July 2, 2024 • 3 mins
The Country's Jamie Mackay made an appearance at the Primary Industry Summit and Awards in Wellington.
Listen to him unpack the highlights of day one here today.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Here we go, Jamie McKay, host of the Country out
of the Primary Industry Summit and Awards in Wellington, aren't
you Jamie?
Speaker 2 (00:07):
What was that hair? I couldn't quite pick that up.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Have you got your penguin suit on tonight?
Speaker 2 (00:11):
I'm about to Well, it's not a penguin suit. I'm
not going full dinner suit. But I'm about to get
into a suit as soon as I've finished this very
high rating cross.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
You keep on flattering me, because that's what I need
right now. Are you wearing a bow tie or just
a tie?
Speaker 2 (00:27):
No, I'm wearing neither. I'll be in the cheap seats
so that won't actually matter that much.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Why don't you nomination this evening? You're a dress up
for this stuff?
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Oh well, I've been on the road for about five
or six days and I've just run out of clothes,
to be honest. And you know when you go to
iron your shirt and a hotel and someone's sort of
a little the iron with thirty water and I'm thinking,
please don't let a spot go on my white shirt
for the night. And then I thought I had a spot,
but I just kept diyning it mouthed away there I'll
(00:59):
be wearing ring a nice white shirt.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Okay, so what are you nominated for?
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Outstanding Contribution to New Zealand Primary Industries Award. But it's
a longevity thing either. It's a bit like a gong.
If you hang around for long enough, they get you there.
But to be honest with you, possibly I'll probably be
a distant third. I hope Julian Rain wins. He's the
former president of Federated Farmers, a guy who's been a
(01:26):
real entrepreneur and not only dairy but horticulture, one of
the instigators of the y Mare Dam. I'd love him
to win, but I suspect that the winner will be
Evangeli Vitalis. He's the guy who helps negotiate the free
trade agreements with the UK and the EU, And one
of the numbers that got thrown at us today was
how much your average key we fruit are grower is
(01:49):
benefiting from that free trade agreement with the EU because
the Keiwi fruit season is snuck in there just in time.
Sixteen thousand dollars per grower in New Zealand, so sizable
benefit to the country. So I think he'll be the
one of it. There are awards also for Science and Research,
Emerging Leader Team and Collaboration, Primary Industries, Champion Technology Awards
(02:13):
and a Guardian and Conservation Awards and Rural Hero. So
what's that about six or seven awards. Yeah, it's a
good night out for the who's who of the primary
industries and Heather, I'll tell you what. I've all been
here today or they will be there tomorrow. Like today
we've had Todd McLay, Ray Smith from MPI, Wayne Langford,
(02:34):
president of Federated Farmers, Joe Luxton Labour's a spokesperson, Miles Hurrell,
Dan Bolton from silver Fern Farms. Tomorrow the Prime Minister
Chris flux and kicks it off. We've got Vangeli Vitalis
speaking and Special Trade and boy Hamish Maha talking about India.
The politicians are here all over the place. Andrew Hoggart
(02:55):
from Act, Mark Patterson from New Zealand. First, No Damien O'Connor, interestingly,
and I didn't spot green anywhere.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Yeah, I think Damien might have might have realized it's
not a lot of love for him at the moment.
Jamie beast of like, I hope you win it. As
Jamie McKay host to the country for more from Hither
Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to news talks it'd be
from four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
Here we go, Jamie McKay, host of the Country out
of the Primary Industry Summit and Awards in Wellington, aren't
you Jamie?
Speaker 2 (00:07):
What was that hair? I couldn't quite pick that up.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Have you got your penguin suit on tonight?
Speaker 2 (00:11):
I'm about to Well, it's not a penguin suit. I'm
not going full dinner suit. But I'm about to get
into a suit as soon as I've finished this very
high rating cross.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
You keep on flattering me, because that's what I need
right now. Are you wearing a bow tie or just
a tie?
Speaker 2 (00:27):
No, I'm wearing neither. I'll be in the cheap seats
so that won't actually matter that much.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Why don't you nomination this evening? You're a dress up
for this stuff?
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Oh well, I've been on the road for about five
or six days and I've just run out of clothes,
to be honest. And you know when you go to
iron your shirt and a hotel and someone's sort of
a little the iron with thirty water and I'm thinking,
please don't let a spot go on my white shirt
for the night. And then I thought I had a spot,
but I just kept diyning it mouthed away there I'll
(00:59):
be wearing ring a nice white shirt.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Okay, so what are you nominated for?
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Outstanding Contribution to New Zealand Primary Industries Award. But it's
a longevity thing either. It's a bit like a gong.
If you hang around for long enough, they get you there.
But to be honest with you, possibly I'll probably be
a distant third. I hope Julian Rain wins. He's the
former president of Federated Farmers, a guy who's been a
(01:26):
real entrepreneur and not only dairy but horticulture, one of
the instigators of the y Mare Dam. I'd love him
to win, but I suspect that the winner will be
Evangeli Vitalis. He's the guy who helps negotiate the free
trade agreements with the UK and the EU, And one
of the numbers that got thrown at us today was
how much your average key we fruit are grower is
(01:49):
benefiting from that free trade agreement with the EU because
the Keiwi fruit season is snuck in there just in time.
Sixteen thousand dollars per grower in New Zealand, so sizable
benefit to the country. So I think he'll be the
one of it. There are awards also for Science and Research,
Emerging Leader Team and Collaboration, Primary Industries, Champion Technology Awards
(02:13):
and a Guardian and Conservation Awards and Rural Hero. So
what's that about six or seven awards. Yeah, it's a
good night out for the who's who of the primary
industries and Heather, I'll tell you what. I've all been
here today or they will be there tomorrow. Like today
we've had Todd McLay, Ray Smith from MPI, Wayne Langford,
(02:34):
president of Federated Farmers, Joe Luxton Labour's a spokesperson, Miles Hurrell,
Dan Bolton from silver Fern Farms. Tomorrow the Prime Minister
Chris flux and kicks it off. We've got Vangeli Vitalis
speaking and Special Trade and boy Hamish Maha talking about India.
The politicians are here all over the place. Andrew Hoggart
(02:55):
from Act, Mark Patterson from New Zealand. First, No Damien O'Connor, interestingly,
and I didn't spot green anywhere.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Yeah, I think Damien might have might have realized it's
not a lot of love for him at the moment.
Jamie beast of like, I hope you win it. As
Jamie McKay host to the country for more from Hither
Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to news talks it'd be
from four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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