June 10, 2025 • 38 mins
Fieldays Day One: Jamie Mackay talks to Christopher Luxon, Mark de Lautour, Jack Fagan, Steve Wyn-Harris, Rick Ladd, Dame Valerie Adams, Richie McCaw, Monty Betham, and Mike Casey.
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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 (00:13):
Oh went, good luck you, Nab.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
You find Sam and change morning.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
It's Ellen's Welcome to the Country day. One of field
days here at Mystery Creek, but of country music. A
bit of Tim McGraw for the Leader of the Country,
Christopher Luxeon. You're pretty happy with that.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Oh, you can't beat Tim McGraw. That's amazing. No, that's awesome,
So thank you for doing that.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
We did it especially for you.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
How Posha's you stand here this year? It used to
be high Coore and you were outside and now you've
come inde and it's all pretty pretty posion here.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Well, we heard you were coming, Yeah, so we thought
we'd we'd better dish up something nice.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
Advertising revenues at the Country you have got a hell
of a lot better.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
They talk to me about. You've only been here for
obviously a morning, like the rest of the punters out there,
what's your initial response. I'm hearing thanks to your tax
boost incentive that you're through and in the budget that
there's a lot of tractor dealers out there, including our
sponsors brand who are very very happy with you.
Speaker 4 (01:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Look, I mean I'm actually here for two full days
because I've always got frustrated. I even got around all
the stores when I've been here just for the day.
So really looking forward to that. But already spoken to
a number of a tractor and motorbike guys and they're
already saying it's looking really good. And that was after
just starting up this morning. So I mean, the whole
point is we want agriculture pumping. We want this a
country growing. And one of the ways we can do
(01:37):
that is if that just means that it makes it
more attractive to make that investment that you want to
do around a tractor or a header or whatever it
is you wanting to invest in, that's really good.
Speaker 4 (01:45):
So I've had a great reaction since the budget on that.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Now legislation was introduced or is being introduced into the
House to prevent the blanket planting slash carbon farming. Is
this closing the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Well, it's doing exactly what we said an opposition we
would do. You had a six year period under that
labor government where we lost two hundred and sixty thousand
hectiers of land that went from sheep and beef land
into forestry and those farm to forestry conversions. And what
we've said is that we're putting a moratorium on that.
It's actually legislation has been introduced. It'll be law by October.
(02:19):
But importantly, as we've signaled last year, it's backdated to
December last year, and it just means on land use
one to five, that's restricted. On land use six, we
can actually have a cap about fifteen thousand hectares by ballot,
and then an individual farmer can do whatever they want
on their land up to twenty five percent of their
land to get a credit for that. So I think
(02:40):
it's exactly what the industry wants. It's exactly what was
you know that was destroying rural communities.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
As we said, you announced it in December of last
year at Gawaimumou Field. That's right, because there's been a
lot of carbon farming gone on.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
Well, then the reality is since we announced it from
the fourth of December last year, it's anything that might
have happened between twenty twenty one and up until that
date that's in transition. But anything subsequent to December won't
have been coming.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
Unless, of course you've brought some seedlings.
Speaker 4 (03:06):
Well, well you find your workarounds.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
But I mean the point is we're stopping it exactly
as we said we would in opposition.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Okay, hundreds of top environment lawyers are suing the New
Zealand government i EU over what they say is dangerously
and adequate, a dangerously an adequate plan to reduce emissions
to zero by twenty fifty.
Speaker 4 (03:27):
Yeah, look at no they read that.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
That's rubbish And I haven't read that one, and I
didn't read the letter last week either. So the bottom
line is this, we are the best farmers in the
world period. We are the number one carbon efficient farmers
in the world, period. And I think when I've just
come from Farmers for Science stand, i'd encourage.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
Everybody to go there and have a look at it.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
We have amazing technology innovation coming down the pike that's
actually going to help us grow our productivity, grow production
and also lower emissions through the adoption of science and
technology and innovation. And that has been the story of
New Zealand farming and agriculture for last one hundred and
fifty years. The reason we are so good is that
we are highly innovative and we adopt technology well. So,
you know what I'm excited about is that the mood
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and the mindset is shifting from being villains to everyone
knowing they're deeply valued and we love them and we
want to actually work with the sector, not fight the
sector or do things to the sector.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
You've got that open letter from the Wokester UK Climate
scientists last week. Have you read that yet? No?
Speaker 4 (04:25):
I haven't read it.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Won't because now, But the message is pretty simple, right,
don't send me the letter until you've sent the leaders
of one hundred and ninety four other countries the letter
to say that you know you've got a problem with
agricultural emissions. I genuinely know that we can lower emissions.
We are already doing it. You know, we're actually well
on the pathway of delivering ten percent lower emissions by
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twenty thirty, just by virtue of farmers adopting the stuff
that's out there already in good practice, that's out there
so we can imp proof production, improve productivity, lower emissions
because we've got such excellent science, technology, innovation that's here
and it's on its way.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
How far are we away from getting the key. We
savor to get the young farmers into the farms to
be able to use it just like they can to
buy their face.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
So that was one of our policies as a national
party that we campaigned on. We're going to do that
and it makes complete sense. You should be able to
do it for a farm as much as for a house.
Sue's Redmain's already got a member's bill on the ballot,
but the and Nicholas taking advice from the ird because
there's just a few technical things like people will buy
farms in a company name rather than their personal name,
which we understand and get and we've got.
Speaker 4 (05:28):
To work our way through that. So you should be
pretty close.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Winston Peters, we're spending a lot of time offshore doing
a really good job in mine Grade. As Foreign Affairs
Minister has banned two extremist Israeli politicians. We join Australia, Canada,
the UK and Norway in doing that. Could we put
a blanket ban on Greta Tunberg while we're there.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
Well, I mean, I think the issue there is despite
that stunt, I mean, the reality is, you know, Israel
needs to let unfitted aide and humanitarian assistants go into
the Tolstone into Gaza and you know what you've seen
is you know Hamas has to release those hostages.
Speaker 4 (06:05):
You know that what happened on.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
October the seventh was absolutely abhorrent, But equally Israel has
a responsibility to make sure there's unimpeded assistance and humanitarian
aid going through. And what we're doing there is actually
joining with our like minded countries and partners to actually
say a lot that there are two politicians that are
actually encouraging the illegal settlement on the West Bank, which
is somehow our long standing position of New Zealand and
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many around the world to say that that's illegal, and
that's what we're doing. A travel band around those guys.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
For What does the rest of the day hold for
the Prime Minister at Field dots.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
Well, great speech coming up next to the leaders of
the sector, which looking forward to doing just laying out
more of our vision of why we believe in farming
and why we wanted to see it growing and doing
incredibly well, and why we believe it can do so well.
We have an awesome, awesome country and agriculture plays such
a critical part to it. We want it honestly pumping
and growing really strongly. So that's key messages obviously. Tonight
(06:56):
with you at the Royal Trust Garlett Dinner, which will
be great. Thank you to you and Roe for hosting
it and him seeing it, and then tomorrow more events
and catching up with people, and I really want to
be here for the two full days to wander around
and just talk to folk in the stores and see
what they're doing and what they're up to. And this
morning I've already been into the Science Fear and that's
been amazing to see some of the technology being applied.
Spoken to a number of the tractor guys already and
(07:18):
they're saying Investment Boost is helping them by self tractors,
which is a good thing.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Prime Minister, thank you very much for your time. Did
you know why it Creech?
Speaker 4 (07:26):
By the way, I know who he is, I don't
know him that well.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
Yeah, well I think he was one of the founders. Yes,
he was of Open Country Daring. And I would give
you a block of cheese, but I figure you can
afford one yourself. But I have got Mark de Latour
coming up, the Chief Executive Country. We're going to give
away a couple of blocks the cheese to you guys
out there, awesome and they are like Goldie, Well, can
I just.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
Say, mate, thank you for the gift of the of
the hat.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
I kind when you're losing forty percent of your body
heat through this bald, bullet shaped look I've got going on,
I appreciate the hat, so thank you so much better.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Thank you. There we go, Prime Minister Christopher Lere, you
go being warmly received here at Mystery Creek. Coming up
on the show the chief executive of Open Country, Deiry
Mark Delatoy, and we're going to give away a couple
of those blocks. Also on the show today, Steve Wan Harris,
Central Hawks Bay Farmer and Broadcaster got a real treat
(08:19):
for you in the form of Dame Valerie Adams, who
this morning destroyed a guy by the name of Richie
mccare at the Toyota Stand And hopefully Richie might even
turn up a week bit later in the hour, So
we've got that. And also a bit of a sporting
theme today, Monty bethan league and boxing legend. He's here
with One New Zealand we're going to have a chat
(08:40):
to him as well as well as Mike Casey, the
Electric Cherry Guy. Got a full show. We'll be back
after the break.
Speaker 4 (08:47):
You fill thirty three, bring a number out more.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
To step back to the country. Nineteen after twelve brought
to you by Bratt. We're going to hear from them
very shortly. See how track to sales are going. On
Day one of the field days. Mark de Lator is
the chief executive of Open Country Dairy, our second biggest
dairy company or behind of course Fonterra. He's come bearing gifts.
We're going to give a couple of the week these
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away to some lucky people out there. We'll decide who
and just to tick. But how's day one of field
days for you guys at Open Country?
Speaker 5 (09:20):
Day one's really really busy. The stands full, so invite
everyone to come down to the stand. We've got cheese
tasting going on. Actually I'm missing the first cheese tasting
to be here, Jamie.
Speaker 4 (09:32):
So as a a.
Speaker 5 (09:34):
We're pairing with beer and wine, and add two pm
we're bearing with gin and whiskey. So a bit of
fun to celebrate what's been a fantastic season.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
And you've got your cheese master there. What's his name,
Jason Tarrant last year.
Speaker 5 (09:47):
He is the cheese Master of New Zealand and he's
handpicked the cheeses. He's actually handpicked the beer, wine, gin
and whiskey as well. So it's a fun event. Come
down and like I said, great year, we might as
well celebrate.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
Okay, this year's locked and loaded. I mean, Fonterra is
sitting at ten dollars. You guys finished very very strongly
of interest to these people out here. It's not only
or not twenty four twenty five, it's twenty five twenty six.
Were you surprised that Fonterra opened at ten dollars albeit
the Rangers eight to eleven.
Speaker 5 (10:19):
Yeah, it was a bit of a shotgun picked that one,
wasn't it. You know, ten dollars a pretty safe number.
I think we're forecasting around ten thirty at the stage
for the season as it's looking now, but a very
wide range. But I think that's fair enough considering what's
going on in the world at the moment.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
Yeah. I was talking to one of the guys, one
of the executives from Fonterra this morning, and he said,
these tariffs are really starting to spook the market a bit.
Are you finding that.
Speaker 5 (10:43):
I think it's so much the tariffs of the stage
because it's such an unknown. But certainly there's so much
volatility in the world, whether it be Israel and Gaza and.
Speaker 4 (10:54):
Of course Russia.
Speaker 5 (10:56):
I think there's lots of challenges, lots of moving parts
in the world, so good to be prudent. But look,
I still think next season is going to be strong.
I think there's lots of demand. People are really seeing
the value of natural fats and proteins and people need
to eat.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
Jamie, have you guys at Open Country still got a
fixed price offer in the market. I know you had
an offer out at nine to fifty. It was undersubscribed
from what I'm hearing, but I thought that wasn't bad business.
Speaker 5 (11:21):
Yeah, nine to fifty. It wasn't as you under subscribed.
It was fully subscribed, but it wasn't over so we
didn't have to cut it back.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Nine to fifty is a pretty safe number, very safe number.
Speaker 5 (11:31):
But you know, we just do back to backs with
what customers prepared to pay at that time. So I
guess that's an indication of where customers feel is a
decent buy for the season ahead. So if they see
that nine p fifty as a goodbye for the next season.
Then then we'll take that because it means the market
should be above that.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
Well, it said you've come here bearing gifts, you've helped
the open country cheese. You guys are going to start
up a butter plant.
Speaker 5 (11:55):
Yeah, we are. We're about a month away. It would
have been good to have it ready for the season.
But new butter plant at Wahara just down the road
from here, and we're looking forward to getting that going.
It's pretty much half sold now before we actually commission
the plant, so lots of demand for them. We're looking
forward to it, and of course farmer suppliers will get
(12:16):
their allocation of butter as well.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Joe, that's yellow gold.
Speaker 5 (12:21):
It's more gold now than even cheese. So it's a
good time to open it up.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
Okay, Mark Dellatore, let's got a couple of blocks away.
Who out there wants a block of cheese, Just put
your hand up. I think this lady here deserves the
block of cheese. That one there, and we better go
with a bloke. This man here deserves some cheese. There
you go. Sorry, can't please all of the people all
the time. No, No, that's mine and I'm taking Jamie's cheese,
(12:47):
and then it can't take my cheese. I'm a supplier
to Open Country, so I'm allowed to block a cheese.
Someone else will pinch it off me. Hey, Mark, good
to getch it mate, Thanks mate, really appreciate it. It
is twenty two after twelve. We are going to take
a break. I'm just looking around for Rowena and Mike Casey,
the Electric chery Man. I don't know if he's here
(13:09):
or not. He's here, Okay, after the break, we'll get
him and the Steve when Harris floating about, Yes, maybe
a hang around with us folks, because a bit later
in the hour. Hopefully Dame Valerie Adams, we've got her.
We've got Monty Betham, Have we got Richie? No, Richie
mccaul's here as well. He's the new Toyota ambassador. I
went down to the Toyota site this morning and guests
(13:31):
who destroyed Richie on the power pool thing? Dame Vale,
there you go. So hopefully a bit of sporting celebrity
to wind out the show. But up next it's the
Electric chery Man. After twelve, you're with the Country, brought
to you by Brandt Nice Green toys if you can't
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afford one of the big green tractors at the Brent site. Okay,
this guy is Jack Fagan, Yes, son of Sir David Fagan,
but brilliant sharer in his own right and in fact
that Jack. You're heading off to represent New Zealand along
with Tyler Henderson, the Sharer of the Year. He cleaned
up literally everything to represent New Zealand. You must be
very proud.
Speaker 4 (14:12):
Yeah, absolutely, Jamie.
Speaker 6 (14:13):
We're heading out to Scotland next weekend, flying out and
we got six tests, one against the Scottish, one against
the English, one in France and then three in Wales.
So going to be six weeks of full on sharing action.
Speaker 4 (14:24):
Be a bit of fun.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
Now there's a bit of There's a wall stand right
behind us. That's where I found you this morning. What
are you doing there?
Speaker 6 (14:29):
Oh, just getting around the show and doing a bit
of networking, talking to people. Always trying to promote the
brand and promote Wall. It's the spect fire by on
Earth and we all should be wearing more of it.
Speaker 2 (14:38):
Well why aren't we paying Why aren't buyers paying more
for it? Jack? It's not your fault, but I'm just
saying we need. We need to get more for our
strong wall.
Speaker 4 (14:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (14:47):
I think it could be a little bit to do
with the city in rural divide. I think if we
could build a bridge there and get a few more
people on the bandwagon would help.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
Good on you, okay, So how are things going. It's ironic,
isn't it. You're a sharer. You come from a real
great sheep province, i e. The King Country, But you
and David and and your mama are dairy farming there.
Speaker 5 (15:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (15:09):
Now we've got into the dairy farm nine years ago
when it was at its lowest, and it's been a
great decision for our family. We've got a great share
milker Tom and Ruth jays and love the industry and
learning a lot from it too. But my ultimate dream
is the owner shep and Bee farm one day.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
Good on you, Well, the sharing will be cheap. You're
about to do that yourself. A big shout out to
Grandma Fagan too. Yeah.
Speaker 6 (15:29):
Grandma Fagan going to be one hundred next weekend, so
we've got a bit of a party for her planned
and yeah, a bit of a milestone in our family.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
All right, Okay, Jack, thanks all the best, Safe travels
with France go while representing New Zealand. That's Jack Fagan,
your son of Sir David Fagan's sharing legend. Where's my
electric cherry man gone? He's no, I need you, I
need you. Mike Casey was meant to be here. So
when you get really really desperate and you've got to
fill who do you call in but your old mate
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Steve Wan Harris of course Central Hallo farmer broadcaster and
for about thirty years leading columnist or the second best
columnist in the New Zealand Farmer's Weekly.
Speaker 7 (16:08):
Steve, Hey, Jamie, it's good to see you, team mate.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
Yeah. Now in your spare time seeing your semi retired,
now you go chasing meteor meteorites?
Speaker 8 (16:17):
Yeah, I found one, as you know last year because
I've dined out on it for a while. I thought
this would make a good children's story. So I've written
a children's book about the Techapo metawites.
Speaker 7 (16:26):
So there it is.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
So are you are you flogging this off at Field Days? Yeah?
Speaker 7 (16:30):
I'm hoping too.
Speaker 8 (16:30):
So if anyone would like to buy a metawrite book
from me, come and see me after this.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
I'm assuming the profits go to Fireballs atl Row.
Speaker 7 (16:39):
They're going to a good cause, Jamie.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
What then Harris Farm?
Speaker 7 (16:42):
Yeah, well I'm retired now, Jamie.
Speaker 8 (16:45):
I don't get paid for working on own farm, so
I need every dollar i can get.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
Oh, well, good on you. Look, I've read through this
and it's very well done. It's very cleverly put together.
Where are you going to be selling this?
Speaker 7 (16:55):
I'm down by the Hills Laboratory team.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
I've good on you. So how are things going? And
Central Hawk's bad?
Speaker 4 (17:01):
Good?
Speaker 8 (17:01):
No, We've had a good season while the West was struggling.
We had a good, good summer and autumn, good feed levels,
stocker and good condition. It's a bit patchy, not everyone's
in really good shape. But on the whole, on the
east coast of North Island, as you've heard from your
other guests over the last few months, it's been great.
Speaker 2 (17:17):
I was talking to Mike Petterson. Was it yesterday or
the day before, I can't remember, but he was talking
about your tooky Tookie water scheme. Is it going to
get up and going?
Speaker 8 (17:26):
Well, yeah, I don't know. It's you know, there's a
bit of water to go under that bridge, Jamie. But
there's a passionate team her intent on getting it over
the line, but also there's there's a group of people
that would rather not see it happen, so time will tell.
Speaker 2 (17:42):
Okay, Steve Rowena, you might want to come up here
for a moment. Hey, good on your mate. There you go, folks.
You can get those at Neil the Hills Laboratory. Steven Harris,
thank you very much for your time. Where's our electric
cherry man? Gone? Rowena, You're going to get the sack.
Speaker 9 (17:58):
He's to your left, your immediate left, Jamie, who's just
on the other side there. He's been chatting to Miles
Anderson saying, oh, oh, are you ready for me?
Speaker 2 (18:06):
Okay, well, we will get him very shortly. But you've
just got a wead message from No.
Speaker 9 (18:10):
I'm going to do that when I do rural news.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
Oh okay, So we're going to break for that, are we. Yeah,
and we've got sport. Who's doing sports news? Mark Kelly?
Speaker 9 (18:17):
Oh yeah, Mark Kelly.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
Yeah. Mark Kelly's doing an excellent job paneling for us.
Of course. Mark's the producer of the Country Sport Breakfast.
He's paneling out of Auckland forests and he's playing some
great country tracks as well today. So we'll take a
break back on the other side of it with Rural News,
Sports News. Before the end of the hour, Mike Casey,
the electric chery man, Rick Lad from brent talking about
(18:39):
green tractors and we've got like a sporting it could
be a trifecta. We've got Bell Adams, We've got Monty Betham.
Speaker 4 (18:47):
And you're trying.
Speaker 2 (18:48):
I'm trying the hardest to get Richie mccare here as well.
So he was announced as the new Toyota brand ambassador
this morning. That's all coming up on the country and
as twenty seven away from one, you're with the Country
brought to you by Brenton with me from Brandt as
director of Sales, Rick Lad and he'd brought with you
(19:09):
a wee green tractor. I know they're very very popular
on the Bran site which is over there by the
tractor Paul. How are you getting on selling those big
green tractors today, mate, it's good mate.
Speaker 4 (19:19):
Inquiries up Jamie.
Speaker 10 (19:20):
It's it's been great to see obviously just quickly talking
to the PM before. It's great to see the I
guess the biprod of the consequence that that incentive let's
be righted by the governments and credits of the new mate,
We've seen the inquiry coming in for sure.
Speaker 2 (19:32):
Yeah, I'm hearing the same from all the big ticket
items here at Field Days. That investment tax boost has
really been good.
Speaker 4 (19:39):
Yeah, no, it is, mate.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
Okay, So I know you guys, and I'm gonna have
a yarm to you on Friday. Is a bit of
a wash up, but I always say Field Days tractor
sales are a great barometer of the health of the
rural economy. So I know you're only half a day,
and how are we looking, because especially with your special
Field Days deal.
Speaker 10 (19:57):
Yeah, so we've got Yeah, it definitely is what we've
seen flick of the switch in the last i would
say the last month. Obviously, it's been a pretty tough
couple of years and we recognize that and we're trying
to compliment that with some finance packages as well. So yeah,
we've got some point nine finance and one of our tractors,
the five h ninety five M that goes for sixty
months so five years, and next complimented by an extended
warranty for five years as well.
Speaker 2 (20:18):
Okay, anything else you need to say, I'm just have
you got your rural news yet?
Speaker 11 (20:22):
Yep?
Speaker 2 (20:22):
Honestly, I can't take her anywhere. She's totally disorganized.
Speaker 10 (20:26):
Just a selfish punt. We'll call out to the guy
that jumping out blue for this morning. Mate was even
giving back on site.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
Yeah, we were filming a video this morning at Brandon.
This bloke walked right into shot and I did yell
at them, and I apologize for that so and I
always yell at rowe. But if he's about come up
and we'll give you a block achieve.
Speaker 4 (20:43):
Well, come back to the brand side. We'll grib something.
Speaker 2 (20:45):
Yeah we will, and DA good on you. I'll see
on Friday. Thank you for supporting US radio. Let's have
the latest and rural news.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
The country's rural news with lawn Master helping you musty
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Ford dot Co dot NZ for your local star guest.
Speaker 9 (21:03):
Well, I'm really glad that you just owned up then, Jamie,
to having yelled at me twice already today. But you
are the first to admit that you struggle to use
your phone sometimes, and that was my issue just before.
But anyway, in Renews, report released today by Dairy and
Z highlights farmer confidence is growing but there are still
some challenges to overcome. The view from the cow Shared
(21:24):
reports a nationwide survey of dairy farmers and it's revealed
that nearly eighty five percent are proud to work in
the sector and over three quarters believe that the outlook
for dry ing will remain stable or improve over the
next three years. Isn't that fantastic news to hit day
one of field days kee Key areas though I've concerned
for dairy farmers. In the report were raising farm expenses,
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regulatory compliance impacts and environmental and climate related challenges. The
full report is up online and that as your renews.
Here's Mark Kelly with Sports.
Speaker 1 (21:58):
Sport with FCO. Visit them online at f CO dot
co dot nz.
Speaker 11 (22:03):
Thank you, Rowe disappointment, but a focus on the bigger
picture for the All Whites. After two to one lost
to Ukraine to complete the Canadian Shield football campaign in Toronto,
Marco Starminez equalized for the All Whites in the fifty
ninth minute after they conceded in the fifty fourth. The
winning goal came in the seventy fifth for Ukraine. The
team's next confirmed fixtion is against Norway at Oslo in
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October in Rugby news, all Black swinger Caleb Clark has
re signed with the New Zealand Rugby until the next
World Cup. Back to the team Mystery Greek.
Speaker 2 (22:34):
Thank you Mark Kelly doing an excellent job handeling the
show out of Auckland and our tech on site here,
Liam Simpson, what a great man he is getting us
to hear we don't even have to worry about the
levels Brow Why was they raised then?
Speaker 9 (22:48):
When you said what a great man he was, we
heard that nice and it.
Speaker 2 (22:51):
But like I've been filming videos at Brent this morning,
you've been doing. Likewise at Fonterra.
Speaker 9 (22:57):
You've been filming one video, Jamie, I've been filming seven.
But what word field Days be though without Fonterra, the
co ops owned by thousands of farming families across the country. Now,
the Fonterira tent is in the usual spot right in
the middle of Field Days, next to the Agribusiness building,
so come along there is something in there for everyone.
For Fonterra farmers though, There of course is the shareholder
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lounge where you can grab the delicious cheese toasties and
learn more about the co ops ingredients and food service
channels now, while on the public side you can get
behind the wheel of a milk tanker and compete in
milk on the move. See what they did there the
Marble race. Now the dairy season has started with a
hiss and a raw. Fonterra opening with a ten dollar
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forecast milk price and that equates to about fifteen billion
dollars into the New Zealand economy. An efficient co op
of scale is key to Kiwi farmers being paid the
highest sustainable milk price over the long term. So make
sure you stop by the Fonterra tent right next to
the Agribusiness building at this year's Feld Days.
Speaker 2 (23:56):
Jamie and ten bucks is a pretty good opening shot,
isn't it. I actually have. I've just seen a Fonterra farmer.
That one there, that one there, Grant mcnational And no,
that's not an invite to come up here and speak
the MP for Northam. We might look if Dame Valerie
put it this way, if Richie McCord doesn't turn up,
you can can you substitute for Richie? No? I know
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you can't, but he might turn up because he's the
new Toyota ambassador. Dame Valerie Adams is coming along, as
is Monty Betham. I want to get his thoughts on
the Sonny Bill Williams Paul Gallon scrap that is going
to be so good. But up next it's the man
all the way from Central Otago, the Electric cherry Man,
Mike Casey call calls.
Speaker 12 (24:39):
In time you getting you to see to the song
wrong extreme wan.
Speaker 2 (24:45):
Away from one you are with the country brought to
you by Brad Well. We've got Sporting Royalty plus an
electric cherry man who we keep bumping. But Mike Casey,
we will get to you. But we've got these two
need no introduction. Dame Valerie Adams and he should be
Sir Richie McCaw but he turned it down. Maybe he
will be awey bit later. But I went to you're
both Toyota brand guardians. Dame Valerie has been for a while. Richie,
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you were announced as one this morning. Welcome to the Fold.
Speaker 13 (25:15):
Yeah, it's exciting to be involved. There's obviously pretty exciting
with obviously the relationship with new Jelen Rugby as well.
And yeah, just staked to be on board and come
along with the field days the first time.
Speaker 2 (25:27):
And first day on the tools. You've got to turn
up at Toyota and go into a strength competition with
one of It was one with one of the strongest
athletes New Zealand has ever produced, Dame Valerie Adams. And
I was there and you are a machine. You destroyed
an All Black legend.
Speaker 12 (25:45):
Well I had to beat him at something, right, I mean,
you know, the woman power amongst us is are pretty unique.
Speaker 2 (25:51):
You still look in remarkable shape. What are you doing
athletically now that you're retired from competitive shot putting?
Speaker 12 (26:00):
Probably train like a normal person now. I don't have
to carry as much muscle And thank you so much
for the compliments. Keep it coming though, keep it coming coming.
Speaker 2 (26:08):
Well, Richie, I would worry about you if you were
playing for the All Blacks now because you'd pick up
the ball and someone would blow you over. There's not
much of you these days because I know you're doing
the endurance sport.
Speaker 13 (26:18):
Yeah, yeah, well i'd much fear you say that then
that no one will be able to move you because
you go one of two ways and your finished. But yeah,
I enjoy the challenge of that. And it's really just
to make sure you don't stop, you know, as soon
as you stop. The old injury start to get you
and you start to creak. So I sort of figured
if you keep moving, hopefully you can keep doing it
for a while.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
What amazes me about you especially is the number of
knocks you took in your all black career when you
were prone over the ball. You were great at that,
but if you were a target for every person out there,
how do your knees sustain what you do?
Speaker 7 (26:52):
Ah?
Speaker 13 (26:53):
I got lucky, probably like I didn't have any major injuries,
which is probably just a bit of luck. There're certainly
we're in tier though I tweaked the knee by a
couple of years ago. Got a skin. Honest, you mnd
A pretty good, aren't they?
Speaker 7 (27:04):
And the guy looked at.
Speaker 13 (27:05):
Me said, there's a bit of weird t hear there, so,
but you'd expect that after a few years of doing that.
But just lucky, I can still run and all that
sort of stuff, and hopefully that carries on.
Speaker 2 (27:13):
Dame Verie, as I said, you're looking a million bucks.
You're very you look very fit and trim. I know
it's complicent, well deserved.
Speaker 4 (27:20):
Was I fat before?
Speaker 2 (27:21):
Well no, you were bigger, same same, But I no, no, no,
But you had to be for your sport like he
was bigger. So what are you so any any body
issues for you in terms of knees joints?
Speaker 12 (27:34):
I mean, yeah, so I was a little bit unlucky.
I've had eight surgery sports related, so knees, ankles, shoulders.
But that's just the aim of the game, right You're
always training at at your limit every time, trying to
gain that's endime over and over again. Now after twenty
five years of the sport, my aim was to actually
still walk and one day hopefully carry my grandkids. So
I can still do that. And obviously, as you say,
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I'm looking a million.
Speaker 2 (27:56):
Bucks, you are indeed now you you also, Dame fed
look a million bucks and your hybrid Highlander? How do
you like it? Oh?
Speaker 12 (28:04):
Absolutely love it. It's a great family car. I'm not
trying to sell you the car, by the way. But
I've been very fortunate and very humbled by the fact
that URD has been by my side for a very
very long time over ten years, and they've been able
to support me throughout my journey as an athlete, but
also now as a moment ongoing work within a community
and within schools and things like that.
Speaker 2 (28:23):
You do a wonderful job. And Richie, just finishing with you.
You are the new owner or the caretaker of a
brand new land Cruiser.
Speaker 13 (28:31):
Yeah, I'm pretty excited about it for you. So, yeah,
and that's one of those ones. I grew up on
the farm when we were young, had a little red
Tourter high Lux and so it's sort of always been,
you know, when you have one of those on the farm.
Were going pretty good, so you had to get a
chance to have a land cruiser pretty state.
Speaker 2 (28:49):
Well, Dame Valerie Adams, Richie mccaught, real pleasure. Welcome to
the Toyota team. You and Da Dame Valerie. I better
get it right. No, no, you're a legend. You're both legends.
Great to have you on. We've got another sporting legend
coming up shortly as well. Monty Betham. How good, zach A.
Lucky you, lucky me, Thank you. Guys. There we go,
Toyota brand ambassador. Yeah, you can catch them at the
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Toyota site this afternoon. As Monty Betham, I better get
my electric cherry Man. We've got one more break or
here's Monty Betha. We're gonna get We're gonna we're gonna
go to a break and come back with Mike Casey
and Monty Beethan.
Speaker 7 (29:27):
For five.
Speaker 2 (29:30):
It is eleven away from one into our final segment
of day one at Mystery Creek. Brilliant day here. If
you're pondering whether to go because it hosedown last night
in Hamilton, but you wouldn't guess it wandering into field
days this morning. We're gonna finish with Mike Casey, the
electric cherry Man from Central Otago, who's been very good
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and very patient. As I've bumped them for Sporting Royalty
after Sporting Royalty, well here's someone who's Sporting Royal when
it comes to rugby league and boxing. Monty Beef and
Monty you're here with one New Zealand. Great to have
you here. I just want to start with this one, Sonny,
Bill Williams, Paul Gallon, Yeah, it's going to be good.
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You're a proper boxer. Are those guys proper boxers? Well?
Speaker 14 (30:16):
I think if you think about Paul Gallon and what
he's done, he's been in with some of the best boxes.
He's fought ten rounds of justice. Who there, He's been
in there with some some of the best in the business,
even within sparring. So once upon a time I'd say
Paul Gallan wasn't a proper boxer, but he's the real deal.
Although he's passed probably his best, and he's admitted to himself.
Sonny Bill Williams is an absolute freak. He's you know,
cross codes and he's been wonderful and multiple sports and
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he's an athlete. But I just think if you think
about this, one experience is probably going to come to
the fore. And I think there's another reason why Sonny
didn't want to fight three minute rounds.
Speaker 2 (30:49):
But with you know, heavyweights, it's knock out.
Speaker 14 (30:51):
Parently, the hands only takes one pinch.
Speaker 2 (30:53):
Has Sonny Bill Williams. And I'm only a casual observer
of boxing, I love it. Has he got the punching
power absolutely. Yeah, he is a big boy.
Speaker 14 (31:01):
I've been in the ring with him done, but some
pieces over the years helped train him at times. He
is a big human being with absolute power and speed
and will and hard and working just like Paul Gallon,
a little bit smaller, but he's been in those those
hard rounds, those championship rounds, and he's fought against the best,
so you know, I'm not a betting man, but if
you had to put your house on it, probably the
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experience will probably be just that much in the end.
But like I said, you know I can stop you
on any stage. Sunny Bullder is an absolute freak.
Speaker 2 (31:28):
Really looking forward to it. You're here with one New
Zealand sponsors of the Warriors. How good are the wires? Well?
Everyone here? How good are the worst? Yeah?
Speaker 7 (31:38):
Up the worst?
Speaker 2 (31:39):
Yeah?
Speaker 14 (31:40):
Well there you go, because I mean that's something that's
unheard of and it's up. The wires come about after
the COVID era and we've got a warrior's head in
the Knight's heading the groat. Oh jeez, security, can you no, No,
that's all good, that's all good. But you know, it's
just been wonderful the movement, the movement that you know,
the fans have brought onto themselves. I remember a thousand
and thirty days, you take away the great game from
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me that you can't watch live at your stadium, you
come back and then it's just a different feeling. I
remember being there for the Tigers game, watching the fans
come back after that very long being out of it,
not seeing that their fans been able to interact and
it was just something pretty special. Over the years, when
you win, it just gets that much better. The fans
himself with their signs, you know the one in zad
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fans and everything as well, which has been really good.
Speaker 2 (32:25):
How good is that? Luke Metcalf very good.
Speaker 14 (32:28):
He's very good, very confident. I know he gets a
lot of flak about his goalkicking, but the goat Shawn
Johnson said just the other day that you know, if
the game depends on it, and if you need to
step up and have a kick like he did in
that game from fifteen meters out, he didn't hesitate and
he put his hand up. He wanted to take it.
He wanted to have that moment and that pressure, and
he just took it on board and just sunk it.
You know, he'll get better. He's got Darrel Halligan as
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his kicking coach and he's going to need to get
better because the Warriors need to score more points. If
they're on a win, the final series will get as
high as they can. But the last two weeks forty
points last week, the week before their thirty six points.
Put that in with the defense and it just gives
you a bit more confidence about where the season could go.
Speaker 2 (33:09):
He's got it on a string. When it comes to
the infield kicking, hasn't he brilliant?
Speaker 14 (33:13):
And speed just speed, like there's something you can't coach.
And you saw that break I think it was last
week when he scored their trybout seventy to eighty menuters
out sal was outstanding.
Speaker 2 (33:21):
Okay, Now, as I said, you're here with one New
Zealand great sponsors of the Warriors. The Warriors are playing
the Panthers. Yes, you know what are they five times
premiers in a row or something? Yeah? Five Grand Finals?
Speaker 14 (33:32):
They're one of four times in a row. They've got
five Origin players, so I'm not too sure they're going
to plan that game as well. But if they do
decide to turn up, I think the Warriors will be
ready for them. A wonderful club, you know they are
rebuilding now and not surprising when you lose Grand finalists
after the Grand Finals each year. And of course James
Fisher Harris is the guy that they lost and shows
you how important he is because you're lose him. By
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what he's done for our side has been sensational.
Speaker 2 (33:56):
The game at Mount Smart or what sorry got go media,
I better get right on June the twenty first against
the Panthers is a sellout. But Monty Betham has come
bearing gifts. You've got a double do you realize you've
got double pass to give away? Well, I thank thanks
to one.
Speaker 14 (34:11):
Indeed they've got a double pass because they've been signed
out for I think two months this particular game. But
there's double pass now to give away through one in
dead and and Curtius you of your show, which is.
Speaker 2 (34:21):
Great, Thank you Monty. So if you want to win
the pass, the double pass to see the Warriors up
against the Panthers reigning premiers of course aren't Yeah, four
time premiers. Yeah, pony, we'd keep that guy Cleary in
New Zealand the coach and the und you're the current
coach is pretty good. Text Warriors to five double oh nine,
your name and where you're from, and will select someone
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from around the country to win that double pass. Monty Beetham,
it's been a pleasure, mate, Well done, Thank you very
much for your time. What a legend. Richie mccaure, Monty Beetham,
Dame Valerie Adams and this and this is almost anti climactic.
I shouldn't say that should I Mike No, I know
my plan, Mike, Mike Casey the electric cherry man. It
could be worse. I could get the MP for Northland up.
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He wants to get up here. I love the MP
for Northland. He's happy to be the MP for Northfold.
Hey mate, there's a big announcement coming from Environment Minister
Simon Watts at one o'clock. You're gonna let us in
on the secret.
Speaker 15 (35:16):
I actually don't know what that announcement is yet. Grant's
been filling me in a little bit, but yeah, it's
happened at two o'clock today, heading over to the Advuracy
tent next to find out exactly what there are going
to be offering farmers on solar. But it's been an
absolutely massive field days for us, with the announcement of
ASP zero percent loan Farmland's coming together with new turnkey
solutions for farmers.
Speaker 2 (35:35):
It's pretty much for me, well literally like a pig
and muck at the moment, aren't you?
Speaker 15 (35:40):
One hundred percent? This is my favorite day of the year.
And finally some of the stuff that we've been asking
for is getting delivered on which is epic.
Speaker 2 (35:46):
Does I feel sorry for missus Casey, because I mean,
you're that wrapped up on solar panels, you'd probably forget
about her.
Speaker 15 (35:51):
Oh, Rebecca looks at how much we invoice contact energy
every month. She's an accountant. She changes her mind pretty
quick on that front.
Speaker 2 (35:57):
Okay, you I see you on social media all the time,
Mike Casey encouraging farmers to farm power, farm energy farm.
You know, solar panels. How good is it? How easy
is it?
Speaker 15 (36:09):
It's getting a lot easier now thanks to farmlands, thanks
to ASB and hopefully these announcements coming up. Main thing
is it's just proven to be so economical on farm.
We can generate electricity really cheaply, we can sell it
back to the grid at much higher prices. I just
think it's another revenue stream for farmers, and more importantly
than that, I think farmers are going to do a
lot to bring down the ultriacy price of everyone in
the country.
Speaker 4 (36:28):
And that's what I'm pretty pumped about, to be honest.
Speaker 2 (36:30):
You're also pumped about your cherries, your organic cherries, your
solar energy powered cherries. How was the season?
Speaker 15 (36:38):
Season was epic? Yeah, we had a full first food
production year, and I have to say we're in the black,
which was lovely. Where committed to helping that the government
double export revenues through cherries and I think the cherry
industry has done their part which has been awesome.
Speaker 2 (36:52):
So horticulture, I mean we talk about and Grant and
as mates of the National Party talk about doubling export
revenue the next decade and I think Derry's going to
have to do some of the lifting, but probably the
easiest one would be.
Speaker 15 (37:05):
Horticulture, where we're here to help as best we can
with the small industry that we've got and can't wait
to just keep growing our space.
Speaker 2 (37:13):
Really well, Mike Casey, thank you very much. I'll look
for you so Jamie. I'll look forward to the announcement
at two o'clock from Simon Environment Minister. Hey, remember, folks,
if you want to win the double pass courtesy of
One New Zealand in Monty Betham to the Panthers game
on June the twenty first, Mount Smart Stadium, Go Media Stadium,
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text Warriors to five double O nine, your name and
where you're from, and we will pick out a winner
and we will tell you who's won those double passes
on tomorrow's show. It's been a brilliant day at Mystery Creek.
The weather has been absolutely wonderful. If you forget about
the thunderstorms last night, We'll catch you back tomorrow, same time,
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same place. Till then, take care because we're out of here.
Speaker 1 (38:03):
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Speaker 2 (00:13):
Oh went, good luck you, Nab.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
You find Sam and change morning.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
It's Ellen's Welcome to the Country day. One of field
days here at Mystery Creek, but of country music. A
bit of Tim McGraw for the Leader of the Country,
Christopher Luxeon. You're pretty happy with that.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Oh, you can't beat Tim McGraw. That's amazing. No, that's awesome,
So thank you for doing that.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
We did it especially for you.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
How Posha's you stand here this year? It used to
be high Coore and you were outside and now you've
come inde and it's all pretty pretty posion here.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Well, we heard you were coming, Yeah, so we thought
we'd we'd better dish up something nice.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
Advertising revenues at the Country you have got a hell
of a lot better.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
They talk to me about. You've only been here for
obviously a morning, like the rest of the punters out there,
what's your initial response. I'm hearing thanks to your tax
boost incentive that you're through and in the budget that
there's a lot of tractor dealers out there, including our
sponsors brand who are very very happy with you.
Speaker 4 (01:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Look, I mean I'm actually here for two full days
because I've always got frustrated. I even got around all
the stores when I've been here just for the day.
So really looking forward to that. But already spoken to
a number of a tractor and motorbike guys and they're
already saying it's looking really good. And that was after
just starting up this morning. So I mean, the whole
point is we want agriculture pumping. We want this a
country growing. And one of the ways we can do
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that is if that just means that it makes it
more attractive to make that investment that you want to
do around a tractor or a header or whatever it
is you wanting to invest in, that's really good.
Speaker 4 (01:45):
So I've had a great reaction since the budget on that.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Now legislation was introduced or is being introduced into the
House to prevent the blanket planting slash carbon farming. Is
this closing the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Well, it's doing exactly what we said an opposition we
would do. You had a six year period under that
labor government where we lost two hundred and sixty thousand
hectiers of land that went from sheep and beef land
into forestry and those farm to forestry conversions. And what
we've said is that we're putting a moratorium on that.
It's actually legislation has been introduced. It'll be law by October.
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But importantly, as we've signaled last year, it's backdated to
December last year, and it just means on land use
one to five, that's restricted. On land use six, we
can actually have a cap about fifteen thousand hectares by ballot,
and then an individual farmer can do whatever they want
on their land up to twenty five percent of their
land to get a credit for that. So I think
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it's exactly what the industry wants. It's exactly what was
you know that was destroying rural communities.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
As we said, you announced it in December of last
year at Gawaimumou Field. That's right, because there's been a
lot of carbon farming gone on.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
Well, then the reality is since we announced it from
the fourth of December last year, it's anything that might
have happened between twenty twenty one and up until that
date that's in transition. But anything subsequent to December won't
have been coming.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
Unless, of course you've brought some seedlings.
Speaker 4 (03:06):
Well, well you find your workarounds.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
But I mean the point is we're stopping it exactly
as we said we would in opposition.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Okay, hundreds of top environment lawyers are suing the New
Zealand government i EU over what they say is dangerously
and adequate, a dangerously an adequate plan to reduce emissions
to zero by twenty fifty.
Speaker 4 (03:27):
Yeah, look at no they read that.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
That's rubbish And I haven't read that one, and I
didn't read the letter last week either. So the bottom
line is this, we are the best farmers in the
world period. We are the number one carbon efficient farmers
in the world, period. And I think when I've just
come from Farmers for Science stand, i'd encourage.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
Everybody to go there and have a look at it.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
We have amazing technology innovation coming down the pike that's
actually going to help us grow our productivity, grow production
and also lower emissions through the adoption of science and
technology and innovation. And that has been the story of
New Zealand farming and agriculture for last one hundred and
fifty years. The reason we are so good is that
we are highly innovative and we adopt technology well. So,
you know what I'm excited about is that the mood
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and the mindset is shifting from being villains to everyone
knowing they're deeply valued and we love them and we
want to actually work with the sector, not fight the
sector or do things to the sector.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
You've got that open letter from the Wokester UK Climate
scientists last week. Have you read that yet? No?
Speaker 4 (04:25):
I haven't read it.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Won't because now, But the message is pretty simple, right,
don't send me the letter until you've sent the leaders
of one hundred and ninety four other countries the letter
to say that you know you've got a problem with
agricultural emissions. I genuinely know that we can lower emissions.
We are already doing it. You know, we're actually well
on the pathway of delivering ten percent lower emissions by
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twenty thirty, just by virtue of farmers adopting the stuff
that's out there already in good practice, that's out there
so we can imp proof production, improve productivity, lower emissions
because we've got such excellent science, technology, innovation that's here
and it's on its way.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
How far are we away from getting the key. We
savor to get the young farmers into the farms to
be able to use it just like they can to
buy their face.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
So that was one of our policies as a national
party that we campaigned on. We're going to do that
and it makes complete sense. You should be able to
do it for a farm as much as for a house.
Sue's Redmain's already got a member's bill on the ballot,
but the and Nicholas taking advice from the ird because
there's just a few technical things like people will buy
farms in a company name rather than their personal name,
which we understand and get and we've got.
Speaker 4 (05:28):
To work our way through that. So you should be
pretty close.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Winston Peters, we're spending a lot of time offshore doing
a really good job in mine Grade. As Foreign Affairs
Minister has banned two extremist Israeli politicians. We join Australia, Canada,
the UK and Norway in doing that. Could we put
a blanket ban on Greta Tunberg while we're there.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
Well, I mean, I think the issue there is despite
that stunt, I mean, the reality is, you know, Israel
needs to let unfitted aide and humanitarian assistants go into
the Tolstone into Gaza and you know what you've seen
is you know Hamas has to release those hostages.
Speaker 4 (06:05):
You know that what happened on.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
October the seventh was absolutely abhorrent, But equally Israel has
a responsibility to make sure there's unimpeded assistance and humanitarian
aid going through. And what we're doing there is actually
joining with our like minded countries and partners to actually
say a lot that there are two politicians that are
actually encouraging the illegal settlement on the West Bank, which
is somehow our long standing position of New Zealand and
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many around the world to say that that's illegal, and
that's what we're doing. A travel band around those guys.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
For What does the rest of the day hold for
the Prime Minister at Field dots.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
Well, great speech coming up next to the leaders of
the sector, which looking forward to doing just laying out
more of our vision of why we believe in farming
and why we wanted to see it growing and doing
incredibly well, and why we believe it can do so well.
We have an awesome, awesome country and agriculture plays such
a critical part to it. We want it honestly pumping
and growing really strongly. So that's key messages obviously. Tonight
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with you at the Royal Trust Garlett Dinner, which will
be great. Thank you to you and Roe for hosting
it and him seeing it, and then tomorrow more events
and catching up with people, and I really want to
be here for the two full days to wander around
and just talk to folk in the stores and see
what they're doing and what they're up to. And this
morning I've already been into the Science Fear and that's
been amazing to see some of the technology being applied.
Spoken to a number of the tractor guys already and
(07:18):
they're saying Investment Boost is helping them by self tractors,
which is a good thing.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Prime Minister, thank you very much for your time. Did
you know why it Creech?
Speaker 4 (07:26):
By the way, I know who he is, I don't
know him that well.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
Yeah, well I think he was one of the founders. Yes,
he was of Open Country Daring. And I would give
you a block of cheese, but I figure you can
afford one yourself. But I have got Mark de Latour
coming up, the Chief Executive Country. We're going to give
away a couple of blocks the cheese to you guys
out there, awesome and they are like Goldie, Well, can
I just.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
Say, mate, thank you for the gift of the of
the hat.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
I kind when you're losing forty percent of your body
heat through this bald, bullet shaped look I've got going on,
I appreciate the hat, so thank you so much better.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Thank you. There we go, Prime Minister Christopher Lere, you
go being warmly received here at Mystery Creek. Coming up
on the show the chief executive of Open Country, Deiry
Mark Delatoy, and we're going to give away a couple
of those blocks. Also on the show today, Steve Wan Harris,
Central Hawks Bay Farmer and Broadcaster got a real treat
(08:19):
for you in the form of Dame Valerie Adams, who
this morning destroyed a guy by the name of Richie
mccare at the Toyota Stand And hopefully Richie might even
turn up a week bit later in the hour, So
we've got that. And also a bit of a sporting
theme today, Monty bethan league and boxing legend. He's here
with One New Zealand we're going to have a chat
(08:40):
to him as well as well as Mike Casey, the
Electric Cherry Guy. Got a full show. We'll be back
after the break.
Speaker 4 (08:47):
You fill thirty three, bring a number out more.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
To step back to the country. Nineteen after twelve brought
to you by Bratt. We're going to hear from them
very shortly. See how track to sales are going. On
Day one of the field days. Mark de Lator is
the chief executive of Open Country Dairy, our second biggest
dairy company or behind of course Fonterra. He's come bearing gifts.
We're going to give a couple of the week these
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away to some lucky people out there. We'll decide who
and just to tick. But how's day one of field
days for you guys at Open Country?
Speaker 5 (09:20):
Day one's really really busy. The stands full, so invite
everyone to come down to the stand. We've got cheese
tasting going on. Actually I'm missing the first cheese tasting
to be here, Jamie.
Speaker 4 (09:32):
So as a a.
Speaker 5 (09:34):
We're pairing with beer and wine, and add two pm
we're bearing with gin and whiskey. So a bit of
fun to celebrate what's been a fantastic season.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
And you've got your cheese master there. What's his name,
Jason Tarrant last year.
Speaker 5 (09:47):
He is the cheese Master of New Zealand and he's
handpicked the cheeses. He's actually handpicked the beer, wine, gin
and whiskey as well. So it's a fun event. Come
down and like I said, great year, we might as
well celebrate.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
Okay, this year's locked and loaded. I mean, Fonterra is
sitting at ten dollars. You guys finished very very strongly
of interest to these people out here. It's not only
or not twenty four twenty five, it's twenty five twenty six.
Were you surprised that Fonterra opened at ten dollars albeit
the Rangers eight to eleven.
Speaker 5 (10:19):
Yeah, it was a bit of a shotgun picked that one,
wasn't it. You know, ten dollars a pretty safe number.
I think we're forecasting around ten thirty at the stage
for the season as it's looking now, but a very
wide range. But I think that's fair enough considering what's
going on in the world at the moment.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
Yeah. I was talking to one of the guys, one
of the executives from Fonterra this morning, and he said,
these tariffs are really starting to spook the market a bit.
Are you finding that.
Speaker 5 (10:43):
I think it's so much the tariffs of the stage
because it's such an unknown. But certainly there's so much
volatility in the world, whether it be Israel and Gaza and.
Speaker 4 (10:54):
Of course Russia.
Speaker 5 (10:56):
I think there's lots of challenges, lots of moving parts
in the world, so good to be prudent. But look,
I still think next season is going to be strong.
I think there's lots of demand. People are really seeing
the value of natural fats and proteins and people need
to eat.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
Jamie, have you guys at Open Country still got a
fixed price offer in the market. I know you had
an offer out at nine to fifty. It was undersubscribed
from what I'm hearing, but I thought that wasn't bad business.
Speaker 5 (11:21):
Yeah, nine to fifty. It wasn't as you under subscribed.
It was fully subscribed, but it wasn't over so we
didn't have to cut it back.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Nine to fifty is a pretty safe number, very safe number.
Speaker 5 (11:31):
But you know, we just do back to backs with
what customers prepared to pay at that time. So I
guess that's an indication of where customers feel is a
decent buy for the season ahead. So if they see
that nine p fifty as a goodbye for the next season.
Then then we'll take that because it means the market
should be above that.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
Well, it said you've come here bearing gifts, you've helped
the open country cheese. You guys are going to start
up a butter plant.
Speaker 5 (11:55):
Yeah, we are. We're about a month away. It would
have been good to have it ready for the season.
But new butter plant at Wahara just down the road
from here, and we're looking forward to getting that going.
It's pretty much half sold now before we actually commission
the plant, so lots of demand for them. We're looking
forward to it, and of course farmer suppliers will get
(12:16):
their allocation of butter as well.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Joe, that's yellow gold.
Speaker 5 (12:21):
It's more gold now than even cheese. So it's a
good time to open it up.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
Okay, Mark Dellatore, let's got a couple of blocks away.
Who out there wants a block of cheese, Just put
your hand up. I think this lady here deserves the
block of cheese. That one there, and we better go
with a bloke. This man here deserves some cheese. There
you go. Sorry, can't please all of the people all
the time. No, No, that's mine and I'm taking Jamie's cheese,
(12:47):
and then it can't take my cheese. I'm a supplier
to Open Country, so I'm allowed to block a cheese.
Someone else will pinch it off me. Hey, Mark, good
to getch it mate, Thanks mate, really appreciate it. It
is twenty two after twelve. We are going to take
a break. I'm just looking around for Rowena and Mike Casey,
the Electric chery Man. I don't know if he's here
(13:09):
or not. He's here, Okay, after the break, we'll get
him and the Steve when Harris floating about, Yes, maybe
a hang around with us folks, because a bit later
in the hour. Hopefully Dame Valerie Adams, we've got her.
We've got Monty Betham, Have we got Richie? No, Richie
mccaul's here as well. He's the new Toyota ambassador. I
went down to the Toyota site this morning and guests
(13:31):
who destroyed Richie on the power pool thing? Dame Vale,
there you go. So hopefully a bit of sporting celebrity
to wind out the show. But up next it's the
Electric chery Man. After twelve, you're with the Country, brought
to you by Brandt Nice Green toys if you can't
(13:52):
afford one of the big green tractors at the Brent site. Okay,
this guy is Jack Fagan, Yes, son of Sir David Fagan,
but brilliant sharer in his own right and in fact
that Jack. You're heading off to represent New Zealand along
with Tyler Henderson, the Sharer of the Year. He cleaned
up literally everything to represent New Zealand. You must be
very proud.
Speaker 4 (14:12):
Yeah, absolutely, Jamie.
Speaker 6 (14:13):
We're heading out to Scotland next weekend, flying out and
we got six tests, one against the Scottish, one against
the English, one in France and then three in Wales.
So going to be six weeks of full on sharing action.
Speaker 4 (14:24):
Be a bit of fun.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
Now there's a bit of There's a wall stand right
behind us. That's where I found you this morning. What
are you doing there?
Speaker 6 (14:29):
Oh, just getting around the show and doing a bit
of networking, talking to people. Always trying to promote the
brand and promote Wall. It's the spect fire by on
Earth and we all should be wearing more of it.
Speaker 2 (14:38):
Well why aren't we paying Why aren't buyers paying more
for it? Jack? It's not your fault, but I'm just
saying we need. We need to get more for our
strong wall.
Speaker 4 (14:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (14:47):
I think it could be a little bit to do
with the city in rural divide. I think if we
could build a bridge there and get a few more
people on the bandwagon would help.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
Good on you, okay, So how are things going. It's ironic,
isn't it. You're a sharer. You come from a real
great sheep province, i e. The King Country, But you
and David and and your mama are dairy farming there.
Speaker 5 (15:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (15:09):
Now we've got into the dairy farm nine years ago
when it was at its lowest, and it's been a
great decision for our family. We've got a great share
milker Tom and Ruth jays and love the industry and
learning a lot from it too. But my ultimate dream
is the owner shep and Bee farm one day.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
Good on you, Well, the sharing will be cheap. You're
about to do that yourself. A big shout out to
Grandma Fagan too. Yeah.
Speaker 6 (15:29):
Grandma Fagan going to be one hundred next weekend, so
we've got a bit of a party for her planned
and yeah, a bit of a milestone in our family.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
All right, Okay, Jack, thanks all the best, Safe travels
with France go while representing New Zealand. That's Jack Fagan,
your son of Sir David Fagan's sharing legend. Where's my
electric cherry man gone? He's no, I need you, I
need you. Mike Casey was meant to be here. So
when you get really really desperate and you've got to
fill who do you call in but your old mate
(15:57):
Steve Wan Harris of course Central Hallo farmer broadcaster and
for about thirty years leading columnist or the second best
columnist in the New Zealand Farmer's Weekly.
Speaker 7 (16:08):
Steve, Hey, Jamie, it's good to see you, team mate.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
Yeah. Now in your spare time seeing your semi retired,
now you go chasing meteor meteorites?
Speaker 8 (16:17):
Yeah, I found one, as you know last year because
I've dined out on it for a while. I thought
this would make a good children's story. So I've written
a children's book about the Techapo metawites.
Speaker 7 (16:26):
So there it is.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
So are you are you flogging this off at Field Days? Yeah?
Speaker 7 (16:30):
I'm hoping too.
Speaker 8 (16:30):
So if anyone would like to buy a metawrite book
from me, come and see me after this.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
I'm assuming the profits go to Fireballs atl Row.
Speaker 7 (16:39):
They're going to a good cause, Jamie.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
What then Harris Farm?
Speaker 7 (16:42):
Yeah, well I'm retired now, Jamie.
Speaker 8 (16:45):
I don't get paid for working on own farm, so
I need every dollar i can get.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
Oh, well, good on you. Look, I've read through this
and it's very well done. It's very cleverly put together.
Where are you going to be selling this?
Speaker 7 (16:55):
I'm down by the Hills Laboratory team.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
I've good on you. So how are things going? And
Central Hawk's bad?
Speaker 4 (17:01):
Good?
Speaker 8 (17:01):
No, We've had a good season while the West was struggling.
We had a good, good summer and autumn, good feed levels,
stocker and good condition. It's a bit patchy, not everyone's
in really good shape. But on the whole, on the
east coast of North Island, as you've heard from your
other guests over the last few months, it's been great.
Speaker 2 (17:17):
I was talking to Mike Petterson. Was it yesterday or
the day before, I can't remember, but he was talking
about your tooky Tookie water scheme. Is it going to
get up and going?
Speaker 8 (17:26):
Well, yeah, I don't know. It's you know, there's a
bit of water to go under that bridge, Jamie. But
there's a passionate team her intent on getting it over
the line, but also there's there's a group of people
that would rather not see it happen, so time will tell.
Speaker 2 (17:42):
Okay, Steve Rowena, you might want to come up here
for a moment. Hey, good on your mate. There you go, folks.
You can get those at Neil the Hills Laboratory. Steven Harris,
thank you very much for your time. Where's our electric
cherry man? Gone? Rowena, You're going to get the sack.
Speaker 9 (17:58):
He's to your left, your immediate left, Jamie, who's just
on the other side there. He's been chatting to Miles
Anderson saying, oh, oh, are you ready for me?
Speaker 2 (18:06):
Okay, well, we will get him very shortly. But you've
just got a wead message from No.
Speaker 9 (18:10):
I'm going to do that when I do rural news.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
Oh okay, So we're going to break for that, are we. Yeah,
and we've got sport. Who's doing sports news? Mark Kelly?
Speaker 9 (18:17):
Oh yeah, Mark Kelly.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
Yeah. Mark Kelly's doing an excellent job paneling for us.
Of course. Mark's the producer of the Country Sport Breakfast.
He's paneling out of Auckland forests and he's playing some
great country tracks as well today. So we'll take a
break back on the other side of it with Rural News,
Sports News. Before the end of the hour, Mike Casey,
the electric chery man, Rick Lad from brent talking about
(18:39):
green tractors and we've got like a sporting it could
be a trifecta. We've got Bell Adams, We've got Monty Betham.
Speaker 4 (18:47):
And you're trying.
Speaker 2 (18:48):
I'm trying the hardest to get Richie mccare here as well.
So he was announced as the new Toyota brand ambassador
this morning. That's all coming up on the country and
as twenty seven away from one, you're with the Country
brought to you by Brenton with me from Brandt as
director of Sales, Rick Lad and he'd brought with you
(19:09):
a wee green tractor. I know they're very very popular
on the Bran site which is over there by the
tractor Paul. How are you getting on selling those big
green tractors today, mate, it's good mate.
Speaker 4 (19:19):
Inquiries up Jamie.
Speaker 10 (19:20):
It's it's been great to see obviously just quickly talking
to the PM before. It's great to see the I
guess the biprod of the consequence that that incentive let's
be righted by the governments and credits of the new mate,
We've seen the inquiry coming in for sure.
Speaker 2 (19:32):
Yeah, I'm hearing the same from all the big ticket
items here at Field Days. That investment tax boost has
really been good.
Speaker 4 (19:39):
Yeah, no, it is, mate.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
Okay, So I know you guys, and I'm gonna have
a yarm to you on Friday. Is a bit of
a wash up, but I always say Field Days tractor
sales are a great barometer of the health of the
rural economy. So I know you're only half a day,
and how are we looking, because especially with your special
Field Days deal.
Speaker 10 (19:57):
Yeah, so we've got Yeah, it definitely is what we've
seen flick of the switch in the last i would
say the last month. Obviously, it's been a pretty tough
couple of years and we recognize that and we're trying
to compliment that with some finance packages as well. So yeah,
we've got some point nine finance and one of our tractors,
the five h ninety five M that goes for sixty
months so five years, and next complimented by an extended
warranty for five years as well.
Speaker 2 (20:18):
Okay, anything else you need to say, I'm just have
you got your rural news yet?
Speaker 11 (20:22):
Yep?
Speaker 2 (20:22):
Honestly, I can't take her anywhere. She's totally disorganized.
Speaker 10 (20:26):
Just a selfish punt. We'll call out to the guy
that jumping out blue for this morning. Mate was even
giving back on site.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
Yeah, we were filming a video this morning at Brandon.
This bloke walked right into shot and I did yell
at them, and I apologize for that so and I
always yell at rowe. But if he's about come up
and we'll give you a block achieve.
Speaker 4 (20:43):
Well, come back to the brand side. We'll grib something.
Speaker 2 (20:45):
Yeah we will, and DA good on you. I'll see
on Friday. Thank you for supporting US radio. Let's have
the latest and rural news.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
The country's rural news with lawn Master helping you musty
your lawns for over seventy five years because it steel
Ford dot Co dot NZ for your local star guest.
Speaker 9 (21:03):
Well, I'm really glad that you just owned up then, Jamie,
to having yelled at me twice already today. But you
are the first to admit that you struggle to use
your phone sometimes, and that was my issue just before.
But anyway, in Renews, report released today by Dairy and
Z highlights farmer confidence is growing but there are still
some challenges to overcome. The view from the cow Shared
(21:24):
reports a nationwide survey of dairy farmers and it's revealed
that nearly eighty five percent are proud to work in
the sector and over three quarters believe that the outlook
for dry ing will remain stable or improve over the
next three years. Isn't that fantastic news to hit day
one of field days kee Key areas though I've concerned
for dairy farmers. In the report were raising farm expenses,
(21:47):
regulatory compliance impacts and environmental and climate related challenges. The
full report is up online and that as your renews.
Here's Mark Kelly with Sports.
Speaker 1 (21:58):
Sport with FCO. Visit them online at f CO dot
co dot nz.
Speaker 11 (22:03):
Thank you, Rowe disappointment, but a focus on the bigger
picture for the All Whites. After two to one lost
to Ukraine to complete the Canadian Shield football campaign in Toronto,
Marco Starminez equalized for the All Whites in the fifty
ninth minute after they conceded in the fifty fourth. The
winning goal came in the seventy fifth for Ukraine. The
team's next confirmed fixtion is against Norway at Oslo in
(22:26):
October in Rugby news, all Black swinger Caleb Clark has
re signed with the New Zealand Rugby until the next
World Cup. Back to the team Mystery Greek.
Speaker 2 (22:34):
Thank you Mark Kelly doing an excellent job handeling the
show out of Auckland and our tech on site here,
Liam Simpson, what a great man he is getting us
to hear we don't even have to worry about the
levels Brow Why was they raised then?
Speaker 9 (22:48):
When you said what a great man he was, we
heard that nice and it.
Speaker 2 (22:51):
But like I've been filming videos at Brent this morning,
you've been doing. Likewise at Fonterra.
Speaker 9 (22:57):
You've been filming one video, Jamie, I've been filming seven.
But what word field Days be though without Fonterra, the
co ops owned by thousands of farming families across the country. Now,
the Fonterira tent is in the usual spot right in
the middle of Field Days, next to the Agribusiness building,
so come along there is something in there for everyone.
For Fonterra farmers though, There of course is the shareholder
(23:18):
lounge where you can grab the delicious cheese toasties and
learn more about the co ops ingredients and food service
channels now, while on the public side you can get
behind the wheel of a milk tanker and compete in
milk on the move. See what they did there the
Marble race. Now the dairy season has started with a
hiss and a raw. Fonterra opening with a ten dollar
(23:38):
forecast milk price and that equates to about fifteen billion
dollars into the New Zealand economy. An efficient co op
of scale is key to Kiwi farmers being paid the
highest sustainable milk price over the long term. So make
sure you stop by the Fonterra tent right next to
the Agribusiness building at this year's Feld Days.
Speaker 2 (23:56):
Jamie and ten bucks is a pretty good opening shot,
isn't it. I actually have. I've just seen a Fonterra farmer.
That one there, that one there, Grant mcnational And no,
that's not an invite to come up here and speak
the MP for Northam. We might look if Dame Valerie
put it this way, if Richie McCord doesn't turn up,
you can can you substitute for Richie? No? I know
(24:17):
you can't, but he might turn up because he's the
new Toyota ambassador. Dame Valerie Adams is coming along, as
is Monty Betham. I want to get his thoughts on
the Sonny Bill Williams Paul Gallon scrap that is going
to be so good. But up next it's the man
all the way from Central Otago, the Electric cherry Man,
Mike Casey call calls.
Speaker 12 (24:39):
In time you getting you to see to the song
wrong extreme wan.
Speaker 2 (24:45):
Away from one you are with the country brought to
you by Brad Well. We've got Sporting Royalty plus an
electric cherry man who we keep bumping. But Mike Casey,
we will get to you. But we've got these two
need no introduction. Dame Valerie Adams and he should be
Sir Richie McCaw but he turned it down. Maybe he
will be awey bit later. But I went to you're
both Toyota brand guardians. Dame Valerie has been for a while. Richie,
(25:11):
you were announced as one this morning. Welcome to the Fold.
Speaker 13 (25:15):
Yeah, it's exciting to be involved. There's obviously pretty exciting
with obviously the relationship with new Jelen Rugby as well.
And yeah, just staked to be on board and come
along with the field days the first time.
Speaker 2 (25:27):
And first day on the tools. You've got to turn
up at Toyota and go into a strength competition with
one of It was one with one of the strongest
athletes New Zealand has ever produced, Dame Valerie Adams. And
I was there and you are a machine. You destroyed
an All Black legend.
Speaker 12 (25:45):
Well I had to beat him at something, right, I mean,
you know, the woman power amongst us is are pretty unique.
Speaker 2 (25:51):
You still look in remarkable shape. What are you doing
athletically now that you're retired from competitive shot putting?
Speaker 12 (26:00):
Probably train like a normal person now. I don't have
to carry as much muscle And thank you so much
for the compliments. Keep it coming though, keep it coming coming.
Speaker 2 (26:08):
Well, Richie, I would worry about you if you were
playing for the All Blacks now because you'd pick up
the ball and someone would blow you over. There's not
much of you these days because I know you're doing
the endurance sport.
Speaker 13 (26:18):
Yeah, yeah, well i'd much fear you say that then
that no one will be able to move you because
you go one of two ways and your finished. But yeah,
I enjoy the challenge of that. And it's really just
to make sure you don't stop, you know, as soon
as you stop. The old injury start to get you
and you start to creak. So I sort of figured
if you keep moving, hopefully you can keep doing it
for a while.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
What amazes me about you especially is the number of
knocks you took in your all black career when you
were prone over the ball. You were great at that,
but if you were a target for every person out there,
how do your knees sustain what you do?
Speaker 7 (26:52):
Ah?
Speaker 13 (26:53):
I got lucky, probably like I didn't have any major injuries,
which is probably just a bit of luck. There're certainly
we're in tier though I tweaked the knee by a
couple of years ago. Got a skin. Honest, you mnd
A pretty good, aren't they?
Speaker 7 (27:04):
And the guy looked at.
Speaker 13 (27:05):
Me said, there's a bit of weird t hear there, so,
but you'd expect that after a few years of doing that.
But just lucky, I can still run and all that
sort of stuff, and hopefully that carries on.
Speaker 2 (27:13):
Dame Verie, as I said, you're looking a million bucks.
You're very you look very fit and trim. I know
it's complicent, well deserved.
Speaker 4 (27:20):
Was I fat before?
Speaker 2 (27:21):
Well no, you were bigger, same same, But I no, no, no,
But you had to be for your sport like he
was bigger. So what are you so any any body
issues for you in terms of knees joints?
Speaker 12 (27:34):
I mean, yeah, so I was a little bit unlucky.
I've had eight surgery sports related, so knees, ankles, shoulders.
But that's just the aim of the game, right You're
always training at at your limit every time, trying to
gain that's endime over and over again. Now after twenty
five years of the sport, my aim was to actually
still walk and one day hopefully carry my grandkids. So
I can still do that. And obviously, as you say,
(27:55):
I'm looking a million.
Speaker 2 (27:56):
Bucks, you are indeed now you you also, Dame fed
look a million bucks and your hybrid Highlander? How do
you like it? Oh?
Speaker 12 (28:04):
Absolutely love it. It's a great family car. I'm not
trying to sell you the car, by the way. But
I've been very fortunate and very humbled by the fact
that URD has been by my side for a very
very long time over ten years, and they've been able
to support me throughout my journey as an athlete, but
also now as a moment ongoing work within a community
and within schools and things like that.
Speaker 2 (28:23):
You do a wonderful job. And Richie, just finishing with you.
You are the new owner or the caretaker of a
brand new land Cruiser.
Speaker 13 (28:31):
Yeah, I'm pretty excited about it for you. So, yeah,
and that's one of those ones. I grew up on
the farm when we were young, had a little red
Tourter high Lux and so it's sort of always been,
you know, when you have one of those on the farm.
Were going pretty good, so you had to get a
chance to have a land cruiser pretty state.
Speaker 2 (28:49):
Well, Dame Valerie Adams, Richie mccaught, real pleasure. Welcome to
the Toyota team. You and Da Dame Valerie. I better
get it right. No, no, you're a legend. You're both legends.
Great to have you on. We've got another sporting legend
coming up shortly as well. Monty Betham. How good, zach A.
Lucky you, lucky me, Thank you. Guys. There we go,
Toyota brand ambassador. Yeah, you can catch them at the
(29:10):
Toyota site this afternoon. As Monty Betham, I better get
my electric cherry Man. We've got one more break or
here's Monty Betha. We're gonna get We're gonna we're gonna
go to a break and come back with Mike Casey
and Monty Beethan.
Speaker 7 (29:27):
For five.
Speaker 2 (29:30):
It is eleven away from one into our final segment
of day one at Mystery Creek. Brilliant day here. If
you're pondering whether to go because it hosedown last night
in Hamilton, but you wouldn't guess it wandering into field
days this morning. We're gonna finish with Mike Casey, the
electric cherry Man from Central Otago, who's been very good
(29:53):
and very patient. As I've bumped them for Sporting Royalty
after Sporting Royalty, well here's someone who's Sporting Royal when
it comes to rugby league and boxing. Monty Beef and
Monty you're here with one New Zealand. Great to have
you here. I just want to start with this one, Sonny,
Bill Williams, Paul Gallon, Yeah, it's going to be good.
(30:13):
You're a proper boxer. Are those guys proper boxers? Well?
Speaker 14 (30:16):
I think if you think about Paul Gallon and what
he's done, he's been in with some of the best boxes.
He's fought ten rounds of justice. Who there, He's been
in there with some some of the best in the business,
even within sparring. So once upon a time I'd say
Paul Gallan wasn't a proper boxer, but he's the real deal.
Although he's passed probably his best, and he's admitted to himself.
Sonny Bill Williams is an absolute freak. He's you know,
cross codes and he's been wonderful and multiple sports and
(30:40):
he's an athlete. But I just think if you think
about this, one experience is probably going to come to
the fore. And I think there's another reason why Sonny
didn't want to fight three minute rounds.
Speaker 2 (30:49):
But with you know, heavyweights, it's knock out.
Speaker 14 (30:51):
Parently, the hands only takes one pinch.
Speaker 2 (30:53):
Has Sonny Bill Williams. And I'm only a casual observer
of boxing, I love it. Has he got the punching
power absolutely. Yeah, he is a big boy.
Speaker 14 (31:01):
I've been in the ring with him done, but some
pieces over the years helped train him at times. He
is a big human being with absolute power and speed
and will and hard and working just like Paul Gallon,
a little bit smaller, but he's been in those those
hard rounds, those championship rounds, and he's fought against the best,
so you know, I'm not a betting man, but if
you had to put your house on it, probably the
(31:22):
experience will probably be just that much in the end.
But like I said, you know I can stop you
on any stage. Sunny Bullder is an absolute freak.
Speaker 2 (31:28):
Really looking forward to it. You're here with one New
Zealand sponsors of the Warriors. How good are the wires? Well?
Everyone here? How good are the worst? Yeah?
Speaker 7 (31:38):
Up the worst?
Speaker 2 (31:39):
Yeah?
Speaker 14 (31:40):
Well there you go, because I mean that's something that's
unheard of and it's up. The wires come about after
the COVID era and we've got a warrior's head in
the Knight's heading the groat. Oh jeez, security, can you no, No,
that's all good, that's all good. But you know, it's
just been wonderful the movement, the movement that you know,
the fans have brought onto themselves. I remember a thousand
and thirty days, you take away the great game from
(32:01):
me that you can't watch live at your stadium, you
come back and then it's just a different feeling. I
remember being there for the Tigers game, watching the fans
come back after that very long being out of it,
not seeing that their fans been able to interact and
it was just something pretty special. Over the years, when
you win, it just gets that much better. The fans
himself with their signs, you know the one in zad
(32:23):
fans and everything as well, which has been really good.
Speaker 2 (32:25):
How good is that? Luke Metcalf very good.
Speaker 14 (32:28):
He's very good, very confident. I know he gets a
lot of flak about his goalkicking, but the goat Shawn
Johnson said just the other day that you know, if
the game depends on it, and if you need to
step up and have a kick like he did in
that game from fifteen meters out, he didn't hesitate and
he put his hand up. He wanted to take it.
He wanted to have that moment and that pressure, and
he just took it on board and just sunk it.
You know, he'll get better. He's got Darrel Halligan as
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his kicking coach and he's going to need to get
better because the Warriors need to score more points. If
they're on a win, the final series will get as
high as they can. But the last two weeks forty
points last week, the week before their thirty six points.
Put that in with the defense and it just gives
you a bit more confidence about where the season could go.
Speaker 2 (33:09):
He's got it on a string. When it comes to
the infield kicking, hasn't he brilliant?
Speaker 14 (33:13):
And speed just speed, like there's something you can't coach.
And you saw that break I think it was last
week when he scored their trybout seventy to eighty menuters
out sal was outstanding.
Speaker 2 (33:21):
Okay, Now, as I said, you're here with one New
Zealand great sponsors of the Warriors. The Warriors are playing
the Panthers. Yes, you know what are they five times
premiers in a row or something? Yeah? Five Grand Finals?
Speaker 14 (33:32):
They're one of four times in a row. They've got
five Origin players, so I'm not too sure they're going
to plan that game as well. But if they do
decide to turn up, I think the Warriors will be
ready for them. A wonderful club, you know they are
rebuilding now and not surprising when you lose Grand finalists
after the Grand Finals each year. And of course James
Fisher Harris is the guy that they lost and shows
you how important he is because you're lose him. By
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what he's done for our side has been sensational.
Speaker 2 (33:56):
The game at Mount Smart or what sorry got go media,
I better get right on June the twenty first against
the Panthers is a sellout. But Monty Betham has come
bearing gifts. You've got a double do you realize you've
got double pass to give away? Well, I thank thanks
to one.
Speaker 14 (34:11):
Indeed they've got a double pass because they've been signed
out for I think two months this particular game. But
there's double pass now to give away through one in
dead and and Curtius you of your show, which is.
Speaker 2 (34:21):
Great, Thank you Monty. So if you want to win
the pass, the double pass to see the Warriors up
against the Panthers reigning premiers of course aren't Yeah, four
time premiers. Yeah, pony, we'd keep that guy Cleary in
New Zealand the coach and the und you're the current
coach is pretty good. Text Warriors to five double oh nine,
your name and where you're from, and will select someone
(34:42):
from around the country to win that double pass. Monty Beetham,
it's been a pleasure, mate, Well done, Thank you very
much for your time. What a legend. Richie mccaure, Monty Beetham,
Dame Valerie Adams and this and this is almost anti climactic.
I shouldn't say that should I Mike No, I know
my plan, Mike, Mike Casey the electric cherry man. It
could be worse. I could get the MP for Northland up.
(35:05):
He wants to get up here. I love the MP
for Northland. He's happy to be the MP for Northfold.
Hey mate, there's a big announcement coming from Environment Minister
Simon Watts at one o'clock. You're gonna let us in
on the secret.
Speaker 15 (35:16):
I actually don't know what that announcement is yet. Grant's
been filling me in a little bit, but yeah, it's
happened at two o'clock today, heading over to the Advuracy
tent next to find out exactly what there are going
to be offering farmers on solar. But it's been an
absolutely massive field days for us, with the announcement of
ASP zero percent loan Farmland's coming together with new turnkey
solutions for farmers.
Speaker 2 (35:35):
It's pretty much for me, well literally like a pig
and muck at the moment, aren't you?
Speaker 15 (35:40):
One hundred percent? This is my favorite day of the year.
And finally some of the stuff that we've been asking
for is getting delivered on which is epic.
Speaker 2 (35:46):
Does I feel sorry for missus Casey, because I mean,
you're that wrapped up on solar panels, you'd probably forget
about her.
Speaker 15 (35:51):
Oh, Rebecca looks at how much we invoice contact energy
every month. She's an accountant. She changes her mind pretty
quick on that front.
Speaker 2 (35:57):
Okay, you I see you on social media all the time,
Mike Casey encouraging farmers to farm power, farm energy farm.
You know, solar panels. How good is it? How easy
is it?
Speaker 15 (36:09):
It's getting a lot easier now thanks to farmlands, thanks
to ASB and hopefully these announcements coming up. Main thing
is it's just proven to be so economical on farm.
We can generate electricity really cheaply, we can sell it
back to the grid at much higher prices. I just
think it's another revenue stream for farmers, and more importantly
than that, I think farmers are going to do a
lot to bring down the ultriacy price of everyone in
the country.
Speaker 4 (36:28):
And that's what I'm pretty pumped about, to be honest.
Speaker 2 (36:30):
You're also pumped about your cherries, your organic cherries, your
solar energy powered cherries. How was the season?
Speaker 15 (36:38):
Season was epic? Yeah, we had a full first food
production year, and I have to say we're in the black,
which was lovely. Where committed to helping that the government
double export revenues through cherries and I think the cherry
industry has done their part which has been awesome.
Speaker 2 (36:52):
So horticulture, I mean we talk about and Grant and
as mates of the National Party talk about doubling export
revenue the next decade and I think Derry's going to
have to do some of the lifting, but probably the
easiest one would be.
Speaker 15 (37:05):
Horticulture, where we're here to help as best we can
with the small industry that we've got and can't wait
to just keep growing our space.
Speaker 2 (37:13):
Really well, Mike Casey, thank you very much. I'll look
for you so Jamie. I'll look forward to the announcement
at two o'clock from Simon Environment Minister. Hey, remember, folks,
if you want to win the double pass courtesy of
One New Zealand in Monty Betham to the Panthers game
on June the twenty first, Mount Smart Stadium, Go Media Stadium,
(37:34):
text Warriors to five double O nine, your name and
where you're from, and we will pick out a winner
and we will tell you who's won those double passes
on tomorrow's show. It's been a brilliant day at Mystery Creek.
The weather has been absolutely wonderful. If you forget about
the thunderstorms last night, We'll catch you back tomorrow, same time,
(37:56):
same place. Till then, take care because we're out of here.
Speaker 1 (38:03):
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