February 13, 2025 • 38 mins
Jamie Mackay talks to Toby Williams, Prof Julian Paton, Jane Smith, Barry Soper, and Chris Brandolino.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Catch all the latest from the land. It's the Country
Podcast with Jamie McKay. Thanks to Brent, You're specialist in
John Deere construction equipment.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Get Ainie Zealand Welcome to the Country. Brought to you
by Brandt. Barely seventeen and barely dressed. That's hardly a
very good Valentine's Day song for our first guest, Federated
Farmer's Meat Loaf and wool Chair. Would you like what
I did there, Michelle, Yes you did? And Gisbine farmer
Toby Williams. Of course, today's Valentine's Day. On a more
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serious note, tomorrow's National Lamb Day and an even more
serious note today for a lot of the country marks
the two year anniversary since Cyclone. Gabrielle. I caught up
with this bloke this morning, not Toby Williams, but a
next guest after him, Professor Julian Peyton. This is the
guy who's driving the land Rover the length of New Zealand.
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He's a professor of heart valves and all that sort
of stuff. He'll explain all that and he's raising money
for heart health.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
Now.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
Of course he made the news. David Seymour made the
news when he attempted to drive his land rover up
the steps of Parliament. So we're going to talk to
Professor Julian Peyton about what he's doing, why he's doing it,
in the wonderful tradition of the land rover and what
it brought just after the Second World War to New
Zealand farming. Jane Smith's self described free range farmer, says
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farmers are aghast at the environmentally ignorant and economically inept
greenhouse gas submissions targets announced recently by the Coalition government.
Toby might agree with it. Barry Soper, it was a
fascinating week and Wellington and we were there for part
of it. And Chris Brandolino from newah we'll get his
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take on cyclone. Gabrielle, how big an event we know
it was? Should I say we know it was a
huge event? But could another one be just around the corner?
And what can we do for getting some rain for
the dry parts of the country. Okay, let's kick off
the show on Valentine's Day.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
We're going Toby.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Williams better add farmer's meat and wool chair. That's hardly romantic.
It's a bit hot and heavy. Isn't it for a
Valentine's Day song? Good afternoon?
Speaker 3 (02:50):
I thought it actually really closely.
Speaker 5 (02:52):
You know, we've got Valentine's Day and National Lamday tomorrow,
so we've got a love song and Meatloaf.
Speaker 6 (02:57):
The two just magic to get it.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Yeah, well, meat Loaf was pretty good. You see, you
picked it up second time round. I'm of a generation
where this album only seven songs on it. Meatloaf came
out when I was eighteen. It was a seminal part
of my life.
Speaker 5 (03:12):
Yeah, and I say that he was a seventh of
my life as well as obviously in school and then
the university. Is an amazing artist and enduring legacy.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
But missus Williams four for this.
Speaker 5 (03:27):
She did actually yet it was actually Jamie twenty five
years ago today we actually officially got together.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Oh wow, wonderful on Valentine's Day. You'll never forget that. Okay,
let's get serious for a wee bit nation, No, I won't.
I'll start with I'll start with the two year anniversary
of cyclone. Gabrielle, you are a Gisbon sheep and beef farmer.
What are your memories? Have you fully recovered? We talked
to Sandra Faulkner Awebit earlier in the week. They've still
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got diggers out on the farms.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
Yeah, no, we haven't fully recovered.
Speaker 5 (03:59):
And it's there's a lot of things you'll probably go
about not six seven kys of fencing realistically to strange
enough and take the netting off and put posts back in.
But we stockproof enough and this our flips a.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Pretty much healed.
Speaker 7 (04:09):
Now.
Speaker 5 (04:10):
We've got a good strong country and we went too
badly affected with more slumps. But it was one of
the most airy days waking up on the fourteenth of
a couple of years ago when we woke up and
we had no power and no internet, and fortunately I
had Sky and we sat there watching the news and
there was nothing about Gisbon, you know, a little bit
about body wife and Auckland with those poor firefighters lost
their lives, and that was about it. And it was
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two or three days, so we sort of realized that
well didn't know we were completely cut off.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
Yeah, well, and what happened that Merouai was an absolute disaster.
But I guess in terms of being really thumped hard,
maybe I'm not doing west Auckland. Oh maybe I'm doing
them a disservice here, but I think some of the
really brutal damage was obviously done on the east coast
of the North Island from where you are down to
the wire rapper.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Yeah, well from.
Speaker 5 (04:58):
North of me we lost all of bridges and you
know and a lot of you know, there's lives of
those people and a lot of livestock and a lot
of farming people have had long term consequences to their
to their farms, to their their mental health and you know,
and to their careers really, so it was a really
tough day. And also remembering two weeks before we had
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cycle hail come through, so we're pretty well beaten up
by then.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Yeah, Okay, On a brighter note, National Lamb Day tomorrow.
We had the National Lamb Day precursor of the barbecue.
It's on the speakers lawn at Parliament on Tuesday. Was
a great day to be in Wellington with all everything
kicking off around Seymour and the land Rover. More about
that in the tick. But what are you doing tomorrow
with missus Williams.
Speaker 5 (05:43):
Yeah, we're gonna throw some lam wrecks on the barbie
and grab some mates around and it might even been
really generous to write my staff round and you know,
and we'll have a bit of a fry out. It's
the national thing we should be doing, you know, celebrating
what you know, what built our nation, you know, wall
and sheep meat was what made our greaton We're fortunate
at the moment we've got dairy cows continuing that.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
Well, I don't think sheep farming is an industry industry
of the past, Toby. It's not a sunset industry as
Roger Douglas and David Longley described it in the eighties.
I think it's on the way back.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
Yeah, well, i'd like to say it is.
Speaker 5 (06:17):
You know, we're getting good returns now for meat, will
you know, the sort of lagged and we ever hopeful
that's going to improve. But you know, the way the
government's sort of you know, discussing their climate, your omissions profile,
the emissions reductions targets, is making sheep farmers feel really
uncomfortable and really like that the government doesn't believe in
sheep farming in our country anymore.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Well, I know you won't have heard her because she
hasn't been on yet, but I'm sure you'll be tuning
into what Jane Smith has to say. She is from
the methane science according she's none too happy about these
new targets set by Simon wat or is it what
so I keep forgetting his name? The Climate change Minister,
you know, Christopher Luxon said on this show that the
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minimum they could do if they wanted to stay in
the Paris Accord or Climate Agreement was to go above
the fifty percent that James and Jacinda signed up to
by twenty thirty. Of course, the new target is by
twenty thirty five, we've effectively only gone one percent more.
What else could we do?
Speaker 7 (07:21):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (07:22):
Yeahs a yeah, that's a good point. But and the
Partisans kept telling us that. And I think, you know,
as a sheet and beef farman, as a leader in
the seven Beeg farming industry, where we need to be
back in behind the scenes here and really showing these
ministers why it's impractical to be able.
Speaker 6 (07:37):
To do this.
Speaker 5 (07:38):
One in five seat farms under their proposals is going
to have to go be planted into pine trees. And
if anybody in this country think they had a good
idea for food production and the jobs, then you know,
maybe you should move somewhere else.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
It's Valentine's Day. One of the great lovers at Federated
Farmers has to be your president, Wayne Langford. I'm sure
he won't mind me saying that. He wears his heart
on his sleeve. He's going to be on the show
on Wednesday. You guys have got your farmer Confidence results
coming up. I think it is on Wednesday, isn't it, yep?
So what do you reckon? Have you seen them yet?
Speaker 5 (08:11):
No, we haven't seen them exally, but I think there's
going to be a bit of an uptickn sentiment. You know,
dairy farming's looking pretty good. I think a lot of
that survey was done before this emissions reductions announcement, so
we're not going to get their weight of those sheep
farmers building, you know that the stress of that, but
they're still underlying stresses there, you know for a lot
of farmers, certainly the climate targets and the government, but
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also you know, labor and the banks, and then we've
got the bank inquiry going on that Richard beccontizing a
wonderful job, Walt, and you know we need to you know,
make farming great again. Really, I think it's we're suffering
a little bit. I heard the vegetable Grow on the
radio this morning saying exactly the same thing. But people
don't seem to respect food production in our country anymore,
which is, you know, the only thing if we don't
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respect fruit production, the only thing you're going to get
is higher prices and important food.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
Okay, Toby, thank you very much. I'll leave you. I'm
going to leave you with the we bit of meet Loaf.
Speaker 5 (09:02):
You certainly can't teemy up going back to jagging machet.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Yeah, you're not tempted to get into the old self
shed is the ones you don't have to dag or
crutch or dip. Life would be so much easier. You
could spend many hours listening to this fine album with
Missus Williams sharing a lamb chop.
Speaker 5 (09:20):
Just at managers told I told about sell the farm
before I put a shitty cheap on my property.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
Good on your time, Toby, you stay strong, right, we've
lost him, I think here he goes. Okay, it is
sixteen after twelve. Well, what we've done here today on
the country is we've grabbed some of our staff members
Michelle Jane, even Rowena. I dropped her a text, and
we've asked them for their go to Valentine Days Valentine's
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Day songs. That's right, of course I would have sent
a Valentine's message to the program director who's currently in
told Wronger, but I can't. She's in tow wrong her
phone is in Dunedin.
Speaker 8 (10:03):
I wondered when this story was going to come out
after your wee ranch.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
Well, it's not in themed and it's on its way there.
I'm gully it gets there. When it gets there, I
will send her my very best wishes on Valentine's Day.
What about Richard?
Speaker 8 (10:16):
Yep, I've had a message already from my husband.
Speaker 4 (10:18):
Yep.
Speaker 8 (10:19):
He's a good man.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
Yeah. And what's your go to Valentine's Day song?
Speaker 8 (10:22):
I've picked the Cure Friday. I'm in love because it's Friday.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
Yeah, Actually that's not bad. I'm a bit worried about
Jane Ferguson, Stoppy Brian Adams. Oh, and what's Rowena Gott
We'll find out before the end of the hour for you,
how are we going to take a break now? On
the other side of it, I caught up with them
a wee bit earlier this morning in Napier because he's
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on the road as we speak, between Napier and Talpo
and he's you know that Napier Talper road infamous for
not having very good cell phone coverage, so we thought
we'd better get him in the can. I've been trying
to get him all week as his name is Professor
Julian Peyton. He owns the twentieth landrover ever made, the
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one that made all the headlines on Monday when David
Seymour jumped behind the wheel. He's next raising money for
heart health and research. I've been trying to track this
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man down all week. He's a very busy man. And
the reason he's been hard to get ahold of is
because he hasn't been in mobile reception areas, because he's
been driving the back blocks of New Zealand and the
Series one land Rover the length of the country almost
to raise money for heart health. His name is Professor
Julian Peyton. Of course, on Monday his publicity went through
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the roof when David Seymour decided Julian to drive your
land driver or attempt to drive it up the steps
of Parliament. What do they say about publicity? All publicity's
good publicity.
Speaker 3 (12:13):
Well, thank you Jamie very much for the opportunity to
join your show. Yes Monday was an interesting day in
the life of my life and also the life of
the land Rover. I would like to just start by
saying that, of course this land Rover, it's the twentieth
land Rover ever made, the twentieth production land Rover. It's
the first land Rover that came to New Zealand, was
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first registered thirty first of August nineteen forty eight, came
into Wellington and it came in as a single vehicle
as a demonstrator from the Rover Company. And one of
the demonstrations that it did was to drive up Parliament steps.
That was back in nineteen forty eight, and the reason
for that was, of course, you have to bear in
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mind at that time the only four wheel drive vehicles
were millid. This was the first Cevillian vehicle farm vehicle
that was four wheel drive. And so being a demonstrator,
what great publicity it must have been in the day
to drive this vehicle up those steps. And so the
idea for us was, since we were coming through Wellington,
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was to park it and potentially drive up the steps.
That was the request that I put forward to my
local MP and that went through Parliament Security and the
Speaker made a decision that we could park next to
the steps but not drive on the steps, which was still,
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I suppose, something we really wanted to do, because it'd
be lovely for us to have got then photographs of
it park next to those famous steps. In the back
of twenty on the day on Monday, we had a
couple of ramps and so what we were going to
do is we were going to place these ramps just
ahead of the first step and drive the land rover
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up those ramps to get the land rover looking as
if it was about to go up the steps, and
that would have made it a little bit more realistic.
So the bottom line here is that on the Monday morning,
as we're coming over on the picton to Wellington Ferry,
we had no intention I had no intention of driving
it up the steps.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
Well, it hasn't done your fundraising calls any harm politically,
people may or may not agree with that. Look, I'm
fascinated by what you're doing, a professor Julian Peyton, because
I grew up on a farm and I cut my teeth,
learned to drive on an old Series one land Driver.
Magnificent old vehicles, but they don't go very fast.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
No, they weren't designed to go super fast. But of
course back in nineteen forty eight motorcars didn't go very
fast either, So the land rover runs it around forty
forty five miles an hour. It's got a sixteen hundred
cc engine in it. It was built for farmers, so
it was desig to go over fields on tracks, you
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wouldn't want the speed. What you actually want in off
road conditions is talk. You want the ability to be
at a climb hill, so it's fitted with a low
range gearbox. You want the ability to go through water,
so the engine is hoisted quite high underneath the bonnet.
It's very well sprung, and I can assure you that
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although we pin over a lot of bumps, it is
actually quite a comfortable car to drive. So no, speed
was definitely not the main thing around a land Rover.
I think the versatility of the vehicle. It's fitted with
a power takeoff a unit on the back, so you
can drive farm implements either stationary such as a bench
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saw or a hay turner, or a baler or whatever
you know this vehicle, land Rover was the first four
by four in the country, in the world, let's put
it that way Before of course the next one, which
was the Toyota land Cruiser, a good four boy four.
But the land Rover was way ahead of its time.
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And there's no doubt that this vehicle and we I
can testify this because I've met so many people as
we've driven up through the country who have come out
of their houses. They've waved us down, they've stopped us.
They want to look at twenty and they've told us
old dad or granddad had an old land Rover on
the farm and he used it for fencing, or he
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used it to take the sheep into market, or he
used it to round up the sheep. This, that and
the other. And the bottom line here is is that
the land Rover has been an instrumental vehicle for the
development of agriculture in New Zealand. It really has gone
places that no other vehicle has gone before.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
Hey, just to finish up with I could check to
you all day. Unfortunately I haven't got time for that.
But you're a napier. You're making your way to Auckland.
When do you get there? And how much money do
you hope to raise for heart health?
Speaker 3 (17:01):
Yeah, so we're in Apia to day Tonight today we
go to Lake Tapo and then tomorrow Lake Tappo to
Hamilton and then on Sunday we're leaving Hamilton Landrover Dealership
at nine o'clock and we will be relaying through Hampton
Down and there will be a convoy from Hamilton on
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Sunday morning to Hampton Down and then we relay through
Hampton Down for Auckland and hope to get to Auckland
sometime just after lunch on Sunday afternoon. If all goes well,
we're aiming to raise three hundred thousand dollars. We are
approaching fifteen percent of our way there, so there's still
quite a bit of still quite a bit to raise,
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but I'm still optimistic we'll hit that target given the
fact that we've yet to get to Hamilton. Yet to
get to Auckland, and believe there'll be a lot of
people there that will be willing to support our cause.
Speaker 2 (17:56):
Professor Julian Payton lovely to check to you and congratu
relations on buying and driving the twentieth ever made landrov
from Otago up to Auckland. Thanks for your time, Thank
you very much.
Speaker 3 (18:09):
Jeremie really appreciate this opportunity.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
What a wonderful effort. What a good bloke he was
too when I caught up with them a wee bit
earlier this morning. So he runs the University of Auckland
Center for Heart Research. They're raising money, hoping to raise
three hundred thousand dollars. If you'd like to donate, I'm
going to You should too, because heart health affects everyone.
Just Google Drive for hearts and for the four use
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a numeric for and that'll point you in the right direction.
Val Valentine's Day songs. This is Rowena's choice. What's she
trying to tell? Young Andy? What a romantic song? Rowena? Well,
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I suppose it is. Up next Jane Smith. I have
no idea what her go to Valentine's Day song is,
but I know I know because I got a press
release a wee bit earlier this morning. She is a ghast,
aghast at what the Coalition government's up to. Never Die,
I wondering what she's thinking. Jane Smith.
Speaker 4 (19:16):
Up next.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
She's a North Otago farmer who describes herself as a
Methane Science Accord founding member. I would call her a
poster girl, but that would be politically incorrect. She's a
New Zealand representative of the Global Farmer round Table, an environmentalist,
she's won of the Balance Farm Environment Awards and a
free range farmer. Jane Smith, you're none too pleased. In fact,
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you're saying farmers are aghast at the are mentally ignorant
and economically enepped greenhouse gas emissions targets announced by the
coalition government. I'm letting you off the chain here, Jane.
Speaker 9 (20:10):
Good afternoon, Jamie. Yes, certainly. I think it was two
weeks ago. I ripped the National Party Rosette off my
twin set Cardigan, and I vowed and declared I probably
would never support the NETS again. I mean the sort
of Marxist emissions announcement. It was akin to something straight
out of the Green Party playbook, actually, Jamie, and you know,
it just was really disappointed, mainly because it's sort of
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that lazy, limp wristed politics from Luxton and Simon Watts
who simply couldn't be bothered. I guess upsetting the Green
faction and thought her twenty four billion dollar cost was
an easier way out, Jamie, and I think that's frankly appalling.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
All right, let's add some balance to this and play
Devil's advocate. Of course, we signed up to a fifty
percent reduction by twenty thirty. That wasn't the NATS or
the coalition government. That was Jacinda and James Dickson on
this show said we went from fifty percent to effectively
fifty one because they've given themselves the range of fifty
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one to fifty five by twenty thirty five, because that
is the minimum we could stick with if we wanted
to stay with the Paris Climate Agreement.
Speaker 9 (21:17):
Yeah, it's interesting, Jamie. This is actually a bit more
serious than the NETS just simply being tricky with the truth.
It's actually had total absence of any form of I
guess you'd call it structural integrity or economic modeling. And
you know, their whole powers record is actually crumbling. And
you know the other countries that put the new NBC
targets out, there was only five countries that did so,
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so ninety five percent of other countries conveniently missed the deadline,
which New Zealand could have done the same. And the
actual four other countries that did line up was New
Zealand or all third world country So it's actually meaningless
because they don't actually have to pay anything if they
don't meet those targets, they simply they are the ones
that will be getting the money. So you know, US
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and that Indonesia have pulled out the BRIX groups, that's
what is that. Brazil, China, India, Russia, South Africa, UAE
have pulled out, apart from actually China has stayed in there,
but of course no intention of reducing fossil fuels. It's
just there to sort of help push the Western world
to its own destruction. So EU UK, the whole thing's
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in termold Jamie. So the best thing they could have
done is actually despided some time and just waited lead alone,
you know, pushing ahead with this. So it's just unbelievable.
And I guess if we really explore where this is going,
and I know that that old line comes up and
you're willing to risk trade. Actually if you look, if
you look at it, all you need to do is
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actually draw the emissions trajectory line, and a four year
old could draw it. No offense to four year olds
and a fourteen year old could extrapolate out actually that
those emissions to a kg of food, it's only going
down one way, and it's down. So you know, New
Zealand produces less zero point one point seven.
Speaker 2 (22:59):
Of the Yeah, I know everyone bangs on about that one, Jane,
but I'm going to throw this back at you, and
you've referred to it. But let's go a wee bit
more in depth on this one. What are you going
to say to the likes of Crystalpa Luxeen or Miles
Hurle industry leader who will say that the likes of Nesle,
Denah and Sainsbury's simply are going to take their custom
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elsewhere if we pull out of the Paris Climate Accord.
Speaker 9 (23:23):
It's really interesting, Jamie. So there's a couple of options.
We could have just delayed our NDC announcement and actually
runs some figures on this, but actually what we're looking for,
and it's really interesting. We have this discussion on the
Global Farm around table all the time. They're actually looking
for some leadership from a country that has the majority
of its ambissions from food production and is decreasing them
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anyway by default. So we could have taken a leadership
stance on this and actually say, actually, you know what,
we're a food and fiber producing country. We're already punching
above our weight. We're not going to risk our efficiency.
We're effectively broke by the way, so you know, throwing
another twenty four billion, whether it's actually writing that check
to go offshore or actually spending that money on short
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have reduced you know me saint even further than we
need to. Just bose sort of interfering with all sorts
of scenarios in terms of our lifestyles and actually say
where actually produces a natural protein, this is where it's at,
and actually take a stance because it just we had
this sort of limp wristed sort of and we see
it with the EMA, the Meat Industry Association, the sort
of wit and see and gosh, you know, go cap
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in hand to these countries. Actually take his stance. And
it's really interesting that that's a really bad at this.
You look at Stuart Smith two years ago, he was
a one of the few MP's that actually called out
the he called the climate change plan at that time
from the previous government the science of bullshit and I
quote that the science of bullshit, and he said it
was full of predetermined you know, physicians, false premises and politicking,
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and that's exactly what's happening. And that's no wonder. We've
got people like Stewart being pushed as side when he
shows an ounce of scientific mouth and people like Simon
Wat's coming in that is just a yes man and
the industry's following it. It's following him. So we actually
it's time to stand up and actually show a profile
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which seems to be something that is an egg sector
and a country was very very poort doing, Jamie.
Speaker 2 (25:21):
Jane Smith, I'm out of time. Thanks for yours. I
hope you get some rain and some sunshine. I hear
is needed in on your North Otago.
Speaker 9 (25:28):
Farm certainly as Jamie lot to feed, but about a
heat would be great.
Speaker 2 (25:32):
Got on you, Jane. You've certainly got a fan base
out there. Jane was actually just talking about predetermined positions.
Here's a text from my old mate John mcavinie. Hi, Jamie.
Totally agree with Jane because he sent this like about
four minutes ago. Totally agree with Jane, even though I
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haven't heard what she's had to say yet. She's a
great care We Well, there you go, John was always
going to love what she had to say. You tell
us whether you agree with Jane or whether you agree
with the Climate change Minister Simon Watt, or is it
what's it's a bit like Charlie Watts. Charlie Watt's the
Rolling Stones Drummer. I always got confused there as well.
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We are going to take a break up next Rural
News and Sports News, and I just want to remind
you too it's National Lambday tomorrow. Of course we were
talking to Toby Williams about that. Thanks to Beef and
Lamb New Zealand and AG Proud, we have got we
have got your chance to register your barbecue for the
chance to win one of five Lamb barbecue boxes. They're
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worth two hundred dollars each. That's a grand all up.
There's five of them, so just go to the website
National Lambday dot co dot NZ. Very disappointed by the
way with the behavior of the supermarkets. Nothing new in that,
not even a sniff of a special for National Lamb Day.
Up next Rural News with Michelle. We'll have a look
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now we'll do rural news. This is the Righteous Brothers
Valentine's Day for the program director. I think she might
have found a phone after leaving it in Dunedin en
route to Tarna. Isn't that the first thing you would
check when you walk out the door, Michelle, that you've
got your phone with you.
Speaker 8 (28:48):
No comment, I'm not getting into.
Speaker 2 (28:50):
This, okay, right, we'll get into the rural news. We've
got lots to get through before the end of the hour.
Speaker 1 (28:56):
The Countries World News with Cob Cadet, New Zealand's leading
right on lawnlower bread. Visit steel for dot co dot
nz for your local stockist.
Speaker 8 (29:05):
Economic Growth Minister Nikola Willis and Agricultural Minister Tom McLay
have announced Rob Hewitt to cheer Agra zero for a
three year term. You can find out more about that
on our website at the Country dot Co dot nzeo.
Speaker 2 (29:16):
They'll please Jane Smith glad she didn't know that when
I was chatting to it. Right way you go and.
Speaker 8 (29:21):
Thisbrey has released its final forecast for the twenty twenty
four to twenty twenty five season, with a strong demand
and largest ever crop putting the Kiwi fruit Marketer on
track to exceed its long standing target of four point
five billion in global revenue. Forecast for tray returns have
strengthened from the last forecast in November for all fruit
categories other than green, which remains with the November forecast.
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Per Hectea levels for green and organic green have reached
record levels, with sun gold increasing from November. Ruby red
returns to remain steady for both portray and per hectare.
And other things that are happening this weekend of course,
Young Farmers, Regional Finer Final and wycuttur Bay of Plenty
tomorrow are so if you're up that way, pop along
and have a look and check it out.
Speaker 2 (30:03):
Yeah, and some Mari your feedback coming in. I don't
always agree with Jane Smith, but she's right on the
money here. Our politicians are selling us down the river.
Your feedback is welcomed on five double nine.
Speaker 7 (30:17):
Sport with AFCO.
Speaker 1 (30:18):
Visit them online at AFCO dot co.
Speaker 2 (30:20):
Dot Nz and on my twelve thirty sports Headlines bulletin
Here Michelle, no story, no super Rugby story. It starts tonight,
of course, is it?
Speaker 8 (30:29):
Crusaders Hurricanes, Crusaders Hurricanes and christ Church and Highlanders war
atars in Australia.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
Yeah, and then the best game of the weekend will be,
no disrespect to the Highlanders, will be the Blues and
the Chiefs.
Speaker 8 (30:39):
Absolutely, that'll be game to watch tomorrow seven pm. Of
course you can listen on gold.
Speaker 2 (30:43):
Sport you can. Indeed, I think Amish McKay might be
calling that one. Now. We were talking about young Sam
Ruth yesterday. This is the fifteen year old kid and
he's only a kid. He's smashing all these world records
and New Zealand open records. Well, the guy whose record
he is after or has broken, a Norwegian runner, Jacob
(31:07):
a yucka Ninger Bricks. Thank you, thank you very much.
How good was he? We but disappointing in the Olympics
in his first race, but then came home. So he's
broken the world men's indoor fifteen hundred meters and mile
records in the same race at a meat in France.
She how good. I'm so excited about Sam Ruth. Up next,
(31:29):
Barry Soper. I wonder what his go to Valentine's Day
song is. It's like a bigger bed Surpi that's more.
What a great go to Valentine's Day song from cousin
(31:53):
Barry Soper. You're all class. Dean Martin doesn't get much
better than that Baz.
Speaker 7 (32:00):
In your age, Jamie, that's the problem.
Speaker 2 (32:02):
No, Dean Martin is ageless. Dean Martin is ageless. Now
will the coalition be ageless? Or they just die a
death at three years of age?
Speaker 7 (32:12):
No, No, I don't think so. I think Seymour's playing
a very deliberate game. In my view. He knows that
he's untouchable when it comes to being sacked by the
Prime Minister. But you know, he tends to overplay his card,
like suggesting that Chris Luxon should read a bit more
(32:34):
before he makes public comments. I think is over the
letter that Seymour scent On behalf of the I thought
surgeon in Auckland, Philip Pulkinghorn. You know, it's the public
statements I think that he should be very careful about making.
But you know, I don't think it will be the
end of the coalition.
Speaker 3 (32:54):
No.
Speaker 2 (32:54):
I think their fortunes will improve this year with the
fortunes of the economy, just really quickly, like the driving
up up the parliament steps. Shana Dern in two thousand
and three. But Bob Tizzard did it as well, apparently.
Speaker 7 (33:07):
Well in nineteen forty eight, so we're told, but there's
no proof.
Speaker 2 (33:10):
Run no, no, no, nineteen forty eight. But the only reason
they drove it up the stairs was a demonstration of
how it could climb things, but didn't in the eighties.
Bob Tizzar do it? Do you remember that? No?
Speaker 7 (33:22):
No, it was Old Shane I.
Speaker 2 (33:23):
Dorn two thousand and three.
Speaker 7 (33:25):
Yep, my last cousin of Descenders drove Myrtle the tractor
you remember, up the steps of Parliament, but you know,
and he was arrested, but the police or the courts
heat it's wasting their time and it was thrown out.
So it was just simply as silly thing to do.
And Seymour clearly knew that the speaker wouldn't have been
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happy about it, but he nevertheless when it hadn't fired,
not just the speaker but the security initially before being
told to back off.
Speaker 2 (33:54):
I can hear young Iggy in the background. He's needing
your attention. A lamb on the menu tomorrow at the
at the Soaper du Plas see Allen House.
Speaker 7 (34:01):
Oh absolutely, lamb is always on the menu. Jamie, it's
one of my favorite dishes.
Speaker 5 (34:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (34:08):
Good on your National LAMB data Mora Baz you go well.
Great to catch up, cheers Jamie. Yeah. Great to hear
Barry back on the radio after the birth of Heather
and his second child, McKay. What a great name. What
a great name for a week girl. Up next, Chris Brandolino.
Speaker 3 (34:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (34:29):
Some interesting texts coming and some of them not publishable
on Valentine's Day songs, but anyhow, Chris Brandolino Next, that's
a welcome back to the country. Wrapping up with Chris
(34:55):
Brandolino from the This is his go to Valentine's Day song,
The We the Girls. It's raining men. Just before we
go to Chris, a message from our partners at Farmstrong.
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well and to farm well. Chris Brandolino, it's raining men.
I don't know about men, but people could do with
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raining some water in parts of the North Island. She's
getting a bit.
Speaker 6 (35:40):
Dry, Holy smokes, a bit dry.
Speaker 3 (35:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (35:43):
Look, there's meteorological drought that has evolved and the flying
farmers of eastern Tatanaki, northern and central Manawatu and even
southwest Wacott though are all too well aware of this.
So there is drought there and even surrounding that there's
an extensive area of extremely dry to very dry conditions.
All of this by way of NILA's New Zealand Drought
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Index Map, which you can check it out yourself. But yeah,
drawnness is problematic, unfortunately. Well, a bit of good news
and bad news, and probably more bad news. But let's
start on the bright side, and that is we're going
to get some beneficial rain. There'll be a little bit
of nickel and dime showers this weekend for the Corimandel,
maybe the odd heavy shower in Ttanaki, but I think
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we're going to have to wait until early next week Monday,
in particular Tuesday and Wednesday, when a much better chance
for widespread rain forms. Some of that rain will be heavy.
We don't want heavy rain or too intense rain, as
you know with falling on very dry or drought soils,
because that tends to run off more not get absorbed,
crazing potentially its own problems. But once that look to
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bad news is once that rain moves by, and there
could be you know, some widespread fifteen thirty milimeters rainfall
amounts maybe fifty millimeters mounths in some areas, which is good.
But once that moves by, Hi, Jamie, we're looking at
a return to dryness for the rest of the month
and unfortunately probably nothing in terms of a surplus for
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rainfall for a couple of weeks. There are we talking.
Speaker 2 (37:12):
About the whole country here, Chris, or just.
Speaker 6 (37:17):
North Island in terms of in terms of sorry dryness
or rainfall?
Speaker 2 (37:20):
No, no, I'm just talking about the extended dry Is
it for the entire country or just the dry parts
of the North Island? Sorry?
Speaker 6 (37:27):
Oh, look at the worst of the dryness is certainly
over the western and upper North Island full stop. There
are some pockets of dryness that are growing, for example,
over interior Otago Queenstown Lakes District is for one the
lower Westland region. That's another area around Westport it's becoming dry,
though not prolifically dry, but dry. And over toward Western
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Southland that's another area where we have dried to very
dry condition. So the lower part of the South Island
is dry, but really it's the North Island, particularly western
Central that is in dire straits in terms of lack
of rain.
Speaker 2 (38:02):
Okay, Chris Brandelena, thank you for your time. Enjoy Valentine's
Day today and National Lamb Day tomorrow. That is Chris
Brandolino wrapping the Country. You have a great weekend. We'll
catch you back on Monday.
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Speaker 2 (00:38):
Get Ainie Zealand Welcome to the Country. Brought to you
by Brandt. Barely seventeen and barely dressed. That's hardly a
very good Valentine's Day song for our first guest, Federated
Farmer's Meat Loaf and wool Chair. Would you like what
I did there, Michelle, Yes you did? And Gisbine farmer
Toby Williams. Of course, today's Valentine's Day. On a more
(01:00):
serious note, tomorrow's National Lamb Day and an even more
serious note today for a lot of the country marks
the two year anniversary since Cyclone. Gabrielle. I caught up
with this bloke this morning, not Toby Williams, but a
next guest after him, Professor Julian Peyton. This is the
guy who's driving the land Rover the length of New Zealand.
(01:23):
He's a professor of heart valves and all that sort
of stuff. He'll explain all that and he's raising money
for heart health.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
Now.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
Of course he made the news. David Seymour made the
news when he attempted to drive his land rover up
the steps of Parliament. So we're going to talk to
Professor Julian Peyton about what he's doing, why he's doing it,
in the wonderful tradition of the land rover and what
it brought just after the Second World War to New
Zealand farming. Jane Smith's self described free range farmer, says
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farmers are aghast at the environmentally ignorant and economically inept
greenhouse gas submissions targets announced recently by the Coalition government.
Toby might agree with it. Barry Soper, it was a
fascinating week and Wellington and we were there for part
of it. And Chris Brandolino from newah we'll get his
(02:17):
take on cyclone. Gabrielle, how big an event we know
it was? Should I say we know it was a
huge event? But could another one be just around the corner?
And what can we do for getting some rain for
the dry parts of the country. Okay, let's kick off
the show on Valentine's Day.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
We're going Toby.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Williams better add farmer's meat and wool chair. That's hardly romantic.
It's a bit hot and heavy. Isn't it for a
Valentine's Day song? Good afternoon?
Speaker 3 (02:50):
I thought it actually really closely.
Speaker 5 (02:52):
You know, we've got Valentine's Day and National Lamday tomorrow,
so we've got a love song and Meatloaf.
Speaker 6 (02:57):
The two just magic to get it.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Yeah, well, meat Loaf was pretty good. You see, you
picked it up second time round. I'm of a generation
where this album only seven songs on it. Meatloaf came
out when I was eighteen. It was a seminal part
of my life.
Speaker 5 (03:12):
Yeah, and I say that he was a seventh of
my life as well as obviously in school and then
the university. Is an amazing artist and enduring legacy.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
But missus Williams four for this.
Speaker 5 (03:27):
She did actually yet it was actually Jamie twenty five
years ago today we actually officially got together.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Oh wow, wonderful on Valentine's Day. You'll never forget that. Okay,
let's get serious for a wee bit nation, No, I won't.
I'll start with I'll start with the two year anniversary
of cyclone. Gabrielle, you are a Gisbon sheep and beef farmer.
What are your memories? Have you fully recovered? We talked
to Sandra Faulkner Awebit earlier in the week. They've still
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got diggers out on the farms.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
Yeah, no, we haven't fully recovered.
Speaker 5 (03:59):
And it's there's a lot of things you'll probably go
about not six seven kys of fencing realistically to strange
enough and take the netting off and put posts back in.
But we stockproof enough and this our flips a.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Pretty much healed.
Speaker 7 (04:09):
Now.
Speaker 5 (04:10):
We've got a good strong country and we went too
badly affected with more slumps. But it was one of
the most airy days waking up on the fourteenth of
a couple of years ago when we woke up and
we had no power and no internet, and fortunately I
had Sky and we sat there watching the news and
there was nothing about Gisbon, you know, a little bit
about body wife and Auckland with those poor firefighters lost
their lives, and that was about it. And it was
(04:33):
two or three days, so we sort of realized that
well didn't know we were completely cut off.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
Yeah, well, and what happened that Merouai was an absolute disaster.
But I guess in terms of being really thumped hard,
maybe I'm not doing west Auckland. Oh maybe I'm doing
them a disservice here, but I think some of the
really brutal damage was obviously done on the east coast
of the North Island from where you are down to
the wire rapper.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Yeah, well from.
Speaker 5 (04:58):
North of me we lost all of bridges and you
know and a lot of you know, there's lives of
those people and a lot of livestock and a lot
of farming people have had long term consequences to their
to their farms, to their their mental health and you know,
and to their careers really, so it was a really
tough day. And also remembering two weeks before we had
(05:18):
cycle hail come through, so we're pretty well beaten up
by then.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Yeah, Okay, On a brighter note, National Lamb Day tomorrow.
We had the National Lamb Day precursor of the barbecue.
It's on the speakers lawn at Parliament on Tuesday. Was
a great day to be in Wellington with all everything
kicking off around Seymour and the land Rover. More about
that in the tick. But what are you doing tomorrow
with missus Williams.
Speaker 5 (05:43):
Yeah, we're gonna throw some lam wrecks on the barbie
and grab some mates around and it might even been
really generous to write my staff round and you know,
and we'll have a bit of a fry out. It's
the national thing we should be doing, you know, celebrating
what you know, what built our nation, you know, wall
and sheep meat was what made our greaton We're fortunate
at the moment we've got dairy cows continuing that.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
Well, I don't think sheep farming is an industry industry
of the past, Toby. It's not a sunset industry as
Roger Douglas and David Longley described it in the eighties.
I think it's on the way back.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
Yeah, well, i'd like to say it is.
Speaker 5 (06:17):
You know, we're getting good returns now for meat, will
you know, the sort of lagged and we ever hopeful
that's going to improve. But you know, the way the
government's sort of you know, discussing their climate, your omissions profile,
the emissions reductions targets, is making sheep farmers feel really
uncomfortable and really like that the government doesn't believe in
sheep farming in our country anymore.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Well, I know you won't have heard her because she
hasn't been on yet, but I'm sure you'll be tuning
into what Jane Smith has to say. She is from
the methane science according she's none too happy about these
new targets set by Simon wat or is it what
so I keep forgetting his name? The Climate change Minister,
you know, Christopher Luxon said on this show that the
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minimum they could do if they wanted to stay in
the Paris Accord or Climate Agreement was to go above
the fifty percent that James and Jacinda signed up to
by twenty thirty. Of course, the new target is by
twenty thirty five, we've effectively only gone one percent more.
What else could we do?
Speaker 7 (07:21):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (07:22):
Yeahs a yeah, that's a good point. But and the
Partisans kept telling us that. And I think, you know,
as a sheet and beef farman, as a leader in
the seven Beeg farming industry, where we need to be
back in behind the scenes here and really showing these
ministers why it's impractical to be able.
Speaker 6 (07:37):
To do this.
Speaker 5 (07:38):
One in five seat farms under their proposals is going
to have to go be planted into pine trees. And
if anybody in this country think they had a good
idea for food production and the jobs, then you know,
maybe you should move somewhere else.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
It's Valentine's Day. One of the great lovers at Federated
Farmers has to be your president, Wayne Langford. I'm sure
he won't mind me saying that. He wears his heart
on his sleeve. He's going to be on the show
on Wednesday. You guys have got your farmer Confidence results
coming up. I think it is on Wednesday, isn't it, yep?
So what do you reckon? Have you seen them yet?
Speaker 5 (08:11):
No, we haven't seen them exally, but I think there's
going to be a bit of an uptickn sentiment. You know,
dairy farming's looking pretty good. I think a lot of
that survey was done before this emissions reductions announcement, so
we're not going to get their weight of those sheep
farmers building, you know that the stress of that, but
they're still underlying stresses there, you know for a lot
of farmers, certainly the climate targets and the government, but
(08:31):
also you know, labor and the banks, and then we've
got the bank inquiry going on that Richard beccontizing a
wonderful job, Walt, and you know we need to you know,
make farming great again. Really, I think it's we're suffering
a little bit. I heard the vegetable Grow on the
radio this morning saying exactly the same thing. But people
don't seem to respect food production in our country anymore,
which is, you know, the only thing if we don't
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respect fruit production, the only thing you're going to get
is higher prices and important food.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
Okay, Toby, thank you very much. I'll leave you. I'm
going to leave you with the we bit of meet Loaf.
Speaker 5 (09:02):
You certainly can't teemy up going back to jagging machet.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Yeah, you're not tempted to get into the old self
shed is the ones you don't have to dag or
crutch or dip. Life would be so much easier. You
could spend many hours listening to this fine album with
Missus Williams sharing a lamb chop.
Speaker 5 (09:20):
Just at managers told I told about sell the farm
before I put a shitty cheap on my property.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
Good on your time, Toby, you stay strong, right, we've
lost him, I think here he goes. Okay, it is
sixteen after twelve. Well, what we've done here today on
the country is we've grabbed some of our staff members
Michelle Jane, even Rowena. I dropped her a text, and
we've asked them for their go to Valentine Days Valentine's
(09:48):
Day songs. That's right, of course I would have sent
a Valentine's message to the program director who's currently in
told Wronger, but I can't. She's in tow wrong her
phone is in Dunedin.
Speaker 8 (10:03):
I wondered when this story was going to come out
after your wee ranch.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
Well, it's not in themed and it's on its way there.
I'm gully it gets there. When it gets there, I
will send her my very best wishes on Valentine's Day.
What about Richard?
Speaker 8 (10:16):
Yep, I've had a message already from my husband.
Speaker 4 (10:18):
Yep.
Speaker 8 (10:19):
He's a good man.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
Yeah. And what's your go to Valentine's Day song?
Speaker 8 (10:22):
I've picked the Cure Friday. I'm in love because it's Friday.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
Yeah, Actually that's not bad. I'm a bit worried about
Jane Ferguson, Stoppy Brian Adams. Oh, and what's Rowena Gott
We'll find out before the end of the hour for you,
how are we going to take a break now? On
the other side of it, I caught up with them
a wee bit earlier this morning in Napier because he's
(10:47):
on the road as we speak, between Napier and Talpo
and he's you know that Napier Talper road infamous for
not having very good cell phone coverage, so we thought
we'd better get him in the can. I've been trying
to get him all week as his name is Professor
Julian Peyton. He owns the twentieth landrover ever made, the
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one that made all the headlines on Monday when David
Seymour jumped behind the wheel. He's next raising money for
heart health and research. I've been trying to track this
(11:40):
man down all week. He's a very busy man. And
the reason he's been hard to get ahold of is
because he hasn't been in mobile reception areas, because he's
been driving the back blocks of New Zealand and the
Series one land Rover the length of the country almost
to raise money for heart health. His name is Professor
Julian Peyton. Of course, on Monday his publicity went through
(12:01):
the roof when David Seymour decided Julian to drive your
land driver or attempt to drive it up the steps
of Parliament. What do they say about publicity? All publicity's
good publicity.
Speaker 3 (12:13):
Well, thank you Jamie very much for the opportunity to
join your show. Yes Monday was an interesting day in
the life of my life and also the life of
the land Rover. I would like to just start by
saying that, of course this land Rover, it's the twentieth
land Rover ever made, the twentieth production land Rover. It's
the first land Rover that came to New Zealand, was
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first registered thirty first of August nineteen forty eight, came
into Wellington and it came in as a single vehicle
as a demonstrator from the Rover Company. And one of
the demonstrations that it did was to drive up Parliament steps.
That was back in nineteen forty eight, and the reason
for that was, of course, you have to bear in
(12:57):
mind at that time the only four wheel drive vehicles
were millid. This was the first Cevillian vehicle farm vehicle
that was four wheel drive. And so being a demonstrator,
what great publicity it must have been in the day
to drive this vehicle up those steps. And so the
idea for us was, since we were coming through Wellington,
(13:19):
was to park it and potentially drive up the steps.
That was the request that I put forward to my
local MP and that went through Parliament Security and the
Speaker made a decision that we could park next to
the steps but not drive on the steps, which was still,
(13:41):
I suppose, something we really wanted to do, because it'd
be lovely for us to have got then photographs of
it park next to those famous steps. In the back
of twenty on the day on Monday, we had a
couple of ramps and so what we were going to
do is we were going to place these ramps just
ahead of the first step and drive the land rover
(14:01):
up those ramps to get the land rover looking as
if it was about to go up the steps, and
that would have made it a little bit more realistic.
So the bottom line here is that on the Monday morning,
as we're coming over on the picton to Wellington Ferry,
we had no intention I had no intention of driving
it up the steps.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
Well, it hasn't done your fundraising calls any harm politically,
people may or may not agree with that. Look, I'm
fascinated by what you're doing, a professor Julian Peyton, because
I grew up on a farm and I cut my teeth,
learned to drive on an old Series one land Driver.
Magnificent old vehicles, but they don't go very fast.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
No, they weren't designed to go super fast. But of
course back in nineteen forty eight motorcars didn't go very
fast either, So the land rover runs it around forty
forty five miles an hour. It's got a sixteen hundred
cc engine in it. It was built for farmers, so
it was desig to go over fields on tracks, you
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wouldn't want the speed. What you actually want in off
road conditions is talk. You want the ability to be
at a climb hill, so it's fitted with a low
range gearbox. You want the ability to go through water,
so the engine is hoisted quite high underneath the bonnet.
It's very well sprung, and I can assure you that
(15:24):
although we pin over a lot of bumps, it is
actually quite a comfortable car to drive. So no, speed
was definitely not the main thing around a land Rover.
I think the versatility of the vehicle. It's fitted with
a power takeoff a unit on the back, so you
can drive farm implements either stationary such as a bench
(15:44):
saw or a hay turner, or a baler or whatever
you know this vehicle, land Rover was the first four
by four in the country, in the world, let's put
it that way Before of course the next one, which
was the Toyota land Cruiser, a good four boy four.
But the land Rover was way ahead of its time.
(16:08):
And there's no doubt that this vehicle and we I
can testify this because I've met so many people as
we've driven up through the country who have come out
of their houses. They've waved us down, they've stopped us.
They want to look at twenty and they've told us
old dad or granddad had an old land Rover on
the farm and he used it for fencing, or he
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used it to take the sheep into market, or he
used it to round up the sheep. This, that and
the other. And the bottom line here is is that
the land Rover has been an instrumental vehicle for the
development of agriculture in New Zealand. It really has gone
places that no other vehicle has gone before.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
Hey, just to finish up with I could check to
you all day. Unfortunately I haven't got time for that.
But you're a napier. You're making your way to Auckland.
When do you get there? And how much money do
you hope to raise for heart health?
Speaker 3 (17:01):
Yeah, so we're in Apia to day Tonight today we
go to Lake Tapo and then tomorrow Lake Tappo to
Hamilton and then on Sunday we're leaving Hamilton Landrover Dealership
at nine o'clock and we will be relaying through Hampton
Down and there will be a convoy from Hamilton on
(17:23):
Sunday morning to Hampton Down and then we relay through
Hampton Down for Auckland and hope to get to Auckland
sometime just after lunch on Sunday afternoon. If all goes well,
we're aiming to raise three hundred thousand dollars. We are
approaching fifteen percent of our way there, so there's still
quite a bit of still quite a bit to raise,
(17:45):
but I'm still optimistic we'll hit that target given the
fact that we've yet to get to Hamilton. Yet to
get to Auckland, and believe there'll be a lot of
people there that will be willing to support our cause.
Speaker 2 (17:56):
Professor Julian Payton lovely to check to you and congratu
relations on buying and driving the twentieth ever made landrov
from Otago up to Auckland. Thanks for your time, Thank
you very much.
Speaker 3 (18:09):
Jeremie really appreciate this opportunity.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
What a wonderful effort. What a good bloke he was
too when I caught up with them a wee bit
earlier this morning. So he runs the University of Auckland
Center for Heart Research. They're raising money, hoping to raise
three hundred thousand dollars. If you'd like to donate, I'm
going to You should too, because heart health affects everyone.
Just Google Drive for hearts and for the four use
(18:35):
a numeric for and that'll point you in the right direction.
Val Valentine's Day songs. This is Rowena's choice. What's she
trying to tell? Young Andy? What a romantic song? Rowena? Well,
(18:56):
I suppose it is. Up next Jane Smith. I have
no idea what her go to Valentine's Day song is,
but I know I know because I got a press
release a wee bit earlier this morning. She is a ghast,
aghast at what the Coalition government's up to. Never Die,
I wondering what she's thinking. Jane Smith.
Speaker 4 (19:16):
Up next.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
She's a North Otago farmer who describes herself as a
Methane Science Accord founding member. I would call her a
poster girl, but that would be politically incorrect. She's a
New Zealand representative of the Global Farmer round Table, an environmentalist,
she's won of the Balance Farm Environment Awards and a
free range farmer. Jane Smith, you're none too pleased. In fact,
(19:56):
you're saying farmers are aghast at the are mentally ignorant
and economically enepped greenhouse gas emissions targets announced by the
coalition government. I'm letting you off the chain here, Jane.
Speaker 9 (20:10):
Good afternoon, Jamie. Yes, certainly. I think it was two
weeks ago. I ripped the National Party Rosette off my
twin set Cardigan, and I vowed and declared I probably
would never support the NETS again. I mean the sort
of Marxist emissions announcement. It was akin to something straight
out of the Green Party playbook, actually, Jamie, and you know,
it just was really disappointed, mainly because it's sort of
(20:31):
that lazy, limp wristed politics from Luxton and Simon Watts
who simply couldn't be bothered. I guess upsetting the Green
faction and thought her twenty four billion dollar cost was
an easier way out, Jamie, and I think that's frankly appalling.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
All right, let's add some balance to this and play
Devil's advocate. Of course, we signed up to a fifty
percent reduction by twenty thirty. That wasn't the NATS or
the coalition government. That was Jacinda and James Dickson on
this show said we went from fifty percent to effectively
fifty one because they've given themselves the range of fifty
(21:07):
one to fifty five by twenty thirty five, because that
is the minimum we could stick with if we wanted
to stay with the Paris Climate Agreement.
Speaker 9 (21:17):
Yeah, it's interesting, Jamie. This is actually a bit more
serious than the NETS just simply being tricky with the truth.
It's actually had total absence of any form of I
guess you'd call it structural integrity or economic modeling. And
you know, their whole powers record is actually crumbling. And
you know the other countries that put the new NBC
targets out, there was only five countries that did so,
(21:39):
so ninety five percent of other countries conveniently missed the deadline,
which New Zealand could have done the same. And the
actual four other countries that did line up was New
Zealand or all third world country So it's actually meaningless
because they don't actually have to pay anything if they
don't meet those targets, they simply they are the ones
that will be getting the money. So you know, US
(21:59):
and that Indonesia have pulled out the BRIX groups, that's
what is that. Brazil, China, India, Russia, South Africa, UAE
have pulled out, apart from actually China has stayed in there,
but of course no intention of reducing fossil fuels. It's
just there to sort of help push the Western world
to its own destruction. So EU UK, the whole thing's
(22:21):
in termold Jamie. So the best thing they could have
done is actually despided some time and just waited lead alone,
you know, pushing ahead with this. So it's just unbelievable.
And I guess if we really explore where this is going,
and I know that that old line comes up and
you're willing to risk trade. Actually if you look, if
you look at it, all you need to do is
(22:43):
actually draw the emissions trajectory line, and a four year
old could draw it. No offense to four year olds
and a fourteen year old could extrapolate out actually that
those emissions to a kg of food, it's only going
down one way, and it's down. So you know, New
Zealand produces less zero point one point seven.
Speaker 2 (22:59):
Of the Yeah, I know everyone bangs on about that one, Jane,
but I'm going to throw this back at you, and
you've referred to it. But let's go a wee bit
more in depth on this one. What are you going
to say to the likes of Crystalpa Luxeen or Miles
Hurle industry leader who will say that the likes of Nesle,
Denah and Sainsbury's simply are going to take their custom
(23:20):
elsewhere if we pull out of the Paris Climate Accord.
Speaker 9 (23:23):
It's really interesting, Jamie. So there's a couple of options.
We could have just delayed our NDC announcement and actually
runs some figures on this, but actually what we're looking for,
and it's really interesting. We have this discussion on the
Global Farm around table all the time. They're actually looking
for some leadership from a country that has the majority
of its ambissions from food production and is decreasing them
(23:44):
anyway by default. So we could have taken a leadership
stance on this and actually say, actually, you know what,
we're a food and fiber producing country. We're already punching
above our weight. We're not going to risk our efficiency.
We're effectively broke by the way, so you know, throwing
another twenty four billion, whether it's actually writing that check
to go offshore or actually spending that money on short
(24:06):
have reduced you know me saint even further than we
need to. Just bose sort of interfering with all sorts
of scenarios in terms of our lifestyles and actually say
where actually produces a natural protein, this is where it's at,
and actually take a stance because it just we had
this sort of limp wristed sort of and we see
it with the EMA, the Meat Industry Association, the sort
of wit and see and gosh, you know, go cap
(24:30):
in hand to these countries. Actually take his stance. And
it's really interesting that that's a really bad at this.
You look at Stuart Smith two years ago, he was
a one of the few MP's that actually called out
the he called the climate change plan at that time
from the previous government the science of bullshit and I
quote that the science of bullshit, and he said it
was full of predetermined you know, physicians, false premises and politicking,
(24:55):
and that's exactly what's happening. And that's no wonder. We've
got people like Stewart being pushed as side when he
shows an ounce of scientific mouth and people like Simon
Wat's coming in that is just a yes man and
the industry's following it. It's following him. So we actually
it's time to stand up and actually show a profile
(25:16):
which seems to be something that is an egg sector
and a country was very very poort doing, Jamie.
Speaker 2 (25:21):
Jane Smith, I'm out of time. Thanks for yours. I
hope you get some rain and some sunshine. I hear
is needed in on your North Otago.
Speaker 9 (25:28):
Farm certainly as Jamie lot to feed, but about a
heat would be great.
Speaker 2 (25:32):
Got on you, Jane. You've certainly got a fan base
out there. Jane was actually just talking about predetermined positions.
Here's a text from my old mate John mcavinie. Hi, Jamie.
Totally agree with Jane because he sent this like about
four minutes ago. Totally agree with Jane, even though I
(25:52):
haven't heard what she's had to say yet. She's a
great care We Well, there you go, John was always
going to love what she had to say. You tell
us whether you agree with Jane or whether you agree
with the Climate change Minister Simon Watt, or is it
what's it's a bit like Charlie Watts. Charlie Watt's the
Rolling Stones Drummer. I always got confused there as well.
(26:13):
We are going to take a break up next Rural
News and Sports News, and I just want to remind
you too it's National Lambday tomorrow. Of course we were
talking to Toby Williams about that. Thanks to Beef and
Lamb New Zealand and AG Proud, we have got we
have got your chance to register your barbecue for the
chance to win one of five Lamb barbecue boxes. They're
(26:37):
worth two hundred dollars each. That's a grand all up.
There's five of them, so just go to the website
National Lambday dot co dot NZ. Very disappointed by the
way with the behavior of the supermarkets. Nothing new in that,
not even a sniff of a special for National Lamb Day.
Up next Rural News with Michelle. We'll have a look
(26:58):
at Sports Newsbarry Sober and Chris Brandolino. Before the end
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now we'll do rural news. This is the Righteous Brothers
Valentine's Day for the program director. I think she might
have found a phone after leaving it in Dunedin en
route to Tarna. Isn't that the first thing you would
check when you walk out the door, Michelle, that you've
got your phone with you.
Speaker 8 (28:48):
No comment, I'm not getting into.
Speaker 2 (28:50):
This, okay, right, we'll get into the rural news. We've
got lots to get through before the end of the hour.
Speaker 1 (28:56):
The Countries World News with Cob Cadet, New Zealand's leading
right on lawnlower bread. Visit steel for dot co dot
nz for your local stockist.
Speaker 8 (29:05):
Economic Growth Minister Nikola Willis and Agricultural Minister Tom McLay
have announced Rob Hewitt to cheer Agra zero for a
three year term. You can find out more about that
on our website at the Country dot Co dot nzeo.
Speaker 2 (29:16):
They'll please Jane Smith glad she didn't know that when
I was chatting to it. Right way you go and.
Speaker 8 (29:21):
Thisbrey has released its final forecast for the twenty twenty
four to twenty twenty five season, with a strong demand
and largest ever crop putting the Kiwi fruit Marketer on
track to exceed its long standing target of four point
five billion in global revenue. Forecast for tray returns have
strengthened from the last forecast in November for all fruit
categories other than green, which remains with the November forecast.
(29:43):
Per Hectea levels for green and organic green have reached
record levels, with sun gold increasing from November. Ruby red
returns to remain steady for both portray and per hectare.
And other things that are happening this weekend of course,
Young Farmers, Regional Finer Final and wycuttur Bay of Plenty
tomorrow are so if you're up that way, pop along
and have a look and check it out.
Speaker 2 (30:03):
Yeah, and some Mari your feedback coming in. I don't
always agree with Jane Smith, but she's right on the
money here. Our politicians are selling us down the river.
Your feedback is welcomed on five double nine.
Speaker 7 (30:17):
Sport with AFCO.
Speaker 1 (30:18):
Visit them online at AFCO dot co.
Speaker 2 (30:20):
Dot Nz and on my twelve thirty sports Headlines bulletin
Here Michelle, no story, no super Rugby story. It starts tonight,
of course, is it?
Speaker 8 (30:29):
Crusaders Hurricanes, Crusaders Hurricanes and christ Church and Highlanders war
atars in Australia.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
Yeah, and then the best game of the weekend will be,
no disrespect to the Highlanders, will be the Blues and
the Chiefs.
Speaker 8 (30:39):
Absolutely, that'll be game to watch tomorrow seven pm. Of
course you can listen on gold.
Speaker 2 (30:43):
Sport you can. Indeed, I think Amish McKay might be
calling that one. Now. We were talking about young Sam
Ruth yesterday. This is the fifteen year old kid and
he's only a kid. He's smashing all these world records
and New Zealand open records. Well, the guy whose record
he is after or has broken, a Norwegian runner, Jacob
(31:07):
a yucka Ninger Bricks. Thank you, thank you very much.
How good was he? We but disappointing in the Olympics
in his first race, but then came home. So he's
broken the world men's indoor fifteen hundred meters and mile
records in the same race at a meat in France.
She how good. I'm so excited about Sam Ruth. Up next,
(31:29):
Barry Soper. I wonder what his go to Valentine's Day
song is. It's like a bigger bed Surpi that's more.
What a great go to Valentine's Day song from cousin
(31:53):
Barry Soper. You're all class. Dean Martin doesn't get much
better than that Baz.
Speaker 7 (32:00):
In your age, Jamie, that's the problem.
Speaker 2 (32:02):
No, Dean Martin is ageless. Dean Martin is ageless. Now
will the coalition be ageless? Or they just die a
death at three years of age?
Speaker 7 (32:12):
No, No, I don't think so. I think Seymour's playing
a very deliberate game. In my view. He knows that
he's untouchable when it comes to being sacked by the
Prime Minister. But you know, he tends to overplay his card,
like suggesting that Chris Luxon should read a bit more
(32:34):
before he makes public comments. I think is over the
letter that Seymour scent On behalf of the I thought
surgeon in Auckland, Philip Pulkinghorn. You know, it's the public
statements I think that he should be very careful about making.
But you know, I don't think it will be the
end of the coalition.
Speaker 3 (32:54):
No.
Speaker 2 (32:54):
I think their fortunes will improve this year with the
fortunes of the economy, just really quickly, like the driving
up up the parliament steps. Shana Dern in two thousand
and three. But Bob Tizzard did it as well, apparently.
Speaker 7 (33:07):
Well in nineteen forty eight, so we're told, but there's
no proof.
Speaker 2 (33:10):
Run no, no, no, nineteen forty eight. But the only reason
they drove it up the stairs was a demonstration of
how it could climb things, but didn't in the eighties.
Bob Tizzar do it? Do you remember that? No?
Speaker 7 (33:22):
No, it was Old Shane I.
Speaker 2 (33:23):
Dorn two thousand and three.
Speaker 7 (33:25):
Yep, my last cousin of Descenders drove Myrtle the tractor
you remember, up the steps of Parliament, but you know,
and he was arrested, but the police or the courts
heat it's wasting their time and it was thrown out.
So it was just simply as silly thing to do.
And Seymour clearly knew that the speaker wouldn't have been
(33:45):
happy about it, but he nevertheless when it hadn't fired,
not just the speaker but the security initially before being
told to back off.
Speaker 2 (33:54):
I can hear young Iggy in the background. He's needing
your attention. A lamb on the menu tomorrow at the
at the Soaper du Plas see Allen House.
Speaker 7 (34:01):
Oh absolutely, lamb is always on the menu. Jamie, it's
one of my favorite dishes.
Speaker 5 (34:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (34:08):
Good on your National LAMB data Mora Baz you go well.
Great to catch up, cheers Jamie. Yeah. Great to hear
Barry back on the radio after the birth of Heather
and his second child, McKay. What a great name. What
a great name for a week girl. Up next, Chris Brandolino.
Speaker 3 (34:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (34:29):
Some interesting texts coming and some of them not publishable
on Valentine's Day songs, but anyhow, Chris Brandolino Next, that's
a welcome back to the country. Wrapping up with Chris
(34:55):
Brandolino from the This is his go to Valentine's Day song,
The We the Girls. It's raining men. Just before we
go to Chris, a message from our partners at Farmstrong.
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(35:17):
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well and to farm well. Chris Brandolino, it's raining men.
I don't know about men, but people could do with
(35:37):
raining some water in parts of the North Island. She's
getting a bit.
Speaker 6 (35:40):
Dry, Holy smokes, a bit dry.
Speaker 3 (35:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (35:43):
Look, there's meteorological drought that has evolved and the flying
farmers of eastern Tatanaki, northern and central Manawatu and even
southwest Wacott though are all too well aware of this.
So there is drought there and even surrounding that there's
an extensive area of extremely dry to very dry conditions.
All of this by way of NILA's New Zealand Drought
(36:04):
Index Map, which you can check it out yourself. But yeah,
drawnness is problematic, unfortunately. Well, a bit of good news
and bad news, and probably more bad news. But let's
start on the bright side, and that is we're going
to get some beneficial rain. There'll be a little bit
of nickel and dime showers this weekend for the Corimandel,
maybe the odd heavy shower in Ttanaki, but I think
(36:26):
we're going to have to wait until early next week Monday,
in particular Tuesday and Wednesday, when a much better chance
for widespread rain forms. Some of that rain will be heavy.
We don't want heavy rain or too intense rain, as
you know with falling on very dry or drought soils,
because that tends to run off more not get absorbed,
crazing potentially its own problems. But once that look to
(36:49):
bad news is once that rain moves by, and there
could be you know, some widespread fifteen thirty milimeters rainfall
amounts maybe fifty millimeters mounths in some areas, which is good.
But once that moves by, Hi, Jamie, we're looking at
a return to dryness for the rest of the month
and unfortunately probably nothing in terms of a surplus for
(37:10):
rainfall for a couple of weeks. There are we talking.
Speaker 2 (37:12):
About the whole country here, Chris, or just.
Speaker 6 (37:17):
North Island in terms of in terms of sorry dryness
or rainfall?
Speaker 2 (37:20):
No, no, I'm just talking about the extended dry Is
it for the entire country or just the dry parts
of the North Island? Sorry?
Speaker 6 (37:27):
Oh, look at the worst of the dryness is certainly
over the western and upper North Island full stop. There
are some pockets of dryness that are growing, for example,
over interior Otago Queenstown Lakes District is for one the
lower Westland region. That's another area around Westport it's becoming dry,
though not prolifically dry, but dry. And over toward Western
(37:49):
Southland that's another area where we have dried to very
dry condition. So the lower part of the South Island
is dry, but really it's the North Island, particularly western
Central that is in dire straits in terms of lack
of rain.
Speaker 2 (38:02):
Okay, Chris Brandelena, thank you for your time. Enjoy Valentine's
Day today and National Lamb Day tomorrow. That is Chris
Brandolino wrapping the Country. You have a great weekend. We'll
catch you back on Monday.
Speaker 1 (38:22):
Catch all the latest from the Land. It's the Country
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