It's quite boring to drink (25 July 2025)

Marcus checks on whether you can still buy Sally Lunn buns, and discusses whether the emergency alert system should be used to help find missing people.

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Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Marcus lush Night's podcast from News Talks.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
I'd be eight.

Speaker 1 (00:13):
I wait, people, greetings, welcome Marcus till the end of today,
the end of Thursday. I hope it's good where you are.
Get in touch if you want to, feel free to
set the agenda. Tonight I see New Zealand's best hams
being crowned. Wow. Yeah, it would not be like be
to judge it that it was a pressed ham. It
looked quite disjointed. It looked like you could see the

(00:34):
different bits of ham or pressed together. I guess it's
what a pressed ham is anyway. Look quite different from
what I imagine. But there we go. There's an awards
for everything that I wasn't there. Probably a Philly big
day for the ham producers, I would think. But yeah,
old school pressed ham. I suppose they must put it
in like a I don't know, I'll do it anyway.

(00:54):
You do that at home goodness anyway in the Supreme
Ham Award anyway. What can I tell you tonight? The
interesting I've been looking at these only Herald comments on
butter there's over a thousand comments. I think they've turned

(01:16):
it off the comments thread I just wanted to get
a vibe of what people were saying, because I've had
a fee bit of talk back about butter, but reading
what people are saying, and they are the people that
are motivated to write on a New Zealand Herald facebook
page comment section about butter. Everything I read was of

(01:40):
the essence that what would a guy that gets paid
six billion dollars know about what it's like to be
a person trying to buy butter? And how do they
charge so much? So and I'm sure I'll get the
farmers tonight saying we deserve what we get to be paid,
but just so people know that the feeding out there
and listen to land is people think it's far too much.

(02:03):
So yeah, I know that the farmers always maintain produce
the food and want the good will of the people.
But I hope there's not a chasm developing. But certainly
it seems as though the reaction to Haral telling us
nothing can be done when he's on six billion dollars
a year hasn't gone down well. And I don't know
actually what they were planning. The whole thing of Nicola
was talking about going to talk to this guy and

(02:25):
then coming away and say there's nothing we can do anyway,
So you probably better off without the butter. But if
you want to go vent, go on to his early
herald website, because man, oh man, and I'm just saying
what the comments are saying. I don't think the deleting comments.
I don't think they process in comments. But people seem
to be hot under the collar about that one. And
not only are they're hot under the collar, but because

(02:47):
Willis said, you go see heral and now everyone knows
how much he gets paid. Of course too, because that's
the headline for most people's comments. Six million dollars a
year just under So what was probably a bubbling subtopic
has now become a messive topic. Anyway, that's butter for you.

(03:09):
So yes, so that might be the situation, but it
hasn't managed to plicate the people. I think the people
are more galvanized and hot on the color on this
than they've ever been. Whether they say the price will
come down, we'll wait and see about that. The other
thing to is about the the banning of the helicopters.
Will wait and see that space because that hasn't happened now,

(03:31):
But you know, you never know. Over time anyway, feel
free to get involved. The number is eight hundred and
eighty ten eighty. It's Thursday, and Thursday means slightly more.
I don't know quite what a Thursday is for talkback. I
guess it's slightly looser because we get towards a Friday.
It's not loose like a goose like the Friday. But
hopefully we'll get through a range of topics. Wo Marcus.

(03:56):
As they said on the radio, a cup of coffee
is about the same as a thing of butter. So
what's everyone complaining about? Cheers, Jason, You have to ask them, Jason,
I would think I think coffe and butter's very different thing.
I think coffee is produced from equatorial countries and gets imported.
We're not a country that's been totally transfixed by having

(04:20):
coffee plants everywhere. You're not a coffee cut growing country,
so I think it's probably quite different. In fact, I
can't see any comparisons apart from some people have a
little bit of milk in their coffee. Anyway the other
thing too, or Marcus. I don't want to risk setting
a repeat topic to wity of the session, but last

(04:41):
night's combo of Ossie and escort dialogue was strong and
uplifting and please no butter chat. Yes, we'll try and
avoid the butter. But you go into the herold website
if youve got a comment about butter. But all I'm
saying is if they thought that tactic getting a herald
in front the Nations was going to work, it hasn't
gone that well. Just quietly, Lisa, it's Marcus. Good evening.

Speaker 3 (05:04):
Oh hi, how are you.

Speaker 1 (05:07):
Good? Thank you Lisa.

Speaker 4 (05:09):
Oh hi, there's been a major car excellent just north
of Ashburna. It's right outside Maria sure okay, by the
industrial area. And so far there's been three ambulances in
the helicopter.

Speaker 5 (05:27):
Wow.

Speaker 4 (05:28):
And just as I was driving down the road there
was another emblance shooting out their way. I've seen a
truck parked up there, so I say it involves a
track that the helicopter's landed on the road anyway, so
that will be closed for some time.

Speaker 3 (05:43):
I would say, what time?

Speaker 1 (05:46):
And this is I'm just looking at it to find out.
This is probably the hak Marij just north of Ashburt.

Speaker 4 (05:53):
Okay, Ashburton, it's right outside there.

Speaker 1 (05:56):
How long ago did it? Because it's a straight section
of road too, isn't now?

Speaker 2 (05:59):
Yes?

Speaker 6 (06:00):
Yes?

Speaker 7 (06:01):
What's the time now?

Speaker 8 (06:02):
I call a past eight?

Speaker 4 (06:04):
I would say probably half an hour records an hour ago.
The helicopter came down straight away because we watched it
on that flight radar.

Speaker 1 (06:11):
Okay, do you know I've got landed on the road,
did you say? Or do you know how many vehicles
are involved?

Speaker 4 (06:19):
I wouldn't have a clothe But when I came around
the corner because they diverted us, there was a truck
part and a funny angle and they were standing in
front of it. So I'm I can't say, but I
just saw the truck part there.

Speaker 1 (06:30):
What are the conditions like? It's a clear, fine day,
is it?

Speaker 9 (06:32):
Or is it icy?

Speaker 4 (06:34):
It's been pretty good. No, it's not too cold. No,
it's not icy.

Speaker 1 (06:39):
I'm just asking about that because there seems to have
been too serious extents in the South Island today. There's
also one in a wire Tahunah, which I'm not in
fart entirely sure where it is. I think it's close
to Lawrence. So there's been two big pressures in the
South Island today too. So look, there will be there
will be diversions there, but no versions are quite straightforward,
aren't they.

Speaker 4 (06:57):
You'd go, Yeah, yeah, taking them down through the industrial
area where the new rail yards are and down around
that way. There's a lot of people seem to be
getting lost though, not sure where to go, but where
it happened that there's actually like a tuning lane, so
you can tune into the industrial and I'm just wondering

(07:18):
if someone thought that might have been a passing lane.

Speaker 1 (07:21):
Sure, okay, and how far away do you live? Quite
close to there, do you?

Speaker 6 (07:27):
Yeah?

Speaker 4 (07:28):
Yeah, I love an ash burden.

Speaker 1 (07:29):
Okay, appreciate that coming through, Lisa. There we go. So
the two major exits in the South Island tonight. So
I think the one in WAYHNA was earlier on, but
there'll be something on the Insured Tear website so I'll
find out more about that too.

Speaker 10 (07:40):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (07:42):
That's kind of a depressing start of the day, isn't it?
For the evening that with those two crashes they are
going on. Oh, eight hundred and eighty ten eighty. Thanks
for that. Appreciate that.

Speaker 10 (07:50):
Lisa.

Speaker 1 (07:50):
Get in touch with your do want to talk Marcus
till midnight tonight? Nine to nine to is the text
is the text number. Also, here's what Waka Katahi is
saying as far as how long this is going to
take and what's going to be done with that? To
a crash, State High One is closed between Works Road
and Feeview Rest Road. Avoid the area, delay your journey

(08:13):
if possible. The detail route it just says follow directs
of emergency services. It started at seven twenty five, So
imagine that will be if the serious christ unit would
be there, which you mentioned they would, that would probably
be a diversion that will last for a while. So
there we go, as I say, eight hundred and eighty
ten eighty nine two nine to de text Marcus, that

(08:33):
ham would be a champagne ham. Wow, thinks he was
meaning people will buy a coffee or two for six
dollars each, but we'll mind about butter for nine dollars.
That can last a family for a week or so. Yeah,
I think probably when it comes to butter, it's probably

(08:53):
what families from times gone by have thought they were
having on the bread and the school lunches. So yeah,
it's not like a coffee that the anyway, I think
that's kind of a strange kind of analogy. Marcaus, I
hope you know that Nicola Willis worked for Fonterra in
the highest position, she would have known what the butterpries

(09:15):
was worth. I'm a farmer. There we go, and then
the text doesn't end. But I think everyone knows that
the Nicola Willis worked for Fonterra. That's been discussed often
on the show. Anyway, more importantly, there is a well
more important. Equally is importantly, No, not quite as equally
as importantly, but facetiously. Someone on Reddit is saying, when

(09:41):
did sally Lun stop being a supermarket staple along with
their cuter and tastier cousin raspberry ice buns? Had no
idea about this the sally LUNs had gone, of course.
For those in the South aide, I think they're called
a Boston bun. Is that right through the whole of
the South isl on? Just parts of it? Where's the
Boston Barn Sally Lun divide. I've never quite worked that

(10:02):
one out actually, for those that don't know what I'm
talking about, and I never knew, I think in the
South End they call them a Boston Vun, which is
a stupid name, mind you, Sally Lund's's stupid name. Also,
I don't know where the dividers. Could someone from christ
Church or Nelson tell me where the dividers? I think
in Australia they call it a Boston buns, one of
the same. Someone said they use meshed potato in the bun?

(10:27):
Is that right? I don't think that would be right,
would it? Will they use a meshed potato? Anyway? Get
in touch if you want to talk. By the way,
it seems as though things are well. I don't know
about this because people seem to be over celebrating it,
but seems as though there is more and more stuff
mounting for Trump that seems kind of a little bit
awkward around Epstein. Now they've found photos, now they've found

(10:48):
an interview with them. When he's asked directly about Trump,
and his question is evasive but different from all the
other ones. Marcus, the government should rejig the taxes paid
by dairy farmers. That way be a way of getting
a better deal for touristic market. It won't be said
as a subsidy. Chairs Yeah, will farmers work on their

(11:09):
good will and that's fine, but you know it's probably
something that is affected and has it's well, I mean,
over time, it's a it's a moving feast. Good Will,
isn't it. Sometimes you got a lot of good will,
and sometimes you got not so much goodwill, And probably

(11:29):
when Butter's hovering down there, the goodwill might kind of
lessen or weaken anyway, the Sally Lunds, if you want
to talk about that as well, if they are short
from the shops, if they are in short supply, and
where is the Boston barn Celli lun divide, which brings
up the whole topic of things that they called different
things in the North Island of the South Island, like
a hot water cylinder and superheater. And I think super

(11:51):
heat is a stupid word. It sounds like something that's
doing that.

Speaker 5 (11:54):
It's not.

Speaker 1 (11:56):
There's nothing super about a superheater, is there? But it's
just heating your hot water. Got a way call it
a superheater. Never quite worked out the termolo you have
that one either. Anyway, here toil midnight. My name is Marcus. Welcome.
There's some of the topic you want to chuck at.
The next good good, goody good good get in touch.
Hit'll twelve anyway, And if you've been on the Fiery

(12:20):
we love the Fairy Olivia, let us know how that
is Obama guilty of trees in question mark. Trump is
trying too hard to flood the zone with a rubbish
The board of supposed evidence at the press conference look
like a seven year old school project. How do his
neighbors sleep at night? Pills? Yeah, Bob, it's Marcus welcome.

Speaker 11 (12:45):
Yeah you're you're saying about the Boston Bunch.

Speaker 1 (12:48):
Yes, do they have best? We've never heard them.

Speaker 11 (12:50):
Call it, never heard them call it anything else about
Boston Buns from blowing them down? Really, And people are saying,
are they going away? Well, the Raspberry buns are a
new world, but only on a special The Boston Buns
are down every day in a new world. When I
when I made them one day, I'll tell you something.
I put pink guysing on instead of wait because I'd

(13:12):
run out of white icing and I couldn't be able
to making it up. And the manager of the bakery
said to me, they've got to be the same one them,
the cargulos they are in Alkland. I said, just as
while I'm doing them in OK.

Speaker 1 (13:26):
Did they contain messed potato?

Speaker 11 (13:29):
No, I don't know who bought that on? No bottom
under mess potatoes. And when I make them. I can
sure we wanted to pre sent that.

Speaker 1 (13:37):
You sure would have been any good? Would have been
any good with mess potato?

Speaker 11 (13:41):
Well, you can make meshed potato bread. I suppose we
used the potatoes the yeast, but no, we just made
our normal bread mix and then put raising sultanas in
them and pink icing on top. Done. Okay, Yeah, never
ever heard of potato game. And then definitely from Blenham down.
When I went to North Island, I heard the Sunday

(14:03):
at Santy London and I didn't even know where they were.

Speaker 1 (14:05):
No, you're quite angry about them or that in the North,
aren't you, Bob. That's bad, isn't it.

Speaker 6 (14:08):
Yeah?

Speaker 11 (14:10):
I've the making bison prolonged called that.

Speaker 1 (14:13):
No, okay, I don't know where the liners will find out, Bob,
anything else from you before you go that they just make.

Speaker 11 (14:20):
Oh remember a couple of weeks ago I rung up
and told you that I'm doing nothing else, but I'm
a bloody cork. Best about this cheese and milk and
guess what they had a talk?

Speaker 1 (14:27):
Best that was it, pauling, Bob, nice to talk to you.
Thanks for that twenty six past date. I think they
are milking us with the price of butter. Butterbean butter Boom,
very good, Boston Button and Hawks Bay was a coffee
button when we bought them at Hastings Central Primary School.
A block of butter lasts me two weeks. Some people
didn't like chocolate bars. I suppose that's why they camplain.

(14:50):
I don't quite understand that one. Fonterra side. What about
the non export butter producers Anchor Mainland, west Gold, Tarda, NUA.
Why are their prices Well, I think most of them
are Fonterra apart from west Gold. Is that the hooker
ticker one? I think they're the ones that are going cheap
up to cost co Josh Marcus welcome.

Speaker 12 (15:13):
Hey Marcus. Yes, sorry mate, I've gotta I'm gonna dwell
on the butter.

Speaker 13 (15:18):
I'm a little bit.

Speaker 12 (15:19):
I still haven't got all the answers, but a one
interesting part is, you know, what.

Speaker 1 (15:25):
Do you hang on, Josh? What are you apologizing for.

Speaker 13 (15:29):
The off for dwelling on but.

Speaker 1 (15:34):
Like beating the older many times? What's kind of tithing
from where I am? Because you know, well, I mean, yeah,
a fun Then I get the farmers going on, who
you do.

Speaker 12 (15:45):
Any Hey, just say it's a bit of a delay.
Sometimes I don't mean to like talk over here. Sometimes
it's like a like a half sick and delay.

Speaker 1 (15:56):
I've noticed that I don't like it either. It didn't
used to be there.

Speaker 12 (16:01):
Yeah, yeah, you're remember candle, Yes, oh yeah, yeah, yeah,
they might be something to do it. Perhaps, Hey, just
with the butter, because what I'd like to know is
the farmers they get paid on milk solids. Hey, so
they don't get they only get that portion a of

(16:26):
the milk solid. They don't get a percentage of the
retail price. They just get paid out for the for
the milk solid. So the retail price doesn't affect their income.
May only the milk solid value.

Speaker 1 (16:43):
Josh, I wouldn't know all about it, but I imagine that
one of the major newspapers or websites to what about
I would need to do a serious kind of analysis
of exactly breakdown because we're not seeing that we said
someone said a ninety eight percent of Fontira stuffs imported.
That I see they said ninety five percent was exported.
So it's dropped three percent in the day. So yeah,
I think you probably think and some needs to say

(17:05):
if they're a separate market for New Zealand butter. How
much that would cost the dairy farmers, you know, because
it wouldn't be much if exported.

Speaker 12 (17:14):
What would be interesting to see, like when you're looking
at the retail price, what are the costs? Because that's
built out of costs.

Speaker 1 (17:23):
Right, So it's not about the it's not it's not
about the costs. It's about meximizing their profit overseas. So
it's just dictating dictator by the international market, and they
just they just want as much money as they can,
which kind of is fair enough, you know.

Speaker 12 (17:38):
I guess what I'm trying to do, Marcus, is separate
the milk solid part from the retail part, because you know,
it's not the farmers we're questioning here, it's the it's
the corporate model that we're questioning here.

Speaker 1 (17:55):
In a way, Yeah, all the way New Zealand's gone
to sort of be an international export economy, and how
they can ship it all over seas, which can't be expended,
which can't be cheap, you know, because fortune to send
butter overseas, you think you think even with that, there'd
be a reduction for it being sold locally because you're
not saying or the transportation.

Speaker 13 (18:16):
Marcus. Look, that's where the building comes. And you see
because your fate X isn't that there's an X there
that we don't know about.

Speaker 1 (18:27):
Yeah, I'm hearing you. I'm going to run, thank you.
Oh wait e one hundred and eighty ten eighty nineteen
nine to text. I don't know if cost Co still
selling butter are they? They must run out soon, Marcus.
I grew up at Hastings Hawks Bay. They were definitely
called coffee buns my mother and my mother and her
mother called them sally LUNs. I'll definitely call them her

(18:48):
Boston buns, but that seems to be in the Upper
North Island. Richard, Goodness, aren't Daisy's cookbooks? Is mashed potato
and buns is great coffee buns. When I was six
costs sixpence was big light like a light with I
sing with sprinkled coconut. Name changed by yuppies. No one

(19:12):
calls them yuppies other than yuppies exist anymore, do they?
But gee, Herald six million dollars goodness anyway, get in touch,
you want to be a part of it. Head on midnight.
My name is Marcus, yeah, yeah, well welcome, oh eight
hundred and eighty. I don't know if they are not
the supermarkets or not the old Boston Bunn Sally LUNs.

(19:35):
I get in touch to be a part of you
want to be involved with a discussion tonight. He'll twelve yep,
Pia now, Marcus. If I was to draw analogy to
another project, should a cafe own to be obliged to
sell their coffee to a local resident of that cafe

(19:57):
cheaper than the someone lives across town from another town?
What are ridiculous analogy? The coffee comes from overseas, it's supported.
You know, we're not living in a country that's got
to put up with all the subsidies for the coffee,
or the pollution for the coffee, or the carbon greenhouse
effect from growing all that coffee, the pollution from that coffee.

(20:20):
We're not living in that country. We don't grow coffee.
Just go to the Herald website, getting to the comments there,
then you can have your feeding frenzy, because there's plenty
of people looking for a fight on that one. Goodness,
and I'll tell you what, they're pretty hot and bothered
and well looking at reading all the comments to be
brutally honest, because I tell you, well, not going away.

(20:42):
There are butter. Anyway, we'll see if we can move on.
Eight hundred and eighty Tenadian nine two nine two to
text Kevin Marcus welcome.

Speaker 14 (20:52):
Oh hell Marcus, Hey, not so much the butter. I mean,
it's probably good to be a good it's such a
good price for it. But I was outside the deery
today and I was watching all these people buy this
lollywater and some kids, Oh, they just goes on it.
If we had a sugar text, we could pay for

(21:14):
half the White Kado's medical school and scial patient numbers
because slash are diabetes and obesity and a number of
people just causing this.

Speaker 1 (21:29):
It's interesting. It's interesting because the sugar text debate comes
up from time to time, and then all the sugar
producers try and muddy the water with AstroTurf groups that
come in and say, oh, it's not going to work
and stuff like that. I think sugar taxes and places
have been quite successful. I just don't think. I just
don't think this government is going to be the government
would do something like a sugar tax because that would

(21:50):
freak them out.

Speaker 14 (21:52):
Well, you don't stand outside of dewy busy dewy over lunchtime,
and and she'll be gobsmith. It's people trying to poison themselves.

Speaker 1 (22:05):
What will they drink?

Speaker 14 (22:07):
Oh, spine fan and lemonade. I mean they just drink
it like it's water.

Speaker 1 (22:13):
Faner is delicious.

Speaker 14 (22:15):
I know it's delicious. I love it. But yeah, that's
like that's like you're trying to mention that politicians would
be drink in there.

Speaker 1 (22:29):
Yes, look, I don't really know about don't well do
I hang outside dearies. I mean I think probably what
the parents of children are more concerned about his parents
eating or drinking energy drinks because that really does get
them fizzing. That's got your caffein in as well. But yeah,
and it's full of loaded with sugar too. I think
that's where half your band comes from, and guarana and stuff.

(22:49):
But yeah, I am yeah, I guess probably. I guess
probably a generation ago or two genigrations to go over
and was drinking just kind of occasionally drinking cordial and stuff. Yeah,
but that would that would have been swither cordial would
have been sweet as well, wouldn't it.

Speaker 15 (23:08):
Yeah?

Speaker 14 (23:08):
It is, that's quite that's why it's sticky and the
sugar in it.

Speaker 1 (23:13):
I hate to say, Kevin, water, I reckon is quite
boring to drink.

Speaker 14 (23:19):
We'll get used to it. If you've gotten my sport.

Speaker 1 (23:21):
Yeah, I got good water. I struggle with water. I
struggle with water and this I've been really exerting myself.
I find it's such a loop glog. It's not a
yeah anyway.

Speaker 14 (23:34):
What if you could get rid of the fluid in
the kroyd somehow?

Speaker 1 (23:39):
Well you can just filter at home, can't you.

Speaker 14 (23:42):
Yeah, you can't. But I'm not sure how much that
takes out of those elements. I mean, it must be logistics.
I mean it's halfway around the world and it's just
the same price.

Speaker 1 (23:56):
Yeah, that's the thing. I don't know how much it would
cost a ship. But I'm always surprised how cheap are
they managed to import mangoes for. Because they've got to
be transported money. They wouldn't have to be refrigerated, would.

Speaker 14 (24:06):
They maybe chilled?

Speaker 1 (24:09):
You may be chilled, have a shell flo Yeah, I
don't know how they'd be trapped. But I don't even
know how the butter is transport I suppose it's containers
full of it.

Speaker 14 (24:18):
Yeah, refrigeration containers, maybe it.

Speaker 1 (24:22):
Have you worked in shipping?

Speaker 14 (24:24):
No, no, I don't have it?

Speaker 1 (24:27):
Sound pretty good, Kevin, thank you there where? I got
the sugar tags on there as well. Tonight and Boston
Bar Sally Lunn. Where's the divide? Someone said they're not
in the supermarkets anymore. I haven't been looking. I've always
thought the whole thing about sell Lan it's just basically
a whole lot of bread with maybe some icing to
try implicate it. The icing's doing a lot of heavy
lift heavy lifting in that particular snack, like too much.

(24:49):
I think laundry detergents do we know the names as
laundry deturnres that did nothing? I mean, why would someone
make a laundry detertion that didn't work? One of them
is the shot brand, one of them's Eco Living, and

(25:14):
one of them's restore laundry pre measured laundry detergent sheets.
What the hell is a detergent sheet? Yeah? I don't
know what a laundry sheet is. Have I read that right?

(25:37):
Laundry detergent sheets? Is it like a sheet of material
you put in? Anyone tried, Anyone tried that. People wouldn't
mind getting a visual on that. Well, it's like a
piece of paper that's not gonna work. Why would you

(25:58):
put a sheet and I suppose that you can touch it.
You don't need the scoop. Oh that's quite good, because
you don't get all that little all that laundry cocaine
going around your house, that powder every where, that would
work laundry sheets. We've never discussed laundry powder, and I
don't even know if we like to. Marcus, we were

(26:18):
talking about jungle juice at work today. One sachet couple
sugar and water in a flag and sugar and toxic
food coloring. Yum. You don't know if we're better off
then or not. You're right about water. I drink more
of it. It tasted better. I think I'd drink more
of it if it just I'd drink more of it

(26:38):
if it was just the troubles. I know I should
drink water and try and force myself to drink it.
That's probably what it is. I should just casually sip it.
But I'm not one of those persons going to carry
around with those giant cups with those steel straws that
you'd trip and fall and impale yourself they're a terrible thing.
By the way, Dan uses laundry sheets, which is probably

(27:00):
one of the most surprising things I've heard today. Richard,
good evening.

Speaker 16 (27:05):
Oh hey Marcus, how are you good?

Speaker 1 (27:06):
Richard? What's happening?

Speaker 16 (27:08):
Just got a tip for you regarding water, because I
agree it's a little bit tasteless at times, although it's
obviously very good for you. But a product called water
drops by vital Zing, and you get them from supermarkets.
They're fairly pricey. It's kind of a thing four and
five dollars from a little wee bottle, but that bottle
play dish out a couple of hundred drops and it

(27:29):
just takes a couple and a glass of water. They've
got about six different flavors, mandarin, strawberry, Kiwi fruit. It
just really makes it much more enjoyable.

Speaker 1 (27:38):
What's in it? It's not it's not castagenic or anything,
is it?

Speaker 16 (27:43):
Oh bloody hope. Now it seems to be like we
went to a restaurant once years ago and they're kind
of like extracting the essens out of the food. So
it's sort of like a really concentrated I guess form
of like say, kivy fruit or strawberry and yeah, like
it's we thought it got onto it about a year
or two ago, and it's on the shopping list every week.

Speaker 1 (28:05):
Now, what's the good.

Speaker 16 (28:07):
It's called water Drops and the company is called vital Zing,
and you can normally get it, like you know, in
this part of the supermarket, we might pick up things
like well bottled water and your sort of oat milk
and soy milk and that sort of stuff. Normally get
it around that sort of area.

Speaker 1 (28:23):
What's it called again, but water zing?

Speaker 6 (28:26):
You know.

Speaker 16 (28:26):
The company is called vital Zing and the product is
called water Drops. I'm pretty sure that's what it is.

Speaker 1 (28:32):
I'm normally contemptuous of what people suggest, but I might
give that a go, Richard. That might be life changing.

Speaker 16 (28:37):
I highly recommend it. Mate, are we listening over the
next few days?

Speaker 14 (28:40):
Oh yeah, you're back?

Speaker 1 (28:41):
No, I will, I will, I will. I'm onto you, Richard,
M Jim, It's Marcus welcome.

Speaker 11 (28:47):
Hello.

Speaker 10 (28:47):
I'll just bring it up about.

Speaker 1 (28:50):
But can you make it interesting? Because I tell you what, people,
I think I had enough about butter so I'm kind
of I'm eagy about I.

Speaker 10 (28:59):
Was going to go on to the pressure lamb as
well well.

Speaker 1 (29:01):
Yeah, I love the price of lamb.

Speaker 5 (29:02):
Let's go.

Speaker 1 (29:03):
Let's start with lamb.

Speaker 10 (29:05):
Okay, last season, I averaged ninety three dollars killing weight
on lamb, and I walk into New Worlds and then
I see every leg for sale or you know, the
two hind quarters were selling at forty dollars each where
I got paid ninety three. So there was forty dollars
a back leg that's eighty dollars. That's without the chops,

(29:27):
without the four quarters, without anything, but all the money
we put in, like docking, dagging, dipping, drenching, you know.
And then the supermarkets are just killing it. They sell
two back legs that make more than what we what
we sell the whole lamb for.

Speaker 1 (29:44):
It's a shame we haven't still got the butcher shops
that would be more competitive, wouldn't they, because they really
could go. I suppose we've got some.

Speaker 10 (29:51):
Butcher shops are actually dearer, because I've been to the
butchers and their dearers film. I'm like, how does that happen?
I get ninety three dollars and they sell two back
legs and nearly cover the whole price of it with
they never put the work in, As I said, docking them,
drenching them, dipping them. You know it's abody, it's somebody

(30:12):
had made. But in the counties don't see how much
money we go through with.

Speaker 1 (30:16):
Are you quite happy to be in sheep farming gym?

Speaker 10 (30:20):
Dominous?

Speaker 6 (30:21):
Like?

Speaker 10 (30:21):
Well, I've got no choice that the whole country that
we've got will only take sheep. Certain country can take cattle,
which we have cidaen country can take sheep. But everyone
blames the farmer. But it's not the farmer that drives
the price. That's all I wanted to say, don't we
don't dictate the price. We get a price and we

(30:44):
either got to take it or leave it. Well, that's it,
you know, not.

Speaker 1 (30:48):
To hear from Jim. Thanks very much, Steve Marcus, welcome
he is.

Speaker 17 (30:52):
So I've kept right back on a batter and my
bread did I make right down to two ounces? Just
almost know better at all and doesn't seem to have
had any ill effect.

Speaker 1 (31:06):
So it tastes exactly the same.

Speaker 17 (31:10):
Yeah, I put six ounces of butter and normally I'm
down to two and it doesn't affected it too badly.
Or I do brush over the top with egg white
to get a nice crust.

Speaker 1 (31:22):
Are you substituting the other four ounces with oil or anything.

Speaker 17 (31:26):
A potato, Oh yeah, meshed potato.

Speaker 1 (31:32):
You okay?

Speaker 17 (31:35):
Two ounces of butter, one messed potato, pounds of flair,
three teaspoons of breaking powder. Half a cup of RaRo.
Have a cup of milk. It's kneaded all together. Just
brush a bit of egg white over the top. Put

(31:57):
it in an oven two hundred degrees half an air,
beautiful sliced bread.

Speaker 1 (32:02):
Did you say half a cup of RaRo?

Speaker 17 (32:04):
Yeah, half a cup of rarow, half a couple of milks.

Speaker 1 (32:07):
What does the RaRo do?

Speaker 17 (32:10):
I think it's part of the rising agent. I get bubble,
get pockets.

Speaker 18 (32:16):
Of the air.

Speaker 1 (32:17):
You mean RaRo is in an orange drink? Yeah? Wow, Okay,
appreciate that, Steve. If someone's kind of just texted me.
Apparently in Bishopdale they have sent out an alert for
a seventy nine year old man missing, and they're asking
people to check their sheds, et cetera to medical concerns.

(32:40):
It's interesting that that they are sending out alerts for
missing people now. And I don't know necessarily that. I mean,
obviously that's a concern that someone is missing. I've just
been reading a lot of stories about those floods in
Texas that were so harrowing. But a lot of the

(33:00):
discussion about the floods in Texas is that there are
now so many alerts that people ignore them because the
alerts for missing people and all sorts of things all
the time. So people's turn their phones off at night
to stop the alerts. And that's kind of why when
they got the flood alert, which was very, very serious,
no one reacted because they've become they've got i'll try

(33:26):
to think of the right word, they've got kind of
an alert burnout, a learn out. So yeah, that's what's happening.
Good evening, and it's Marcus. Welcome, Hi Marcus.

Speaker 19 (33:38):
I'm good to even thinks are taking my call. A
couple of things. I was actually originally ringing in to
talk to you about wardropes, and I'll do that in
a minute. But I'm in christ Church. I just got
that alert on my phone. It's the first time ever
I've had an alert that's not kind of the earthquake
trial siren. I read it and then blatted it only

(34:03):
because it's not in my suburb or near my suburbs
in Shipdale.

Speaker 1 (34:08):
I think I think that's the wrong use of it. Yeah,
I think I think your alert should be a tsunami,
an earthquake, or a major flood.

Speaker 19 (34:18):
Oh, absolutely, because that's when you.

Speaker 1 (34:20):
That's when your life's at risk. Your life's not I mean,
you know, obviously it's a it's a tragy, this person's
gone missing, but your life, your life's not at risk
because of that, is it?

Speaker 19 (34:30):
No, No, it's not. But I can't want my heart
skipped a beat because I was thinking, what the hell
has happened in war? Yeah, And I don't know, we're
kind of lucky in christ Church, but I can imagine
in some areas, in some cities, you know, missing persons
more frequent. And I just heard you say you could

(34:52):
probably get overlighted and just ignore it, which is really sad.

Speaker 1 (34:56):
Yeah, well that's certainly what's happening. That's certainly what's happened
in America.

Speaker 19 (35:00):
Yeah. I'm big to water drop.

Speaker 1 (35:03):
And I've just had emails and texts for people that
are night with that a shift workers who are asleep
and got that alert and they're not happy about that
they've been woken by it. So yeah, yeah, anyway, just
on water drops, oh.

Speaker 19 (35:15):
Water drops, Yeah, totally supporters. My husband and I need
to push the fluids. And yeah, especially I'm a bit
like your water is pretty tasteless and it's pretty boring sour.
Put us onto water drops that it's terrific. Again, you
can get all the different flavors. There's no sugars, no coloring,

(35:39):
carbs or preservatives. It's made in good old New Zealand,
which I think is absolutely terrific.

Speaker 1 (35:44):
I would wonder what it's that powerful.

Speaker 19 (35:48):
Oh yeah, I actually I've got the magnifying glass out
just for you, Marcus, because you aren't taking one to
the shop with you. It has just got water to trick,
acid and natural tropical flavors.

Speaker 20 (36:02):
Wow.

Speaker 1 (36:03):
Ironic that it's got water and an.

Speaker 19 (36:05):
Yeah, and listen, don't look for a big bottle. It's
AE hundred mills.

Speaker 1 (36:10):
I'm onto it and thanks so much for that set.
Just on that text for missing people. This is from
the article I was reading it about the Texas floods.
It seys an addition to weather related alerts, Texans receive
Amber alerts for missing children, Silver alerts for missing seniors,
Blue alerts for suspects of violence against believes, and Clear
alerts for missing adults. In danger researchers of caution that

(36:31):
people may become so desensitized warning that there's no benefit
to them. Well, it's different from a warning with a
missing senior. That's a notice to look out for someone.
So yeah, I think they've made a misstep with it.
Obviously they are on Obviously there's been that fresh death
from that person that was not found for two weeks

(36:53):
was found de ceased, so they will be free mindful
of that. But yes, I don't think it's the right
thing to do. If you want to discuss that with me,
I'll be happy four away from nine end, good evening.

Speaker 21 (37:04):
Believed how a Marcasi would thank you?

Speaker 20 (37:08):
That's good.

Speaker 21 (37:09):
I was just ringing out to tell you this free
we're supposed to have a free market economy. Why can
we bring milk in from other country? You know, products, cheese,
butter from other countries? Uh, you know, battle against down
once it's I don't think it's the farmer's fault. I

(37:34):
get paid the gate.

Speaker 1 (37:37):
I don't think the would anything stopping people and man
always anybody sorry, And I don't think there's anything stopping
people importing their own cheese. Would there?

Speaker 21 (37:47):
Well, the same way I don't know, but they shouldn't.

Speaker 6 (37:50):
They shouldn't be But I I.

Speaker 21 (37:53):
You know, I think it's a.

Speaker 1 (37:57):
Thanks then for three away from nine text here, Marcus, Well,
our life certainly isn't at risk. The seventeen year old
probably is down to minus three tonight in Christ. A
text alert is the least people can deal with, given
she is missing in the depth of winter. He's hoping
they find her. She's not related to be, but we're
around the corner fingers crossed for her. Yeah, fair point.

(38:22):
Maybe they should turn it out in a text because
everyone checks their phones often, but maybe not an alert
that wakes people up if they've got shift work. It
just seems not the most perfect or nuanced message. Yeah,
use a self a network by all accounts, but don't
see in the hair comes a tsunami alert. That would
be my take. But yeah, I take your point now,

(38:42):
it's a good one. Head on midnight Greetings, welcome people.
My name is Marcus Hettel twelve. Just want to pick
up that discussion on the back of that text alert
that got sent out to the and by the way too,
it's good that we are talking about that, that they
are looking for the person that is missing, but so

(39:11):
this is the first I've heard of it. So someone
is missing in christ Church and they have sent out
an alert to all phones in that area, and it's
one of those alerts that comes through, like you know,

(39:31):
even if you're asleep, it comes from your phone with
quite a blearing noise. And obviously if we serious case
with someone that's missing, but I just wonder if that
is the right use of our alert system. If you've
got a comment on that. It is minus three and
christ Jurach tonight, so they would certainly want to find
that person quite quickly. My thought is a text would

(39:53):
be better. Text everyone in the air. I'm sure people
would have a problem with that because if you are awake,
your phone would be ready to receive texts. If you're
probably asleep, you've got your phone on silent texts. So
that would be my take on that one. But I've
never heard them do that. I don't know how they
got permission to do that. If the police had to

(40:14):
phone the civil defense to what's going on that, Have
any of the news programs picked up on them to
try to see if people are talking about that. Yes,
I can't see anyone that's actually any of the news
people that have picked that up that there is someone missing.
If maybe someone could bring me up and tell me
what the exact copy of that text is, again, that
would be of use to me too. So I'm not

(40:38):
seeing people having said that, So that doesn't make quite
much sense. I'm not seeing that the news media having
reporting that it's been sent out. Yeah, but just your
your comments about that too, that they're using alerts like that.
Do you think that's probably the wrong.

Speaker 9 (40:56):
Use of that.

Speaker 1 (40:59):
But boy or boy, they want a pretty quick police
presence out there to try and find this person or
search and rescue or whoever. Anyway, good comment, very cold
christ Church text a great idea, send me a text.
Are you happy to receive text message folks?

Speaker 5 (41:16):
Yes or no?

Speaker 1 (41:17):
I'd say yes, but not use the alert button. Great
idea to help those that need Happy to help. Police
in Australia is an alert system for missing people, but
it comes as a textabal phones in a certain area.
Rather alert makes much more sense. Noel said it was

(41:38):
an emergency alert alert like the tsunami one. I apparently
he's emailed me the scripture that thinks old your legend
and here's what it says. The seventy nine year old
has it's badly written too. It says they needed to

(41:59):
read it. It shouldn't be thus there. It should be
us seventy nine year old. A seventy nine year old's
been reported missing and was last seen in the Bishopdale
area in Christich late this afternoon. Honestly I haven't got
the whole copy of it. She suffers from medical condition.
Family and police are concerned for her well being. She
was wearing a gray or light green hoodie and dark
track pants. Anyone in the Bishopdale area please check your properties,

(42:21):
gardens and places of shelter. Anyone who has seen Beryl
or is any information on who we're about, deserves to
call police on one zero five. Quating job number, well, gosh,
you wouldn't have to create your job number, which if
there's just look if you just ring upisade like I
found the missing person while you put a job number through.
But yes, I think they're surprised and they've put that
through on the tsunami alert thing. If you've got a

(42:43):
comment on that, come through eight hundred and eighty ten
eighty and also talking about putting mashed potato on the
Boston buns, Marcus. I'm not sure how I feel about
this type of alert, but with that minus three degree
tempt you spoke of and imagining it where my mother
or father, I'd be grateful for anything that got them

(43:03):
home safe. Kate, someone says, great use of it. We
received it as we were at sports in the area,
and sure as everyone in the area is watching out.
Even if you're getting those ten of days alert today,
or if you're getting them often, then when the one
comes through that you've got to evacuate christ Church because

(43:23):
a TSUNA army, you know, you might be desensitized to them.
That's what they thoughts happened in Texas. That's why you've
got to be weary of them. That's the only reason
I'm commenting on that is because that's what they found
in Texas. No one did anything, so it came through
it two in the morning, apparently something. There is something
on the christ Church Police Facebook page about this too.

(43:48):
I'm just going to go to that now. Face there
is a post on a Facebook police page. What's the
christ Church police page. I'll just say if I can
see that christ Church Police, No, I can't see anything

(44:17):
since nineteen ninety three, good evening, san Joy, it's Marcus. Welcome. Yeah, Hi, greeting, Sanjoy,
Welcome to the show.

Speaker 22 (44:34):
Yeah, thank you.

Speaker 23 (44:34):
I was just ringing about the warning messages received on
the telephone. I'm not ringing about the content because I
didn't get one because I'm not from the area. But
I think this is a good use of that facility,
particularly that's targeted, and it's also for a good course,

(44:59):
isn't it For a seventy nine year old in that cold.

Speaker 11 (45:04):
You know, it's going to favor life. So I think
that that's a really good use of that facility.

Speaker 1 (45:12):
Do you understand the points from Texas?

Speaker 5 (45:14):
Though?

Speaker 23 (45:16):
Understand the points from what Texas?

Speaker 1 (45:19):
What did you hear what I was reading out before
the news? Yeah?

Speaker 15 (45:23):
I did.

Speaker 1 (45:25):
And what happened when all those kids got washed away
from that summer camp is that no one reacted to
the text because they've been desensitized to them because they
get them from so many different you know, because they
get them for missing children, missing seniors, violence against adult,
violence against police. So there's all sorts of one.

Speaker 23 (45:43):
So yeah, I think, I think, I think if we
use them for you know, sort of targeted things like
in this particular case, you know it's a great danger
for that particular person, right, If that's right, If there is,
if you can prevent a loss of life actually by
preventing great danger.

Speaker 1 (46:03):
Then But but I thought I thought that it was
when everyone needed to evacuate because there was a flood
or there was an earthquake, or there was a tsunami.

Speaker 6 (46:12):
But didn't it.

Speaker 23 (46:13):
Didn't you just say it's targeted to a particular area,
But the tsunami is by people living in that area, right, And.

Speaker 1 (46:21):
That's what the tsunami and earthquake ones would be for.
So if you're asleep and your phone goes, you'd know
you've got to get out of there quickly, that you're
at risk.

Speaker 6 (46:28):
But we're not.

Speaker 23 (46:30):
My thinking is that we're not using it for every
day situation.

Speaker 12 (46:35):
It's actually weird, no.

Speaker 1 (46:36):
But if you use it every time someone goes every time,
If you use it every time someone goes missing, whether
it's a child goes missing, or an adult goes missing,
or there's someone on you know that that could be
three or four times a week, and then or maybe
they'd have a different would it be any different if
they just send a text through?

Speaker 23 (46:55):
But you could you could also see it from another perspective,
right if this was your mother. Oh, absolutely, you know
when you think this is a good thing to do,
because it actually means that the public can be aware,
the public can actually help you achieve what you want
to achieve.

Speaker 1 (47:12):
So I think, while it may be okay, But but
as I asked the question, would it make any difference
if it was a text.

Speaker 23 (47:21):
Possibly because a lot of people don't actually see their texts.
You know, we're so desensitized to texts from everybody, you know, family, friends.

Speaker 1 (47:32):
Well I'm not. Well, I look at my I mean
when my text comes when my texts come through, I
get you know, I read the text. That's what I do. Yeah,
and I thought most people would do that. But anyway, okay,
I appreciate your points. Sanjoy eight hundred and eighty ten
eighty and nineteen nine to the text Marcus, civil defense

(47:58):
is civil defense? Set up a different alarm for missing people.
That's from k Marcus. Ivan is in a police app
on my phone. It sends notifications when there's an alert.
There has been alert about Beryl and a photo Marcus.
When I was in soul careal last year, we had
three of those alerts in the space of ten days
all were missing elderly people. Marcus, you're on the mark

(48:25):
with saying it should be a text. Unless the person
receiving the messages potentially immediate danger, then it should be
an alert. Put GPS buttons on the old people so
we can find them. Number shift worker. I'd be annoyed. Yes,
I wonder if it's going to be a time that

(48:45):
they are going to microchip people. It sounds cruel, doesn't
It sounds wrong?

Speaker 2 (48:54):
And I don't know.

Speaker 1 (48:55):
I don't know the situations with Beryl's case, but I
wonder about that. I feel kind of awkward about that.
Also to if people are in dementia units and prone
to wander, I mean, lives could be saved with that, Marcus,

(49:23):
Only the poor people, Hawk's Bay, Gisbon, Canterbury. The sound
is a frightening hell. Is it because of the quakes.
I don't fully understand that text, Marcus, Only the poor people,
Hawk's Bay, Gisbon, Canterbury. The sound is a frightening hell.
Your comments if you want to come through eighteen past
eight nine, goodness, I got the time wrong again. If

(49:47):
you had a text tonight, someone wants me to go
back to one Ooh, that was controversial, Marcus. Definitely not
good use of the emergency alert. It just degrades people's
concerns and confidence in the message. A text is great
and should be done more often. Marcus can ualists explain

(50:10):
that what Fontera exects mean when they say the butter
is expensive because of international markets. I don't understand. We
produce milk here and prost it here into butter. The
inn sell of the international markets, So why does it
cost so much here where it's made. Well, that's what
Steve Austin, that's what the six million dollar man was saying.
I think that because they can sell it everywhere at

(50:31):
the international market sets the price. There's dairy options that
happen frequently, and that's the price where it's set. Marcus.
I can't believe the thinking behind using the emergency alert
system for a missing person. Ourselves, children and grandchildren were
involved in Gay We all flooding. If we got an alert,
which is used for civil offense for evacuation, we would

(50:51):
all go into flight mode immediately, reliving the trauma of
two years ago. They have no idea of the impact
it could have. Text alerts would be suitable without waking
up everyone in a widespread area. Most people who are
awake would read it. It's an interesting point. It's quite
a nuanced discussion that if I can say that, and

(51:11):
it's Marcus good evening, Oh hi.

Speaker 5 (51:14):
How are you?

Speaker 2 (51:16):
A few years ago I was to look after over
people and I remember at the time and I can't
remember if it was someone from the Dementia Society or
quite who it was. And residents that change of disappearing
you're going out from mos times had a disk ground
their neck that was hooked up to the police station
and they could find where they were. And I don't

(51:38):
know what ever happened to it that anybody that has
a person going with and then their family at the
horror and the discord is absolutely horrible because I had
one of my brother's disappeared, but we got onto the
local taxi company, which there was hundreds of them, and
they found them. So we were lucky.

Speaker 1 (52:00):
I am, yeah, yeah, well, I mean, of course we
don't know the circumstance of this woman just says she's
got a medical condition. There's not no word about whether
she's on.

Speaker 2 (52:09):
What it will if she had had a medicase, if
she thought depressive Saint John's might get it.

Speaker 1 (52:17):
Yeah, you think you think you won't almost be confidentable
now because most people have cell phones, wouldn't you? That
mustn't be the case.

Speaker 2 (52:26):
If it been. If she's got a cell phone, she
might John forget how to use it. Yeah, a lot
of old people like me can't work them promptly. If
you called me on a land if you soticipated for us.

Speaker 1 (52:37):
Now, have you called me on a end line?

Speaker 2 (52:41):
Yes? No, no, mom ma't phone.

Speaker 1 (52:44):
You're doing well? Then you're on your cell.

Speaker 2 (52:45):
Phone that they're hard to get. I had a little
smaller one that I could use that my son decided
I need to forelets the one that's what I've got
that's so hard to use at times?

Speaker 1 (53:00):
What did your son decide?

Speaker 2 (53:02):
And neither the better phone?

Speaker 1 (53:06):
Did you say? Did you say?

Speaker 24 (53:08):
No?

Speaker 1 (53:08):
I can't be bothered learning and you when I'm happy
with this one.

Speaker 2 (53:12):
I could do them more of this phone, But I
mean I've settled around for so long to get it
going at home.

Speaker 1 (53:20):
Yeah, okay, I sympathize with you too, d because no
one likes him. Do you use use it? Using your phone?
Craig good evening good anything he has going good, Craig,
thank you.

Speaker 22 (53:32):
Yes, so sorry about the lady, but I did. The
thing I will worry about is some of what you're
saying that people are going to get complacent, were like
kind of like that old newsroom the.

Speaker 10 (53:41):
Boy that cried walk.

Speaker 22 (53:42):
If you keep singing alerts for missing people, I thought
it might be in bad The phone goes off and
they're going to go, it's just another missing person X
when tsunami comes through the window.

Speaker 1 (53:51):
Or they'll turn their phone off when they're asleep because
of getting those things. And then when the when the
big one strikes or when the tsunami comes through, they
won't get it.

Speaker 5 (53:59):
Yeah.

Speaker 22 (54:00):
And then the other thing I've got I work with
a made way of work, and he's got two young
daughters that are in intermediate school, and they've actually put
a couple of those Apple air tag track of things,
and both of their daughters school gigs. Yeah, so basically
they know it's basically set them up so if they
deviate from the normal route home, they get a loot
on their phone. But they said it's just to keep

(54:21):
an eye on the kids, because said, even though they
want to be independent, you just there's a lot of
creeps out there nowadays, you just got to do that.
But you think that possibly, Yeah, I don't know.

Speaker 1 (54:31):
I don't feel that comfort about tagging and tracing kids.
Oh no, it's just basically they talk about a lot
of they talk about a lot of creeps out there, right,
mm hmm. But you know, I mean.

Speaker 22 (54:45):
It's mainly like if they you know, they're normally supposed
to be home and say three thirty, if they're not
home of three thirty, they can go, well, where are
they just track They don't basically look at it all
the time. It's just if they don't come home at
a certain time, they can then go, well, whereas my child,
I'll try and track it down.

Speaker 1 (55:00):
I wonder if that's like lazy parenting. Yeah, I just
feel uncomfortable about that, but I guess each year. Yeah,
I know, parents could do what they want, and I'm
sure and I'm sure a lot of parents have give
kids cell phones just because they want to be able
to track them down and work out where they are.
But unfortunately they've given cell phones to kids too young,
and the kids are absolutely hooked on them because they

(55:21):
are a sort of thing that Yes, I do worry
about parents' decisions with technology.

Speaker 22 (55:26):
Yeah, I find I mean, this is what he does,
but personally it was me. I basically just give so
should go down and pick the kids up from school.
It doesn't take long to go and pick them up
and then least you know, you know that they're there.

Speaker 1 (55:37):
But I also I also I also worry Craig that
they're giving the kids the message that the world is
a lot more dangerous than it is. You're saying to
the kids, Hey, there's creeps out there that might want
to rebduct you. So I'm going to give you a
tag and so I know where you always are.

Speaker 19 (55:54):
Yeah, it's sad.

Speaker 22 (55:55):
It's sad, Like I mean, I'm against having like sender age.
I don't think you have cell phones because I mean,
it's just you know, it just ruins your life of
social media as well. It's a little bit weird as well.

Speaker 1 (56:04):
I get bullied in all sorts of things that probably
equally as bad. Craig, nice to hear from you. I
am enjoying the discussion Marcus regarding the price of butter.
I'm calling bullshit. It sounds like simple greed to me.
Saudi Arabia Bridish is oil commodity governed by world prices,
but they do not pay world prices. They are currently

(56:24):
selling petrol and approxibly one dollar sixty five perlit in
New Zealand. We are being stitched up, Marcus. They may
have used the alert and Christ just to the fact
that early resid lost their life recently after going missing,
and not wanting it to happen again. I'm sure that's
why they have done it. Text don't always get through.
I have my phone on silid. Overnight text are sometimes delayed.

(56:45):
I've got one yesterday and had three hours between send
and received. Yes, but if you're asleep, you're not going
to go looking for an old person, are you. So
this is about if you're out and about. So if
you're asleep, that's fine. They are texting if you're out
and about together. They're not asking people to wake up
and go check this shit. I don't think look in

(57:05):
the super Etrollee's heaps. People buy heaps of rubbish food
and don't complain. Not many have, but of course you
have to make something with it. Takeaways are always busy.
No one complains about McDonald's prices. We understand that, Braden.

Speaker 20 (57:23):
Good evening, Hi, Marcus, Yeah, I think that the emergency
alert should be saved for you know, life or death situations,
just because Civil Defense has designed it for that entire
purpose of it's designed to make you listen and pay attention. Yeah,

(57:46):
I think if a text about a missing person that
would be enough. And again, as you say, if someone's asleep,
they're not going to be much help looking. So yeah,
I think a text is good enough.

Speaker 1 (57:59):
No, I guess in this case, we've have been cold
in Christcher could well be a life and death situation,
but it's for another person. It's not because I would
imagine the Civil defenses if it's if it's you yourself
are in a life or death situation, you need to
get out of the area.

Speaker 21 (58:15):
Yeah.

Speaker 20 (58:15):
Yeah, and obviously it will change, you know, a case
by case. But there is a I think someone was
talking about it before, the pendants that can be tracked
for people with dementia and stuff. Yes, it's called wander
track and I think you can apply through maybe your
GP or someone like that. And yeah, it's a pendant

(58:37):
with a radio frequency and if that person ever goes missing,
the police can track it down with radio receivers.

Speaker 2 (58:46):
Sure.

Speaker 1 (58:47):
Yeah, Yeah, I'm always surprised about the people that go, well, yeah,
well yeah, I shouldn't really talk to thanks Braid. I
should really talk supercifically about it because we don't have
the circumstances with this woman that's misinssus hope that she
gets found. That's probably the number one priority. Marcus, Fonterra
exports ninety five percent of the butter that it produces,
then the five percent of then you say, domestic market

(59:08):
really doesn't make much of a difference to a tunings. Therefore,
what it sells a domestic market really what have a
messive impact on the revenue generated the margins. It's just greedy,
to be honest. I don't know if it's ninety five
percent or ninety eight percent. I've seen two different things
mentioned Marcus. Listening to the news about people getting caught

(59:30):
out with subscriptions that are buried within the fine print
will actually made sense instead of just clicking. I agree,
because we can't be bothered actually reading the fine print
and actually copying the fine print and placing it into
a chet GPT and then asking chet GPT to read
the fine print and to summarize any risks or just
summarize the fine print into single paragraphs. For example, if

(59:52):
everyone stops buying butt of for four weeks, then there
would be a glut of butter. Then watch the price plummet.
Marcus regards the price of McDonald's. Was interested to go
for t there last week for three five dollars for
three We are not regally McDonald's eaters, but was very reasonable.

(01:00:13):
There you go, they were good. Good to get McDonald's
getting a shout out, Hello, Paul, Oh good things, Paul.

Speaker 15 (01:00:30):
I just want to talk about the civil of ins aluts.
I'm a stift worker, so you know, listen to the
conversation tonight. If I get an alert on my phone,
I would expect that it's life threatening for me, not
just you know, somebody's missing cat or somebody's missing in
the neighborhood. So for me, that's quite concerning that this

(01:00:51):
is now going out for every everything.

Speaker 1 (01:00:57):
Yeah, Paul, just to just to recap the discussion. I
think this is the first time they've ever used it
for missing person. That's why I think it is quite
significant because, yeah, as you're right, if you're a shift worker,
you want to be able to sleep. You don't want
your phone to be waking you up, yes, and.

Speaker 15 (01:01:21):
I drive drinks, so you know, so my sleep quite important.
And if my phone devices, which I need to work
as well, if the alerts are going off for missing
people or whatever the reason is, if it's not life
threatening for myself or my neighbors, I don't want to
receive that. And I take your point that are just

(01:01:43):
a text to people in that area, if that can
be done, would be sufficient, because I don't get alerts
for a text message. But I do have my phone
on silent when I'm in bed and to some of
the defense alarms, well, they are quite loud and they
go for a long time. And if I'm in a
deep sleep, for example, starting at say three o'clock in

(01:02:04):
the morning, and I've gone to bed early and this
thing goes off at ten o'clock at night, I am
not going to give back to sleep. So that's my consuit.

Speaker 1 (01:02:15):
You leave your phone on in case family members can
call you, Is that what that's about.

Speaker 15 (01:02:21):
I have my because I'm a boy and I'm to
be I will have my phone on silot much so
I don't get any messages from any apart from my
alarm clock going off to waking up.

Speaker 1 (01:02:33):
So why don't you put it on airplane mode.

Speaker 15 (01:02:37):
I didn't know you could do that.

Speaker 1 (01:02:38):
Yeah, but but then again, yeah, there is an error.
But Dan, well there are aplane mode. Would you still
get the civil defense alert? No, you can switch your
plane your phone onto airplane mode, which means that its
phone still works, but no phone calls or text will
come through, and you won't get the allert either. But
that's something you can do as well. But I always

(01:02:59):
have my phone on in case there's an emergency anyone
needs to get hold of me, you know, but you know,
hopefully I don't get sort of texts that aren't and
put and I wouldn't want people text him at three
in the morning because even I mean mine's not really
shift work, but it's still slightly out of work with
other people. I don't want to get text at five
o'clock in the morning.

Speaker 15 (01:03:17):
No, No, So I don't know you could do that,
but that's okay.

Speaker 1 (01:03:20):
Yeah, but still but still I think your points are revalid,
and I kind of agree with them. I think this
is probably it's a very serious situation when someone lost
on a cold night. But I don't think you've seen
out use it for a text. I don't think. I
don't think you send out a civil defense alert.

Speaker 15 (01:03:37):
Yes, yes, and it's getting taken. The point you made
about Amiens contacting you, well, I do have a wife
and she has a phone as well, so they can
actually contact to it, so I would still know. I
didn't know about that.

Speaker 1 (01:03:52):
Thanks very much, Paul Marcus. The issue will be the
authorities will now treat the alarm as a tick box
exercise for every missing person. This wee part of the process.
I agree, text is fine, that's from Andy.

Speaker 21 (01:04:05):
I want.

Speaker 1 (01:04:05):
I don't want to know who's them permission to do
this too, Marcus. Alert should be kept for what they
are intended. It'd be easy to put a bracelet on
people Demnia like the courts duced, would save a lot
of trouble. David Sally, A lot of the bobs with
the chips was a great school lunch, Marcus. In correct,
raspberry buns had pink coconut icing. Oh, this is just
different people's opinions. There's regional variations. We should celebrate those, Marcus.

(01:04:32):
I am a shift worker. I work day shifts and
I work night shifts. I always have my phone on silent.
The last thing I want is to be woken at
stupid o'clock by text messages. Yeah, Chris says, where has
the empathy gone from this country? If it was your mother, dad, brother,

(01:04:54):
or sister missing, you want the tools used. I work
random hours. I'd be pissed off if I was asleep,
but I'd probably go look around my section. I think
the problem is, though, what's happened in the situation in Texas.
In the Texas situation, they could alert for all sorts
of things that had alerted to in the morning that
the river was flooding very quickly, and no one did

(01:05:15):
anything and one hundred kids just got swept down the
river to their death. So yeah, I think it's quite
a nuanced discussion this. I don't think it's saying about
where is the empathy? It's about saying, yeah, what is
the best tool for this or the best tool for
all emergencies? Where's the empathy gone from the country. Well,

(01:05:39):
that's another question. Probably good evening, Nathan, Hi there, it's Marcus.

Speaker 14 (01:05:46):
Welcome to talk about Sally.

Speaker 20 (01:05:48):
Yep.

Speaker 10 (01:05:49):
Hey, how's it going good?

Speaker 5 (01:05:54):
Yeah?

Speaker 25 (01:05:54):
I just said you read our texts and asking people
to call in, and after the third time I decided
to call on get the ball rolling. I haven't thought
about sally LUNs for about twenty years. It used to
be quite a ritual back in the nineties as a
family on a Sunday afternoon, we'd go to the bakery
and get a couple of hoop loads of bread and

(01:06:15):
a sally Lun. And you've just made me think about
it for the first time twenty years.

Speaker 10 (01:06:21):
Would you.

Speaker 1 (01:06:23):
Would you slice it? Would you slice it and butter it?

Speaker 6 (01:06:29):
Yes?

Speaker 5 (01:06:30):
Definitely.

Speaker 25 (01:06:33):
Actually, I don't even think we buttered them, would just
slice them and ate it. I guess the cocoa as
you on top was enough.

Speaker 1 (01:06:41):
Maybe, Yeah, I mean, Nathan, I don't know if they
had disappeared. I just asked people to keep their eyes
out because someone thought they had disappeared.

Speaker 5 (01:06:51):
Yeah, well, I.

Speaker 25 (01:06:52):
Mean, just you raising that makes me think, made me think,
and I haven't thought about or seen them for a
long time. So I'll keep an eye out. And do
you have any idea why they called? I know you
said that there is a difference between the North and
South Island, But do you know where the name sally
Lung came from?

Speaker 6 (01:07:07):
No?

Speaker 21 (01:07:07):
I don't.

Speaker 1 (01:07:07):
I could research it, Nathan, but I'll see if someone
else knows. But it's a good question. If you see one,
let us know. Good evening, Clint.

Speaker 5 (01:07:14):
Jury Marcus, congratulations, a great show tonight.

Speaker 11 (01:07:18):
Thank you, And I'm speaking to you from a bath.

Speaker 5 (01:07:23):
It used to be a trough that I turned back
into a bath, so that's nice.

Speaker 21 (01:07:27):
Wow.

Speaker 1 (01:07:27):
Did you get it?

Speaker 5 (01:07:28):
Did you get it?

Speaker 1 (01:07:28):
Did you get it? Re enabbled?

Speaker 5 (01:07:31):
It was already good en themeled I had no. I
had no insulation around it base, so I got some
of the standing phone, Oh yes, and ripped around it
with that. Now she holds the heat well and using
an LPG from a gas bottle I got from the Celtics,
and I got the best gas bottle refel prices in

(01:07:52):
Auckland as far as I know, it's twenty five bucks.

Speaker 1 (01:07:55):
How many phillips would you do with? How many bath
worms would you.

Speaker 5 (01:07:57):
Do with that?

Speaker 17 (01:07:58):
Oh?

Speaker 10 (01:07:59):
Many, many, many, many many. I normally get about two months.

Speaker 5 (01:08:02):
Out of a bottle, because I don't know. It's just
only for hot water.

Speaker 1 (01:08:06):
Are you outdoors now, Clint?

Speaker 5 (01:08:09):
I used to have it outdoors, but no, I managed
to squeeze it into the bathroom. So pretty stoked because
previous years I've been out in the refreshing old. But
the possum is worried about the possums jumping on me
at night, you know, because it possible is quite keen
on hanging around my roof at night. So it's just
going to get into farming them because I don't like

(01:08:29):
killing things. So I thinking about making a little enclosure
where they love apples.

Speaker 1 (01:08:35):
Yes they do.

Speaker 5 (01:08:36):
I can get them come through a one way door
and then they'll sit there again some numbers and then
get you maanly harvested for their fur in great dog
bead apparently.

Speaker 1 (01:08:45):
Yeah, people dogs love possum.

Speaker 21 (01:08:46):
Yeah.

Speaker 5 (01:08:47):
I feel much better about that than just putting, you know,
having the trap set and they just get a nasty surprises.

Speaker 15 (01:08:53):
It's going to be a better way.

Speaker 1 (01:08:55):
Yeah, I redid the traps. Do they what's the stuff
you put on the trip? And what's this blaze on
the traps?

Speaker 5 (01:09:01):
It's one of those yellow ones.

Speaker 10 (01:09:02):
It's basically like you screw it the tree.

Speaker 5 (01:09:05):
And they put they get up and to one of those.

Speaker 1 (01:09:08):
I've got the old the automatic traps, but you've got
to put blaze around them, which is that like flour
and salmon to attract them. And it seems to work
quite well.

Speaker 10 (01:09:16):
I haven't tried that.

Speaker 5 (01:09:17):
But the thing is, because I've got so many fruit trees,
I've got this swete product, which is the fruit that
I haven't got to a distribution sort of out yet.
But luckily the local corner stores are interested in stocking fruit,
so we're building relationships there. And I didn't even mean
to talk about that. Funnily enough, you're good.

Speaker 10 (01:09:38):
At getting.

Speaker 5 (01:09:40):
Getting things the other people that we're otherwise going to say,
I think, but i'd love to show.

Speaker 1 (01:09:44):
I love that you're otherwise you're just stuck with four
hours of butter.

Speaker 5 (01:09:49):
Yeah, well that's the thing I wanted to call you
about butter, but I'm doing my best to not mention it.

Speaker 1 (01:09:55):
I've got forty seconds left. You want to talk about Suzel?

Speaker 10 (01:09:59):
Not really, to be honest, it was just to get
past the producer.

Speaker 12 (01:10:03):
Maybe real names, Clint.

Speaker 5 (01:10:04):
I did introduce myself as Mark as before, not just
striking we're about you.

Speaker 1 (01:10:08):
Where's your little pastor a little bit.

Speaker 5 (01:10:10):
Oh my Welsford. Everything is well, and.

Speaker 1 (01:10:16):
I was picturing you poohhoy or something. I was visualizing
you there with that didn't think Welsford.

Speaker 5 (01:10:20):
But well, fascinating to the names of acronym.

Speaker 1 (01:10:23):
Yes, I do know that well. Our family from Albertland.
We're nonconformists.

Speaker 10 (01:10:31):
Yeah, well me too. Yeah, give it the mate and
we're going to take the man down.

Speaker 1 (01:10:36):
Brilliant. Yeah, yeah, I knew that about Welsford the acronym.
That's good. Good on you, It's all good. Celly LUNs
they are still a staple around in the bakery that
I've been to an Auckland, Mish. If you want a
delicious celly lund the bakery it smells Beach north of
Walkan has a lot of them with lots of icing.
Marcus it's ani seed on apples to trap Possum's works

(01:10:58):
of treat. It's anything you want. It's anything that will
attract them. It's anything that's strong smelling. If wy I
Marcus Hot bread Shop, Bakery and lunch bar Devon Street,
you Plymouth sealves feeblers, SETI LUNs with and without sultanas yum.

(01:11:19):
Sally Lunn arrived in barthew k Is a French refugee
and made who buns and a small shop that still exists.
I've been to original shop. Why we share a refugee?
Was there a sultana tax or something Marcus Baker's Delight
makes Celli lun and Boston bun Sea website Marcus Bake

(01:11:42):
Sellly LUNs a Baker's like Royal Auckland brought one a
couple of weeks ago. Yum, cheers, Yes, Marcus our famous
Patrick's pies and totally will make a fingerstyles Selly London
are delicious. Only problem they are so popular if you
don't get any of yours out here. Presenting Caro. The
Selli Lune was invented in Winchester, UK by bacon named

(01:12:03):
Olie Sally Lunn. There's still a shop in the museum
there for her, in a big cathedral. Not much else, goodness,
a lot of texts. Washing sheets are great for travel overseas.
Take a few in a plastic bag. Job done, love

(01:12:27):
a textadent and job done. It's so emphatic, isn't it?
Job done?

Speaker 5 (01:12:36):
Even?

Speaker 1 (01:12:36):
Good evening?

Speaker 15 (01:12:39):
How are you?

Speaker 11 (01:12:39):
Marcus good Evan?

Speaker 17 (01:12:41):
Uh?

Speaker 16 (01:12:42):
Yeah, big pot of dolphins that Brown's Island today, put.

Speaker 10 (01:12:48):
It on a big show.

Speaker 1 (01:12:49):
I was told how many?

Speaker 5 (01:12:52):
All right?

Speaker 10 (01:12:52):
The guy said, a good couple of hundred or so cheap.

Speaker 18 (01:12:56):
Iss.

Speaker 1 (01:12:56):
That's a big part, isn't it.

Speaker 6 (01:12:58):
Yes?

Speaker 1 (01:12:58):
Yes, we see a lot of dolphins down south, but
never in but pods that big?

Speaker 10 (01:13:06):
Yeah, no, he said, it was a really big And
they're all jumping up out of the water, aren't we.

Speaker 1 (01:13:12):
I don't quite know why they jump playing you know
what's that about?

Speaker 10 (01:13:20):
I'm not sure.

Speaker 1 (01:13:21):
That must be fun the first few times you jump,
but then you think, well, what are you going to
do next?

Speaker 10 (01:13:27):
Yeah?

Speaker 11 (01:13:30):
I just let you know about the positive news.

Speaker 1 (01:13:33):
Yeah, it's good story, bevern thing. I appreciate that dolphin.
It's good to know. And more calls though, that would
be good. The kids are watching a program, a shark
program when I left time today. They love it. It's
it's not my cup of tea. It's a game show.
But you go and photograph sharks and the different sharks
you get, you to get different points. But what was weird?

(01:13:54):
As they were also counting stingraiser sharks?

Speaker 9 (01:13:56):
Is that a thing?

Speaker 1 (01:13:59):
They're off some island in the Bahamas today taking shots
of giant hammerheads. They're amazing. Look at the giant hammerheads.
Bizarre looking creatures, aren't they anyway? Now, According to a
study in England, there are now an average of three
devices being used at meal times. According to a study

(01:14:22):
the need two thirds of children are watching TV at
the dinner table on devices. You So, I have seen
that at buffets we've been to recently, where everyone and
every single kid has an iPad. They're watching stuff on
as they eat. Oh yeah, and oh we weren't, of course.

(01:14:45):
But gee, some families, well they do look organized with
what they are. I just think how they find all
the charges for everything. You have a family on the
road overseas. How do you keep everything going? Makes no
sense to me? Anyway, Do get in touch if you
want to be a part of the show. If there's
something else you want to talk about, I can handle that.

(01:15:08):
Do get in touch. What are some of the other
questions could have asked over the other cup of nights?
Oh yeah, someone was anyone started on? I presume ozimpics
now over the count or available? Anyone started on that.
I'd be curious about that. Also tonight, the old ozimpic,
these other topics out there, you might want to come
in on about tonight people, So you'd be my guest

(01:15:30):
quite literally, Good evening, Jay, This is Marcus. Welcome.

Speaker 10 (01:15:35):
Hey MJ.

Speaker 9 (01:15:36):
Hey Marcus, how's it going good?

Speaker 5 (01:15:38):
Thank you? Hey?

Speaker 9 (01:15:40):
I thought i'd just call up. I'm I'm a chemist,
I'm a pharmacist, and I thought i'd just give you
a quick call because you were talking about ozempic.

Speaker 1 (01:15:48):
Yeah.

Speaker 9 (01:15:49):
Yeah, we've been dispensing quite a bit of ozmpic and
it's been in the country for about maybe three or
four weeks now. Yes, and yeah, people have been going
crazy about it. No, we've been getting a lot of
cars just before, even even before it came out. People
are going crazy hype.

Speaker 15 (01:16:07):
The hype is real.

Speaker 1 (01:16:09):
How much of people paying for it? Five hundred a month?

Speaker 18 (01:16:11):
Is it?

Speaker 10 (01:16:12):
Yeah?

Speaker 9 (01:16:13):
About five hundred a month. We are working South Auckland,
so we've got we've got a lot of competition and
the big Australian company chem a square house. They're selling
it quite cheap. Don't know how they are managing to
do that, but it's really hard to compete.

Speaker 15 (01:16:30):
In this market.

Speaker 9 (01:16:31):
About four you could get it for about four sixty
five if you go if you go there.

Speaker 1 (01:16:36):
How many how many prescriptions have you seen in the
last four weeks? How's it been available? Have been two
or three weeks?

Speaker 5 (01:16:41):
Has it?

Speaker 6 (01:16:42):
Yeah?

Speaker 9 (01:16:43):
I think about three weeks maybe from memory first, I
think it was from first of first of this month.

Speaker 1 (01:16:48):
It was available, but yes.

Speaker 9 (01:16:50):
I think it did take a few days after the
first of July for it's actually come into the wholesalers. Yeah,
but yeah, it's been as I feel like it could
be a game changer. I feel like it's I feel
like it's something good to have. Finally we've it's been
a long time.

Speaker 1 (01:17:04):
Been Has there been tens of people coming into get.

Speaker 10 (01:17:09):
Maybe?

Speaker 9 (01:17:09):
Yeah, maybe you could maybe about I think from my estimation,
about seven or eight people our farm. They've already started
on it, and it's only our pharmacy.

Speaker 1 (01:17:16):
So yeah, and that's a big commitment of money because
it's like six thousand dollars a year.

Speaker 5 (01:17:23):
Yeah.

Speaker 9 (01:17:24):
Yeah, I mean, like some it has shown to you know,
you can lose up to fifteen percent of your body fat,
so it is definitely shown to shown to work. But
I guess the main thing is like affordability, right, and
then also access to these medications, Like what if you
start this medication and then you go on a higher
dose and it goes out of stock. You know, there's

(01:17:44):
a little bit of a challenge with out of stocks.
But at this present stage, the medication is.

Speaker 1 (01:17:49):
Still readily available, and I think you'd know about this
because it's your line of work. But once you're on it,
you're on it forever. Is that correct?

Speaker 9 (01:17:58):
I don't believe.

Speaker 2 (01:18:00):
So.

Speaker 9 (01:18:00):
I believe like you do it for a period of
time and then you I think you can come off
it eventually.

Speaker 1 (01:18:06):
But then your wait goes back on.

Speaker 5 (01:18:07):
Does it.

Speaker 9 (01:18:10):
It can do if you so you can come off
it you need to do. Some people can gain weight
as well. You're right, and that's probably something that I
should look into as good question.

Speaker 1 (01:18:21):
You put me on the spot there, mate, I didn't
mean to. Maybe next time, thanks, Jay Oh. I chatted
with eighty Teddy and nineteen nineteen ticks Marcus till twelve
looking forward to what you've got to say. Let's be
hearing from you met Marcus. Welcome here you are man?

Speaker 24 (01:18:38):
Yeah? Good, So that guy kind of changed the subject drastically,
But I was I was going to bring up and
talk about how everyone's on their apps these days, always
on their devices and stuff. But yeah, I actually recently
made and made an app and I went like seemi

(01:19:00):
viral for about a week and I mainly did it
using AI, which is wow, pretty cool, like just being
able to talk to an AI program and normal human language,
and it can help you code things and make things work.

(01:19:24):
But it's it's a pie review app. It's called mean Pies.

Speaker 1 (01:19:29):
Yeah good, yeah, wow, Okay, I'll look at up meanpies
dot com. Oh, isn't it not a website obviously?

Speaker 13 (01:19:34):
Yep, yeah, it's just.

Speaker 24 (01:19:36):
A The website is just a link to be able
to download the app and then like people can review
pies and then people who are from out of town
can go to a town and see the best rated
pies in that region.

Speaker 1 (01:19:50):
It's a great idea.

Speaker 24 (01:19:53):
Yeah, it's been pretty cool, but yeah, I don't have
any facts about as the impact.

Speaker 15 (01:19:57):
I was just looking.

Speaker 11 (01:19:59):
It was really interesting.

Speaker 5 (01:20:00):
That's right.

Speaker 1 (01:20:00):
I'm looking at this mean Pies. Where's your revenue stream?

Speaker 6 (01:20:07):
Well?

Speaker 24 (01:20:08):
Yeah, the idea is. So what happened is I made it,
and I just made it basically for myself and a
few friends to use, and then it go on the
news and it got way too popular, way too quick,
and like I didn't it wasn't built to handle all
those people. And now now I've built it up to
handle all those people and try to make some money

(01:20:30):
and stuff.

Speaker 1 (01:20:31):
Who picked it up for the who found it for the.

Speaker 24 (01:20:34):
News at first, Okay, it's a funny story. Actually what
happened was it first got popular because I because there
were no reviews there in christ Church. So I put
on a Facebook page in christ Church being like, hey,
I've got a pie act. People can go on there
and review pies. And then someone from christ Church who

(01:20:57):
was a reporter picked it up and was like really interested,
and then like every single media you see and the
country was after me for about a week.

Speaker 5 (01:21:09):
And then.

Speaker 24 (01:21:11):
The the original reporter said that I was from christ Church,
but I'm actually from Wellington, so there was the story
Christ rich Man makes us that, and then for there
was a follow on effect. Everyone was just like going
off their original story, so everyone was like hey christ

(01:21:31):
rich Man, and then I was I was saying every
time I'm actually from Wellington, but they never put it
in the story.

Speaker 1 (01:21:37):
Is there anything that Is there anything that stops people
rigging it by voting for their own pist shop all
the time?

Speaker 21 (01:21:44):
Yeah?

Speaker 24 (01:21:45):
Yeah, But that's the thing. It's worked out so beautifully
because it's entirely users driven. So if someone does that,
it's really obvious, like people will see a high rate
of pie Shop and then go there and then actually
give an honest review. So it's it's kind of detrimental
to do that. I've just made some new features where

(01:22:07):
pie shops can actually decorate their listening.

Speaker 10 (01:22:13):
On the app.

Speaker 24 (01:22:15):
So that's the like I wish, I wish I had
all this stuff done before it got popular, but it
got way too popular, way too quick. And then yeah,
heaps of people on it.

Speaker 1 (01:22:26):
And then what's the feature, Matt?

Speaker 3 (01:22:31):
It is?

Speaker 24 (01:22:32):
So what you Yeah, if you have a pie shop
that appears on the app, I can give you access
to be able to decorate that pile shop, put your
logo on there, put some featured images. If you search,
if you if you've got the app, if you search,
mister Henry's that's the first guy that's actually done it yet.

(01:22:52):
And it's because I made it good.

Speaker 1 (01:22:53):
Okay, I've got to go and look into it. Thanks Matt.
Nice to hear from you. Appreciate you. Called twenty eight
past ten o'clock, Rother, I can tell you that missing
woman has been found. So the woman reported missing from
SHIPW christ Wich has been found and is safe. She
was located. I remember the public who had received an
emergency text alert sent out to advise locals in the area.

(01:23:15):
Police would like to thank everyone who helped search. So
I guess we're getting a lot more of those text alerts. There,
won't we that's a situation. It's good ending.

Speaker 20 (01:23:23):
So there we go.

Speaker 1 (01:23:25):
This is interesting, Marcus evening Marcus or they've got the ess.
This is evening, MARKU can still buy Selly LUNs and
bakeries in Napier. Brought one last week. That's not the
interesting bit. Brought one last week. Cut in half but
a bottom half. Then turn the top with the icing

(01:23:48):
upside down so the icing is inside as well, doesn't
fall off or make a mess everywhere. But I think
it's probably worth a TikTok video. That's extraordinary. I've never
thought about putting that top upside down. Wow. Mark is

(01:24:14):
curious to know which parts refers to them as Selly LUNs,
which part refers to them as Boston buns. In christ Church,
we say Boston buns, Darren. It's my understanding. It's as
clear cut as the South Island as Boston buns and
North Island as Selly LUNs. Fight if you think it's wrong,

(01:24:37):
there we go. I don't know if that's true, but
that seems to be true. They've rescued a tramper from
freezing additions in the Tongue of Elo National Park. Wow,
what a day to be there or doing the alpine crossing. Cheapers,

(01:25:07):
you're not the right time to do the alpine crossing. Wow, well,
gorgeous work. Walk that is, by the way, it's the
pick of the New Zealand walks, isn't it. You had
a quiet day? What was therever? Quite as were thousands
doing it? Anyway, do get touched? Just to reiterate that
woman has been found in christ Church twenty five to eleven.

(01:25:30):
Laurie Marcus welcome.

Speaker 6 (01:25:32):
Yeah, idea Marcus, you mentioned the crowds on the tongar
Are crossing, but I was thinking we met before you
spoke briefly about much a picture.

Speaker 1 (01:25:43):
Yes, I didn't know it was lost, but rediscovered this
day in nineteen something, nineteen eleven or something.

Speaker 6 (01:25:49):
Here in your Hiram Bingham is it Well, supposedly somebody
had found it in nineteen oh two. I think they've
gone back and said run some of the locals and
he didn't do much about it until the it's from
of the America University. It might have been Halvard of
someone of the Harem was down investigating. But I think

(01:26:13):
you would you would really appreciate that on a our
quiet day as well, not with the big crowds, just
because I know you've didn't smit of stone work.

Speaker 1 (01:26:24):
Yeah wow, So was it beautiful? Did they know it
existed but couldn't find.

Speaker 6 (01:26:28):
It when they say it was built and then abandoned
in the in the fourteen hundreds, So it's almost as
if the locals hadn't weren't going up there, or there
may have been some knowledge about it, but it's not
somewhere where they they weren't spreading the words, so to speak.

(01:26:51):
But it had to over grind. So the I mean
I went there in probably about nineteen sixty eight and
the numbers were quite a bit less. But the beauty
then was you could bribe the guards or the security
in the and sleep in the ruins at night, which
there was only a bit. Two revers did that and

(01:27:15):
see the sunrise in the drunk a bit of the
old local rum and just winder around and just marvel
at the stonework. You know, that's that's the just incredible
to see how they've done that. And Will was heracing
as well, but you know it's just a tremendous effort.
And you mentioned the word it's almost that they got

(01:27:39):
to that stage where they said job done and they
all took off.

Speaker 1 (01:27:44):
So did the inks then extinct themselves? Were they no
longer a thing?

Speaker 5 (01:27:49):
Or where it was?

Speaker 6 (01:27:51):
It seems to I mean, there was that road. There's
a city called Cisco which is on the route coming
in there, and then there's got a lot of stone
work had been sort of connected. But then the ink
is you know, at that stage, you know, the old
conquistadors came through and pretty much uh what well, you know,

(01:28:12):
they sort of subjected them and then what they are
a lot of the knowledge and knocked down a lot
of these structures in course co and then built cathedrals
on top. But you know the base of them was
still the old InKo ruins. But yeah, it was just
but that that particular marching peachure was almost that it

(01:28:33):
got left, you know, just underttended and and and nobody
was came back. Yeah. Just it is actually a marble
and and that you don't like anywhere these days. If
you could get the chance to see it without all
the crowds around that it's it's just the the stonework

(01:28:54):
it's just blows you away and such. You know, it's
such such on such terrain.

Speaker 1 (01:29:02):
How did how did you get up there? Did you
get out there on the back of the larma or.

Speaker 11 (01:29:05):
What did you do?

Speaker 6 (01:29:06):
No, an old bus, there was an old bus come
up you come up from Cusco and then I think
there was betraying and then there was a there was
still a like a cable car type thing got chap
to the main area here. Just a little bit vague
on some of those memories at present. But yeah, I
didn't do I didn't walk the in contrail, which a

(01:29:28):
lot of them do these days, I think. But yeah,
beautif spot, but fuddly. I just unusual rock work I
was thinking the other day, and you know, which seems
to be fairly late for things. I've worked quite up
upon a pay don't been up there a number of times.

(01:29:49):
And there's some stone work that it was done in
the sixteenth century place called nan Madole and have if
you've heard.

Speaker 5 (01:29:55):
Of that.

Speaker 6 (01:29:58):
Stone canals the built or pint of past part of
the what was the old I forget the name of
the island group they now, but it moved up towards
way yep.

Speaker 1 (01:30:15):
Yeah, yeah, what was the point of the water, the
water canals were they Is that right?

Speaker 6 (01:30:21):
Yeah, there was canals, but there was all these sort
of temples in that around as well, but that they
had to transport rock for quite a long distance to
get that there. It was that sort of what do
they call it the so you call it the columns
of best columns? Yeah, yeah, I seem to think they

(01:30:42):
rafted them around, but a couple of places where you think,
what a tremendous, bloody effort, you know, they were obviously
in both cases were they were they were religious type

(01:31:04):
set ups. But yeah, and that's sort of I hadn't
been to Europe before I'd been to match a picture,
so it was sort of I wasn't really they all
went impressed by the castles of different stuff after after
having seen much a picture. Yeah, just I just always
seemed to be the highlight.

Speaker 1 (01:31:25):
What was the purpose of it? It was it was
a place where the Inca kings lived, Is that right?

Speaker 6 (01:31:29):
Or the Yeah, well obviously there was some grew stuff there,
but they had aligned a number of sort of they
think astronomical type things and light lining up. They seem
to do a favorite of alignment with the sun and
their gods and so there would have been you know,

(01:31:51):
their high priests and stuff would been sorting it. But
I mean it wasn't obviously. It's almost like somewhere hideaway
because you know, to get ground to grow enough food,
they had to build these an enormous number of terraces. Yeah,

(01:32:13):
so it's sort of it was never probably proposed to
be you know, a sort of a thriving agricultural place,
but they needed probably up at that elevation to you know,
actually you know, get a good view of the skies
and communicate with the sun gods or whatever. I assume

(01:32:34):
there was a bit of sacrifice going on there as well.

Speaker 1 (01:32:38):
Did we get that, Laurie, Thanks very much for that
eighteen to eleven in every thought much of I met
your pitcher. There we go, Marcus, whatever happened with the
Threees national climate is that we're missing on Mount Cork.
Haven't heard anything in a while. Well, they still not
found their bodies. It's a good point you make about that.

(01:32:59):
I hadn't heard the conclusion to that, Marcus. Love what
we called the Barner coffee bun in the nineteen fifties,
there seven in a good school lunch I'm sure this
is the same bun produced from Mun's Bakery in Main Street.
I don't know about seven heence half I don't want
to know, but yeah, that doesn't mean much to me. Sevenpence.

(01:33:20):
I don't know that's a lot or not much, but
that's of interest. Get in touch here till twelve sevenpence hapenny.
My name is Marcus. Welcome Hurdle twelve o'clock tonight and
anything goes in the Big City seems very serious. The
fires and cypress out of control. Cypress wildfires be down

(01:33:46):
on Touristown. Tipular been alive trying to flee their caren
villas are reduced to esh amidst mess evacuations. Pretty amazing
footage of that. And that's all I've got so far. Internationally,

(01:34:12):
Erling Harnland's bought his girlfriend a three hundred and thirty
thousand pound Hermi's Amalaya burke and handbag. Well that's an
expensive handbag, isn't it. Goodness only be purchased via auction. Wow.
I have been watching some videos of handbags. It's a
strange thing to watch, isn't it. And the secondhand trade

(01:34:35):
in those that's kind of interesting because you can't buy them.
You've got to actually have shopped at a while before
you're offered one. How ridiculous. I mean, that's the reality
of it and the cost of fortune. I don't know,
I actually know anyone that's got a bag that to
ask them effect they actually ever carry anything in them?

(01:34:56):
Presume they do, I don't know what. But yeah, it's
quite interesting kind of a because about the secondary market,
and most people don't use them. They take them to
a shop and then sell them on the secondary market. Anyway,
people have talked on and read it about the sellly
LUNs under as available as they once were.

Speaker 10 (01:35:19):
So there's that.

Speaker 1 (01:35:20):
Also, the endless talk about butter in the six million
dollar man, Steve Austin, the man from Fonterra, and yeah,
he didn't seem to have a lot of sympathy. Will
pay what we'll pay. But I'll tell you what The Herald,
the New Zealand Herald facebook page, the comments, there were
thousands of comments and people had a fair bit to

(01:35:44):
say about that, none of it good or none of
its supportive. I would think of how much we are
paying for butter So yeah, the thing I'm interested in,
the whole political side of it. Really, I never know
why they made the big thing about I mean about
going to see Fonterra. They just brought attention to it.

(01:36:07):
Seemed to be a total own goal. I mean, despite
what you think about whether the farmers should be forced
or not. But yeah, one an amazing thing to do.
Total own goal. Marcus Best Boston Buns Canterby Sims Bakery,
Tinwld Ashburton, Gary, Thank you, Gary. It's what we need
in the three International Climb. Is someone says a porpoise

(01:36:28):
and a dolphin, I've got no idea you might have
something to say. But they were also talking about a
zem pic and the run on it. I don't know
if you'd call a run on it, but a lot

(01:36:51):
of people are getting it. Chris, it's Marcus. Good evening,
Oh good evening, Marcus.

Speaker 18 (01:36:57):
Just two things quickly.

Speaker 26 (01:36:59):
Is the pick is that how it's pronounced?

Speaker 1 (01:37:01):
I don't know how it does. I think the one
we haven't using as we go VI.

Speaker 10 (01:37:06):
Right.

Speaker 26 (01:37:07):
I was wondering if it was subsidized by the government,
because when you spoke to that pharmaciust earlier, you said
about five hundred dollars.

Speaker 2 (01:37:18):
The price of it was very, very high.

Speaker 6 (01:37:23):
For people.

Speaker 26 (01:37:24):
I just wondered if it's thundred or weight soft possibly
is for people that qualify, I imagine I.

Speaker 1 (01:37:31):
Don't think it is. I don't think it is Chris Well.

Speaker 26 (01:37:34):
He said, the demand the interest had been sort of
very surprising.

Speaker 10 (01:37:39):
How many people, Yes.

Speaker 1 (01:37:40):
But it's still that it's not Well, yeah, no, I
think that costs well, it costs five hundred dollars a month.
Whether that's subsidized, I don't know, but it's at six
thousand a year, so it's very expensive.

Speaker 26 (01:37:52):
I just was interested to hear about it, not for myself,
I have to say, but just in general. But the
other thing was tonight listening to the Fontera guy about butter.
He explained how good it was for the econ me,
but didn't kind of get the grip of the people
of New Zealand.

Speaker 1 (01:38:12):
Well, if you know, you know how much he is earning,
don't you, Chris Well?

Speaker 26 (01:38:15):
That reporter said six million, and he went.

Speaker 1 (01:38:18):
Quiet, yeah, which astounded me.

Speaker 26 (01:38:22):
But the other thing that astounds me they said in
that report that only five percent of New Zealand consumes
the butter they produce.

Speaker 1 (01:38:33):
No, I think what they meant was only five percent
of the butter they produce is consumed in New Zealand.
They export ninety five percent of it.

Speaker 26 (01:38:39):
Yeah, and that's why I can't understand why they can't
bend a little bit for five percent.

Speaker 18 (01:38:44):
Of that you make it cheap of no one can.

Speaker 1 (01:38:47):
Well, someone said it was two percent, not five percent. Hey,
just so I can tell you, just Chrisic it says, yeah,
and that seems to be most people's attitude. But but
Fonterra don't care about that.

Speaker 5 (01:38:58):
They just don't.

Speaker 1 (01:38:59):
I don't think they realized the strength. I know, the
strength of feeling because I'm in this seat and I
know for months, all this year, people have gone on
about this and how much they're hurting and and yeah.
But that's but just what I can tell you. It
says in the website. Azempic is a proof of treating
type two diabetes. Also available white loss under the weight
loss under the brand name were Gov, which is approved

(01:39:20):
in March twenty twenty five. Neither azempic nor GOV is
currently funded by pharmic, meaning individuals need to pay for
the medication themselves. So that's the latest. All that's the
information on that, Chris. But thank you. So this is
interesting in twenty eleven Fonterra froze the price of milk.
It was election year. Could we see butterfry price frozer

(01:39:41):
next year? I don't remember that. If someone could look
that up, Marcus Fonterra six billion dollar man was a joke.
At least he will be pleased that the farmers will
be all to buy the butter loll but they'll probably
be the ones that could make their own butter at
home on the farm. Marcus Fonterra don't care, but nor
does the government. They could just GST to the Australian model.

(01:40:03):
No GST on food and staples on O Foods Staples
looks like Jerome Hughes, the staff from Melbourne has done
his dessicated his shoulder. He's a lot of pain. He's
been taken off, did it to himself with a dive.

(01:40:24):
It's a bit a very close game of league this
so this could be the turning point. I haven't showed
the picture of old belly ache and the old commentary studio,
the commentary thing, but he'll be never looks happy that
God don't know why, just doesn't give up. The Melbourne
coach I'm talking about, Oh anyway you Lorraine, it's Marcus. Welcome.

Speaker 18 (01:40:53):
Good evening, Marcus. We should just all stop buying butter
I have. I'm not going to pay that price for it.
I don't need butter. I can do without it.

Speaker 10 (01:41:03):
Yeah.

Speaker 18 (01:41:03):
I raised a family of boys and used to bake
and do all of those things that now I don't anymore.
And I just don't think we need butter anymore. Everyone
should just boycott it, stop buying it all together.

Speaker 1 (01:41:17):
How healthy would be It would be much healthier, Yes,
of course we would, and you know, I.

Speaker 2 (01:41:27):
Know, and.

Speaker 18 (01:41:30):
To save money. I used to use margarine for baking.
The butter is always better. But we actually don't need it.
We just need to boycott the purchase of butter. It's
all sitting there, not selling at any price. And see
how far it comes back down.

Speaker 1 (01:41:46):
Nice to hear, Famili Right, that's a good thing to
take us through to the news. Good evening, Kate, This
is Marcus. Welcome.

Speaker 8 (01:41:52):
Hi Marcus. I'm just ringing because you were talking before
about Sally LUNs and having very difficult to get now.

Speaker 1 (01:42:00):
Yeah, some people are asking on Riddit saying they thing
we've disappeared.

Speaker 8 (01:42:04):
Yes, well that's correct, and other thing that seems to
have disappeared our Chelsea bun.

Speaker 1 (01:42:09):
Okay, well remember those, yeah, and a scroll with pink
icing on top. They were a scrolling nature, weren't they.

Speaker 10 (01:42:17):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (01:42:17):
Okay, yep, yeah, and they and.

Speaker 8 (01:42:19):
You've got them at every every bakery you'd get the
Sally line or the Chelsea bun. And now that they've disappeared.

Speaker 1 (01:42:27):
As well, what are people instead?

Speaker 8 (01:42:30):
I don't know, but I've driven to bakeries that I
thought were old school and they looked like they have
the Chelsea bun disappeared. Cannot find them. Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:42:41):
So they're always very pleasant tasting things too, weren't they.

Speaker 8 (01:42:46):
Well, they were great with lashings of butter.

Speaker 1 (01:42:48):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, you know.

Speaker 8 (01:42:50):
And butter and the other thing with the butter discussion
you've been having. I agree with the lady before that
were what two percent x five percent.

Speaker 11 (01:43:02):
Of the market.

Speaker 8 (01:43:03):
Yes, and they can't do something that the price for
us that has never been expensive, I don't remember.

Speaker 1 (01:43:13):
People can see the impact of daring in this country,
can't they. I mean, dearing's really changed the nature of
this country, you know, when you look at the rivers
and stuff like that. We've got problems with the rivers,
we've got night trades, we've got problems with well, I suppose,
all sorts of things. And you know, it's not like
some benign industry. It's a big industry that's really affected
this country and there's a real impact. But there's a

(01:43:33):
real impact because of dairying and and there's there's no
acknowledgment of that from mister six billion dollars.

Speaker 8 (01:43:44):
Maybe it's the same with land though, you know, like
look how expensive land have come to buy.

Speaker 19 (01:43:49):
We can no longer do the.

Speaker 8 (01:43:51):
Right lamb and that was something when we grew up.

Speaker 1 (01:43:53):
Busher and lamb all I think, I think sheep sheep
have been great for this country. I mean, sheep haven't
caused the problems with the rivers or stocks. You know,
sheep are quite benign raally, the lovely little creatures. The
dairy cows though I think probably a different kittle of fish.
That would be my take on it.

Speaker 8 (01:44:11):
But my take on it though, in terms of expense
is sheep shouldn't be you know, it's the same like.

Speaker 19 (01:44:17):
To buy lamb.

Speaker 8 (01:44:19):
Now a leg of lamb for a roast in New
Zealand has become very expensive, prohibitive. It shouldn't be Yeah,
it's like butter. It's the same thing. You know, we
shouldn't be paying well, you know, I know that it's economics.
And also the other thing I find interesting, and maybe
it's to do with the butter thing, was we used
to be demonized as being bad for you and fat

(01:44:40):
nan as the lady that rang before who said let's
boycott butter. I agree with that, but it was always
demonized as being fat ning. And now I'm seeing stuff
everywhere saying how good butter is for you, and how
you should eat butter and how amazing it is.

Speaker 1 (01:44:56):
I think it's still I think it's still I think
it's still rebad for cholesterol.

Speaker 8 (01:45:01):
Yeah, I know, but maybe it's what I'm saying is
it's a bit like an economic thing or supper ti
and demand there making its desirable.

Speaker 1 (01:45:12):
It's just interesting you bring up sheep and lamb, because
I think that's quite different. I think sheep and lamb's not.
It's not hasn't got an international option that governs the price.
I think it's just that places now like Japan and
China and Korea love our cuts of meat that they
didn't used to, like PEPs like chops and things like that,
So they are selling it overseas for a lot more.

Speaker 3 (01:45:33):
Well, that's right.

Speaker 8 (01:45:34):
That same then for Marcus with butter, all of a
sudden becomes something those people are consuming. Also, I did
hear am I correct? West Gold is now Chinese.

Speaker 1 (01:45:46):
Owned, Yes, but none of these Chinese are. And they're
selling butter to cost Go for ten dollars a kilogram.
You can buy it Costco for ten dollars. So I
don't think people care who own it. But they seem
to be making a very good product, very cheaply.

Speaker 18 (01:46:02):
Well, has that in some.

Speaker 8 (01:46:03):
Way manipulated the market, I don't think so.

Speaker 10 (01:46:08):
I think that.

Speaker 1 (01:46:08):
I think they're operating quite independently. I think they just
do a lot of their butter. You're selling through cost Goes.
We shall find out, okay, but thank you twelve Parst eleven.
Good evening, Die Marcus welcome.

Speaker 7 (01:46:20):
Oh hi Marcus. Look what I think is Fonterra have
got a monopoly on the market and it's really really bad.
And I think what we need to be looking at
is getting a local or a setup for butter making,
butter manufacturing and cheese, even if it's just kept basic
as beautiful butter, basic, but local only. And if they've

(01:46:46):
built a butter factory and it's for export only, a
new butter factories being built, they this is a company
that doesn't even care about New Zealanders. And I thought
Horror was just absolutely so arrogant.

Speaker 10 (01:47:05):
You could see he did not care.

Speaker 7 (01:47:08):
So I think when we put our thinking cap on,
if we had.

Speaker 1 (01:47:11):
Some people, what happened was there, well to see she's
going to go see Horror and to find out why
it's so expensive. She went there. He seemed to talk.
She just said he's very good explaining it. That he
came and talked to the country and no one thought
it was good at all. So he seems to Goodwin
to do you know what.

Speaker 7 (01:47:30):
The explaining is. The explaining is I've got you know, shareholders,
and he's just out for a profit and he doesn't
care what the cost is because he's making six million.

Speaker 1 (01:47:41):
He's laughing absolutely what a strongery amount of money to make,
because how hard could it be butter around the world.

Speaker 7 (01:47:49):
And you see what I think, Marcus is, if we
had a breakaway group to set up, there could be
so many options in the way we do it. We
certainly don't have to pay a CEO.

Speaker 1 (01:48:02):
But you needed you need some wealthy entrepreneur to decide
to go and do that thing. Okay, A Tindall type
thurs and thought, okay, we're going to start and useingland
butter thing and you know, and I mentioned probably it
would take a lot of money. Well maybe James Cameron,
he's into chaos, isn't here he's got dairy farmers.

Speaker 7 (01:48:20):
Well there would be some innovative people. But all we
have to do is boycott Frontier and say go get
you know, shove off. I'd like to see that happen.

Speaker 3 (01:48:30):
I'd like to.

Speaker 7 (01:48:31):
See anyone who's got a monopoly get told by the
customers that Okay, if you're not going to be loyal
to us, we're not going to be loyal to you.
Bugger off.

Speaker 1 (01:48:43):
I don't think what they understand. I mean they can
Willis and Horror can go on and talk about how
it's the markets, but what they'd understand is the incredible
depth of feeling. And I don't think the people, and
I don't think the dairy farmers want to be I
don't think they want city dwellers to resent them or
think that they are in fear out there themselves I

(01:49:04):
think farmers have always had a fairly good relationship in
this country. People have always quite liked farmers. But they
run the risk, they run the risk of losing their
good will with this one. That's right.

Speaker 7 (01:49:14):
And remember over the years there's been demonstrations and support
of the farmers, and I, for one, can support the farmers.

Speaker 1 (01:49:23):
And the huge supporting good will. And every time there's
a flood or anything, there's always you know, there's always
a great deal of worry for the farmers and stuff
like that. They've got great goodwill.

Speaker 7 (01:49:34):
Well, it's just an idea, and I reckon it would work, Marcus.
So you've run a good show mate.

Speaker 1 (01:49:39):
Nice hear from you. Thank you. Sixteen past eleven shennon,
good evening, it's Marcus. Welcome.

Speaker 27 (01:49:45):
Thanks Marcus. I'm listening with interest about the button prices,
which something that you learn and economics is or and
basic market suppliers. The prices they're charging overseas are the
same price as they're charging here, but they don't have

(01:50:07):
the cost of exporting or transporting those goods, and surely
that commits a discount to be provided within And I
personally think that the government, you know, like the supermarket
may need to I hate to say it, start putting

(01:50:28):
their foot down and saying, well, right, nine percent of
all dairy produced in New Zealand is going offshore, and
it's Middle East through to the Asian continent. But really
maybe a percentage of that should be should remain in
New Zealand.

Speaker 23 (01:50:45):
And perhaps that.

Speaker 27 (01:50:46):
Five percent is why prices are so high. There's so
little of it available to New Zealanders.

Speaker 1 (01:50:53):
I don't know what the cost of transporting a pound
of butter halfway around the wild would be. I imagine
to be piteas to work that out.

Speaker 27 (01:51:01):
Well, there has to be something. I mean, it's on
our backdoor, it's here. And another gripe I have with
fond Era and the collective charging such outrageous prices is
you know, traditionally going back I don't know when before
my time, but I believe the farmers were all given

(01:51:23):
huge subsidies and terrors to help support them when essentially
they were in need or you know, there wasn't a
greater market place for the products. So now why are
we being so heavily in alive?

Speaker 1 (01:51:40):
Yes, there was subject there was subsidies for farmers and
they got rid of those I'm not quite sure. I
mean there was some. I think that the labor government
got rid of those.

Speaker 27 (01:51:51):
Yeah, that traditionally means that.

Speaker 1 (01:51:53):
The minimum price subsidies wasn't it minimum? It was called
the minimum price or.

Speaker 27 (01:51:59):
Yes, and and so there's a lot of these farms
have actually been built out of the heart. You know
that the taxpayers dollars. So obviously people are paying money.
And there are cher milkers who go on and smelk
the cows that don't actually own the land, but they

(01:52:21):
take their herd on et cetera. But I still think
it's outrageous prices to think that the product manufactured here
in our country has been charged at international prices to the.

Speaker 7 (01:52:37):
New Zealanders.

Speaker 27 (01:52:38):
I find that outrageous.

Speaker 1 (01:52:40):
Nice to hear from your Sheddon, Thank you keep the
calls coming through. Think it was only around for six years,
supplementary minimum price, but I don't know that for sure.
You we had something to say about that. Get in touch,
O Wait hundred eighty ten eighty and nine nine two
to text. Doesn't feel like there's any major sports tournaments
this year? Does there? There's no Olympics, there's no World Cup,

(01:53:02):
there's I'm just trying to think what sort of it
was that, what's going on with that? Just one of
those years that not much is happening. If I miss something,
If at a Commonwealth game, it's not that. Maybe there
is not that anyone looks forward to that these days
because no much goes anyway. If there's something else you

(01:53:24):
want to talk about, something different, feel free to come through.
As I say, it's half past eleven. The number is
eight hundred and eighty ten eighty nine nine two detects.
Roman is along from twelve. I don't know what the
hot button topics are for today, but yeah, do come
through if you want to talk some of the other stuff.
I can mention. Oh, I don't know about who would

(01:53:45):
steal those Bobby calves chronically there'd be much of a
market for Bobby calves, is there? Well, they said nothing.
They're worth sixty five gram and I don't quite work
out where that is.

Speaker 5 (01:54:00):
Now.

Speaker 1 (01:54:01):
By the way, what's that movie that Pamela Anderson did?

Speaker 6 (01:54:03):
Is there?

Speaker 1 (01:54:03):
And you I couldn't work that one out. They're doing
all the press for so good. Yeah, anyway, someone want
to comment on that also tonight. But you do get
in touch. You want to be a part of the show.
My names Marcus, as I have said, oh eight hundred
and eighty ten eighty and nine to nine two detext
be nice to hear from you. God keep those emails
coming through two people, DDD Marcus. On TV one News tonight,

(01:54:36):
they mentioned that Fonterra will learn about twenty five billion
dollars from the butter bonanza, divided amongst the eight and
a half thousand Fontira farmers. I think that adds up
to need three million dollars per farmer. I think I
heard all that information correctly. Is how much they said
from it. That's a pretty staggering kind of a number.

(01:55:01):
I'll just make sure that that are arithmetics right acaculat
dot twenty five billion, one two, three, four, five, six,
seven eight nine divided by eight five zero zero, there
is three million New Zealand butter exports. I'll do the

(01:55:26):
value of that in z butter exports value. No, I
think it's two point five to four billion. I think
you might have an extra.

Speaker 5 (01:55:37):
Zero on that.

Speaker 1 (01:55:37):
Last year it was or twenty twenty three, so that's
only three hundred thousand per farmer. Full butter aless and
people making the ridiculous comparison amount for price of coffee. Well,
that would be a luxury that people would have. You'd say,
it's the same as compared to a glass of wine.
People drink a bottle of wine. But that's you know,

(01:55:58):
that's not essential for families. That's one of the most
fatuous arguments I've ever heard. Anyway, I don't know who
said it, Sundra Marcus, welcome, Oh, good.

Speaker 3 (01:56:08):
Evening, Marcus. Something of a lighthearted nature to take away
from butter and cream and coffee, et cetera. On the
news tonight on seven sharp, they ran a program on
two cats, one of Siamese and one of Burmese. And

(01:56:31):
the Siamese had a penchant for sending people's clothes, including
underpants and socks, et cetera. And she had a great
big clothes basket full of clothes every month. And it
showed him actually cuting on a pair of trousers.

Speaker 11 (01:56:53):
Did they.

Speaker 1 (01:56:55):
Shark and film the cat?

Speaker 3 (01:56:58):
Yes, yes, And when they were there, he bought whilst
in with a pair of trousers. And then there was
a boom who was seeing people. Obviously children's are soft toys.
And she actually put up a poster every week and

(01:57:20):
neighborhood people would come and reclaim their items. Now I'm
saying this. I had a cat called Marco after Marco Polo,
and he used to go on his adventures and steal
neighborhood socks.

Speaker 1 (01:57:37):
I wonder will they do it?

Speaker 3 (01:57:40):
Well, do they think their own is going to run
a mouse?

Speaker 1 (01:57:43):
Do they think their own is going to reward them? Yeah?

Speaker 3 (01:57:46):
I think it's a gift and getting a reward, And
like some cats go off and get mice, don't they. Well,
I think it's much nicer than a mouse. But I
don't know about people's own bents.

Speaker 1 (01:58:02):
Where were they in the film. They wouldn't get them
from the clothesline. Where were they getting them from?

Speaker 3 (01:58:07):
Yeah? Yeah, they reckon those close ears. You know how
people have close ears outside?

Speaker 1 (01:58:17):
Okay, outside, that makes more sense. Okay, they're pulling them
off that yeah.

Speaker 10 (01:58:21):
Yeah, but.

Speaker 3 (01:58:24):
Yeah, the bearmese was obviously going inside to get the
soft toys.

Speaker 1 (01:58:33):
Through cat doors. I suppose, oh they're doing it, yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:58:40):
Maybe, yeah, yeah, exactly.

Speaker 10 (01:58:43):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:58:44):
Oh well, I thought it was quite funny.

Speaker 1 (01:58:47):
And good they got the good they caught it on
camera doing that. That's quite exciting.

Speaker 3 (01:58:53):
It was, It was, it was really funny and a
great big long pair of trousers, and of course he
was gating the way with his gate and yeah, it
was really funny, really funny. So I thought that would
give people at Google.

Speaker 1 (01:59:11):
Might have a look at it. Thanks, and I appreciate that.
In the cricket, you didn't choose to bat, chose to
bat fifty seven four one after six overs, Melbourne Storm
have won thirty four to thirty. That was a very
good game, very I thought they had a chance to
would at the end the roosters, but yeah, no such
luck but quite exciting. Anyway, do come through if you

(01:59:35):
want to have your say on what's happened on the
topics tonight anything else before the end, He old Fontira's
pra wear out the six billion dollar Man. But if
you go to the New Zealand Herald Facebook page you
would not believe the comments. Before I came on here,

(01:59:57):
I thought, jeeps, creepers. I wanted they're going to be
reading that at Fonterra because wow, it was pretty extraordinary.
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