October 22, 2025 • 36 mins
Jamie Mackay talks to Chris Brandolino, Shane McManaway, Jacques Reinhart, Doug Avery, Chris Russell, and Jeremy Rookes.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Catch all the latest from the land. It's the Country
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Speaker 2 (00:31):
Aking here.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
Good afternoon, New Zealand. It's not really a good afternoon.
It's a bloody but it's a terrible day out there.
No other way to describe it. This is blame it
on the weather man by Bee, which we're not going
to blame it on the weather man, but we're going
to get it from the horse's mouth Chris Brandolino from
newas So we're going to take a trip up the
country today. We're going to be chatting to farmers in Canterbury, Marlborough,
(00:56):
Wira Rapper and Hawke's Bay. But let's get on to
the big issue of the day. Freakish where the event
red wind warning and fore warned. Chris Brandolino is forearmed.
That's a shaker out there.
Speaker 4 (01:10):
Yeah, there are just absolutely incredible wing gusts and just
then our colleagues at Metzers have upgraded parts of the
lower South Island into a red warning. This is I'm
just looking at the latest information. This would be for
coastal Southland. So for those just listening over toward Invercargo,
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toward the Catlands just south of bout Klutha Stuart Island.
This is a red warning. We've had a wing gust Invercargo.
It's had a wing gust of one hundred and thirty
seven kilometers per hour. Not too long ago, Gore had
a wing gust of one hundred and twenty four kilometers
per hour. And we're seeing this is a stinged jet.
So this is closer to the center of our deep
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low which is sub nine to sixty hecta pascos on
the on the map there, and that is creating an
impressive pressure grading Jamie, the pressure difference between Invercargo and Auckland,
which is a way to understand, you know how strong
winds may get fifty hect to pascals and that is
one of the greatest pressure differences seen. And I don't
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want to say ever, but in certainly modern times that
is absolutely impressive and we're seeing wing gusts. There was
a report in Canterbury Marlibra twelve hundred meters up. It's
a fence station of two hundred and thirty two kilometer
prour wind gusts middle of nowhere, but you can see
the reports in Hamner Springs, Hamner Forest and across much
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of the Lower North Island, the Arima Taka Hill. I
think a wind gust of one hundred and forty k
plus has been observed, So it's all happening. And Dunedin
you're going to see your wind increase very soon as
that stinged jet moves east with time, so expect the
worst of your wind probably still ahead of you, not
quite as bad as perhaps over toward Invercargo, but I
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could see the need and getting wind gust of near
or in excess of one hundred kilometers per hour through
through about the four or five six o'clock hour. Then
things will settle down.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
Yeah, some horrible pictures and stories coming out of Canterbury
at the moment. I saw a picture I think Michelle's
putting it on Facebook of some power lines in Culvid
and North Canterbury. There just all bent over, blown over,
basically a whole row of them by the wind. As
you mentioned Hamna, severe damage in there. You can't do
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much about the weather, but what we do need to
know is when is it going to calm the farm?
Speaker 4 (03:40):
When is the wind's wind basically ending yeah.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Or calming. Awey bit sorry I could have used.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
Yeah, that's all right. No, no, no, there's a lot
going on, Jim, It's fine, No worries, man. I think
the worst of it is basically from now for the
next few hours, as we get toward dinnertime, things will
begin to settle down. That strong wind, maybe a bit clingy,
a bit consistently longer. For places closer to say from
Dunedin down to the Catlands and to Invercargo, the wind
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may hold on longer. They remain quite elevated. But the
good news is that I think the wind as we
move through the evening hours, while it does remain elevated,
it is forecast to ease during the evening hours. But
nonetheless we are looking at some really strong winds probably
coming up. You know, even this weekend. I should add this,
Even though this weekend we are going to see a
(04:28):
reduction of wind, it is still going to remain a
pretty breezy weekend, still breezy conditions tomorrow for much of
the country. We're not talking damaging wind, but we're talking
win that's a nuisance. The last thing you want. It's
going to be a risk for fire weather for eastern
parts of the southbound kay Kota is over thirty degrees
with humidity below thirty percent, and so that will certainly
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not be good for the fires. And that reason there's
dealing in Hawk's Bay going to have gusty wind, not
as strong as our friends in the Low or North
Island and South Island, but they have dry conditions, gusty wind,
warm temperatures, low humidity, So the fire weather concerned there.
We have to worry, Jamie about another weather system next week.
So next week there's going to be another load driving
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southeast from the Tasman Sea that'll move farther north than
this low. Won't be as strong, but it will bring weather,
another round of very active weather. It looks like Labor Day,
so for the long weekend. That's not a long weekend
for farmers. We work every day, well I say we,
but it will be a day where there could be
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another round of high wind and heavy rainfall perhaps different
parts of the country. And then behind that, Jamie, this
is worth noting. This is actually quite important. Just that
heads up next Monday night into Tuesday, a significant cold
snap is likely, particularly for the South Island. This could
have impacts and livestock could have impacts for growing conditions.
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So keep in mind early next week Monday night into
two Tuesday, maybe even the early Wednesday, a significant cold snap,
particularly for the South Island maybe lower North Island. Something
to keep in mind that could be a real impactful
event for people on farm.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
Hey, Chris Braindolena, thanks short notice for kicking off the
show today. You were so good. We might get you
back tomorrow. Thanks for your time.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
I look forward to it.
Speaker 5 (06:18):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (06:18):
Jimmy stay saved everyone.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Weather on the country with farmlands, protecting your crops from
nasties this summer.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Yeah, I wish I could be the bearer of better news. Yes,
batten down the hatches. We'll talk about this one on
Rural News with Michelle Todd McLay, Minister of Agriculture. Just
warning farmers and foresters not to go out there unless
you really have to. Lendy Nelson from work Safe sent
me a text this morning. Just let me see what
(06:50):
she said. Hi, Jamie, can you please give a call
out to the extreme weather conditions, especially the wind. There
is a real danger of odds on hill farms being
blown over, working new or underneath neath trees, etc. With stock.
A good day for tidying the woolshed, says Lindy, and
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then she goes on to say, let's not have the
headline next week. Worker killed while shifting stock. It is
awful out there. Hawks By Amp Show will have more
about this and rural news as well. It's basically closed
for today, all activities off. I think they were trying
to do some of the equestrian events. Whether they do
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or not, I don't know, but basically Day one of
the Hawks Bay Amp Show is canceled. All Thursday afternoon
functions have been postponed. They're going to reschedule them, but
it will be business as usual for that Hawks Bay
A and P Show tomorrow, two day show Thursday and Friday.
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It's Hawk's Bay Anniversary Day tomorrow and it's with sadness.
I want to mention this before I forget. The passing
of Paul McFee, a man well known in rugby and
farming circles. He worked and was the chief executive of
many companies. Just off the top of my head. He
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was involved with Rights AND's, South Fort Williams and Kettle.
Great bloke Paul McFee, very very good rugby player, played
for Canterbury, Otago Southland and Hawke's Bay played for the
New Zealand Juniors and the universities. That was worse blokes
than him got picked for the All Blacks back in
the day. In fact, off the top of my head
in nineteen seventy seven, Paul was in the New Zealand
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University side that beat the Lions twenty one to nine
at Lancaster Park and just off the top of my head,
I think he scored the try or one of the
tries or the winning try in that game. So Paul
McPhee hasn't been well in recent years, tragically. But gee,
he was a tough, tough rug player, very very but
(09:02):
he was five eight back in the days when five
hates didn't used to tackle. So rest in peace for McFee.
Up next, we're going to take our continue our trip
around the country. It's Shane Mcmanawian and Wira Rappa and jacques'es,
Ryan Hart and Hawke's Bay hopefully Wayne Langford or Dug
Avery in the middle of the country, Wayne's and Tasman
(09:25):
the Powers off there. Dug Avery's in Marlborough. Jeremy Rooks
is in Canterbury, and if I get time, I'm going
to go to our Elsie correspondent, Chris Russell. They've been
suffering some real weather extremes there as well. That's all
on the Country before the end of the hours on
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the Star the Star it is twenty after twelve. You're
with the Country, brought to you by Brandt did Jim
Morrison or one of our We've got a farmer panel
on now Shane mcmanaway and a wire rapper up country
(10:13):
a wee bit Sharq Ryinhart. We're going to talk about
the Zander McDonald Awards. Well that's what we were going
to talk about. Entries close at the end of the month.
We will talk about them, but let's start with weather
and track conditions. Shane, you're based and the wire a
rapper but I know I think your son's farming and
kai Kura. How bad is it down there?
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Yeah, good afternoon, Jamie. Know, pretty ordinary down there. They
had a hell of a day there on Tuesday and
on Adam's farm down there, they lost about fifty trees
which unfortunately landed on seven pipers and they now deceased
a lot of damage. But in that Tuesday event, there
was a lot of fire started and having a hell
(10:53):
of a job getting those out, Jamie. And they're still
going there this morning. I was talking to him about
an hour ago, about one hundred and forty k's of
WIN thirty two and they fled out, got the irrigators
on all around the houses there to try and stop
the possible fire around our house and our cowshed. But
we're milking another guy's cows through our cowshed at the
moment because his cow shed burnt down, So they are
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and dire straits there here a bit in the wire
app but wind's just starting to pick up, probably about
one twenty k coming in gusts, but very very warm, Jamee.
Just the temperature shot up like it's quite uncanny.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
This is freakish weather. Jacques Reinhart joins us. He was
the finalist and the Zander MacDonald Awards and twenty twenty
three Shark you'ur and why pokeo, how's the weather in
Hawk's Bay? Because it's obviously not that flash up the
road at the showgrounds. And am I going to say
Hastings or Nape you help me out here? Hastings? Isn't
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it where they hold the where they hold the amp show.
Speaker 6 (11:49):
Yeah, I'll tell you will be chiefly any Marquees up
but to be honest, in the Hawk's Bay today single
Hawks Bay anyway where not too when he's certainly a
breeze around. But yeah, just going off what Shane was
saying just then, I lived at Castle Point for six
years on the windys places in the country, and ye,
she's gone pretty hard here on Tuesday and Tuesday night.
(12:11):
It's a fevod of demogron.
Speaker 3 (12:12):
Well, when you're talking win numbers and Chris Brandolino was
mentioning an excess of two hundred kilometers and now that
is sort of Castle Point wind or Cape Turn? Is
it Cape Turn Again? Just up the road from or
up the coast from there are the windiest place in
the country.
Speaker 6 (12:28):
Yeah, yes, yeah, absolutely saw a few two hundred k
gusts while I was at Castle Point and also worked
at Cap Turn Again as well at Totani there, so yeah,
I can vouch for those coming through there fairly regularly
and it's not pleasant.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
Hey, Shane, you've been around a long time. You're a
man with sage advice. What would you I mean? Lindy
Nelson another Wira rapp A person sent me a text
saying just warning farmers, pleading with farmers not to go
out and put them elves in danger.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
Oh, Jamie, I certainly support Lindy's comments there there's no
need to be out there. There's not much you can
do at the stage. Best just to hunker down and
write it out. Really, it's just too dangerous. Once she'd
start breaking up with the wind and corrugated iron starts
flying around, it's a recipe for a real disaster. So
I encourage everybody just to stay inside till the debates.
Speaker 3 (13:23):
Jacq, you're on the show today to encourage young entrepreneurs
and leaders in agribusiness and agriculture in this country to
enter the twenty twenty six Xander McDonald Awards. You've got
to be aged between twenty one and thirty five. As
I said, you were a finalist in twenty twenty three.
(13:44):
What would you say to encourage people to enter, because
I reckon one of the biggest roadblocks to entering is
people thinking they're not good enough.
Speaker 6 (13:53):
Ah, one hundred percent right. I got a few pretty
handy nudges from the likes of Shay and then Emily Crowfoot,
who I was managing Husbling Station for at the time,
and certainly most initial reactions was I'm not in that
league and certainly won't be applied for that, but did
(14:13):
in the end, and yeah, absolutely changed my life really
and certainly my outlook on what might be possible for.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
Me, Shane. I think one of the big advantages of
entering competitions like this, and it's the same with Young
Farmer of the Year as the networking opportunities.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
Yeah, for sure, Jamie. And that's what the Xander Awards
all about, is that network. There's one hundred and fifty
farmers across Australia and New Zealand that come together every
year and the finalists and winners get to mix and
mingle with them. And look though that basically, once you've
entered for this and get yourself in the family, you've
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got the keys to the daughter those one hundred and
fifty farmers across Australasia, and that is such a neat thing.
And look, all of them are just so keen to
share their advice and help and basically you've effectively just
got yourself one hundred and fifty mentals. So I can't
recommend highly enough to put your name forward to have
a go at this award. It's life changing.
Speaker 3 (15:13):
Yep. An entry's close end of the month thirty first
of October next Friday, and to play. The website is
Xander McDonald Award All one word dot com. Let's just
finish with how conditions are and your respective provinces. Shane,
are you getting are you getting? Dry? And wire wrapper Jamie.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
On our side of the valley, we're on the western hills.
We're okay over here, but it's certainly starting to dry
out on the east, which is not uncommon. And if
this wind keeps up and we don't get some rain,
it can go from being pretty good to pretty bad
quite quickly. But that is the pretty much what we
expect in the wire leading up to Christmas.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
Shark Ryan Hart twenty twenty three finalists for the Zander
McDonald Awards. Hawks Bay traditionally summer dry year in Central
Hawk's Bay. How are you faring?
Speaker 6 (16:00):
It's been hands to mouth. I've been saying, it's just
been just enough rain, just in time. We've had about
half of our under half of our annual rainfall here
in central and it's been yeah, pretty much nice age
all the way from when We got a good rain
back in this last December, but that was the only one,
probably measuring over thirty mil And yeah, go right back
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to a year to date. It's yeah, it's been the
same all the way. So right now wind, not much
rain in the forecast. And yeah, it's certainly starting to
make you think it's.
Speaker 3 (16:36):
Not easy out there, so be careful out there. There
we go Today's Farmer Panel encouraging you to enter the
Sanda McDonald Awards. Entries closed next Friday, thirty first of October.
That website again, Santa McDonald Award All one Word dot Com.
Up next, I'm going to try and track down Doug
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Avery in Marlborough. He's on the Kaikoura side of Marlborough
memory you're correct me if I'm wrong, his farm and
also Wayne Langford if we can track him down. The
power has been out in the Tasman region. Jeremy Rooks
down the road a bit further in Canterbury. And if
I get time, our Australian correspondent Chris Russell, the world
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on you depends our life. God love your man.
Speaker 7 (17:27):
Into this house, reborn.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
Into this world.
Speaker 3 (17:33):
Coming up to twelve point thirty on the country brought
to you by Brat. Michelle's going to be in here shortly.
She'll update the latest information we have on the storm,
the windstorm that's battering the country. Calling in some favors
from some old farming mates today. Here's another one of
them as we go up and down the east coast
of the North and South Islands. Doug Avery, the resilient
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farmer in Marlborough. Doug the resilience of farmers in Marlborough
will be tested today.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
Oh yeah, sure, Jamie.
Speaker 5 (18:01):
I think the last few days to me, so far
today hasn't been as bad as it was the other day.
And so I've just been talking to a friend of
mine who's in the ward Fibergate and they set off
to go to kai Kora the other day, but they
uncountered so many fires on the way down. Some they
drove straight past because they weren't affecting buildings and they
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ended up dealing with other fires. Didn't even get to
kai Kora. So that wind the other day has done
a lot more damage, I think, as far as I know.
Back out at the farm Bondibery, they all hunkered down.
They got up early this morning, did their work and
they have just hunkered down for the day. It's as
bad as it gets, but it's not as bad as
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it could be. I guess that's why i'd put it.
Speaker 3 (18:44):
Yeah, well, I know you didn't get a chance to
listen to Shane mcmanaway, but he was saying his son's
dairy farm in kai Kura. They're having to milk the
neighbors scales because they're milking shed burnt down. And he
was saying to me earlier this morning, a lot of
the plastic piping and all that sort of stuff all
burnt or buckled or gone. So see, the recovery of
this is going to take a while.
Speaker 5 (19:06):
Oh yeah, for sure, the kai Kora thing. I was
actually down there for a weekend just a couple of
weeks ago, and I struggled to believe that a fire
could carry so far. So it's been a real sharp
awakening for us all to realize just how deadly. I
think all the fires that we've seen were started from
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multitude of different ways, but a lot of them were
started from people that have burnt off, and which is
quite a sensible thing to do before the summer. But
the embers were there, and when the strong winds come
it's flicked it into gear and simultaneously the fire the
fireman didn't know which one they should be going to
next and where. That's how it was on the coast.
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There was a whole lot of fires that haven't been
reported that are curred down the east coast.
Speaker 3 (19:54):
How dry are when we've we've heard in the Wire
Rapper and Hawk's Bay, for instance, they're starting to get
Warrior dry. I'm assuming like and I'm going to chat
to Stu Low on the show tomorrow in North Canterbury,
but is there what's the old saying in Canterbury you're
only a week away from a drought once those Northwesters
get blowing. I'm assuming you guys are pretty dry as well.
Speaker 5 (20:15):
Yeah, So here in Blenham we've been picking up ten meals,
twenty mills, fifteen meals and it's been getting blown away.
But from here west and Marlbor, up the Warrior River
and stuff, it's it's fine as soon as you go
out to the east coast. Grasp is very dry, but
it gets worse as you head down the coast. So
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Kaikoura is green and I've got feed and it all
looks very nice. But as we're shine by that far
the other day. There's a worrying level of dryness on
that particular part of the country at the moment.
Speaker 3 (20:51):
And just to finish on, I know you've done a
lot of good work on rural mental health. There will
be some people who will be under a lot of
pressure after this weather event and I I guess it's
easy for me to say sitting in a radio studio
and you hunkered down at home, but just don't be
afraid to ask for help is the probably the most
important message.
Speaker 5 (21:10):
Is it? Absolutely? And remember that it's always the worst
that can be at the time, and that wonderful phrase
bounce forward from your travels. Figure out how are you
going to make it so that what you've suffered this
time you are not going to suffer again. So yep,
just deal with stuff and there's always people around that
can come in and help you if you just reach out.
Speaker 3 (21:32):
Okay, good on you, dog. I always appreciate your time
here on the country. Doug Avery, the resilient farmer in Marlborough. Well,
take a break. Michelle's going to wander in here. We're
going to have a look at rural news. We'll update
what's happening or not happening at the Hawks Bay amp
show today. And also I think we've got a message
in urging from Ministry of Agriculture Todd McLay to farmers
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and foresters. Will have a look at sports news for
you as well. Jeremy Rooks in Canterbury before the end
of the hour. He's been talking to his extensive network. Well,
he hasn't got much else to do, really has he.
I say that in Jester Jester, but he's always well informed.
So we'll get we'll catch up with what's happening down
in Canterbury from Marlborough and Chris Russell, our Ossie correspondent
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before the end of the hour, right.
Speaker 2 (22:26):
Ken, I'll leam it on the weather man.
Speaker 3 (22:31):
Yes, it was the Spice Girls yesterday, girl band be Witched. Hello, Michelle,
it was Bewitched, a girl band. How many were in it?
Speaker 8 (22:40):
There was four of them in it, and I think
two of them were actually either twins or sisters by memory,
but they were later on in the nineties. I think
I was in high school, so that must have been
like ninety eight, ninety nine.
Speaker 3 (22:50):
Okay, we can't blame the weather man, Chris Brandolina. We
might get him back tomorrow because this is messy out there.
Here's Michelle with an update on.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
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Speaker 8 (23:09):
Yeah, and first of all, you may have heard Chris
Brandolino mentioned but in Vicargo has been upgraded so a
Stuart Island to a red warning, So just be careful
out there if you are out and about, stay inside.
Is the message being sent out and keep an eye
on those warnings and the rest of the island. If
you go into the meat service website, as all the
colors of orange and red, which is not great, So
just keep an eye on everything warnings that are going
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out there before you step outdoors. Today. The Hawks Bay
amp Show is going to be partially closed today due
to strong wind warnings. The public access and gate sales
are closed for today. Trade exhibits are canceled for today
as well, and all Thursday afternoon functions have been postponed.
The Friday show at this stage will continue as planned,
but they are keeping an eye on all those weather warnings,
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so just keep an eye out before you head out
if you do decide to go to the show tomorrow,
but today it is closed and a message from top
God Maclay. Farmers and grass and foresters are encouraged not
to take any unnecessary risks and to heed all the
weather warnings today. A state of local emergencies in place
for Canterbury Region Canterbury Wellington. Why are upper south of
Carterton and under a rare red level strong wind warning.
(24:16):
You may have her Chris Brandolina earlier on the show
say that it's incredible. It sounds like it's a very rare.
Speaker 3 (24:21):
Event what's going on at the moment.
Speaker 8 (24:22):
So just stay safe out there. Don't just take it
softly that it's just wind, because there could be things
flying around and all sorts of stay safe out there.
Farmers and growers who require support are encouraged to contact
their local Rural Support Trust on one hundred and seven
eighty seven.
Speaker 3 (24:36):
Two five four oh on just a correction and from me,
thank you for correcting me. Lindy Nelson say for farms
not work safe. Wow, let's not get too particular on that.
But good safer Farm's doing a great job. And as
Lindy said, let's not have the headline next week being
worker killed while shifting stock. If you don't have to
be out there, don't go out there. His sport sport
(25:03):
with AFCO.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
Visit them online at AFCO dot co dot nz Okay.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
The Blues have found already replacement for leinsterbound a Rico
Juanni next Super Rugby season. Former New Zealand seven's red
and current Tonguan international Peter Arki is returning from France
and retiring Kiwi's half back here in for and is
returning to whereas NRL playing career began, moving into the
(25:28):
assistant coaching role with the Manly Sea Eagles, and some
relief for Black Cap batters with speed merchant Joffra Archer
unavailable for England's first One Day Cricket International against New
Zealand at Mount Monganui's Bay Oval this Sunday. Have we
got a one day at T twenty tonight? Have we ah? Yes?
Speaker 7 (25:50):
England?
Speaker 8 (25:51):
I think England, New Zealandia. I've been watching the last
couple are fall asleep because I usually fall asleep around
nine point thirty.
Speaker 3 (25:57):
You're a nana before your time. Well, the first one
got rained out and then the second one. We've got flogged,
so hopefully I think it's tonight. We'll check that for you.
But anyhow, Jeremy Rooks before the end of the hour,
he's been talking to his extensive farming network and Canterbury.
We'll get the latest. But up next we're going to
head across the Tasman Australian correspondent Chris Russell. If we've
(26:20):
had some weather woes here, I guess where they've come from, Australia.
He's OURSI correspondent, Chris Russell, based out of Sydney. We're
getting battered by wind here in New Zealand today. Yesterday
in Australia. Maybe this was a forerunner of what we're facing.
(26:43):
Chris Russell, you had your hottest October.
Speaker 7 (26:46):
Day ever, that's correct, Sydney. Forty degrees in October has
just unheard of. And I was sticking hot on a
big wind. You know where we live, we live quite
close to the bush up here, right on the north
northwestern tip of Sydney. Well, you know, we got as
far out of metropolis as we could get while we're
still practically, you know, being practical about access. But you
(27:09):
know we always worry when you get that northern wind
and it was a very strong wind. My pools full
of leaves again, and it was a hot wind, so
forty degrees. Yeah, it was very hot. And we're sitting
hsc IF High School Certificate over here, which is the
big matriculation exam. A lot of kids struggling mass yesterday.
And yeah, I think it was a bad day to
(27:30):
have a hot day like that. It's supposed to be
a little bit cooler today and over the weekend, but
Monday it's returning that hot weather again. So the climate
she's a changing Jamie, Wow.
Speaker 3 (27:42):
Yes, I would agree with you. But Donald Trump wasn't. Wouldn't.
He's not a fan of climate change at all. Interesting
scenes this week in Washington with Trump seemingly having a
love feast with Elbow, but at the same time putting
the boot into Kevin Rudd. Now the pair of them
are narcissists.
Speaker 7 (28:00):
Yeah, that both as absolutely, they are both narcissists. And
but you know, and Kevin Rudd is you know, I
think might view the worst prime minister we've ever had,
you know, closely followed by Paul Keating and he was
appointed across to be the ambassador. Crazy move in one sense,
but before he became the ambassador. He made the comment
(28:22):
that he thought that Trump was the most destructive president
anywhere and the village idiot. So of course they got
through what was probably the most successful conference or meeting
that any world leader has had with Trump since he
came to power. I mean, he couldn't have been more successful.
Really from Australia's point of view, everything went our way.
(28:43):
We signed an eight and a half billion dollar agreement.
They're going to invest in our rare earths they needed,
of course, but our rare earth industry. Trump said that
he's going to accelerate our submarine program, including giving us
more submarines. We thought than while we're hearing at the
moment the opposite, regardless of the actual inquiry that's going
(29:04):
on in the US Senate. So that was all good news.
Everyone was all lovey dovey. It was amazing. And then
one reporter said, as you will have seen on the
press over there, well what about mister Trump, what about
mister Rudd? And of course Trump says, oh yeah, and
what did he say? And the way we go then
and of course, and then Trump I think probably engineered
(29:24):
a little bit by saying was he here today? And
At that point, albo is through Rudd right under the
bus by just flicking his hand to say yeah, he's
across the table, and then Trump made his classic comment, well,
I don't like you, and I don't think I have
a will. Nonetheless, we came out of that meeting with
flying colors, and there's all sorts of minds now in
Victoria or Western Australia that we're looking to get some
(29:46):
investment money, which are now that money's going to flow
on a fast track basis, and we're going to break
what they're calling the microscopy of China, where they didn't
have all of the rare earths in their in their country,
but they certainly have anopoly on the manufacturing and processing
of them. And of course these are a worse a
(30:08):
lot of money. Thing like gallium is worth five hundred
and sixty thousand dollars per ton. That's a lot of money.
Five hundred and sixty dollars a kilo, not a lot
of it, but it's a critical element for making a
lot of their missiles and a lot of the weaponry,
and of course for AI and batteries and so on.
So I think it's import far outweighs the value of
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it in many ways.
Speaker 9 (30:31):
Jamie.
Speaker 3 (30:32):
Yeah, well, obviously Trump wants something from you. That's why
the meeting was so friendly. Let's just finish if we
can on a record crop coming off in Western Australia.
I was there a couple of weeks ago looking at
the all black speeding the Wallabies or Whatn't go on
about that, Chris, but I think Perth, Western Australia, had
had its wettest winter on record and the place was
(30:52):
screen as it was looking like Southland.
Speaker 7 (30:55):
Yeah, well, look at has We're expecting the harvest a
record breaking twenty five million tons in Western Australia this year.
That'll be about forty percent of our total crop just
in Western Australia, most of it between Geraldton, which is
a couple of hundred klometers north of Perth and the
right the bottom tip of Western Australia worth about seven
(31:16):
point eight billion dollars, which is a lot less than
it would have been worth, say two or three years ago,
because the world price for wheat in particular has dropped
due to a very big harvest in the Northern Hemisphere.
But nonetheless Western Australia is seeing their saying please don't
jinxus because it doesn't matter how valuable a crop is.
If you don't have any, it's not worth anything. And
this year they have crop, it is worth money and
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they're now in the prices of getting it up, very
different to parts of Victoria and South Australia which are
not so lucky, and we've seen quite a lot of
their crop actually being bailed for hay at the moment
because it's just not going to be worth worth harvesting.
So so far the spring weather has been ideal and
everybody is working to try and get all this crop
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off before they get frost or some other sort of
jinxing or damaging item which is going to wreck what
will otherwise be a really good year.
Speaker 3 (32:11):
Jamie, Chris russ All, thanks as always for your time
from Australia. Batten down the hatches here in New Zealand
today with the wind and I hope it calls off
a bit in Sydney, Yeah, thanks Jamie, dog within and
who is on the storm Okay, Jeremy Rooks. I don't
(32:35):
know what you were saying in the background there. I
was trying to play a wee bit of Jim Morrison.
Now Jeremy, I have promoted this slot extensively. I've left
you to last. You can sum up this terrible weather
because I said, a man connected as well as you are,
I will have spoken to his extensive network of farming
friends to update what's happening in Canterbury on the ground.
(32:57):
Give it to me, baby, Oh hang on, let me
let me destroy that. Sorry, wrong fader, I've got you.
Why you go again, Jeremy.
Speaker 9 (33:07):
No, no, I haven't really spoken anyone, and anyone have
kicks that hasn't applied.
Speaker 3 (33:10):
So Jeremy, you're a bit like the teachers today. You're
striking on me.
Speaker 9 (33:19):
Well you know, well not I I don't know. I've
just been I don't know really, but I can give
you a report from here anyway.
Speaker 3 (33:26):
Jane, will you give me a report from your lifestyle
property in Canterbury?
Speaker 9 (33:29):
Well, just north staid around you, are you?
Speaker 3 (33:32):
No?
Speaker 9 (33:32):
Well, we've got to have on a one first thing,
and then we haven't. It's just been coming and going.
But we've had about one millar rain. But certainly you
can hear it out in the back. It sounds like
just a roll and thunder has been going on further
out in the hells all day, so I've had to
be pretty grim out in the high country. That sounds
like Haim was getting pumped as well. But I think
it was worse on Tuesday actually because I was tailing
(33:55):
up close to too Low on Tuesday and it was
bloody awful and Tuesday how.
Speaker 3 (33:59):
Well we're going to here from stu Loo tomorrow. It's
sort of Canterbury v Otago Stu Duncan versus stud Low
ahead of the NPC final. Hes En from North Otago
saying Monday was a hell of a lot worse than today,
although maybe the bottom of the South Island the worst
is still to come. But you've been around a long time, Jeremy.
Wind is nothing unusual than Canterbury.
Speaker 8 (34:22):
No, it just.
Speaker 9 (34:22):
Happens, and every now and again you get a massive
event and obviously certain areas that get hit hard of
anothers and stuff. But yeah, I mean, as long as
everyone you know stays inside and enjoys day off fantastic.
Speaker 3 (34:33):
Well let's see, it's not going to affect your work
day because that's what you would have been doing anyhow.
Speaker 9 (34:39):
Well, I went out from a morning walk first thing
this morning because I wasn't blaming and I came and
shifted my break when I got back before the wind
from the ten kettle, and then I thought, well, well,
well that's my day done. So I've been sitting in
title day.
Speaker 3 (34:52):
How long does it How long does it take to
shift a break for ten kettle?
Speaker 9 (34:56):
About ninety seven seconds, I thought.
Speaker 3 (34:58):
So, now minds you, Jeremy, you could just about earn
a full time wage from those ten kettle if they're
worth I don't know, three grand each. There's thirty grand.
Speaker 9 (35:07):
Well yeah, well hope, well as all of it. Well
we'll hold this and rain today because it's getting them
at dry and Kennebry. It's been the grants are started
to move, but it's when we when we've got constant
with like in run for.
Speaker 2 (35:18):
The last of the three weeks really so so.
Speaker 9 (35:21):
No things are just just sitting on an ice edge.
Speaker 3 (35:23):
But it's been a very challenging month that says September
for a lot of farmers. Okay, and I'll talk to
Stulo in depth about this one tomorrow. A Targo versus
I was going to say Southland. I wish it was
Southland in the NPC final at so Targo versus Canterbury.
Everyone in the Country wants o Targo to win.
Speaker 9 (35:41):
Well, I know that Southland wouldn't even win thet Hawk
Cup the way they played this year, but anyway, no, no,
it'll be It'll be hell of a game and I
think the Targo have got have got a really good
chance of winning it. It'll be a great occasion and
I'm luckily having lunch. I want to mate on Saturday.
Who's from a Targo say the abuse of stay out
of the ready shot. I'm looking forward to. Well, it's
(36:01):
just so good be in PC's it's so much better
than Super Rugby. It means for you know, anyone's supporting
it for see.
Speaker 2 (36:08):
Which is awesome.
Speaker 3 (36:09):
I absolutely agree, and I love the Heartland rugby, Mid
Canterbury getting Home and North Otaga. Righty, Oh, there's Jeremy
Rook's a lifestyle correspondent out of Canterbury. Are batting down
the hatches. Stay safe out there and if you don't
need to go out on the wind, don't riders on
the storm.
Speaker 1 (36:29):
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Speaker 2 (00:31):
Aking here.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
Good afternoon, New Zealand. It's not really a good afternoon.
It's a bloody but it's a terrible day out there.
No other way to describe it. This is blame it
on the weather man by Bee, which we're not going
to blame it on the weather man, but we're going
to get it from the horse's mouth Chris Brandolino from
newas So we're going to take a trip up the
country today. We're going to be chatting to farmers in Canterbury, Marlborough,
(00:56):
Wira Rapper and Hawke's Bay. But let's get on to
the big issue of the day. Freakish where the event
red wind warning and fore warned. Chris Brandolino is forearmed.
That's a shaker out there.
Speaker 4 (01:10):
Yeah, there are just absolutely incredible wing gusts and just
then our colleagues at Metzers have upgraded parts of the
lower South Island into a red warning. This is I'm
just looking at the latest information. This would be for
coastal Southland. So for those just listening over toward Invercargo,
(01:33):
toward the Catlands just south of bout Klutha Stuart Island.
This is a red warning. We've had a wing gust Invercargo.
It's had a wing gust of one hundred and thirty
seven kilometers per hour. Not too long ago, Gore had
a wing gust of one hundred and twenty four kilometers
per hour. And we're seeing this is a stinged jet.
So this is closer to the center of our deep
(01:55):
low which is sub nine to sixty hecta pascos on
the on the map there, and that is creating an
impressive pressure grading Jamie, the pressure difference between Invercargo and Auckland,
which is a way to understand, you know how strong
winds may get fifty hect to pascals and that is
one of the greatest pressure differences seen. And I don't
(02:17):
want to say ever, but in certainly modern times that
is absolutely impressive and we're seeing wing gusts. There was
a report in Canterbury Marlibra twelve hundred meters up. It's
a fence station of two hundred and thirty two kilometer
prour wind gusts middle of nowhere, but you can see
the reports in Hamner Springs, Hamner Forest and across much
(02:39):
of the Lower North Island, the Arima Taka Hill. I
think a wind gust of one hundred and forty k
plus has been observed, So it's all happening. And Dunedin
you're going to see your wind increase very soon as
that stinged jet moves east with time, so expect the
worst of your wind probably still ahead of you, not
quite as bad as perhaps over toward Invercargo, but I
(03:01):
could see the need and getting wind gust of near
or in excess of one hundred kilometers per hour through
through about the four or five six o'clock hour. Then
things will settle down.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
Yeah, some horrible pictures and stories coming out of Canterbury
at the moment. I saw a picture I think Michelle's
putting it on Facebook of some power lines in Culvid
and North Canterbury. There just all bent over, blown over,
basically a whole row of them by the wind. As
you mentioned Hamna, severe damage in there. You can't do
(03:32):
much about the weather, but what we do need to
know is when is it going to calm the farm?
Speaker 4 (03:40):
When is the wind's wind basically ending yeah.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Or calming. Awey bit sorry I could have used.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
Yeah, that's all right. No, no, no, there's a lot
going on, Jim, It's fine, No worries, man. I think
the worst of it is basically from now for the
next few hours, as we get toward dinnertime, things will
begin to settle down. That strong wind, maybe a bit clingy,
a bit consistently longer. For places closer to say from
Dunedin down to the Catlands and to Invercargo, the wind
(04:07):
may hold on longer. They remain quite elevated. But the
good news is that I think the wind as we
move through the evening hours, while it does remain elevated,
it is forecast to ease during the evening hours. But
nonetheless we are looking at some really strong winds probably
coming up. You know, even this weekend. I should add this,
Even though this weekend we are going to see a
(04:28):
reduction of wind, it is still going to remain a
pretty breezy weekend, still breezy conditions tomorrow for much of
the country. We're not talking damaging wind, but we're talking
win that's a nuisance. The last thing you want. It's
going to be a risk for fire weather for eastern
parts of the southbound kay Kota is over thirty degrees
with humidity below thirty percent, and so that will certainly
(04:52):
not be good for the fires. And that reason there's
dealing in Hawk's Bay going to have gusty wind, not
as strong as our friends in the Low or North
Island and South Island, but they have dry conditions, gusty wind,
warm temperatures, low humidity, So the fire weather concerned there.
We have to worry, Jamie about another weather system next week.
So next week there's going to be another load driving
(05:14):
southeast from the Tasman Sea that'll move farther north than
this low. Won't be as strong, but it will bring weather,
another round of very active weather. It looks like Labor Day,
so for the long weekend. That's not a long weekend
for farmers. We work every day, well I say we,
but it will be a day where there could be
(05:34):
another round of high wind and heavy rainfall perhaps different
parts of the country. And then behind that, Jamie, this
is worth noting. This is actually quite important. Just that
heads up next Monday night into Tuesday, a significant cold
snap is likely, particularly for the South Island. This could
have impacts and livestock could have impacts for growing conditions.
(05:56):
So keep in mind early next week Monday night into
two Tuesday, maybe even the early Wednesday, a significant cold snap,
particularly for the South Island maybe lower North Island. Something
to keep in mind that could be a real impactful
event for people on farm.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
Hey, Chris Braindolena, thanks short notice for kicking off the
show today. You were so good. We might get you
back tomorrow. Thanks for your time.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
I look forward to it.
Speaker 5 (06:18):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (06:18):
Jimmy stay saved everyone.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Weather on the country with farmlands, protecting your crops from
nasties this summer.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Yeah, I wish I could be the bearer of better news. Yes,
batten down the hatches. We'll talk about this one on
Rural News with Michelle Todd McLay, Minister of Agriculture. Just
warning farmers and foresters not to go out there unless
you really have to. Lendy Nelson from work Safe sent
me a text this morning. Just let me see what
(06:50):
she said. Hi, Jamie, can you please give a call
out to the extreme weather conditions, especially the wind. There
is a real danger of odds on hill farms being
blown over, working new or underneath neath trees, etc. With stock.
A good day for tidying the woolshed, says Lindy, and
(07:12):
then she goes on to say, let's not have the
headline next week. Worker killed while shifting stock. It is
awful out there. Hawks By Amp Show will have more
about this and rural news as well. It's basically closed
for today, all activities off. I think they were trying
to do some of the equestrian events. Whether they do
(07:32):
or not, I don't know, but basically Day one of
the Hawks Bay Amp Show is canceled. All Thursday afternoon
functions have been postponed. They're going to reschedule them, but
it will be business as usual for that Hawks Bay
A and P Show tomorrow, two day show Thursday and Friday.
(07:54):
It's Hawk's Bay Anniversary Day tomorrow and it's with sadness.
I want to mention this before I forget. The passing
of Paul McFee, a man well known in rugby and
farming circles. He worked and was the chief executive of
many companies. Just off the top of my head. He
(08:14):
was involved with Rights AND's, South Fort Williams and Kettle.
Great bloke Paul McFee, very very good rugby player, played
for Canterbury, Otago Southland and Hawke's Bay played for the
New Zealand Juniors and the universities. That was worse blokes
than him got picked for the All Blacks back in
the day. In fact, off the top of my head
in nineteen seventy seven, Paul was in the New Zealand
(08:39):
University side that beat the Lions twenty one to nine
at Lancaster Park and just off the top of my head,
I think he scored the try or one of the
tries or the winning try in that game. So Paul
McPhee hasn't been well in recent years, tragically. But gee,
he was a tough, tough rug player, very very but
(09:02):
he was five eight back in the days when five
hates didn't used to tackle. So rest in peace for McFee.
Up next, we're going to take our continue our trip
around the country. It's Shane Mcmanawian and Wira Rappa and jacques'es,
Ryan Hart and Hawke's Bay hopefully Wayne Langford or Dug
Avery in the middle of the country, Wayne's and Tasman
(09:25):
the Powers off there. Dug Avery's in Marlborough. Jeremy Rooks
is in Canterbury, and if I get time, I'm going
to go to our Elsie correspondent, Chris Russell. They've been
suffering some real weather extremes there as well. That's all
on the Country before the end of the hours on
(09:51):
the Star the Star it is twenty after twelve. You're
with the Country, brought to you by Brandt did Jim
Morrison or one of our We've got a farmer panel
on now Shane mcmanaway and a wire rapper up country
(10:13):
a wee bit Sharq Ryinhart. We're going to talk about
the Zander McDonald Awards. Well that's what we were going
to talk about. Entries close at the end of the month.
We will talk about them, but let's start with weather
and track conditions. Shane, you're based and the wire a
rapper but I know I think your son's farming and
kai Kura. How bad is it down there?
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Yeah, good afternoon, Jamie. Know, pretty ordinary down there. They
had a hell of a day there on Tuesday and
on Adam's farm down there, they lost about fifty trees
which unfortunately landed on seven pipers and they now deceased
a lot of damage. But in that Tuesday event, there
was a lot of fire started and having a hell
(10:53):
of a job getting those out, Jamie. And they're still
going there this morning. I was talking to him about
an hour ago, about one hundred and forty k's of
WIN thirty two and they fled out, got the irrigators
on all around the houses there to try and stop
the possible fire around our house and our cowshed. But
we're milking another guy's cows through our cowshed at the
moment because his cow shed burnt down, So they are
(11:14):
and dire straits there here a bit in the wire
app but wind's just starting to pick up, probably about
one twenty k coming in gusts, but very very warm, Jamee.
Just the temperature shot up like it's quite uncanny.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
This is freakish weather. Jacques Reinhart joins us. He was
the finalist and the Zander MacDonald Awards and twenty twenty
three Shark you'ur and why pokeo, how's the weather in
Hawk's Bay? Because it's obviously not that flash up the
road at the showgrounds. And am I going to say
Hastings or Nape you help me out here? Hastings? Isn't
(11:45):
it where they hold the where they hold the amp show.
Speaker 6 (11:49):
Yeah, I'll tell you will be chiefly any Marquees up
but to be honest, in the Hawk's Bay today single
Hawks Bay anyway where not too when he's certainly a
breeze around. But yeah, just going off what Shane was
saying just then, I lived at Castle Point for six
years on the windys places in the country, and ye,
she's gone pretty hard here on Tuesday and Tuesday night.
(12:11):
It's a fevod of demogron.
Speaker 3 (12:12):
Well, when you're talking win numbers and Chris Brandolino was
mentioning an excess of two hundred kilometers and now that
is sort of Castle Point wind or Cape Turn? Is
it Cape Turn Again? Just up the road from or
up the coast from there are the windiest place in
the country.
Speaker 6 (12:28):
Yeah, yes, yeah, absolutely saw a few two hundred k
gusts while I was at Castle Point and also worked
at Cap Turn Again as well at Totani there, so yeah,
I can vouch for those coming through there fairly regularly
and it's not pleasant.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
Hey, Shane, you've been around a long time. You're a
man with sage advice. What would you I mean? Lindy
Nelson another Wira rapp A person sent me a text
saying just warning farmers, pleading with farmers not to go
out and put them elves in danger.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
Oh, Jamie, I certainly support Lindy's comments there there's no
need to be out there. There's not much you can
do at the stage. Best just to hunker down and
write it out. Really, it's just too dangerous. Once she'd
start breaking up with the wind and corrugated iron starts
flying around, it's a recipe for a real disaster. So
I encourage everybody just to stay inside till the debates.
Speaker 3 (13:23):
Jacq, you're on the show today to encourage young entrepreneurs
and leaders in agribusiness and agriculture in this country to
enter the twenty twenty six Xander McDonald Awards. You've got
to be aged between twenty one and thirty five. As
I said, you were a finalist in twenty twenty three.
(13:44):
What would you say to encourage people to enter, because
I reckon one of the biggest roadblocks to entering is
people thinking they're not good enough.
Speaker 6 (13:53):
Ah, one hundred percent right. I got a few pretty
handy nudges from the likes of Shay and then Emily Crowfoot,
who I was managing Husbling Station for at the time,
and certainly most initial reactions was I'm not in that
league and certainly won't be applied for that, but did
(14:13):
in the end, and yeah, absolutely changed my life really
and certainly my outlook on what might be possible for.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
Me, Shane. I think one of the big advantages of
entering competitions like this, and it's the same with Young
Farmer of the Year as the networking opportunities.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
Yeah, for sure, Jamie. And that's what the Xander Awards
all about, is that network. There's one hundred and fifty
farmers across Australia and New Zealand that come together every
year and the finalists and winners get to mix and
mingle with them. And look though that basically, once you've
entered for this and get yourself in the family, you've
(14:51):
got the keys to the daughter those one hundred and
fifty farmers across Australasia, and that is such a neat thing.
And look, all of them are just so keen to
share their advice and help and basically you've effectively just
got yourself one hundred and fifty mentals. So I can't
recommend highly enough to put your name forward to have
a go at this award. It's life changing.
Speaker 3 (15:13):
Yep. An entry's close end of the month thirty first
of October next Friday, and to play. The website is
Xander McDonald Award All one word dot com. Let's just
finish with how conditions are and your respective provinces. Shane,
are you getting are you getting? Dry? And wire wrapper Jamie.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
On our side of the valley, we're on the western hills.
We're okay over here, but it's certainly starting to dry
out on the east, which is not uncommon. And if
this wind keeps up and we don't get some rain,
it can go from being pretty good to pretty bad
quite quickly. But that is the pretty much what we
expect in the wire leading up to Christmas.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
Shark Ryan Hart twenty twenty three finalists for the Zander
McDonald Awards. Hawks Bay traditionally summer dry year in Central
Hawk's Bay. How are you faring?
Speaker 6 (16:00):
It's been hands to mouth. I've been saying, it's just
been just enough rain, just in time. We've had about
half of our under half of our annual rainfall here
in central and it's been yeah, pretty much nice age
all the way from when We got a good rain
back in this last December, but that was the only one,
probably measuring over thirty mil And yeah, go right back
(16:24):
to a year to date. It's yeah, it's been the
same all the way. So right now wind, not much
rain in the forecast. And yeah, it's certainly starting to
make you think it's.
Speaker 3 (16:36):
Not easy out there, so be careful out there. There
we go Today's Farmer Panel encouraging you to enter the
Sanda McDonald Awards. Entries closed next Friday, thirty first of October.
That website again, Santa McDonald Award All one Word dot Com.
Up next, I'm going to try and track down Doug
(16:56):
Avery in Marlborough. He's on the Kaikoura side of Marlborough
memory you're correct me if I'm wrong, his farm and
also Wayne Langford if we can track him down. The
power has been out in the Tasman region. Jeremy Rooks
down the road a bit further in Canterbury. And if
I get time, our Australian correspondent Chris Russell, the world
(17:18):
on you depends our life. God love your man.
Speaker 7 (17:27):
Into this house, reborn.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
Into this world.
Speaker 3 (17:33):
Coming up to twelve point thirty on the country brought
to you by Brat. Michelle's going to be in here shortly.
She'll update the latest information we have on the storm,
the windstorm that's battering the country. Calling in some favors
from some old farming mates today. Here's another one of
them as we go up and down the east coast
of the North and South Islands. Doug Avery, the resilient
(17:54):
farmer in Marlborough. Doug the resilience of farmers in Marlborough
will be tested today.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
Oh yeah, sure, Jamie.
Speaker 5 (18:01):
I think the last few days to me, so far
today hasn't been as bad as it was the other day.
And so I've just been talking to a friend of
mine who's in the ward Fibergate and they set off
to go to kai Kora the other day, but they
uncountered so many fires on the way down. Some they
drove straight past because they weren't affecting buildings and they
(18:21):
ended up dealing with other fires. Didn't even get to
kai Kora. So that wind the other day has done
a lot more damage, I think, as far as I know.
Back out at the farm Bondibery, they all hunkered down.
They got up early this morning, did their work and
they have just hunkered down for the day. It's as
bad as it gets, but it's not as bad as
(18:42):
it could be. I guess that's why i'd put it.
Speaker 3 (18:44):
Yeah, well, I know you didn't get a chance to
listen to Shane mcmanaway, but he was saying his son's
dairy farm in kai Kura. They're having to milk the
neighbors scales because they're milking shed burnt down. And he
was saying to me earlier this morning, a lot of
the plastic piping and all that sort of stuff all
burnt or buckled or gone. So see, the recovery of
this is going to take a while.
Speaker 5 (19:06):
Oh yeah, for sure, the kai Kora thing. I was
actually down there for a weekend just a couple of
weeks ago, and I struggled to believe that a fire
could carry so far. So it's been a real sharp
awakening for us all to realize just how deadly. I
think all the fires that we've seen were started from
(19:28):
multitude of different ways, but a lot of them were
started from people that have burnt off, and which is
quite a sensible thing to do before the summer. But
the embers were there, and when the strong winds come
it's flicked it into gear and simultaneously the fire the
fireman didn't know which one they should be going to
next and where. That's how it was on the coast.
(19:49):
There was a whole lot of fires that haven't been
reported that are curred down the east coast.
Speaker 3 (19:54):
How dry are when we've we've heard in the Wire
Rapper and Hawk's Bay, for instance, they're starting to get
Warrior dry. I'm assuming like and I'm going to chat
to Stu Low on the show tomorrow in North Canterbury,
but is there what's the old saying in Canterbury you're
only a week away from a drought once those Northwesters
get blowing. I'm assuming you guys are pretty dry as well.
Speaker 5 (20:15):
Yeah, So here in Blenham we've been picking up ten meals,
twenty mills, fifteen meals and it's been getting blown away.
But from here west and Marlbor, up the Warrior River
and stuff, it's it's fine as soon as you go
out to the east coast. Grasp is very dry, but
it gets worse as you head down the coast. So
(20:37):
Kaikoura is green and I've got feed and it all
looks very nice. But as we're shine by that far
the other day. There's a worrying level of dryness on
that particular part of the country at the moment.
Speaker 3 (20:51):
And just to finish on, I know you've done a
lot of good work on rural mental health. There will
be some people who will be under a lot of
pressure after this weather event and I I guess it's
easy for me to say sitting in a radio studio
and you hunkered down at home, but just don't be
afraid to ask for help is the probably the most
important message.
Speaker 5 (21:10):
Is it? Absolutely? And remember that it's always the worst
that can be at the time, and that wonderful phrase
bounce forward from your travels. Figure out how are you
going to make it so that what you've suffered this
time you are not going to suffer again. So yep,
just deal with stuff and there's always people around that
can come in and help you if you just reach out.
Speaker 3 (21:32):
Okay, good on you, dog. I always appreciate your time
here on the country. Doug Avery, the resilient farmer in Marlborough. Well,
take a break. Michelle's going to wander in here. We're
going to have a look at rural news. We'll update
what's happening or not happening at the Hawks Bay amp
show today. And also I think we've got a message
in urging from Ministry of Agriculture Todd McLay to farmers
(21:55):
and foresters. Will have a look at sports news for
you as well. Jeremy Rooks in Canterbury before the end
of the hour. He's been talking to his extensive network. Well,
he hasn't got much else to do, really has he.
I say that in Jester Jester, but he's always well informed.
So we'll get we'll catch up with what's happening down
in Canterbury from Marlborough and Chris Russell, our Ossie correspondent
(22:18):
before the end of the hour, right.
Speaker 2 (22:26):
Ken, I'll leam it on the weather man.
Speaker 3 (22:31):
Yes, it was the Spice Girls yesterday, girl band be Witched. Hello, Michelle,
it was Bewitched, a girl band. How many were in it?
Speaker 8 (22:40):
There was four of them in it, and I think
two of them were actually either twins or sisters by memory,
but they were later on in the nineties. I think
I was in high school, so that must have been
like ninety eight, ninety nine.
Speaker 3 (22:50):
Okay, we can't blame the weather man, Chris Brandolina. We
might get him back tomorrow because this is messy out there.
Here's Michelle with an update on.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
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Speaker 8 (23:09):
Yeah, and first of all, you may have heard Chris
Brandolino mentioned but in Vicargo has been upgraded so a
Stuart Island to a red warning, So just be careful
out there if you are out and about, stay inside.
Is the message being sent out and keep an eye
on those warnings and the rest of the island. If
you go into the meat service website, as all the
colors of orange and red, which is not great, So
just keep an eye on everything warnings that are going
(23:31):
out there before you step outdoors. Today. The Hawks Bay
amp Show is going to be partially closed today due
to strong wind warnings. The public access and gate sales
are closed for today. Trade exhibits are canceled for today
as well, and all Thursday afternoon functions have been postponed.
The Friday show at this stage will continue as planned,
but they are keeping an eye on all those weather warnings,
(23:53):
so just keep an eye out before you head out
if you do decide to go to the show tomorrow,
but today it is closed and a message from top
God Maclay. Farmers and grass and foresters are encouraged not
to take any unnecessary risks and to heed all the
weather warnings today. A state of local emergencies in place
for Canterbury Region Canterbury Wellington. Why are upper south of
Carterton and under a rare red level strong wind warning.
(24:16):
You may have her Chris Brandolina earlier on the show
say that it's incredible. It sounds like it's a very rare.
Speaker 3 (24:21):
Event what's going on at the moment.
Speaker 8 (24:22):
So just stay safe out there. Don't just take it
softly that it's just wind, because there could be things
flying around and all sorts of stay safe out there.
Farmers and growers who require support are encouraged to contact
their local Rural Support Trust on one hundred and seven
eighty seven.
Speaker 3 (24:36):
Two five four oh on just a correction and from me,
thank you for correcting me. Lindy Nelson say for farms
not work safe. Wow, let's not get too particular on that.
But good safer Farm's doing a great job. And as
Lindy said, let's not have the headline next week being
worker killed while shifting stock. If you don't have to
be out there, don't go out there. His sport sport
(25:03):
with AFCO.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
Visit them online at AFCO dot co dot nz Okay.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
The Blues have found already replacement for leinsterbound a Rico
Juanni next Super Rugby season. Former New Zealand seven's red
and current Tonguan international Peter Arki is returning from France
and retiring Kiwi's half back here in for and is
returning to whereas NRL playing career began, moving into the
(25:28):
assistant coaching role with the Manly Sea Eagles, and some
relief for Black Cap batters with speed merchant Joffra Archer
unavailable for England's first One Day Cricket International against New
Zealand at Mount Monganui's Bay Oval this Sunday. Have we
got a one day at T twenty tonight? Have we ah? Yes?
Speaker 7 (25:50):
England?
Speaker 8 (25:51):
I think England, New Zealandia. I've been watching the last
couple are fall asleep because I usually fall asleep around
nine point thirty.
Speaker 3 (25:57):
You're a nana before your time. Well, the first one
got rained out and then the second one. We've got flogged,
so hopefully I think it's tonight. We'll check that for you.
But anyhow, Jeremy Rooks before the end of the hour,
he's been talking to his extensive farming network and Canterbury.
We'll get the latest. But up next we're going to
head across the Tasman Australian correspondent Chris Russell. If we've
(26:20):
had some weather woes here, I guess where they've come from, Australia.
He's OURSI correspondent, Chris Russell, based out of Sydney. We're
getting battered by wind here in New Zealand today. Yesterday
in Australia. Maybe this was a forerunner of what we're facing.
(26:43):
Chris Russell, you had your hottest October.
Speaker 7 (26:46):
Day ever, that's correct, Sydney. Forty degrees in October has
just unheard of. And I was sticking hot on a
big wind. You know where we live, we live quite
close to the bush up here, right on the north
northwestern tip of Sydney. Well, you know, we got as
far out of metropolis as we could get while we're
still practically, you know, being practical about access. But you
(27:09):
know we always worry when you get that northern wind
and it was a very strong wind. My pools full
of leaves again, and it was a hot wind, so
forty degrees. Yeah, it was very hot. And we're sitting
hsc IF High School Certificate over here, which is the
big matriculation exam. A lot of kids struggling mass yesterday.
And yeah, I think it was a bad day to
(27:30):
have a hot day like that. It's supposed to be
a little bit cooler today and over the weekend, but
Monday it's returning that hot weather again. So the climate
she's a changing Jamie, Wow.
Speaker 3 (27:42):
Yes, I would agree with you. But Donald Trump wasn't. Wouldn't.
He's not a fan of climate change at all. Interesting
scenes this week in Washington with Trump seemingly having a
love feast with Elbow, but at the same time putting
the boot into Kevin Rudd. Now the pair of them
are narcissists.
Speaker 7 (28:00):
Yeah, that both as absolutely, they are both narcissists. And
but you know, and Kevin Rudd is you know, I
think might view the worst prime minister we've ever had,
you know, closely followed by Paul Keating and he was
appointed across to be the ambassador. Crazy move in one sense,
but before he became the ambassador. He made the comment
(28:22):
that he thought that Trump was the most destructive president
anywhere and the village idiot. So of course they got
through what was probably the most successful conference or meeting
that any world leader has had with Trump since he
came to power. I mean, he couldn't have been more successful.
Really from Australia's point of view, everything went our way.
(28:43):
We signed an eight and a half billion dollar agreement.
They're going to invest in our rare earths they needed,
of course, but our rare earth industry. Trump said that
he's going to accelerate our submarine program, including giving us
more submarines. We thought than while we're hearing at the
moment the opposite, regardless of the actual inquiry that's going
(29:04):
on in the US Senate. So that was all good news.
Everyone was all lovey dovey. It was amazing. And then
one reporter said, as you will have seen on the
press over there, well what about mister Trump, what about
mister Rudd? And of course Trump says, oh yeah, and
what did he say? And the way we go then
and of course, and then Trump I think probably engineered
(29:24):
a little bit by saying was he here today? And
At that point, albo is through Rudd right under the
bus by just flicking his hand to say yeah, he's
across the table, and then Trump made his classic comment, well,
I don't like you, and I don't think I have
a will. Nonetheless, we came out of that meeting with
flying colors, and there's all sorts of minds now in
Victoria or Western Australia that we're looking to get some
(29:46):
investment money, which are now that money's going to flow
on a fast track basis, and we're going to break
what they're calling the microscopy of China, where they didn't
have all of the rare earths in their in their country,
but they certainly have anopoly on the manufacturing and processing
of them. And of course these are a worse a
(30:08):
lot of money. Thing like gallium is worth five hundred
and sixty thousand dollars per ton. That's a lot of money.
Five hundred and sixty dollars a kilo, not a lot
of it, but it's a critical element for making a
lot of their missiles and a lot of the weaponry,
and of course for AI and batteries and so on.
So I think it's import far outweighs the value of
(30:30):
it in many ways.
Speaker 9 (30:31):
Jamie.
Speaker 3 (30:32):
Yeah, well, obviously Trump wants something from you. That's why
the meeting was so friendly. Let's just finish if we
can on a record crop coming off in Western Australia.
I was there a couple of weeks ago looking at
the all black speeding the Wallabies or Whatn't go on
about that, Chris, but I think Perth, Western Australia, had
had its wettest winter on record and the place was
(30:52):
screen as it was looking like Southland.
Speaker 7 (30:55):
Yeah, well, look at has We're expecting the harvest a
record breaking twenty five million tons in Western Australia this year.
That'll be about forty percent of our total crop just
in Western Australia, most of it between Geraldton, which is
a couple of hundred klometers north of Perth and the
right the bottom tip of Western Australia worth about seven
(31:16):
point eight billion dollars, which is a lot less than
it would have been worth, say two or three years ago,
because the world price for wheat in particular has dropped
due to a very big harvest in the Northern Hemisphere.
But nonetheless Western Australia is seeing their saying please don't
jinxus because it doesn't matter how valuable a crop is.
If you don't have any, it's not worth anything. And
this year they have crop, it is worth money and
(31:39):
they're now in the prices of getting it up, very
different to parts of Victoria and South Australia which are
not so lucky, and we've seen quite a lot of
their crop actually being bailed for hay at the moment
because it's just not going to be worth worth harvesting.
So so far the spring weather has been ideal and
everybody is working to try and get all this crop
(32:02):
off before they get frost or some other sort of
jinxing or damaging item which is going to wreck what
will otherwise be a really good year.
Speaker 3 (32:11):
Jamie, Chris russ All, thanks as always for your time
from Australia. Batten down the hatches here in New Zealand
today with the wind and I hope it calls off
a bit in Sydney, Yeah, thanks Jamie, dog within and
who is on the storm Okay, Jeremy Rooks. I don't
(32:35):
know what you were saying in the background there. I
was trying to play a wee bit of Jim Morrison.
Now Jeremy, I have promoted this slot extensively. I've left
you to last. You can sum up this terrible weather
because I said, a man connected as well as you are,
I will have spoken to his extensive network of farming
friends to update what's happening in Canterbury on the ground.
(32:57):
Give it to me, baby, Oh hang on, let me
let me destroy that. Sorry, wrong fader, I've got you.
Why you go again, Jeremy.
Speaker 9 (33:07):
No, no, I haven't really spoken anyone, and anyone have
kicks that hasn't applied.
Speaker 3 (33:10):
So Jeremy, you're a bit like the teachers today. You're
striking on me.
Speaker 9 (33:19):
Well you know, well not I I don't know. I've
just been I don't know really, but I can give
you a report from here anyway.
Speaker 3 (33:26):
Jane, will you give me a report from your lifestyle
property in Canterbury?
Speaker 9 (33:29):
Well, just north staid around you, are you?
Speaker 3 (33:32):
No?
Speaker 9 (33:32):
Well, we've got to have on a one first thing,
and then we haven't. It's just been coming and going.
But we've had about one millar rain. But certainly you
can hear it out in the back. It sounds like
just a roll and thunder has been going on further
out in the hells all day, so I've had to
be pretty grim out in the high country. That sounds
like Haim was getting pumped as well. But I think
it was worse on Tuesday actually because I was tailing
(33:55):
up close to too Low on Tuesday and it was
bloody awful and Tuesday how.
Speaker 3 (33:59):
Well we're going to here from stu Loo tomorrow. It's
sort of Canterbury v Otago Stu Duncan versus stud Low
ahead of the NPC final. Hes En from North Otago
saying Monday was a hell of a lot worse than today,
although maybe the bottom of the South Island the worst
is still to come. But you've been around a long time, Jeremy.
Wind is nothing unusual than Canterbury.
Speaker 8 (34:22):
No, it just.
Speaker 9 (34:22):
Happens, and every now and again you get a massive
event and obviously certain areas that get hit hard of
anothers and stuff. But yeah, I mean, as long as
everyone you know stays inside and enjoys day off fantastic.
Speaker 3 (34:33):
Well let's see, it's not going to affect your work
day because that's what you would have been doing anyhow.
Speaker 9 (34:39):
Well, I went out from a morning walk first thing
this morning because I wasn't blaming and I came and
shifted my break when I got back before the wind
from the ten kettle, and then I thought, well, well,
well that's my day done. So I've been sitting in
title day.
Speaker 3 (34:52):
How long does it How long does it take to
shift a break for ten kettle?
Speaker 9 (34:56):
About ninety seven seconds, I thought.
Speaker 3 (34:58):
So, now minds you, Jeremy, you could just about earn
a full time wage from those ten kettle if they're
worth I don't know, three grand each. There's thirty grand.
Speaker 9 (35:07):
Well yeah, well hope, well as all of it. Well
we'll hold this and rain today because it's getting them
at dry and Kennebry. It's been the grants are started
to move, but it's when we when we've got constant
with like in run for.
Speaker 2 (35:18):
The last of the three weeks really so so.
Speaker 9 (35:21):
No things are just just sitting on an ice edge.
Speaker 3 (35:23):
But it's been a very challenging month that says September
for a lot of farmers. Okay, and I'll talk to
Stulo in depth about this one tomorrow. A Targo versus
I was going to say Southland. I wish it was
Southland in the NPC final at so Targo versus Canterbury.
Everyone in the Country wants o Targo to win.
Speaker 9 (35:41):
Well, I know that Southland wouldn't even win thet Hawk
Cup the way they played this year, but anyway, no, no,
it'll be It'll be hell of a game and I
think the Targo have got have got a really good
chance of winning it. It'll be a great occasion and
I'm luckily having lunch. I want to mate on Saturday.
Who's from a Targo say the abuse of stay out
of the ready shot. I'm looking forward to. Well, it's
(36:01):
just so good be in PC's it's so much better
than Super Rugby. It means for you know, anyone's supporting
it for see.
Speaker 2 (36:08):
Which is awesome.
Speaker 3 (36:09):
I absolutely agree, and I love the Heartland rugby, Mid
Canterbury getting Home and North Otaga. Righty, Oh, there's Jeremy
Rook's a lifestyle correspondent out of Canterbury. Are batting down
the hatches. Stay safe out there and if you don't
need to go out on the wind, don't riders on
the storm.
Speaker 1 (36:29):
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