June 4, 2025 • 36 mins
Jamie Mackay talks to Wayne Langford, Riley Kennedy, Richard Lindroos, Chris Russell, and Murray Deaker.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:18):
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Speaker 3 (00:21):
Just good amiw Zealand and welcome to the Country. I'm
Jamie mckai's show. Normally coming to you out of Duneed
and today we are in Auckland or in Auckland for
the next couple of days full run sheet. Today we're
going to kick it off with Wayne Langford, the president
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of Federated Farmers and post a boy for Toyota Yamaha
and One New Zealand. Is there anything he's not endorsing
on a more serious note save as sheep billboards in
Wellington right beside Parliament and how you can get the
T shirt and the Fed's Banking survey and Fish and Game.
Riley Keannity will join us in the studio. He's a
(01:02):
rural journalist from Business Desk. Really good story about the
prospects for the dairy industry in the coming season. He
was recently in Fontira in China, should I say with
Fonterra with Henry Ackland and our guy in Shanghai, Hunter McGregor.
Richard Lindrew's Chief Executive of Field Days. Six sleeps to
go and then we're in out at Mystery Creek for
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the Field Days. Chris Russell Arossi, Correspondent and we've got well,
when you're in Auckland, you've got to talk to an Aucklander.
Who better than the biggest jaffer I know in Auckland
to chat to Michelle. We'll have rural news out of
our Dunedin studio. Andy McDonald doing a great job, paneling,
will do sport and Rowena no show without punts. She's
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even going to turn up to talk about houses, little houses.
But let's kick it off with the man himself, Wayne Langford,
Wayne Toyota, Yamaha One New Zealand. Any other gigs you
need to declare before we take you to hear?
Speaker 4 (02:02):
No, yeah, I mean nothing else to declear there. No,
there've been long time supporters to me. They've actually they
get in behind particularly the work I do in the
mental health space and have back that for quite some time.
And so it's it's really cool that they do actually
because obviously it's a big part of Ryal, New Zealand
and a big part of what I do as well. Well.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Well answered, any you and I are doing a song
and dance routine I think at field Days for Toyota
next week. Let's get onto the more serious subjects at hand.
Save our Sheep billboards in Wellington. Gee, you certainly stamped
your mark on the Wellington landscape.
Speaker 4 (02:37):
Yeah, well there's nothing. There's nothing more kind of in
your face than it than a use looking right at
you when you're looking from the officers of the deal
b ive and and I guess what we were thinking
behind that was. You know, there's a lot of these
trees being planted in the back blocks of nowhere, and
a lot of country being covered up that's easy to
forget about and to not see. But having this, having
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this as you look at your right from a billboard
right in front of the b I've officers, that's a
hell of a lot more on your face. And it's
making sure that our politicians don't forget.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
How do you get the T shirt?
Speaker 4 (03:11):
Save our Sheep T shirt? Yeah, you have to visit
the ficacy Harbit Field Days. There'll be plenty of T
shirts see for you to get your hands on, cheap
if you're a member, and even cheaper if you want
to become a member. So get amongst it and they
get involved.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
Let's have a look at that Federated Farmer's banking survey,
which I've conveniently left at my Poor Rowena's running around
looking for I've conveniently left at my desk. Here in Auckland.
They do they do? Oh no, there it is there,
I found it. Thank you, Rowena. You know what they
do here Wayne? They do hot desking. Do you know
what that is?
Speaker 4 (03:45):
Oh well, you don't even have a desk, po and
you're going to jump around whoever it is? Right?
Speaker 3 (03:50):
I think it's sort of a trendy Auckland. Think. Thank
god I've got my own office. I'm too grumpy to
share it down in duanedan Enyhow is hot desking? Rowena's
found the Federated Farmers are banking survey for me and
improvement from the banks. But they can do a lot better.
Speaker 4 (04:04):
Yeah, still some work together there, but it's good to
see the improvement and good to see that the advocacy
that we've been putting in there is starting to have
an effect. You know, banks are a big part of
our businesses, so all our farming businesses, and they play
a key role in what we do and we're just
making sure that you know that the farmers are getting
as much as we can out of them, and the
banks are being kind of well behaved and looking after
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our farmers as well.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
What surprised me, and I've been banging on about this
all week, and apologize and apologies to be in zed
if you guys at feeds or I've got it wrong,
but overdraft rates, they're too high across the board from
all banks, if you ask me, with the security the
average farm offers, but rabobanks the lowest at seven point
three percent from the what is it seven or eight
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hundred farmers who answered your survey, I just can't remember
the exact number, So there at seven point three percent.
B in Z remains the highest at nine point seven percent.
And I know this is a smallish sample. It's a sample. Nonetheless,
there shouldn't be that discrepancy. I wouldn't have thought.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
Yeah, well, it certainly does make you wonder. Obviously, banks
are in a competitive market and are allowed a price
accordingly however they want to. But I think, actually, Jamie,
you I mean to take a bit of credit here
as well. Some of the interviews that you've done and
some of the things you've highlighted have no doubt helped
many farmers across the country. I know at one stage
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there you were interviewing A and Z who I bank was,
and you were asking them about their average interest rate. Well,
I was then able to take that to my bank
and say, hey, well why am I over the average?
You know what's going on here and ask some questions. So,
I mean, you're doing exactly what federal farmers are doing
as well. We're just asking the question to say, hey,
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what's going on here. You're a big part of our businesses.
How do we make sure what's going on as fair?
As I think James Smith touched on the ODA, how
do we create a trusted relationship so that we know
that everyone's getting looked after you as best we can?
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Well, Wayne length, but I've got a bit of a
vested interest in this. I'm a partner in a dairy
equity partnership and I'm pretty hands off, to be perfectly honest.
Haven't never darkened the door of the milking shed, and
I don't really intend to. I spent enough time on
the end of the handpiece, but I was shocked last
year when I found out what our overdraft rate. Was
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I thought we're being ripped off.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
Yeah, no, certainly, And that's one of the biggest feedbacks
that we're hearing front farmers was around their overdraft rates,
their ability to move them, and obviously their inability to
switch banks at time. So just being lumped with what
they've got. So it is a challenging space. I will
put a small plug and I actually got rid of
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my overdraft three years ago, mainly one reason because I
kind of had to, But it is, it is, it's
a whole different world when you live in the black,
can betive in the red, Jamie and any farmers they
can get rid of it. I may actually suggest it
because because yeah, there's something different between the number zero
and maybe negative undred.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
Not every farmer out there has got a side hustle
with Toyota. Who else, Yamaha one New Zealand.
Speaker 4 (07:12):
No, No, that's it for me.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
All right now. I also want to talk about advocacy.
Be fair to say Federated farmers and Fish and Game
haven't always had the best of relationships, especially down on Southland,
my home province. Their advocacy function is under review. What's
happening there.
Speaker 4 (07:32):
Yeah, so we see an announcement this morning from the
Minister where effectively a lot of centralization of what fishing
game is doing, so bringing effectively forming a national Council
similar to what c pharmacies actually into into a national
body all kind of accountable to the national CEO and
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and that direction of travel, your licensing fees and and
your fishing fees. Well we'll all head to the to
the central point as well and then get distributed out
to the best point of need. And that takes away
this this you know, different province has done different things,
having different rules, attacking different different farming bodies in different ways,
and doing all kinds of things that you know that
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we felt were unnecessary. So it's a step in the
right direction. I don't know that we've fully got it there.
I mean we advocated that they lose their advocacy function altogether.
We don't really see a need for them to be,
you know, another environmental NGO. We think they should just
really be focusing on their on their fish in their game.
But it's a step in the right direction. As we
work our way through the Select Committee will be we'll
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be still advocating that from from a farming point of view.
Speaker 3 (08:42):
Now next week, as I mentioned, you and I will
be doing a song and down streetaining at field Days
together and no doubt we'll catch up again. What a
feeds up to it? Field Days?
Speaker 4 (08:50):
Yeah, well, our second year in the advocacy hubn and
as it is with anything, you know, it's got bigger
and better. And I see the calendars fully fully booked.
I think with ministers and MPs that we'll be coming
to make announcements and to share the good word. A
political so across the spectrum of all the parties all
coming along. Even I think Steve be Able from the
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Greens is coming along as well. So it's good to
see and a chance for everyone to meet and shake
hands with these politicians and here their thoughts are kind
of one on one. It'll be fantastic. So so looking
forward to being part of the hub. And also that
also all the Royal advocacy groups are there as well,
getting amongst it, and so a chance to meet up
with with those that represent you as farmers across the country.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
Okay, we'll see you at field Days next week. Wayne
Length and President of Federated Farmers Rowena. She's just charged
over here like she owns the place. Put on a microphone, Fader,
if you hadn't bought me a wonderful coffee, Rowena, I
did buy your dinner last night, I wouldn't have let
you on what's happening?
Speaker 5 (09:50):
Oh no, I was just going to say that the
Federated Farmers who's my microphone?
Speaker 6 (09:55):
This one over here?
Speaker 7 (09:56):
Here we go.
Speaker 5 (09:57):
I'm just going to say that photo of the Federated
Farmers billboard as actually up and on our Facebook page,
getting a whole heapertraction on social media. But Jamie, didn't
you famously say on the show once I'm young and
happened slightly gangster? And then you've just let your street
crew down by moaning about hot desk go sounding very boomy.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
But a hot desk is it doesn't matter? Look, I
reckon if you went out, there's like one hundred people
out there in a big open office space. But a
bet you you could ask them, would you like your
own private office where you can shut the door and
keep yourself to yourself? Or do you want to share
with the bloke next door.
Speaker 5 (10:32):
Picking his nose to be fair, to be fair well
with others?
Speaker 6 (10:35):
So I think.
Speaker 3 (10:36):
I'm a hermit at work. I come to work to work.
But anyhow, I'm hot desking and I've got paper for
Africa and I'm trying my best. It's the country. The
Southland Swede comes to town. Up next Riley Kennedy from
Business Desk. He's one of my go to guys for
getting information for this show. He's recently been in China
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with Fonterra. We're going to talk to him about that
and the s he's done on the prospects for the
dairy industry this coming season. Before the end of the hour,
Richard Linderus new chief executive of field Day's Six Sleeps
to Go. Chris Russell Rossi correspondent and we've got a
special jaffer to round out the show from Auckland. Welcome
(11:24):
back to the Country twenty one half the twelve from
the Auckland Studios where this man is Domicil. Riley Kennedy,
my go to guy from Business Desk, does all the
good rural and primary sector stories. Do you have to
hot desk, Riley?
Speaker 8 (11:40):
No, No, My desk is my desk and never announcecmbigger off.
Speaker 3 (11:43):
Yeah, I think that's fair enough. Now I'm a bit
like you. Now you were recently in Is this a
kind of a nose in the trough sort of thing,
because I saw you were in Shanghai with Fonterra, and
I know they do a lot of business over there,
but I did see a picture on social media from
my Shanghai based correspond at Hunter McGregor. There's you, Henry Ackland,
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the pr guy for Fonterra, who does a great job,
and Hunter no other word for it, grogging up in Shanghai.
Speaker 8 (12:11):
What happens on tour stays on tour. I would say
that Henry is my trusted translator. He speaks the language
I don't.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
Well, of course Hunters are very fluent as well. Yeah. No,
it's a fascinating city, Shanghai, very western ice compared to
the likes of Beijing, but huge obviously huge business for Fonterra.
It's the biggest single customer country wise.
Speaker 9 (12:36):
It is.
Speaker 8 (12:37):
It's a great city. It's very easy to get around
from boy from Meshburg and I can catch a train
round very easily. But it's huge. You don't actually fully
understand the scale of China until you get off the
plane and walk down the main street of Shanghai and
you see the average Chinese consumers consuming our dairy products.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
Let's have a look at the story you did on
Business Desk this morning, and I encourage everyone out there,
especially farmers, to subscribe to this if they haven't already,
because you're doing two or three really good rural or
primary sector stories daily there. Today's one is about dairy
prices to hold firm but geopolitical environment casting a shadow,
(13:16):
and it was really interesting. And I did say this
to Myles Hurrell, and he sort of brushed me off, awee,
but I said, it's really odd that your price range
is from eight dollars to eleven dollars. The natural midpoint
should have been nine dollars fifty, but they've gone to ten.
Yet they're signaling that it may go back down.
Speaker 8 (13:37):
Yeah, it caught me out, not that I've been around
that long, but I've never seen them do that. I
just automatically thought it was a midpoint into ut of
getting emails saying ten dollars is not the midpoint. But
I think that sort of signals the downside risk. And
I mean, you only need to have a look at
the front page of the Wall Street General to see
how the geopolitical environments like what Trump does well.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
OECD came out and we were talking about this one
on yesterday show with those with Ben picked in from Rabobank.
Those growth figures for the US economy are looking pretty
sad for this year, all off the back of Trump's tariffs.
Do you think the penny's going to drop for him?
Speaker 8 (14:17):
I'd love to know what goes through Trump's head. Spent
a lot of time thinking about that, but every day
I wake up and I wonder what's Trump said overnight?
Speaker 3 (14:27):
So, okay, Fonterra this is for the coming season is
sitting at ten dollars as their forecast at the moment
I see me. Raka has also come out there at
nine eighty five. Has Sinley. No, Sinlay hasn't come out
with anything as yet as a Sinley.
Speaker 8 (14:43):
We're still waiting for them.
Speaker 3 (14:44):
Okay, Sinlay, rattle your DAGs open Country. I'm not quite
sure where they're sitting as well. I'll ask Mark Delatour
that next week at field Days. But they're all Rabobank,
for instance. I know they're Higgins, always a wee bit
conservative there, but I think their opening shot is nine fifty.
Speaker 8 (15:05):
I thought they were ten, but they may be wrong.
Speaker 3 (15:07):
I thought, I don't know, maybe they are ten.
Speaker 8 (15:10):
That I thought they were ten, but you've probably know more.
Speaker 3 (15:13):
Well, no, no, I don't. I get confused. There's so
many numbers out there. So what was your gut feeling
on the Chinese economy when you were over there? Because
Hunter continually talks down when he's chatting to me on
the show, I.
Speaker 8 (15:28):
Would say that the demise of the Chinese economy has
probably been overdone. I mean, it's still growing at five
percent in the first quarter of this year. Luxem would
take five percent any day in New Zealand.
Speaker 3 (15:43):
Yeah, I think they were Actually that they were forecast
at four point eight. They're now forecast at four point seven.
Compared that to the American economy at one point six,
And I think, what are we struggling in the two's
low tes twos?
Speaker 8 (15:55):
I think, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (15:56):
So I think they would take that, but they're coming
off and your growth rates of seven or more.
Speaker 8 (16:01):
Yeah, then that's why everyone sort of is up in
arms about it. But people, you walk down the main
street of Shanghai, people are still drinking drinks, They're still
going and buying stuff. They're just not doing it as
a fast great as what they were previously.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
Mike McIntire is another guy we chatted to, or we
chatted to this week on the show. I think milk
futures for the season are currently at nine dollars eighty. Look,
I'm a conservative, always have been. Like fixing a milk price,
like fixing interest rates nine dollars eighty, you'd lock in,
wouldn't you? Surely?
Speaker 8 (16:34):
But I mean, I'm not a financial advisor, so I'm
not going to tell I'm not going to go and
tell farmers what to do, but you could hang on.
But everyone is relatively confident that this is the airy
prices are going to are going to stay firm at
where they are. There's just the risk that Trump's going
to say something, or something's going to happen in China
and everyone's going to have to cut.
Speaker 3 (16:54):
Or we have a world war or something like that.
Mind you, the Korean War was very good for the
wall industry. Perhaps we need some more another war to
encourage something for strong wall. Do you do do you
ever do stories on strong wall?
Speaker 8 (17:06):
By the way, yes, Conguor was a big one.
Speaker 3 (17:09):
Yep, that was.
Speaker 8 (17:11):
But I haven't looked at what the wall price is done.
Speaker 3 (17:13):
Well, it's not that flash basically compared to everything else.
Everything else is pretty good. The arable farmers won't agree
with me, but I look at the big ones, dairy,
red meat, and horticulture, especially kiwi fruit and apples are
pretty good. Hey, Riley Kennedy, great to catch up. We
will see you tomorrow. I'm coming back again tomorrow. Thanks
Field Days and at field Days looking forward to Field Days.
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We'll be there Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of next week.
And that's a nice segue into our next guest on
the country, the new chief executive off Field Days. Six
sleeps to go. Richard Lindry's up next. Oh jump a
gun awey, but there, I'm sorry about that one. New
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environments here in Auckland show coming out of Auckland for
the next two days, just coming up to twelve thirty.
The best laid plan of mice and men, is it?
Or something like that. Richard Lindrews is the new chief
executive of Field Days. We've got our wires crossed. He
thought he was on the show tomorrow. I thought he
was on today. I'm sticking with my story and Richard,
as per normal, I get my way. You're on the
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show today. So we're going to have to wing this one.
How's preparation going for field days? Your first field days
with six sleeps to go? Good afternoon?
Speaker 9 (18:26):
Yeah, Hi, Jamie, I was fantastic down here at Mystery
Creek and we're acu raring to go pekin as a
full swing. As you know, Damie, it's a city, not
a village, and we're already go for the next Wednesday.
I had a few showers that came through yesterday, but
things are going well, so we're excited looking forward to it.
Speaker 3 (18:45):
Hey, I know your predecessor, Peter Nation, used to keep
such a he would. I think he would lie awake
at night worrying, worrying about the weather. He's got nothing
to worry about now apart from counting his money, but
he was worrying about the weather. The long range forecast,
No doubt, you and the team at field Days at
Mystery Creek, we'll be keeping a keen eye on the
(19:06):
long range forecast six days out. What are we looking at?
Speaker 9 (19:09):
Yeah, well, we were actually having that discussion last night.
If you board members and we were comparing the different
long range forecasts that we're looking at. Look, I think
you will get the odd shower too. But it's looking
pretty good for the end of the week, going to
be a bit cooler, but no, we're comfortable with the
world whatever it brings so Resilian audience, as you know,
and we're looking forward to hosting you down here. And
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I think if we just go back to Peter well
done on is King's birthday weekend honor and I caught
up with them after that. So we're delighted that Field
Days is in the press and is that top of
mind for the all of New Zealand at the moment.
So let's just hope to where the gods behave themselves
as we head towards next Wednesday.
Speaker 3 (19:49):
Wow, you can take a set of gun but you
literally only even need them in the car park. You
don't need them on site because everywhere's paved these days.
And now the good new is also weatherwise, there might
be a few showers, apparently it's not going to be cold.
But the good news is what you know, the shower
is a bit of wind that prevents that the f
word turning up in Hamilton, which can be a bit
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of a killer fog. According to Phil Duncan, my weather.
Speaker 9 (20:13):
Guy, Yes, the fog is part of the atmosphere. But
I think we're excited. I said just before that we
open on Wednesday, we go through to Saturday. We're hosting
you the whole week and your your your life on
the from the show, and I'm looking forward to talking
to you. I heard your conversation with the Prime Minister
yesterday about all where field Days is heading in the
next few years, and I concur with him. You know,
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we've going to all the all the good work of
the people before us as we're lifting the game every year,
continuous improvement as agri businesses on a high so as
field Days, So we're looking forward to where we get to.
Speaker 3 (20:48):
Every year, you have a theme at field Days where
you used to under Peter's stewardship. I'm assuming there's there's
a theme or what is your mission statement for this
year's field Deal.
Speaker 9 (20:57):
It's the Mullet strategy, Jamie. You know, I talk about
the business, the business at the front and the party
at the back. So the business is you know, the Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
The party at the back is you know, it's the
Super Saturday. We have the Red Bull, Normar erasing the
drone Zone, the fiftieth anniversary of the tractor, Paull the
one big dig so lots going on, the heritage village
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and dairy block has been opened again. So lots to
do with the mullet strategy. That's all the business at
the front and the party at the back.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
Is there a competition for the best mullet at Field Days?
Speaker 9 (21:32):
Well, I think you and I could have a Go'd.
Speaker 3 (21:35):
Have to go back to the eighties, I think for
that one.
Speaker 9 (21:37):
A few photos around though, Jamie.
Speaker 3 (21:39):
I'll tell you yeah, I'm a big Emerson's fan down
on Duneed and of course wonderful brewery. But the guys
up here in the North Island and I think they're
still with you, good, George, Is that right?
Speaker 7 (21:50):
They are good?
Speaker 9 (21:51):
Which we're running three bars and so one of them
that we rebranded the Country Bar. So we're looking forward
that three public bars operating during the event. What a
great way to celebrate and connect with people. And as
you know, Field Days it's all about connection. It's you know,
the event itself, but actually that networking and that connection
you get during the four days it's on.
Speaker 3 (22:12):
Okay, We're going to catch up with you just again
before Field Days for another scene set Richard. But if
people are wanting to go along. It's important. It's like
it's cashless entry.
Speaker 9 (22:21):
Now.
Speaker 3 (22:21):
The best thing to do is to go online and
get your ticket. It saves you a hell of a
lot of time.
Speaker 7 (22:26):
Exactly is this easier?
Speaker 9 (22:28):
You know, we live in an online world. Purchase before
the day and download our Field Days app, which is
a fantastic resource.
Speaker 4 (22:35):
You know.
Speaker 9 (22:36):
It shows we park your car, you pin your car,
where you're heading. You can actually map out your route
and your day and it has all the exhibit information
on it. So it's fantastic, the Field Days app.
Speaker 3 (22:47):
Yeah, absolutely, download that. All right, a business at the front,
party at the back. We'll see you next week.
Speaker 9 (22:52):
We will take care there we go.
Speaker 3 (22:54):
Richard Lander is the chief executive taking over from Peter Nation,
who was recognized in the King's Birthday on as and
well deserved in his case. We're going to take a
break on the other side of it. Rural News with Michelle,
Sports News with Andy McDonald's doing a great job paneling
here in Auckland. Before the end of their Chris Russell
Orosie correspondent and a Jeffer because I'm in Auckland, you come.
Speaker 6 (23:17):
Still thirty three.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
Here's our Australian correspondent Chris Russell of long standing Chris,
I'm in Auckland today for the Radio Awards. I think
last time I was at the Radio Awards was with
you way back in the early two thousands when we
were finalists we did. How we didn't win, I don't know, Chris,
but when we were finalists for our Zac Show.
Speaker 2 (23:42):
Yeah, that was certainly a night you remember for me
two thousand and three it was and I like to
say we were runners up, but we were. We were
in the top three for the show we did when
we broadcast direct from Gallipoli and did all those interviews
with Helen Clark and others called The Digger's Special. It
(24:02):
was a great thing for us to do. I remember
doing that. I was so surprised when I got the awards.
I really wanted age me though, because I remember going
up there, you know, late fifties, early sixties and thinking, well,
I'm double the age of the next youngest person here.
It's amazing what a young person's business radio is these days. Jamie,
you'll feel the same. But it was a great experience,
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my only one really walking out the red carpet other
than when we were doing the TV show.
Speaker 3 (24:28):
Oh well, it's only one man's opinion, isn't it. A
Zerra Rush used to say when he didn't make the
All Blacks, he eventually got there, Chris. Something that's captivated
us here in New Zealand has been the mushroom poisoning case.
This Aaron Patterson, But it's having an effect on agriculture,
I e. Mushroom sales in Australia.
Speaker 2 (24:48):
Yes, well, how evidence, of course is that she picked
these mushrooms and mixed them up with mushrooms that she
bought from some of the supermarkets there. And in fact,
she said, most of the mushrooms in the beef and
we're acting from the supermarket and somehow these have got
mixed up with it. So I mean that's obvious clearly
they come from two different places. But some of our
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big supermarkets, who will Worth Coals and the mushroom grows themselves,
have actually reported a significant decline in the sales of
button rushrooms, the tacky mushrooms and those other mushrooms you buy,
you know, in the veggie section of the supermarkets. As
people are just saying, Nah, don't think I'm going to
take that risk. We're not going there, and clearly there
(25:29):
is no risks from those. They're all grown, you know,
in farming projects. They're completely different mushrooms, and obviously all
the checks and balances are in place that just couldn't occur.
But nonetheless, perception is definitely fact, and it's definitely affecting
their sales, and they're all just hoping that that's going
to turn around sometime soon. Who knows whether she's guilty
(25:52):
or not, that's for the course to decide, but just
the publicity, the anti mushroom publicity is proving to be
significant here, Jamie.
Speaker 3 (25:59):
Yes phrase my question. Alleged allegedly poisoned the family with
the mushrooms. No want to get sued. Now, South Australia
is your home state. My daughter lives there. I've got
two grandchildren there now, two Chris as well. That's I
guess aging me talking about the Radio awards. I was
reading a story online from some dairy farmer in South
(26:19):
Australia saying the worst drought in fifty years and South
Australia has now officially run out of hay.
Speaker 2 (26:27):
Yes, well this is a real worry. These farmers are
grappling with a significant hay shortage and no sign of
that breaking. And there's a minister going on a ministerial
meeting going on this week between our federal Agminister Julie
Collins to talk about extending the Future Drought Fund Communities
program for another four years because there's just no hay
(26:49):
in the stake and where it is available at the
prices are just unsustainable. I know from my own relatives
who are living north of Adelaide around Claire and up
in that country normally fantastic country, you know, and they
grow thousands and thousands of acres of canola and wheat
and so on. They're dry sewing their crops just hoping
it'll get rained on because it's too late for so
(27:12):
if it's got rain now, so they need to have
the seed already in the ground and all that fertilizer
and seed's gone in maybe no crop now. The rest
of Australia up north, of course, is looks like it's
having a record season, as I've reported before. You know,
they look like we're going to have some huge crop
if we take all that into account. But it would
even be huger Jamie, if there was such a word,
(27:34):
if only we could get through this drought down in
South Australia which has been going on now for well
over a year.
Speaker 3 (27:40):
Finally Australia is back installed EU trade talk. So are
you still waiting around across the ditch for the phone call,
like a lot of countries are from Trump? As Elbow
Anthony elbanisici your prime minister upset Trump with some of
his rhetoric.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
Well, look, he's tried to not say anything, but clearly
it's powerful that he thinks he's an idiot, as most
people seem to be saying these days. And this week,
the sort of stay on execution of doubling of the
tariffs comes to an end. So the tariff on our
steel and our aminium, which is not insignificant, it's a
(28:16):
couple of hundred thousand tons of steel that we send
over there, doubles from twenty five to fifty percent. Yet
we haven't received these sort of come and talk to
me letter that has been sent to most of their
other key strategic allies. We're supposed to be a country
which is in the closest of relationships with Orcust. We
put eight hundred million dollars into their new Orcust submarine factory.
(28:42):
We've entered into this contractor by Virginia S class submarines.
We have two and a half thousand marines now rotating
through Darwin continuously. We have new port of call shipping
arrangements with all their naval ships. You know, it's a
huge arrangement. And yet on the other hand they're just
sticking their thumb in terms of trade talks. Anyway, we're
(29:02):
off to Europe. The Europe negotiations had stalled last year
over the fact that we couldn't get all the access
we wanted in terms of quotas for our meat and
lamb and beef particularly, and similarly they weren't going to
give way on demanding in return that we didn't use
words like prosecco and some of those edam cheeses and
(29:25):
other names that seemed to be geographically specific for Europe.
And so that's where they stalled, and our Minister Farrell
is now back over in Europe to say, well, we
need to find some new markets here, we need to
get these going again and let's hope you can have
some success because I think the rest of the world
(29:47):
has to get on with it. While the Trump administration
just sort itself out which my non economical mind is
going to actually hurt Americans more than it's going to
hurt Australians.
Speaker 3 (29:57):
Jamie absolutely. Chris Russell, thank you again next Tuesday on
the show because Wednesday through Friday next week we're broadcasting
live from Field Days. We'll catch you then, look forward
to it, Jomie Chris Russell, thank you very much for
your time. Is tear away from one Well Rowena Duncan,
No Show without Punch has wandered into the studio. She's
(30:18):
based in Auckland these days. Rowena, you used to be
the voice of How's Me until you got gazumped by Radar.
Speaker 5 (30:24):
I know he's doing a wonderful job of it too,
But How's Me are going to be at field Days,
So looking forward to catching up with the team. And look,
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Speaker 3 (31:29):
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Speaker 6 (31:31):
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Speaker 3 (31:34):
But you were quoting one for square meters there were you?
Speaker 6 (31:36):
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Speaker 3 (31:38):
It wonderfully more square meters than your apartment.
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That it's really not hard. Yes, he moved and me
one Monday.
Speaker 3 (31:47):
Wedding bells, settle down, settle down. Did you get your
apartment on Auckland forty nine grand including gs.
Speaker 5 (31:55):
Oh my gosh, I wish, I wish that's how much
it should have been worth. But no, it's honestly it's tiny.
Speaker 3 (32:01):
Well buy a hews me tiny home and go and
build out on the hill somewhere and direct the town up.
Next we're going to wrap the country with a jaffer. Okay,
wrapping the country from day one of two in Auckland.
When you're in Auckland, you've got to talk to an
Auckland And next and final guest today is the biggest
(32:23):
jaffer I know. Good afternoon, Murray Deeker, Jamie.
Speaker 7 (32:29):
How the hell did they let you? And I've warned
them to stop you at the airport or if you're
coming by land, stop you at the Bombays. I how
did you get into the Promised Land?
Speaker 3 (32:40):
Well, I don't know. I'm just here for a couple
of days and I'll probably get my fill and then
I'll go back to good old Dunedin where you were
born and bred and raised. Murray, I farewell one of
my best friend. Last week and I was going through
some old newspaper clippings to dig up something about a
sporting career, and lo and behold, I find a photo
from nineteen ninety four the Sunday Star Times or whatever
(33:01):
it was in those days, in the society page, and
there's you and your lovely wife Sharon Me who was
described as a visitor from Gore, and a guy by
the name of Don Clark dB Clark. What a great
day that was.
Speaker 7 (33:14):
There was a fabulous day. I toured South Africa with
him too. We went in nineteen ninety two with that
team that first, you know, we just come out of apartheid.
And Don took one bus load and I took a
bus load. A guy called Winston McDonald's set the whole
(33:34):
thing up bloke, living near you, Ian Stevens. He had
a bus. There was a whole jet plane full of
New Zealanders going over to see what that country was like.
And I got to know Don well and I liked
him a lot. He's very very good sportsman, not only
(33:56):
in rugby, but also a very good cricketer.
Speaker 3 (33:58):
Did you sell him a biome?
Speaker 9 (34:01):
Oh?
Speaker 7 (34:01):
He lived on one. The problem with you with your
was why your swing is so bad that you have
not used a biomag Don lived on a biomg He
actually had one made into a jacket so that he
could play in it.
Speaker 3 (34:16):
Okay, hey, just to finish on, you're doing podcasts these days.
You've just done one with n Baker Finch and he says,
correct me if I'm wrong, Murray and your podcast, which
has been released today hot off the press that Tara
Eaty is the best golf course in the world.
Speaker 7 (34:30):
He went further than that. He said that Tara Eaty
is the best golf course in the world that he
has seen, and that the other two at Tiari, the
North and South course, are in the top ten. Now
when you consider that Ian Baker Finch not only got
to the top of the world in golf when he
won the Open and nineteen ninety one, but since then
(34:56):
he's done thirty years of commentary at the great courses
of the w world. I wasn't looking for this in
the podcast at all from him. I threw it out
at the end because somebody told me he'd been playing
up there, and out he came with this comment. It
shows the impact that these courses are going to have
(35:16):
as golf destinations for particularly Americans to come down. It's
already happening in a big way. But for him to
give it a rap like that, that'll probably go worldwide.
Speaker 3 (35:28):
I would think, Okay, hey Murray, great to catch up
with you, and I know that you're a member it's
our along with Sharon, and I know that you give yourself.
Gimme puts from four feet. So Pollus faded down Andy
before he gets a chance to reply, Murray Decker, that
podcast as alive and out there to day with Ian
Baker Finch. Get it where you get your podcasts right.
(35:48):
We'll catch you back tomorrow. Thanks to Andy McDonald and
thanks to Rowena for setting it up here in Auckland.
See it tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (35:58):
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Speaker 2 (00:18):
Cross.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Just good amiw Zealand and welcome to the Country. I'm
Jamie mckai's show. Normally coming to you out of Duneed
and today we are in Auckland or in Auckland for
the next couple of days full run sheet. Today we're
going to kick it off with Wayne Langford, the president
(00:41):
of Federated Farmers and post a boy for Toyota Yamaha
and One New Zealand. Is there anything he's not endorsing
on a more serious note save as sheep billboards in
Wellington right beside Parliament and how you can get the
T shirt and the Fed's Banking survey and Fish and Game.
Riley Keannity will join us in the studio. He's a
(01:02):
rural journalist from Business Desk. Really good story about the
prospects for the dairy industry in the coming season. He
was recently in Fontira in China, should I say with
Fonterra with Henry Ackland and our guy in Shanghai, Hunter McGregor.
Richard Lindrew's Chief Executive of Field Days. Six sleeps to
go and then we're in out at Mystery Creek for
(01:24):
the Field Days. Chris Russell Arossi, Correspondent and we've got well,
when you're in Auckland, you've got to talk to an Aucklander.
Who better than the biggest jaffer I know in Auckland
to chat to Michelle. We'll have rural news out of
our Dunedin studio. Andy McDonald doing a great job, paneling,
will do sport and Rowena no show without punts. She's
(01:47):
even going to turn up to talk about houses, little houses.
But let's kick it off with the man himself, Wayne Langford,
Wayne Toyota, Yamaha One New Zealand. Any other gigs you
need to declare before we take you to hear?
Speaker 4 (02:02):
No, yeah, I mean nothing else to declear there. No,
there've been long time supporters to me. They've actually they
get in behind particularly the work I do in the
mental health space and have back that for quite some time.
And so it's it's really cool that they do actually
because obviously it's a big part of Ryal, New Zealand
and a big part of what I do as well. Well.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Well answered, any you and I are doing a song
and dance routine I think at field Days for Toyota
next week. Let's get onto the more serious subjects at hand.
Save our Sheep billboards in Wellington. Gee, you certainly stamped
your mark on the Wellington landscape.
Speaker 4 (02:37):
Yeah, well there's nothing. There's nothing more kind of in
your face than it than a use looking right at
you when you're looking from the officers of the deal
b ive and and I guess what we were thinking
behind that was. You know, there's a lot of these
trees being planted in the back blocks of nowhere, and
a lot of country being covered up that's easy to
forget about and to not see. But having this, having
(02:59):
this as you look at your right from a billboard
right in front of the b I've officers, that's a
hell of a lot more on your face. And it's
making sure that our politicians don't forget.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
How do you get the T shirt?
Speaker 4 (03:11):
Save our Sheep T shirt? Yeah, you have to visit
the ficacy Harbit Field Days. There'll be plenty of T
shirts see for you to get your hands on, cheap
if you're a member, and even cheaper if you want
to become a member. So get amongst it and they
get involved.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
Let's have a look at that Federated Farmer's banking survey,
which I've conveniently left at my Poor Rowena's running around
looking for I've conveniently left at my desk. Here in Auckland.
They do they do? Oh no, there it is there,
I found it. Thank you, Rowena. You know what they
do here Wayne? They do hot desking. Do you know
what that is?
Speaker 4 (03:45):
Oh well, you don't even have a desk, po and
you're going to jump around whoever it is? Right?
Speaker 3 (03:50):
I think it's sort of a trendy Auckland. Think. Thank
god I've got my own office. I'm too grumpy to
share it down in duanedan Enyhow is hot desking? Rowena's
found the Federated Farmers are banking survey for me and
improvement from the banks. But they can do a lot better.
Speaker 4 (04:04):
Yeah, still some work together there, but it's good to
see the improvement and good to see that the advocacy
that we've been putting in there is starting to have
an effect. You know, banks are a big part of
our businesses, so all our farming businesses, and they play
a key role in what we do and we're just
making sure that you know that the farmers are getting
as much as we can out of them, and the
banks are being kind of well behaved and looking after
(04:26):
our farmers as well.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
What surprised me, and I've been banging on about this
all week, and apologize and apologies to be in zed
if you guys at feeds or I've got it wrong,
but overdraft rates, they're too high across the board from
all banks, if you ask me, with the security the
average farm offers, but rabobanks the lowest at seven point
three percent from the what is it seven or eight
(04:48):
hundred farmers who answered your survey, I just can't remember
the exact number, So there at seven point three percent.
B in Z remains the highest at nine point seven percent.
And I know this is a smallish sample. It's a sample. Nonetheless,
there shouldn't be that discrepancy. I wouldn't have thought.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
Yeah, well, it certainly does make you wonder. Obviously, banks
are in a competitive market and are allowed a price
accordingly however they want to. But I think, actually, Jamie,
you I mean to take a bit of credit here
as well. Some of the interviews that you've done and
some of the things you've highlighted have no doubt helped
many farmers across the country. I know at one stage
(05:26):
there you were interviewing A and Z who I bank was,
and you were asking them about their average interest rate. Well,
I was then able to take that to my bank
and say, hey, well why am I over the average?
You know what's going on here and ask some questions. So,
I mean, you're doing exactly what federal farmers are doing
as well. We're just asking the question to say, hey,
(05:47):
what's going on here. You're a big part of our businesses.
How do we make sure what's going on as fair?
As I think James Smith touched on the ODA, how
do we create a trusted relationship so that we know
that everyone's getting looked after you as best we can?
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Well, Wayne length, but I've got a bit of a
vested interest in this. I'm a partner in a dairy
equity partnership and I'm pretty hands off, to be perfectly honest.
Haven't never darkened the door of the milking shed, and
I don't really intend to. I spent enough time on
the end of the handpiece, but I was shocked last
year when I found out what our overdraft rate. Was
(06:21):
I thought we're being ripped off.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
Yeah, no, certainly, And that's one of the biggest feedbacks
that we're hearing front farmers was around their overdraft rates,
their ability to move them, and obviously their inability to
switch banks at time. So just being lumped with what
they've got. So it is a challenging space. I will
put a small plug and I actually got rid of
(06:43):
my overdraft three years ago, mainly one reason because I
kind of had to, But it is, it is, it's
a whole different world when you live in the black,
can betive in the red, Jamie and any farmers they
can get rid of it. I may actually suggest it
because because yeah, there's something different between the number zero
and maybe negative undred.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
Not every farmer out there has got a side hustle
with Toyota. Who else, Yamaha one New Zealand.
Speaker 4 (07:12):
No, No, that's it for me.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
All right now. I also want to talk about advocacy.
Be fair to say Federated farmers and Fish and Game
haven't always had the best of relationships, especially down on Southland,
my home province. Their advocacy function is under review. What's
happening there.
Speaker 4 (07:32):
Yeah, so we see an announcement this morning from the
Minister where effectively a lot of centralization of what fishing
game is doing, so bringing effectively forming a national Council
similar to what c pharmacies actually into into a national
body all kind of accountable to the national CEO and
(07:55):
and that direction of travel, your licensing fees and and
your fishing fees. Well we'll all head to the to
the central point as well and then get distributed out
to the best point of need. And that takes away
this this you know, different province has done different things,
having different rules, attacking different different farming bodies in different ways,
and doing all kinds of things that you know that
(08:18):
we felt were unnecessary. So it's a step in the
right direction. I don't know that we've fully got it there.
I mean we advocated that they lose their advocacy function altogether.
We don't really see a need for them to be,
you know, another environmental NGO. We think they should just
really be focusing on their on their fish in their game.
But it's a step in the right direction. As we
work our way through the Select Committee will be we'll
(08:39):
be still advocating that from from a farming point of view.
Speaker 3 (08:42):
Now next week, as I mentioned, you and I will
be doing a song and down streetaining at field Days
together and no doubt we'll catch up again. What a
feeds up to it? Field Days?
Speaker 4 (08:50):
Yeah, well, our second year in the advocacy hubn and
as it is with anything, you know, it's got bigger
and better. And I see the calendars fully fully booked.
I think with ministers and MPs that we'll be coming
to make announcements and to share the good word. A
political so across the spectrum of all the parties all
coming along. Even I think Steve be Able from the
(09:10):
Greens is coming along as well. So it's good to
see and a chance for everyone to meet and shake
hands with these politicians and here their thoughts are kind
of one on one. It'll be fantastic. So so looking
forward to being part of the hub. And also that
also all the Royal advocacy groups are there as well,
getting amongst it, and so a chance to meet up
with with those that represent you as farmers across the country.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
Okay, we'll see you at field Days next week. Wayne
Length and President of Federated Farmers Rowena. She's just charged
over here like she owns the place. Put on a microphone, Fader,
if you hadn't bought me a wonderful coffee, Rowena, I
did buy your dinner last night, I wouldn't have let
you on what's happening?
Speaker 5 (09:50):
Oh no, I was just going to say that the
Federated Farmers who's my microphone?
Speaker 6 (09:55):
This one over here?
Speaker 7 (09:56):
Here we go.
Speaker 5 (09:57):
I'm just going to say that photo of the Federated
Farmers billboard as actually up and on our Facebook page,
getting a whole heapertraction on social media. But Jamie, didn't
you famously say on the show once I'm young and
happened slightly gangster? And then you've just let your street
crew down by moaning about hot desk go sounding very boomy.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
But a hot desk is it doesn't matter? Look, I
reckon if you went out, there's like one hundred people
out there in a big open office space. But a
bet you you could ask them, would you like your
own private office where you can shut the door and
keep yourself to yourself? Or do you want to share
with the bloke next door.
Speaker 5 (10:32):
Picking his nose to be fair, to be fair well
with others?
Speaker 6 (10:35):
So I think.
Speaker 3 (10:36):
I'm a hermit at work. I come to work to work.
But anyhow, I'm hot desking and I've got paper for
Africa and I'm trying my best. It's the country. The
Southland Swede comes to town. Up next Riley Kennedy from
Business Desk. He's one of my go to guys for
getting information for this show. He's recently been in China
(10:56):
with Fonterra. We're going to talk to him about that
and the s he's done on the prospects for the
dairy industry this coming season. Before the end of the hour,
Richard Linderus new chief executive of field Day's Six Sleeps
to Go. Chris Russell Rossi correspondent and we've got a
special jaffer to round out the show from Auckland. Welcome
(11:24):
back to the Country twenty one half the twelve from
the Auckland Studios where this man is Domicil. Riley Kennedy,
my go to guy from Business Desk, does all the
good rural and primary sector stories. Do you have to
hot desk, Riley?
Speaker 8 (11:40):
No, No, My desk is my desk and never announcecmbigger off.
Speaker 3 (11:43):
Yeah, I think that's fair enough. Now I'm a bit
like you. Now you were recently in Is this a
kind of a nose in the trough sort of thing,
because I saw you were in Shanghai with Fonterra, and
I know they do a lot of business over there,
but I did see a picture on social media from
my Shanghai based correspond at Hunter McGregor. There's you, Henry Ackland,
(12:04):
the pr guy for Fonterra, who does a great job,
and Hunter no other word for it, grogging up in Shanghai.
Speaker 8 (12:11):
What happens on tour stays on tour. I would say
that Henry is my trusted translator. He speaks the language
I don't.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
Well, of course Hunters are very fluent as well. Yeah. No,
it's a fascinating city, Shanghai, very western ice compared to
the likes of Beijing, but huge obviously huge business for Fonterra.
It's the biggest single customer country wise.
Speaker 9 (12:36):
It is.
Speaker 8 (12:37):
It's a great city. It's very easy to get around
from boy from Meshburg and I can catch a train
round very easily. But it's huge. You don't actually fully
understand the scale of China until you get off the
plane and walk down the main street of Shanghai and
you see the average Chinese consumers consuming our dairy products.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
Let's have a look at the story you did on
Business Desk this morning, and I encourage everyone out there,
especially farmers, to subscribe to this if they haven't already,
because you're doing two or three really good rural or
primary sector stories daily there. Today's one is about dairy
prices to hold firm but geopolitical environment casting a shadow,
(13:16):
and it was really interesting. And I did say this
to Myles Hurrell, and he sort of brushed me off, awee,
but I said, it's really odd that your price range
is from eight dollars to eleven dollars. The natural midpoint
should have been nine dollars fifty, but they've gone to ten.
Yet they're signaling that it may go back down.
Speaker 8 (13:37):
Yeah, it caught me out, not that I've been around
that long, but I've never seen them do that. I
just automatically thought it was a midpoint into ut of
getting emails saying ten dollars is not the midpoint. But
I think that sort of signals the downside risk. And
I mean, you only need to have a look at
the front page of the Wall Street General to see
how the geopolitical environments like what Trump does well.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
OECD came out and we were talking about this one
on yesterday show with those with Ben picked in from Rabobank.
Those growth figures for the US economy are looking pretty
sad for this year, all off the back of Trump's tariffs.
Do you think the penny's going to drop for him?
Speaker 8 (14:17):
I'd love to know what goes through Trump's head. Spent
a lot of time thinking about that, but every day
I wake up and I wonder what's Trump said overnight?
Speaker 3 (14:27):
So, okay, Fonterra this is for the coming season is
sitting at ten dollars as their forecast at the moment
I see me. Raka has also come out there at
nine eighty five. Has Sinley. No, Sinlay hasn't come out
with anything as yet as a Sinley.
Speaker 8 (14:43):
We're still waiting for them.
Speaker 3 (14:44):
Okay, Sinlay, rattle your DAGs open Country. I'm not quite
sure where they're sitting as well. I'll ask Mark Delatour
that next week at field Days. But they're all Rabobank,
for instance. I know they're Higgins, always a wee bit
conservative there, but I think their opening shot is nine fifty.
Speaker 8 (15:05):
I thought they were ten, but they may be wrong.
Speaker 3 (15:07):
I thought, I don't know, maybe they are ten.
Speaker 8 (15:10):
That I thought they were ten, but you've probably know more.
Speaker 3 (15:13):
Well, no, no, I don't. I get confused. There's so
many numbers out there. So what was your gut feeling
on the Chinese economy when you were over there? Because
Hunter continually talks down when he's chatting to me on
the show, I.
Speaker 8 (15:28):
Would say that the demise of the Chinese economy has
probably been overdone. I mean, it's still growing at five
percent in the first quarter of this year. Luxem would
take five percent any day in New Zealand.
Speaker 3 (15:43):
Yeah, I think they were Actually that they were forecast
at four point eight. They're now forecast at four point seven.
Compared that to the American economy at one point six,
And I think, what are we struggling in the two's
low tes twos?
Speaker 8 (15:55):
I think, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (15:56):
So I think they would take that, but they're coming
off and your growth rates of seven or more.
Speaker 8 (16:01):
Yeah, then that's why everyone sort of is up in
arms about it. But people, you walk down the main
street of Shanghai, people are still drinking drinks, They're still
going and buying stuff. They're just not doing it as
a fast great as what they were previously.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
Mike McIntire is another guy we chatted to, or we
chatted to this week on the show. I think milk
futures for the season are currently at nine dollars eighty. Look,
I'm a conservative, always have been. Like fixing a milk price,
like fixing interest rates nine dollars eighty, you'd lock in,
wouldn't you? Surely?
Speaker 8 (16:34):
But I mean, I'm not a financial advisor, so I'm
not going to tell I'm not going to go and
tell farmers what to do, but you could hang on.
But everyone is relatively confident that this is the airy
prices are going to are going to stay firm at
where they are. There's just the risk that Trump's going
to say something, or something's going to happen in China
and everyone's going to have to cut.
Speaker 3 (16:54):
Or we have a world war or something like that.
Mind you, the Korean War was very good for the
wall industry. Perhaps we need some more another war to
encourage something for strong wall. Do you do do you
ever do stories on strong wall?
Speaker 8 (17:06):
By the way, yes, Conguor was a big one.
Speaker 3 (17:09):
Yep, that was.
Speaker 8 (17:11):
But I haven't looked at what the wall price is done.
Speaker 3 (17:13):
Well, it's not that flash basically compared to everything else.
Everything else is pretty good. The arable farmers won't agree
with me, but I look at the big ones, dairy,
red meat, and horticulture, especially kiwi fruit and apples are
pretty good. Hey, Riley Kennedy, great to catch up. We
will see you tomorrow. I'm coming back again tomorrow. Thanks
Field Days and at field Days looking forward to Field Days.
(17:34):
We'll be there Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of next week.
And that's a nice segue into our next guest on
the country, the new chief executive off Field Days. Six
sleeps to go. Richard Lindry's up next. Oh jump a
gun awey, but there, I'm sorry about that one. New
(17:54):
environments here in Auckland show coming out of Auckland for
the next two days, just coming up to twelve thirty.
The best laid plan of mice and men, is it?
Or something like that. Richard Lindrews is the new chief
executive of Field Days. We've got our wires crossed. He
thought he was on the show tomorrow. I thought he
was on today. I'm sticking with my story and Richard,
as per normal, I get my way. You're on the
(18:16):
show today. So we're going to have to wing this one.
How's preparation going for field days? Your first field days
with six sleeps to go? Good afternoon?
Speaker 9 (18:26):
Yeah, Hi, Jamie, I was fantastic down here at Mystery
Creek and we're acu raring to go pekin as a
full swing. As you know, Damie, it's a city, not
a village, and we're already go for the next Wednesday.
I had a few showers that came through yesterday, but
things are going well, so we're excited looking forward to it.
Speaker 3 (18:45):
Hey, I know your predecessor, Peter Nation, used to keep
such a he would. I think he would lie awake
at night worrying, worrying about the weather. He's got nothing
to worry about now apart from counting his money, but
he was worrying about the weather. The long range forecast,
No doubt, you and the team at field Days at
Mystery Creek, we'll be keeping a keen eye on the
(19:06):
long range forecast six days out. What are we looking at?
Speaker 9 (19:09):
Yeah, well, we were actually having that discussion last night.
If you board members and we were comparing the different
long range forecasts that we're looking at. Look, I think
you will get the odd shower too. But it's looking
pretty good for the end of the week, going to
be a bit cooler, but no, we're comfortable with the
world whatever it brings so Resilian audience, as you know,
and we're looking forward to hosting you down here. And
(19:30):
I think if we just go back to Peter well
done on is King's birthday weekend honor and I caught
up with them after that. So we're delighted that Field
Days is in the press and is that top of
mind for the all of New Zealand at the moment.
So let's just hope to where the gods behave themselves
as we head towards next Wednesday.
Speaker 3 (19:49):
Wow, you can take a set of gun but you
literally only even need them in the car park. You
don't need them on site because everywhere's paved these days.
And now the good new is also weatherwise, there might
be a few showers, apparently it's not going to be cold.
But the good news is what you know, the shower
is a bit of wind that prevents that the f
word turning up in Hamilton, which can be a bit
(20:10):
of a killer fog. According to Phil Duncan, my weather.
Speaker 9 (20:13):
Guy, Yes, the fog is part of the atmosphere. But
I think we're excited. I said just before that we
open on Wednesday, we go through to Saturday. We're hosting
you the whole week and your your your life on
the from the show, and I'm looking forward to talking
to you. I heard your conversation with the Prime Minister
yesterday about all where field Days is heading in the
next few years, and I concur with him. You know,
(20:34):
we've going to all the all the good work of
the people before us as we're lifting the game every year,
continuous improvement as agri businesses on a high so as
field Days, So we're looking forward to where we get to.
Speaker 3 (20:48):
Every year, you have a theme at field Days where
you used to under Peter's stewardship. I'm assuming there's there's
a theme or what is your mission statement for this
year's field Deal.
Speaker 9 (20:57):
It's the Mullet strategy, Jamie. You know, I talk about
the business, the business at the front and the party
at the back. So the business is you know, the Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
The party at the back is you know, it's the
Super Saturday. We have the Red Bull, Normar erasing the
drone Zone, the fiftieth anniversary of the tractor, Paull the
one big dig so lots going on, the heritage village
(21:21):
and dairy block has been opened again. So lots to
do with the mullet strategy. That's all the business at
the front and the party at the back.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
Is there a competition for the best mullet at Field Days?
Speaker 9 (21:32):
Well, I think you and I could have a Go'd.
Speaker 3 (21:35):
Have to go back to the eighties, I think for
that one.
Speaker 9 (21:37):
A few photos around though, Jamie.
Speaker 3 (21:39):
I'll tell you yeah, I'm a big Emerson's fan down
on Duneed and of course wonderful brewery. But the guys
up here in the North Island and I think they're
still with you, good, George, Is that right?
Speaker 7 (21:50):
They are good?
Speaker 9 (21:51):
Which we're running three bars and so one of them
that we rebranded the Country Bar. So we're looking forward
that three public bars operating during the event. What a
great way to celebrate and connect with people. And as
you know, Field Days it's all about connection. It's you know,
the event itself, but actually that networking and that connection
you get during the four days it's on.
Speaker 3 (22:12):
Okay, We're going to catch up with you just again
before Field Days for another scene set Richard. But if
people are wanting to go along. It's important. It's like
it's cashless entry.
Speaker 9 (22:21):
Now.
Speaker 3 (22:21):
The best thing to do is to go online and
get your ticket. It saves you a hell of a
lot of time.
Speaker 7 (22:26):
Exactly is this easier?
Speaker 9 (22:28):
You know, we live in an online world. Purchase before
the day and download our Field Days app, which is
a fantastic resource.
Speaker 4 (22:35):
You know.
Speaker 9 (22:36):
It shows we park your car, you pin your car,
where you're heading. You can actually map out your route
and your day and it has all the exhibit information
on it. So it's fantastic, the Field Days app.
Speaker 3 (22:47):
Yeah, absolutely, download that. All right, a business at the front,
party at the back. We'll see you next week.
Speaker 9 (22:52):
We will take care there we go.
Speaker 3 (22:54):
Richard Lander is the chief executive taking over from Peter Nation,
who was recognized in the King's Birthday on as and
well deserved in his case. We're going to take a
break on the other side of it. Rural News with Michelle,
Sports News with Andy McDonald's doing a great job paneling
here in Auckland. Before the end of their Chris Russell
Orosie correspondent and a Jeffer because I'm in Auckland, you come.
Speaker 6 (23:17):
Still thirty three.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
Here's our Australian correspondent Chris Russell of long standing Chris,
I'm in Auckland today for the Radio Awards. I think
last time I was at the Radio Awards was with
you way back in the early two thousands when we
were finalists we did. How we didn't win, I don't know, Chris,
but when we were finalists for our Zac Show.
Speaker 2 (23:42):
Yeah, that was certainly a night you remember for me
two thousand and three it was and I like to
say we were runners up, but we were. We were
in the top three for the show we did when
we broadcast direct from Gallipoli and did all those interviews
with Helen Clark and others called The Digger's Special. It
(24:02):
was a great thing for us to do. I remember
doing that. I was so surprised when I got the awards.
I really wanted age me though, because I remember going
up there, you know, late fifties, early sixties and thinking, well,
I'm double the age of the next youngest person here.
It's amazing what a young person's business radio is these days. Jamie,
you'll feel the same. But it was a great experience,
(24:24):
my only one really walking out the red carpet other
than when we were doing the TV show.
Speaker 3 (24:28):
Oh well, it's only one man's opinion, isn't it. A
Zerra Rush used to say when he didn't make the
All Blacks, he eventually got there, Chris. Something that's captivated
us here in New Zealand has been the mushroom poisoning case.
This Aaron Patterson, But it's having an effect on agriculture,
I e. Mushroom sales in Australia.
Speaker 2 (24:48):
Yes, well, how evidence, of course is that she picked
these mushrooms and mixed them up with mushrooms that she
bought from some of the supermarkets there. And in fact,
she said, most of the mushrooms in the beef and
we're acting from the supermarket and somehow these have got
mixed up with it. So I mean that's obvious clearly
they come from two different places. But some of our
(25:09):
big supermarkets, who will Worth Coals and the mushroom grows themselves,
have actually reported a significant decline in the sales of
button rushrooms, the tacky mushrooms and those other mushrooms you buy,
you know, in the veggie section of the supermarkets. As
people are just saying, Nah, don't think I'm going to
take that risk. We're not going there, and clearly there
(25:29):
is no risks from those. They're all grown, you know,
in farming projects. They're completely different mushrooms, and obviously all
the checks and balances are in place that just couldn't occur.
But nonetheless, perception is definitely fact, and it's definitely affecting
their sales, and they're all just hoping that that's going
to turn around sometime soon. Who knows whether she's guilty
(25:52):
or not, that's for the course to decide, but just
the publicity, the anti mushroom publicity is proving to be
significant here, Jamie.
Speaker 3 (25:59):
Yes phrase my question. Alleged allegedly poisoned the family with
the mushrooms. No want to get sued. Now, South Australia
is your home state. My daughter lives there. I've got
two grandchildren there now, two Chris as well. That's I
guess aging me talking about the Radio awards. I was
reading a story online from some dairy farmer in South
(26:19):
Australia saying the worst drought in fifty years and South
Australia has now officially run out of hay.
Speaker 2 (26:27):
Yes, well this is a real worry. These farmers are
grappling with a significant hay shortage and no sign of
that breaking. And there's a minister going on a ministerial
meeting going on this week between our federal Agminister Julie
Collins to talk about extending the Future Drought Fund Communities
program for another four years because there's just no hay
(26:49):
in the stake and where it is available at the
prices are just unsustainable. I know from my own relatives
who are living north of Adelaide around Claire and up
in that country normally fantastic country, you know, and they
grow thousands and thousands of acres of canola and wheat
and so on. They're dry sewing their crops just hoping
it'll get rained on because it's too late for so
(27:12):
if it's got rain now, so they need to have
the seed already in the ground and all that fertilizer
and seed's gone in maybe no crop now. The rest
of Australia up north, of course, is looks like it's
having a record season, as I've reported before. You know,
they look like we're going to have some huge crop
if we take all that into account. But it would
even be huger Jamie, if there was such a word,
(27:34):
if only we could get through this drought down in
South Australia which has been going on now for well
over a year.
Speaker 3 (27:40):
Finally Australia is back installed EU trade talk. So are
you still waiting around across the ditch for the phone call,
like a lot of countries are from Trump? As Elbow
Anthony elbanisici your prime minister upset Trump with some of
his rhetoric.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
Well, look, he's tried to not say anything, but clearly
it's powerful that he thinks he's an idiot, as most
people seem to be saying these days. And this week,
the sort of stay on execution of doubling of the
tariffs comes to an end. So the tariff on our
steel and our aminium, which is not insignificant, it's a
(28:16):
couple of hundred thousand tons of steel that we send
over there, doubles from twenty five to fifty percent. Yet
we haven't received these sort of come and talk to
me letter that has been sent to most of their
other key strategic allies. We're supposed to be a country
which is in the closest of relationships with Orcust. We
put eight hundred million dollars into their new Orcust submarine factory.
(28:42):
We've entered into this contractor by Virginia S class submarines.
We have two and a half thousand marines now rotating
through Darwin continuously. We have new port of call shipping
arrangements with all their naval ships. You know, it's a
huge arrangement. And yet on the other hand they're just
sticking their thumb in terms of trade talks. Anyway, we're
(29:02):
off to Europe. The Europe negotiations had stalled last year
over the fact that we couldn't get all the access
we wanted in terms of quotas for our meat and
lamb and beef particularly, and similarly they weren't going to
give way on demanding in return that we didn't use
words like prosecco and some of those edam cheeses and
(29:25):
other names that seemed to be geographically specific for Europe.
And so that's where they stalled, and our Minister Farrell
is now back over in Europe to say, well, we
need to find some new markets here, we need to
get these going again and let's hope you can have
some success because I think the rest of the world
(29:47):
has to get on with it. While the Trump administration
just sort itself out which my non economical mind is
going to actually hurt Americans more than it's going to
hurt Australians.
Speaker 3 (29:57):
Jamie absolutely. Chris Russell, thank you again next Tuesday on
the show because Wednesday through Friday next week we're broadcasting
live from Field Days. We'll catch you then, look forward
to it, Jomie Chris Russell, thank you very much for
your time. Is tear away from one Well Rowena Duncan,
No Show without Punch has wandered into the studio. She's
(30:18):
based in Auckland these days. Rowena, you used to be
the voice of How's Me until you got gazumped by Radar.
Speaker 5 (30:24):
I know he's doing a wonderful job of it too,
But How's Me are going to be at field Days,
So looking forward to catching up with the team. And look,
sometimes in farming and in business you've got staff. They
are committed to doing a good job, but it can
be up to you to accommodate them, or you might
want them closer.
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Speaker 6 (31:28):
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Speaker 3 (31:29):
Yeah, how many? How BIG's the holl's me house that one?
Speaker 6 (31:31):
Oh, they're all different kind of ranges and stuff like that.
Speaker 3 (31:34):
But you were quoting one for square meters there were you?
Speaker 6 (31:36):
No, No, I was just saying the price of that one.
Speaker 3 (31:38):
It wonderfully more square meters than your apartment.
Speaker 6 (31:41):
That it's really not hard. Yes, he moved and me
one Monday.
Speaker 3 (31:47):
Wedding bells, settle down, settle down. Did you get your
apartment on Auckland forty nine grand including gs.
Speaker 5 (31:55):
Oh my gosh, I wish, I wish that's how much
it should have been worth. But no, it's honestly it's tiny.
Speaker 3 (32:01):
Well buy a hews me tiny home and go and
build out on the hill somewhere and direct the town up.
Next we're going to wrap the country with a jaffer. Okay,
wrapping the country from day one of two in Auckland.
When you're in Auckland, you've got to talk to an
Auckland And next and final guest today is the biggest
(32:23):
jaffer I know. Good afternoon, Murray Deeker, Jamie.
Speaker 7 (32:29):
How the hell did they let you? And I've warned
them to stop you at the airport or if you're
coming by land, stop you at the Bombays. I how
did you get into the Promised Land?
Speaker 3 (32:40):
Well, I don't know. I'm just here for a couple
of days and I'll probably get my fill and then
I'll go back to good old Dunedin where you were
born and bred and raised. Murray, I farewell one of
my best friend. Last week and I was going through
some old newspaper clippings to dig up something about a
sporting career, and lo and behold, I find a photo
from nineteen ninety four the Sunday Star Times or whatever
(33:01):
it was in those days, in the society page, and
there's you and your lovely wife Sharon Me who was
described as a visitor from Gore, and a guy by
the name of Don Clark dB Clark. What a great
day that was.
Speaker 7 (33:14):
There was a fabulous day. I toured South Africa with
him too. We went in nineteen ninety two with that
team that first, you know, we just come out of apartheid.
And Don took one bus load and I took a
bus load. A guy called Winston McDonald's set the whole
(33:34):
thing up bloke, living near you, Ian Stevens. He had
a bus. There was a whole jet plane full of
New Zealanders going over to see what that country was like.
And I got to know Don well and I liked
him a lot. He's very very good sportsman, not only
(33:56):
in rugby, but also a very good cricketer.
Speaker 3 (33:58):
Did you sell him a biome?
Speaker 9 (34:01):
Oh?
Speaker 7 (34:01):
He lived on one. The problem with you with your
was why your swing is so bad that you have
not used a biomag Don lived on a biomg He
actually had one made into a jacket so that he
could play in it.
Speaker 3 (34:16):
Okay, hey, just to finish on, you're doing podcasts these days.
You've just done one with n Baker Finch and he says,
correct me if I'm wrong, Murray and your podcast, which
has been released today hot off the press that Tara
Eaty is the best golf course in the world.
Speaker 7 (34:30):
He went further than that. He said that Tara Eaty
is the best golf course in the world that he
has seen, and that the other two at Tiari, the
North and South course, are in the top ten. Now
when you consider that Ian Baker Finch not only got
to the top of the world in golf when he
won the Open and nineteen ninety one, but since then
(34:56):
he's done thirty years of commentary at the great courses
of the w world. I wasn't looking for this in
the podcast at all from him. I threw it out
at the end because somebody told me he'd been playing
up there, and out he came with this comment. It
shows the impact that these courses are going to have
(35:16):
as golf destinations for particularly Americans to come down. It's
already happening in a big way. But for him to
give it a rap like that, that'll probably go worldwide.
Speaker 3 (35:28):
I would think, Okay, hey Murray, great to catch up
with you, and I know that you're a member it's
our along with Sharon, and I know that you give yourself.
Gimme puts from four feet. So Pollus faded down Andy
before he gets a chance to reply, Murray Decker, that
podcast as alive and out there to day with Ian
Baker Finch. Get it where you get your podcasts right.
(35:48):
We'll catch you back tomorrow. Thanks to Andy McDonald and
thanks to Rowena for setting it up here in Auckland.
See it tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (35:58):
Catch all the latest from the lad It's the Country
podcast with Jamie McKay. Thanks to Brent, You're specialist in
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