, really both parties.
Speaker 3 (28:29):
And when when it comes to farming, there's some things
you can affect and other things you can't affect, and
a mother nature's one of those. Jack will and Rowth
was on the show, i think on Tuesday. She was
in Taranaki and she said, how great the provinces looking.
Speaker 6 (28:45):
Yeah, it is, it's that well, the whole country is
looking pretty good. I went right up with the family holiday,
right up north, right to the top, and from from
here in Karaniki right up through it's all looking so good.
And yeah, it's leading to some real good markets and
doesn't look like it's going to slip away. We'll be
into the autumn rain soon. And yeah, it looks looks good, good,
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nice and positive.
Speaker 3 (29:07):
I kicked off. I kicked off that conversation talking about
whether Taranaki or wikat I was the dairy in capital
of the country. You realize that Canterbury and south and
might have a crack at that title as well. But
does anyone celebrate a National Lamb Day and your neck
of the woods? Is it a big deal?
Speaker 4 (29:25):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (29:26):
I think a few guys are that. Will we celebrating
on the Sunday roast table?
Speaker 6 (29:30):
But yeah, look, yeah, looked at lamb thanks obviously taking
along pretty well. Lambs are worth really good money. I
don't know how much of a celebration they'll be around
the place, but yeah, we've got actually leading.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
Into that one.
Speaker 6 (29:45):
I spot. I've got a rather pigo drpers have got
a special reduction sale next Friday the twentieth.
Speaker 3 (29:52):
Hey, Andrew, sorry Andrew Gibson, what's a reduction sale?
Speaker 6 (29:57):
Well, boyd he's got to an age who almost on
so cut the numbers back. So he's going to put
up turner in seventy five doorpers and that as these
black doorpers as well, which are pretty uncommon yeah, I
got all the facts and figures there, So that's going
to be about eleven o'clock on next Friday, the twentieth,
and they'll be on Bitter as well. So if anyone's
interested in grabbing some doorpers, that's the data gym.
Speaker 3 (30:20):
Yeah, well they're the self shedding sheep. Everyone's been rushing
into the likes of Wiltshires and doorpers. But as fate
would have it, it's always works this way. You change
your sheep breed and then suddenly wall's worth something.
Speaker 6 (30:35):
Yeah, it's always hard to know what's going to happen
in the market. Say that, I've had plenty of time
to get that wall right, and guys are going the
other way now. But supplying the man, if there's no
wall around it always going to jump up a bit.
But yeah, the strength and the meat and those doorpers
is really surprising me. They've got some really good figures
behind so yeah, good meaty sheep.
Speaker 3 (30:54):
Yeah, they've got a big rare end all right, brilliant,
brilliant for National Lamb Day, if you're lucky enough to
wrap your chops around a lamb shop or a lamb
leg or something like that. Andrew Gibson from PGG Rights
and out of the Taranaki region. Thanks to your time
today on the country.
Speaker 2 (31:10):
Oh good, thanks Jamie.
Speaker 3 (31:15):
Little Brestle.
Speaker 6 (31:17):
You know that.
Speaker 3 (31:18):
Agree. Here's our Ossie correspondent, Chris Russell, based out of
a very hot Australia where they've been suffering a bit
of a heat wave. Chris, so much so that forty
five degree sustained heat has seen fruit cooking on the
trees and the vines. You can get a stewed apple
straight off the tree.
Speaker 6 (31:36):
That's it.
Speaker 10 (31:36):
Well, I don't about apples. I don't think they grow
apples in that country, but certainly bananas, mangoes, all those grapes,
and up in the West Australia's Gascoyne, which is just
below the top, up near where all the iron ore
comes out of they reckon. It's costs for fruit growers
about a million dollars in crop losses because they had
sustained whether up the highest was forty seven point nine degrees. Now,
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I was down in the Murriers, you know, which is
right down in Nierity in Victoria. New Solve owns the
Murray but nonetheless, and I was sitting up to my
neck in water because we had eight days in a
row where the temperature didn't get below forty three degrees.
Speaker 11 (32:15):
Well, they've had this massive crop loss.
Speaker 10 (32:18):
Up there, and literally they're watching their bananas, their mangoes
just cooking on the tree, and of course the trees
themselves are very succulent. They go. We've had limes, avocados,
melon crops, pumpkins just you know, completely useless, and no
one's ever seen anything like it, Jamie.
Speaker 3 (32:38):
I see. There's a rush on to get beef to China,
so much so that you've used up a lot of
your quota already.
Speaker 10 (32:45):
The SkELL And quota is actually not as good as
your quota for reasons which escape me, but we're looking
at two hundred and five thousand tons is our quota.
And then after that, unlike previous you were, I had quotas,
but they've never really force them. Well after that, and
they've now announced there's going to be fifty five percent
tariff on the on the beef going into China, So
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people have been unlike Argentina, which has sort of voluntarily
restricted their exports, everyone's been rushing to get beef in
ahead of when these tariffs might start. So there's about
a third of our quota was shipped out in January
and early February, tring to jump in early. So we're
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about forty five percent more shipments than we saw in
previous years. And I think we're going to see we're
running into that quite a time, you know, probably around
a third of the way through the year. So that's
that's going to be a problem. What happens after that, well,
of course it effects not only US, but America, Argentina
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and so on. It'll be interesting to see what the
Chinese do is suddenly they have to pay a lot
more for their beef if they still want the beef.
Speaker 3 (34:00):
Talk to me about the draining of the Great Artesian Basin.
That's part one of the question and part two of
the question. Would you better answer? First is where is
the Great Artesian Basin?
Speaker 11 (34:11):
Well, the Great Artesian Basin gets a lot of its
water out of the tropical parts of New Guinea and
so on, where the water goes then underground and fills
the aquifers, and it's been thousands of years. Sometimes the
water takes to filter down underneath Australia and it's basically
under the Northern Territory and the northern part of Australia.
Speaker 10 (34:31):
It's a massive area and they've been very careful to
make sure that we don't drain it like the Americans have.
You look at the American artesian basin. They're dropping that
at a massive rate. And any of you who have
flown over the top of Nebraska and those Midwest states
and see all those big irrigation circles, all that water
comes from underground water and the rate.
Speaker 2 (34:52):
Is going down.
Speaker 10 (34:53):
Well, we've been careful not to do that.
Speaker 11 (34:55):
And one of the ways they've done it is by saying, well,
on all that lease old country in Northern Territory, which
isn't owned, it's actually all leased from the government on
a ninety nine year lease, you can only use that
water for stock purposes. Now a couple of the growers
are tried to cheat a bit on that and say, well,
we're going to grow cotton for the cotton seed rather
than for the cotton. But nonetheless there can't be proposal
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on a big station up there three and a half
thousand hectares of development on Singleton Station to be used
for horticulture. It was approved by the Nordon Territory government,
who are very keen to get more business and more
productivity into the Northern Territory. However, the native titleholders have
actually been given permission to go to the High Court
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to appeal that decision on the grounds of native title
breaches and they're not considering the sacred nature and the
significance of the water for the occupants of our lands
and so on and so forth.
Speaker 10 (35:52):
So that goes to court this week they will be
decided on the merits of that case. However, I'm much
more thinking about what's going to affect if we see
this as a precedent. We start seeing horticulture popping up
right through the Northern Territory.
Speaker 11 (36:07):
But we're going to see the same problem with draining
that basin because we can't just replenish it because the
water is sitting within porous rock. It's not just a
case of filling it up like a big water tank,
and that's going to take a long time. So I'll
be watching with great interest what the High Courts view
is going to be about that, Jamie Chris.
Speaker 3 (36:25):
Russell, thanks as always for your time from Australia. I
hope it calls down a bit. We'll catch you next week.
Speaker 10 (36:30):
No worries.
Speaker 3 (36:31):
Thanks Chris. A couple of texts to finish the show, Jamie,
you are being rather stupid. I guess that's in reference
to the Wayne Langford rumors and oh my god, Jamie.
If Wine Langford went to labor, I would be very disappointed.
And him, says Laura. I don't know who he's going through,
but he's definitely being courted for politics. We'll catch it
tomorrow from way Mumu.
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Speaker 2 (00:13):
Yes me.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Jaa Sell reminds.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Finally, so case.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Good a New Zealand Welcome to the Country. Back at
Danita HQ today, we're heading down the road tomorrow for
the Southern Field Days, first of the big field days.
As we head into field day season, I'm really keen
to find out what the vibe is like, Marbo Dennis Denito,
What is it going to be like, especially for the
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big ticket items like tractors and all that sort of stuff.
We're going to kick off the show with a man
who I probably caused a bit of grief. Caused him
some grief yesterday, should I say, Wayne Langford, President of
Federated Farmers, addressing the rumors that he's considering a career
in national or should that be labor politics? Wayne Langford
from way Mumu, just outside a gore. He gets around
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this bloke. We're going to talk to Tim Dangin twenty
twenty two New Zealand Young Farmer of the Year west
Auckland beef farmer. But he's gone down to Southland to
milk Cow's. He's at Whyemumou as well. Chris Brandolino from
Earth Sciences, New Zealand. We'll talk to him. Andrew Gibson's
our guy from PGG Rights and Livestock Report. We're heading
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to Taranaki with having a brilliant season. And Chris Russell's
our Australian correspondent. It's so hot over there that fruit
is cooking on the tree in a sustained heat wave.
But from what I understand Wayne Langford, president of Federated Farmers,
there's a bit of a heat wave on in Southland today.
How are you going?
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Oh there is Jamie. I've just just arrived and Sloanen
and just arrive here at Fieldos.
Speaker 4 (02:08):
It's hard to find a quiet place to stand it too,
because as packed. Yeah, the place is hummon, the sun's out.
It's a great day.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Everyone's going to call on for the shade ladder in
the afternoon.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
Well that long, Matt continue. I'm going to be down
there tomorrow. Might be a bit cooler and a bit
wetter tomorrow, but you take it. You take a fine
day when you get one. Okay, let's just address these
rumors and that were made apparent to me on Tuesday
evening and back benches bar across the road from politics.
Here's Chris Hopkins from yesterday's show, Wayne back Benches last night, Chris,
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rumors were rife that Wayne Lanthor, current president of Federated Farmers,
is going to be standing for Labor and Damien's old
seat West Coast Tasman. Can you confirm or deny.
Speaker 5 (02:51):
If you want to, you know, cast those potential aspursions
on Wayne.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
I don't view them as suspicions, but.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
He might there we go. I wonder if he does
view them suspersions. Wayne Langford, do I are you an apology?
Speaker 4 (03:04):
I think so that bunkles have and I saying, hey,
what's what's going on now? Obviously with the West Coast
Desmond being widely available now people are asking questions. But
but I'm you know, and obviously you know, I think
about it. I've spent a bit of time in the
halls there and and Wellington, but my focus right now
is on FIDS and and and getting getting what we've
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got to get done for Farmers.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
Well, let me let me put two and two.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
I think okay, you're happy to be happy.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
You're happy, you're happy to be the MP for So
let me put two and two together and get five here.
Don't you finish your term as President of Federated Farmers
in June or July of this year. Wouldn't that open
up an opportunity for you to run in an election
in November?
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (03:49):
Potentially, But I might be a bit more like Donald
Trump and to see if I can stay on for
another few years that SAIDs so see if I can
rewrite the constitution. No, no, no, no. There's obviously about
going on as elect in year. And you're right, my
turn does finishing and at the end of June, and
so of course i'd be looking at everything. I was
actually hoping to go back to the farm and do
a bit more farming. So there's all kinds of things
(04:11):
going on. But I can assure you right now that
my main focus is on feeds and getting the work
down to feed.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
Where would these rumors about the labor connection come from.
I don't know your political allegiances. They're up to you.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
I would love to know what circles you're mixing on too,
to find Jamie. So I was just as surprised as
as many of the listeners out there was as well.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
Yeah, but wait, we had a good we had a
good gathering with you Federated Farmers guys and back benches
on Tuesday evening. And it didn't come as a surprise
that rumor to some of them.
Speaker 4 (04:43):
Oh you know, you know when you're when you're a
heak of a leader, you'd be a heck of a politician. Maybe,
So there's no wonder that people were asking the question.
But no, no, like I said, I've got I've got
a job to do. It feeds and that's what I'm
focusing on doing. Uses an election coming up next year,
but for right now, it's it's feeds and feeds all
the way.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
See, Chippy gave a reasonably unconvincing denial there, and I
did say to him, if labor could get their hands
on someone like you, it would give them some egg
cred that they haven't currently got.
Speaker 4 (05:13):
Yeah, I just said, it needs to be a fair
bit more than just incredibility, right, And it's the good
policy for farmers and good results of farmers them. And
that's sort of been working on for the last couple
of years and I'm planning to continue to work on that.
So yeah, that would be an interesting time. But but yeah,
definitely all rumors at the moment.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
Have you talked to me finally not something that none,
of course not. You've obviously talked to Andrew Hoggard who
went straight from Federated Farmer's presidency to well he went
straight into being a cabinet minister. And it's interesting in
the other one, the one the Federated Farmer's President before
(05:49):
Andrew Hoggard was Katie Milnan. Katie has told me so
this is not rumor spreading, a rumormongering that she has
been approached by political parties. And Kate, i guess is
on the West Coast as well, so you never know
she might put her hand up.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 4 (06:06):
I mean, well that just shows kind of the influence
and the impact that we have with in so parliament
really just to show that we'd be having that kind
of interest.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
So the credit to the work that for our ad.
Speaker 4 (06:16):
Farmas does and like I say, the work that we
put in. But so again, right now my focus is
on fairs and getting kids done and if my term
comes to an end of at the end of June,
then I'll I'll consider my ups and then but up
until then, yeah, getting it done for feeds.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Let's move on to National Lamb Day. It's getting bigger
and better, and well I'm talking about yesterday's barbecue on
the parliamentary lawns. It's getting bigger and better every year,
and it seems to be getting garnering more national attention.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
Yeah, it was a fantastic day.
Speaker 4 (06:47):
And well I don't know who was on crooking the
cook and the chelves, so they did a great job
on that.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
So yeah, no, very good.
Speaker 4 (06:53):
Obviously an election year because all the all the politicians
were up, but most of all just the celebration of
lamb and the fantas the product that we've produced there.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
So it was was really good.
Speaker 4 (07:03):
And you never know. Next year they might move from
the from the back lawn out to the front lawn
and feed a few of those protests out in the front.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Maybe there might be too many protesters to feed. It
might be fishes and loaves. Let's just have a quick
look at other issues that are coming across Federated Farmer's
Desk at the moment, that is the RIMA reforms. Now
I know, ground swells hot under the collar about this.
You might be running into Bryce and Lorry at Waimumu.
I don't know, but is there a sneaky water tacks
(07:32):
in there somewhere?
Speaker 4 (07:34):
Yeah, there certainly some concerns with the way it's seeing
worded at the moment. And as you can imagine, while
we've come out in support of the RMA changes, it
doesn't mean that that that we agree with everything that's
in there. And actually probably some of the wording has
gone well, not probably, it has gone gone way too far.
So so we're working through that and the potential around
the water text or a levy is definitely on the table,
(07:56):
and we'll be calling for the for the current government
to be rolling that out because because we can't be
heaving that that's just ridiculous and we certainly wouldn't be agrant.
Speaker 3 (08:03):
And I know the industry good bodies, not only Federated farmers,
but the likes of Beef and Lamb who were obviously
involved yesterday darien Z I was talking to them. They're
right in the middle of the submission process. So can
we rely on the industry good bodies to do the
heavy lifting for farmers? I mean, if you're a farmer
and you don't like the thought of a water tacks.
(08:24):
Do you leave it up to your industry, good body,
or do you make a submission yourself?
Speaker 4 (08:30):
Jeremy that they are man as a complex topic and
so I encourage farmers if they do want to make
a submission, that's good. But it is a very complex
topic and the everybody's and cetera. Farmers attacking and obviously
extremely seriously. So the team did not get a lot
of holidays over the summer because it was put out
just before Christmas. It's got to be responded to by
(08:51):
the end of this week and they'll be getting the submission,
and there maybe certain parts of it that different farmers
want to submit on and that'd be good to have
farmer input. But certainly, yeah, the teams are working very
well together. So's to make sure we not only get
good policy in there, but also good science and extension
work that comes from the everybody's in there as well.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
I know you've just arrived on the ground at the
Southern field days at Why Mumoo Rowena is calling it
because we're using her phone. Actually we'll catch her tomorrow.
She's running around organizing you at the moment because your
phone's gone flat. So we're talking on her phone. She
said it's like a heat wave, but that might be
an exaggeration for Southland.
Speaker 4 (09:31):
Yeah, I don't think she can handle that. No, it is, Honestly,
it's a beautiful that it's a cracker where feeder in
the farmland extent. I got a ride from the airport
with the MG and so they're doing They are here too,
and they've got a big sten and so that's good.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
And then I'm kicking around with Rover.
Speaker 4 (09:47):
But while I borrow her phone, hope to see the
messages that comes around this phone.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
Yeah, well you never know. Do I need to forward
Rowena's number on to Chris Hipkins just in case he
wants to call.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
Definitely not.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
I'm like I said, yeah, I'll got work to do
before we go thinking about that stuff.
Speaker 3 (10:05):
You've practiced that line nicely, Wayne Yolo Langford, thanks for
being a good sport. It's good to catch up with
you yesterday, jammy President of Federated Farmers, Wayne Langford. It's
interesting Damian O'Connor of course, has vacated that seat. Maureenpure
is retiring, so West Coast Tasman Damian O'Connor's old seat
(10:27):
and very much up for grabs. You know his name
has been bandied about. I guess all the parties would
be interested in someone like him. Katie Miln's another one.
She'd be interesting. She'd go well and well. I don't
know whether she'd go well. She dislikes getting stuff done.
She mightn't go that well on politics.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
Right.
Speaker 3 (10:47):
Michelle came up with the musical theme today. This is
sixpence none the Richer. I had no idea that this
is from the American teen drama called Dawson's Creek. I've
never ever seen it, but actor James Van der Beek,
best known for his starring role in the US teen
(11:07):
drama which I've never seen Dawson's Creek, has died at
the age of forty eight after being diagnosed with bowel cancer.
That's not a good innings, is it. So take care
out there, and it's good to see that we've actually
in this country lowered the age of bowel screen testing
from I think sixty to fifty eight. If you get
one of those in the male, do it seriously. Up next,
(11:30):
we're sticking with Southland. He's a west Aucklander who's gone
down there to milk Cow's. His name is Tim Dangin.
He was also the twenty twenty two New Zealand Young
Farmer of the Year. He's been on the ground a
bit longer than Yolo has. Or see what he's got,
what he knows about the vibe at Waimumu the first
of the big Farmer field Days this year. It's just
(12:18):
one more day twenty two after twelve you're with the
country brought to you by Farmlands where Wayne Langford was
and is Suzu not catch up with my old rugby
mate Bobby Morrell, great Southland halfback. I think he's got
the Isuzu dealership down on Southland. No doubt he'll be
(12:38):
at field Days. But here's a North Islander who's now
an adopted Southland at Tim Dangel twenty twenty two Young
Farmer of the Year. Rowena has described it as a
heat wave. Wayne Langford said she doesn't handle the heat
very well. What do you call it, Tim, because you're
used to warmer climbs than Southland, being a west Auckland.
A good afternoon.
Speaker 5 (13:00):
You could have to know Jamie good to be here.
It's a bit of northern weather all right. The sun
is teaming in, there's a light nor westerly breeze though,
so I can call in the shade. But no, it's
very boringt down here, Jamie. It's good to see and
there's a lot to be happy about in agriculture sectre
at the moment, isn't there Red meat really sending some
records there, and dairy farmers off the back of a
good payout last year and improving GDT auctions this year.
(13:22):
It's looking very promising all round. So I'd say there'll
be some deals then done down on the field days.
Speaker 3 (13:27):
Well, I think the interesting one from the dairy farmer's
point of view, the Fonterra dairy farmers I'm talking about.
They've got the capital repayment as well. That is an
average across the board of about four hundred thousand dollars
as a tax free capital are repayment. So I'm thinking
if you're ever going to upgrade some gear, get a
new track, to buy a new ute or whatever, if
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times have been a bit tough in the past few years, this.
Speaker 5 (13:51):
Would be the year to do it, absolutely, Jamie, and
I think farmers will be looking carefully where they can
reinvest their capital, isn't it So if there's productivity benefits
on farm by upgrading machinery or creating a better workplace
than Now's the time to do it, for sure, and
it's exciting to see a bit of cash being going around,
particularly in an election year. I think it is real
time and opportunity for politicians to be able to really
(14:13):
shine the spotlight on their primary center and show just
how well we're doing and the opportunities that are out
there for all people, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
It's great to see.
Speaker 3 (14:20):
I'm going to have a yarn when I get down
there tomorrow morning before we go to here to some
of the tractors, salespeople and the utes and the ones
who are selling the big ticket items the farm machinery,
just to see what the vibe is are you. Are
you there to spend money or you just tire kicking, Tim.
Speaker 5 (14:38):
We'll break the wallet out for a few things. We've
picked up another contract for another farm next season, so
we've got a little bit of capital to invest somewhere.
So yeah, we'll be doing a few deals hopefully, Jamie.
But I can't really see any reason why people wouldn't
be spending money here things that things are very buoyant
and the weather's good, and the stores are looking fantastic,
So it's an exciting time to be in the primary
(14:58):
sector for sure.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
Southland and Otago and well Southwest Otago and parts of
Canterbury got walloped by that wind back in late October
of last year. I know the recovery has been a
painful process for many people. How has the season treated
you getting recovering from that, because I also know you've
got to weep bit dry.
Speaker 5 (15:21):
Yes, we did get dry for a bit, and I
think if you take the wind event out of things,
it's actually been a pretty good season all around down here,
Jamie talking about the farmers, I think hole on hole,
you'd take it on most seasons. So although we did
get a little bit dry, there's been some sort of
frequent rain coming through and there's a little bit coming tomorrow,
so I'll bring you gun boats, so if you're going
to come along to my murmur but no, all in all,
(15:43):
a very good season down here, really.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
Okay, Well we'll let's go. How's your sister Emma getting on.
We spoke to her a couple of weeks ago, mother
of three, vet former Young Farmer of the Year as well.
I understand like the maize crops aside that the Waikato
regions having a very good grassy so as well.
Speaker 5 (16:01):
Yeah, they're having a bumper, an't they. So it's interesting
to see because certainly from volume wise, supplies looking very
good around most of the country from the dairy sector,
so it'd be interesting to see if this payout does
shift upwards or not with the volumes staying high. But no,
she's going very well here and Chris are very busy.
They're just starting to have some early calves up there,
so they'll be into the autumn carving side of things shortly,
(16:23):
which obviously keeps them very busy, and along with the
three kids, AND's got a handful handsful, but she manages
to balance at all. Jamien does very well there, you
know that well, mother.
Speaker 3 (16:33):
Of three, vet dairy farmer, celebrity speaker. And if that's
not enough carving twice a year, who needs spare time, eh?
Speaker 5 (16:43):
Not the Pool family, that's for sure. But no, they're
going for a Jamie and it's awesome to see them
really reaching out and capitalizing on some of the opportunities
that are out there at the moment. It's widespread and
I see it certainly down in the South and that
the doors are open for quality people that want to
work hard and try and get ahead. And it's yeah,
I think it's an exciting time the next ten to
(17:03):
fifteen years when we see a lot of succession plans
follow through and a lot of opportunities.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
Pop up for young people. So it's good time to
be in the primary seat of for sure.
Speaker 6 (17:12):
Jamie.
Speaker 3 (17:12):
You mentioned reaching out, You reach into your pocket, get
that wallet out and share the love.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
At Waimomo will do Jami.
Speaker 3 (17:19):
Tim d Engine there twenty twenty two Young Farmer of
the Year. His farming has a very good future when
people like Tim and Emma are running the cutter. Okay,
up next, Chris Brandolino. I would normally catch them tomorrow
from Newer but I've got kind of a full dance
card again down at the Southern Field Days. As I said,
(17:40):
the first of the of the regional field Days. We've
got Northland, We've got Central districts. When's the East I
need to look up where's Dave Martin. Dave send me
a text, when's the East Coast Farming Expo? And then
of course we've got a mystery creek. It's going to
be huge this year. I'd imagine if these prices hold,
mystery Creek is really I'm gonna go off. That's National
(18:01):
Field Days up next from NEWA. What's these days? Earth Sciences,
New Zealand, Chris Brandolino.
Speaker 6 (18:16):
Messy, Kim, I'll blame it on the weather man.
Speaker 3 (18:24):
Well, I'm not blaming it on the weather man, Chris.
We're playing this music today because apparently it's from an
American teen drama called Dawson's Creek, which I've never ever
watched in my life. Are you did you ever watch
Dawson's Creek?
Speaker 2 (18:39):
No?
Speaker 7 (18:39):
No, I did not, but I know, you know, my
twenties back in the in the mid to late nineties,
so that was a really popular show. But look, I
did morning television in the nineties and two thousand and
two thousand knots, so I was getting up a one
two o'clock in the morning, which meant I was going
to bed at probably six in the evening. Yeah, I
missed out.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
Okay, Now, look, I was going to ask you for
a forecast for National Lambdown Sunday. But more importantly, as
I look at the NEEWA or Earth Sciences New Zealand
trout Indix map, there's a wee shade of yellow at
the very top of Northland. But other than that, the
countries are looking pretty damn good. But what we are
worried or you're concerned a wee bit about, is another
(19:22):
rainfall event for the east coast of the North Island.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (19:26):
Look, unfortunately, we do have to consider the potential for
some pretty heavy rain this weekend for the North Island,
and some of that quite frankly, may sneak into the
upper and eastern part of the South Island as we
get into maybe say Sunday night into Monday. But before that, yeah,
what looks like tomorrow there'll be some showers and thunderstorms
(19:49):
for those in the much of the North Island, So
from Wellington all the way up into the Manawatu, the
Waikato North and all going to be some showers and
thunderstorms around tomorrow. Then what's going to happen, Jamie. We're
going to see this kind of two separate weather systems
team up, and it's how those two weather systems interact
that will really determine what happens in terms of a rain.
(20:12):
One will be coming from the north, another will be
zipping east from the southern Tasman Sea and the two
will sort of connect and form this pretty strong low
that'll take shape off the eastern part of the North Island.
And how that moves and how that behaves, as I said,
that will ultimately determine how much rainfalls and where. But
(20:33):
the indications are I guess for those who have interests
in places like Traphidi, Gisbin over toward even parts of
Hawk's Bay, Gosh, even wader Rappa into Wellington. Once again,
there could be another round of very heavy rain which
may cause some chance for things like flooding and landslips. Look,
there's a lot of uncertainty, so I do want to
(20:54):
emphasize that, Jamie. It's how those two weather systems interact
is creating uncertainty, and that means it's unclear as to
you know, when where the heaviest rain falls, does it
stay offshore? That would be great, but that's just something
we'll have to We'll have to wait and see. But yeah,
just a heads up. That would be basically later on Saturday,
but especially Sunday and then to Monday. But for the
(21:17):
rest of the country, I do think the weekend's looking favorable.
We'll get some gusty wind with that low Jamie, it's
gonna be some really strong wind for the lower and
eastern North Island Sunday and to Monday. And then as
we look ahead, I guess farther afield into next week
kind of a cooler weather pattern next week. As cooler
air does come in, it looks like we'll find temperatures moderating,
(21:39):
perhaps by say this time next week or maybe the
following weekend.
Speaker 3 (21:43):
Okay, Chris brand delanea there, and remember don't blame it
on the way the man, don't shoot the messager. Thanks
for your time.
Speaker 7 (21:49):
Yeah, please don't thank you so yeah.
Speaker 3 (21:51):
Chris Brain Delena from Earth Science is New Zealand. It
is twenty well that's between twenty six from twenty seven
away from one. Up next, Michelle or wander in here
and we'll have a look at rural news and sports
news for you before the end of the air. Andrew
Gibson PDG writes an area livestock manager in Taranaki. They're
(22:13):
having a bit of a royaler of a season. I
bet your smiley Barrett smiling, he's always smiling. And Chris
Russell's there, Assie correspondent good bar Welcome back to the Country,
(22:42):
brought to you by Farmlands and Isuzu. Maybe I should
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Paula Cole. Here's Michelle with the latest and rural.
Speaker 8 (22:53):
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Speaker 3 (23:07):
Were you a Dawson's Creek fan?
Speaker 9 (23:08):
Of course though was it was totally my era?
Speaker 3 (23:11):
Who's heard it at the Star?
Speaker 9 (23:13):
James van der Beek.
Speaker 3 (23:15):
James is no longer with us.
Speaker 9 (23:17):
The guy that played Pacey, who's been in a lot
of other stuff. I'm sure someone can text and remember
his name, of course. Katie Holmes, who married you know,
Jumping on the Couch Tom Cruise.
Speaker 3 (23:26):
That's the one that ended in tears.
Speaker 9 (23:29):
Michelle Williams, who was married to the Australian actor that
passed away, Heath Ledger. That's the one.
Speaker 3 (23:35):
Well there you go, all right, what do you got
for rural news? Okay?
Speaker 9 (23:38):
In rural news, of course, National Lamb Day is actually
officially on Sunday, and interestingly enough, a lot of that
Lamb actually left from Olmoru and one of the farms
up there. Tota Estate is holding a big event for
Lamb Day on Sunday, the fifteenth of February. It's just
near Omaru sort of area. It's beautiful state and the
event is celebrating one hundred and forty four years of
(23:59):
the first ship kind of refrigerated land from New Zealand
to Britain. Of course at left Port Charmers here in Dunedin,
which is even meta, isn't it to live in the
town where that all started basically kick started the primary
industry economy. So if you wanted to head along to that,
it's on Sunday and it begins at ten am and
runs through to all s three pm. But fantastic way
to celebrate our meat industry National Lamb Day.
Speaker 3 (24:18):
Looking forward to it.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
His sport sport on the country with Aco one hunder
percent ki we owned and trusted.
Speaker 3 (24:26):
It's oh sorry about that, f Cohen and breaking news.
I can't believe this. Jason snowed and snow has just
sent me a text from Tekuwiti. Stan Mead's one of
my favorite living all blacks. In fact, he's one of
the oldest living all blacks. He's such a great man.
Stan Meads is being made a life member of the
Yetti Rugby Club this Sunday, on National Lamb Day.
Speaker 9 (24:49):
Oh that's great.
Speaker 3 (24:50):
Well, I'm surprised that Stan wasn't made a life member
years and years ago. But anyhow, he's he's been awarded
that well deserved honor. Of course, is Pine Tree, also
a life member. The Meads name synonymous synonymous with that
rugby club. Have I got any Oh? Cali Brazier, there's
a good Otargo girl. I think she went to Otargo
(25:10):
Girls has announced a retirement from international rugby after eighteen
years at the top level. The thirty six year old
has played forty four tests in the fifteens code, winning
two World Cups and playing in two others and sevens.
She earned four Olympic and Commonwealth Games medals, including gold
at Tokyo in twenty twenty one. Cali Brasia, enjoy your retirement.
(25:32):
And snowboarder Cam Malville has clinched a spot in Saturday
mornings Milan Cortina Olympic halfpipe final. That's sports news. Up
next Andrew Gibson and Taranaki monthly here on the Country
(25:57):
we catch up with the team from PGG wrights in
and have a look at the livestock selling industry today.
We're off to I can't call it the dairy in
capital of the country. I might get in trouble in
Waykatto would I? Andrew Gibson, you're the area livestock manager
auctionaire there on Taranaki. Do you guys call yourself the
dairy in Capital or do you leave that to the tron?
Speaker 6 (26:19):
Hey, Jamie, so the baita will mate de Pences generally
won the last game of rugby between us. We get
the right here the skype, but I'd like to think
we're still there there in Capital.
Speaker 3 (26:30):
Yeah, wow, you've got You've got lots of dairy farms
and dairy farmers there. Now that those guys are doing
incredibly well with their dairy beef sales. They're booming. You
were telling me in the break that dairy beef sALS
for calves these are calves, wereen calves hundred kilos to
one hundred and twenty getting over one thousand bucks. That's
(26:51):
huge money.
Speaker 6 (26:53):
Yeah, it is. It's late too, you know, February sales
and stuff where so last Thursday and year one hundred
and one hundred and twenty kilow white faced balls and
stairs and charlet or beef breeds were making definitely over
a thousand, you know, up to twelve hundred bucks. It's
you know, but there's still so much positivity in their
market and it's good to see that there's grassy the reads.
Speaker 2 (27:14):
So yeah, the guys that buy them with confidence.
Speaker 6 (27:17):
It looks like we could be in another couple of
years of the shortage.
Speaker 3 (27:20):
Yeah, well, the dairy beef calves probably worth more than
the dairy dairy calves.
Speaker 6 (27:26):
Yeah, it'll be oh yeah, it'll be about the same word.
We're selling a fair few though, the one dairy kettle.
Speaker 2 (27:32):
Down to the south, all of those books.
Speaker 6 (27:34):
Down there at the momentary scene, so yeah, it's it's
not far off the same sort of money.
Speaker 3 (27:39):
Yeah, yep, brilliant money. And you guys at PGG Rights
and do a brilliant job for the IAC calf and
rural scheme. And I know that they've got record returns
this year for their calves, so that's absolutely fantastic. The
wider cattle market still strong across all rangers.
Speaker 6 (27:57):
Yeah, it's it's obviously said boy by the schedule at
the moment on the primes and and and even the
cow and the ball. Those guys, Theo's finishes are selling
their kettle for good money and they got they just
they climbing back in on the same sort of market.
You know, there's a.
Speaker 2 (28:12):
There's not much you can do.
Speaker 6 (28:14):
Really, it's a supplying demand. So if you're not buying kettle,
you're to pay the contractor so yeah, the options are
fairly limited. But like I said before, the down looks
so positive that buying with conference it's working both in
favor for both lots, really both parties.
Speaker 3 (28:29):
And when when it comes to farming, there's some things
you can affect and other things you can't affect, and
a mother nature's one of those. Jack will and Rowth
was on the show, i think on Tuesday. She was
in Taranaki and she said, how great the provinces looking.
Speaker 6 (28:45):
Yeah, it is, it's that well, the whole country is
looking pretty good. I went right up with the family holiday,
right up north, right to the top, and from from
here in Karaniki right up through it's all looking so good.
And yeah, it's leading to some real good markets and
doesn't look like it's going to slip away. We'll be
into the autumn rain soon. And yeah, it looks looks good, good,
(29:06):
nice and positive.
Speaker 3 (29:07):
I kicked off. I kicked off that conversation talking about
whether Taranaki or wikat I was the dairy in capital
of the country. You realize that Canterbury and south and
might have a crack at that title as well. But
does anyone celebrate a National Lamb Day and your neck
of the woods? Is it a big deal?
Speaker 4 (29:25):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (29:26):
I think a few guys are that. Will we celebrating
on the Sunday roast table?
Speaker 6 (29:30):
But yeah, look, yeah, looked at lamb thanks obviously taking
along pretty well. Lambs are worth really good money. I
don't know how much of a celebration they'll be around
the place, but yeah, we've got actually leading.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
Into that one.
Speaker 6 (29:45):
I spot. I've got a rather pigo drpers have got
a special reduction sale next Friday the twentieth.
Speaker 3 (29:52):
Hey, Andrew, sorry Andrew Gibson, what's a reduction sale?
Speaker 6 (29:57):
Well, boyd he's got to an age who almost on
so cut the numbers back. So he's going to put
up turner in seventy five doorpers and that as these
black doorpers as well, which are pretty uncommon yeah, I
got all the facts and figures there, So that's going
to be about eleven o'clock on next Friday, the twentieth,
and they'll be on Bitter as well. So if anyone's
interested in grabbing some doorpers, that's the data gym.
Speaker 3 (30:20):
Yeah, well they're the self shedding sheep. Everyone's been rushing
into the likes of Wiltshires and doorpers. But as fate
would have it, it's always works this way. You change
your sheep breed and then suddenly wall's worth something.
Speaker 6 (30:35):
Yeah, it's always hard to know what's going to happen
in the market. Say that, I've had plenty of time
to get that wall right, and guys are going the
other way now. But supplying the man, if there's no
wall around it always going to jump up a bit.
But yeah, the strength and the meat and those doorpers
is really surprising me. They've got some really good figures
behind so yeah, good meaty sheep.
Speaker 3 (30:54):
Yeah, they've got a big rare end all right, brilliant,
brilliant for National Lamb Day, if you're lucky enough to
wrap your chops around a lamb shop or a lamb
leg or something like that. Andrew Gibson from PGG Rights
and out of the Taranaki region. Thanks to your time
today on the country.
Speaker 2 (31:10):
Oh good, thanks Jamie.
Speaker 3 (31:15):
Little Brestle.
Speaker 6 (31:17):
You know that.
Speaker 3 (31:18):
Agree. Here's our Ossie correspondent, Chris Russell, based out of
a very hot Australia where they've been suffering a bit
of a heat wave. Chris, so much so that forty
five degree sustained heat has seen fruit cooking on the
trees and the vines. You can get a stewed apple
straight off the tree.
Speaker 6 (31:36):
That's it.
Speaker 10 (31:36):
Well, I don't about apples. I don't think they grow
apples in that country, but certainly bananas, mangoes, all those grapes,
and up in the West Australia's Gascoyne, which is just
below the top, up near where all the iron ore
comes out of they reckon. It's costs for fruit growers
about a million dollars in crop losses because they had
sustained whether up the highest was forty seven point nine degrees. Now,
(32:01):
I was down in the Murriers, you know, which is
right down in Nierity in Victoria. New Solve owns the
Murray but nonetheless, and I was sitting up to my
neck in water because we had eight days in a
row where the temperature didn't get below forty three degrees.
Speaker 11 (32:15):
Well, they've had this massive crop loss.
Speaker 10 (32:18):
Up there, and literally they're watching their bananas, their mangoes
just cooking on the tree, and of course the trees
themselves are very succulent. They go. We've had limes, avocados,
melon crops, pumpkins just you know, completely useless, and no
one's ever seen anything like it, Jamie.
Speaker 3 (32:38):
I see. There's a rush on to get beef to China,
so much so that you've used up a lot of
your quota already.
Speaker 10 (32:45):
The SkELL And quota is actually not as good as
your quota for reasons which escape me, but we're looking
at two hundred and five thousand tons is our quota.
And then after that, unlike previous you were, I had quotas,
but they've never really force them. Well after that, and
they've now announced there's going to be fifty five percent
tariff on the on the beef going into China, So
(33:08):
people have been unlike Argentina, which has sort of voluntarily
restricted their exports, everyone's been rushing to get beef in
ahead of when these tariffs might start. So there's about
a third of our quota was shipped out in January
and early February, tring to jump in early. So we're
(33:31):
about forty five percent more shipments than we saw in
previous years. And I think we're going to see we're
running into that quite a time, you know, probably around
a third of the way through the year. So that's
that's going to be a problem. What happens after that, well,
of course it effects not only US, but America, Argentina
(33:52):
and so on. It'll be interesting to see what the
Chinese do is suddenly they have to pay a lot
more for their beef if they still want the beef.
Speaker 3 (34:00):
Talk to me about the draining of the Great Artesian Basin.
That's part one of the question and part two of
the question. Would you better answer? First is where is
the Great Artesian Basin?
Speaker 11 (34:11):
Well, the Great Artesian Basin gets a lot of its
water out of the tropical parts of New Guinea and
so on, where the water goes then underground and fills
the aquifers, and it's been thousands of years. Sometimes the
water takes to filter down underneath Australia and it's basically
under the Northern Territory and the northern part of Australia.
Speaker 10 (34:31):
It's a massive area and they've been very careful to
make sure that we don't drain it like the Americans have.
You look at the American artesian basin. They're dropping that
at a massive rate. And any of you who have
flown over the top of Nebraska and those Midwest states
and see all those big irrigation circles, all that water
comes from underground water and the rate.
Speaker 2 (34:52):
Is going down.
Speaker 10 (34:53):
Well, we've been careful not to do that.
Speaker 11 (34:55):
And one of the ways they've done it is by saying, well,
on all that lease old country in Northern Territory, which
isn't owned, it's actually all leased from the government on
a ninety nine year lease, you can only use that
water for stock purposes. Now a couple of the growers
are tried to cheat a bit on that and say, well,
we're going to grow cotton for the cotton seed rather
than for the cotton. But nonetheless there can't be proposal
(35:18):
on a big station up there three and a half
thousand hectares of development on Singleton Station to be used
for horticulture. It was approved by the Nordon Territory government,
who are very keen to get more business and more
productivity into the Northern Territory. However, the native titleholders have
actually been given permission to go to the High Court
(35:39):
to appeal that decision on the grounds of native title
breaches and they're not considering the sacred nature and the
significance of the water for the occupants of our lands
and so on and so forth.
Speaker 10 (35:52):
So that goes to court this week they will be
decided on the merits of that case. However, I'm much
more thinking about what's going to affect if we see
this as a precedent. We start seeing horticulture popping up
right through the Northern Territory.
Speaker 11 (36:07):
But we're going to see the same problem with draining
that basin because we can't just replenish it because the
water is sitting within porous rock. It's not just a
case of filling it up like a big water tank,
and that's going to take a long time. So I'll
be watching with great interest what the High Courts view
is going to be about that, Jamie Chris.
Speaker 3 (36:25):
Russell, thanks as always for your time from Australia. I
hope it calls down a bit. We'll catch you next week.
Speaker 10 (36:30):
No worries.
Speaker 3 (36:31):
Thanks Chris. A couple of texts to finish the show, Jamie,
you are being rather stupid. I guess that's in reference
to the Wayne Langford rumors and oh my god, Jamie.
If Wine Langford went to labor, I would be very disappointed.
And him, says Laura. I don't know who he's going through,
but he's definitely being courted for politics. We'll catch it
tomorrow from way Mumu.
Speaker 1 (36:53):
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