September 16, 2025 • 3 mins
Our Canterbury-based lifestyle correspondent rounds out the show. He shares his thoughts on ECan’s “nitrate emergency” and how tough tailing is after being a lifestyler.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Okay, wrapping the country got some time to fill walking
proof what nitrates in water can do to your Jeremy Rooks,
our lifestyle correspondent out of Canterbury, Gee, I hope Otargo
can win the shield. Just before we go to Jeremy,
here's some of your texts, Jamie. Last week it was
Mike Joy. This week it's e can An Environment south
and the assault is never ending. Farming is already hard enough.
(00:22):
Regards Stephen, I agree with you, Stephen. E can An
Environment Southland need to stay in their lane. What do
you reckon Jeremy Rooks.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Well, you can say that till they're blue in the face.
But the reality is that depending on the political persuasion
of either counselors or staff, they can either be pregmatic
or interpret the legislation to the letter of the law.
And so what Whilst they've been very very difficult to
David Clark, who's got all the headlines, and good on
(00:52):
them for making it a public issue now, but the
thing is they are only interpreting the law and like
it or not, that's how some people roll. Because no
one will put their hands up and go and the
staff and go. That's ridiculous. It's not going to work
because they don't come out and if they're left leaning Greenies,
they love it to make it hard. So the buck
(01:14):
stops for central government, not eken.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Do you think Shane Jones is onto it. We just
get rid of regional councils and have unitary authorities? Oh?
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Maybe, But the reality is it's all about what's written
in the law, you know, you know, it's all very well.
Politicians grand standing in national just started piling in the
last two days because they see there's a bit of
potential rural traction for voting. But this has been going
on for a long time and it's just been bubbling
away like an old stew in the winter. And suddenly
(01:44):
someone's turned up the heat in the former David Clark,
and he's made the public and all of the Timer
community aware of this insanity that are set at the
highest level.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
This rumors that Canterbury's Robert Redford look alike Hobby Farmer, namely,
you did you declare yourself to look bear Robert Redford
look alike? I can't imagine anyone else doing it.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Well, I'm sureably blonde Jamie and a chiseled jaw, and
that jaw was hiding under five gems. But certainly some
of the some of my mother's friends have referred to
me to Robert Rookford at times.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Oh stop it now. There's also nasty rumors doing the
rounds that you were actually on the tools this week,
you did today's tailing. How did you handle that?
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Oh God, you realize how weak and unfit you are
when you sort of become a lifestyle. I was nearly dead,
probably picked up about five hundred lambs and chopped the
tails of another five hundred, and I was absolutely done
by the end of it. I can tell you, yes, horrible.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
What were the lambing percentages like on the farm you
were tailing on.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
They were all twins. Now, they were good. They were good.
They were headwaters lambs and very very good lambs. And mean,
I mean the lambs are going like hell because it's
been pretty good conditions. You know, it's getting hot and dry.
So the lambs doing really well at the minute. Great.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
Yeah, Well, we talked to Shane mcmanaway. He's looking for
rain and the Wira rapper I know basically from North
Otago up you're looking for rain.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Well, it's twenty four degrees as we speak, and it's
blowing the preverbihills, you know. I think we need to
get like fifteen mills the Southronoon, which would be good,
but I mean that's just what happens in the spring, Jamie.
The wind blows and it gets right.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
So yeah, yeah, September is the worst weather month of
the year. Hey, Jeremy, thanks for filling and at short
not notice. And I was just joking that you were
walking proof of what can happen if nitrates get into
the water system.
Okay, wrapping the country got some time to fill walking
proof what nitrates in water can do to your Jeremy Rooks,
our lifestyle correspondent out of Canterbury, Gee, I hope Otargo
can win the shield. Just before we go to Jeremy,
here's some of your texts, Jamie. Last week it was
Mike Joy. This week it's e can An Environment south
and the assault is never ending. Farming is already hard enough.
(00:22):
Regards Stephen, I agree with you, Stephen. E can An
Environment Southland need to stay in their lane. What do
you reckon Jeremy Rooks.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Well, you can say that till they're blue in the face.
But the reality is that depending on the political persuasion
of either counselors or staff, they can either be pregmatic
or interpret the legislation to the letter of the law.
And so what Whilst they've been very very difficult to
David Clark, who's got all the headlines, and good on
(00:52):
them for making it a public issue now, but the
thing is they are only interpreting the law and like
it or not, that's how some people roll. Because no
one will put their hands up and go and the
staff and go. That's ridiculous. It's not going to work
because they don't come out and if they're left leaning Greenies,
they love it to make it hard. So the buck
(01:14):
stops for central government, not eken.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Do you think Shane Jones is onto it. We just
get rid of regional councils and have unitary authorities? Oh?
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Maybe, But the reality is it's all about what's written
in the law, you know, you know, it's all very well.
Politicians grand standing in national just started piling in the
last two days because they see there's a bit of
potential rural traction for voting. But this has been going
on for a long time and it's just been bubbling
away like an old stew in the winter. And suddenly
(01:44):
someone's turned up the heat in the former David Clark,
and he's made the public and all of the Timer
community aware of this insanity that are set at the
highest level.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
This rumors that Canterbury's Robert Redford look alike Hobby Farmer, namely,
you did you declare yourself to look bear Robert Redford
look alike? I can't imagine anyone else doing it.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Well, I'm sureably blonde Jamie and a chiseled jaw, and
that jaw was hiding under five gems. But certainly some
of the some of my mother's friends have referred to
me to Robert Rookford at times.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Oh stop it now. There's also nasty rumors doing the
rounds that you were actually on the tools this week,
you did today's tailing. How did you handle that?
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Oh God, you realize how weak and unfit you are
when you sort of become a lifestyle. I was nearly dead,
probably picked up about five hundred lambs and chopped the
tails of another five hundred, and I was absolutely done
by the end of it. I can tell you, yes, horrible.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
What were the lambing percentages like on the farm you
were tailing on.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
They were all twins. Now, they were good. They were good.
They were headwaters lambs and very very good lambs. And mean,
I mean the lambs are going like hell because it's
been pretty good conditions. You know, it's getting hot and dry.
So the lambs doing really well at the minute. Great.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
Yeah, Well, we talked to Shane mcmanaway. He's looking for
rain and the Wira rapper I know basically from North
Otago up you're looking for rain.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Well, it's twenty four degrees as we speak, and it's
blowing the preverbihills, you know. I think we need to
get like fifteen mills the Southronoon, which would be good,
but I mean that's just what happens in the spring, Jamie.
The wind blows and it gets right.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
So yeah, yeah, September is the worst weather month of
the year. Hey, Jeremy, thanks for filling and at short
not notice. And I was just joking that you were
walking proof of what can happen if nitrates get into
the water system.
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