November 9, 2025 • 38 mins
Jamie Mackay talks to Sir David Carter, Andrew Hoggard, Grant McCallum, Sirma Karapeeva, Mike Inglis, and Phil Duncan.
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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 (00:24):
Yes, good a New Zealand. Good afternoon and welcome to
the Country. The show is brought to you by Brandt.
The show must go on and it's going on this week.
It's Cup and Show a week in christ Church, of course,
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the Canterbury am P Show. Do I call it the
christ Church AMP Show or do I call it the
New Zealand Agricultural Show. I don't think I call it
that anymore. Anyhow, we're going to find out what to
call it very shortly because Sir David, I was going
to say Fagan, let's try. David Carter is going to
kick off the show. One of the people who's behind
(01:04):
the reinvention of the show. They've gone back to the
future and brought it back to what made it such
a great AMP show, the biggest in the country. Today's
Farmer Panel Andrew Hogard, Grant McCullum ones with act Ones
with National. They both got silent jof over the weekend.
We'll discuss the issues of the day with them. Sir
McAra Peaver, the chief executive of the Meat Industry Association,
(01:28):
is just back from a big brand launch in Shanghai.
Will talk about that for the red meat industry. Mike
ingeles the Asian hornets in Auckland. Could this be the
beginning of the end for our bees? Well, I know
that they can be very damaging to bees and we
need bees to pollinate, so we're going to talk about that.
(01:49):
Have we got it under control? There's been quite a
bit of criticism from one person in particular, Phil Duncan
on the weather. We've got the big fire at the
Tongarero National Park a bit of a tragedy, but it
looks like mother Nature may play ball and helping to
get the fire put out. But the show must go on.
Let's welcome on to the show, Sir David Carter. The
(02:10):
blow can charge the chair or the president. What is it,
David of the christ Church or Canterbury Amp Show.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
Good afternoon, Good afternoon, Jamie. It's the Canterbury Amp Show. No,
I'm not the president. Brent Chamberlain is the president and
doing a stunning job of being president of the Canterbury
Amp Association. I chair a commercial board that was brought
in to sort of oversee and assist the committee from
the association.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Well, what happened to the New Zealand Agricultural Show, because
I always thought that was a bit strange.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
Yeah, I could never quite understand that either it was
an invention of the previous board. We've gone back to
basics very much so where the Canterbury amp Show. We've
been the Canterbury AREMP Show for sixty one hundred and
sixty odd years and we're going to remain that way.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
You were head and shoulders easily the biggest and the
best show in the country, but you lost your mojo
there for a while.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
David, Yeah, the mojo was certainly lost. Of course I
got involved about eighteen months ago when it was decided
they wouldn't even run the show. I said, how can
you have Canterbury Show Week without the show? Got involved.
We had a reduced show last year. We're back to
four numbers this time. It's going to be a very
good show, couple with a royal show. Yeah, already planning
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to work on the show for twenty seconds. So we're back.
We've got a good stability there. We're part of show Week.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
And for the first time in more than ten years,
the Canterbury Show will hold Royal Agriculture Agricultural and Pastoral
Show of n Z status. So you're a Royal show.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
We're a Royal show. After as you say, ten years,
Royal Agricultural Society approached us, we felt we were fully
recovered and able to put on a good show and
therefore took on Royal show status. Worked closely with the
Royal agg Society to make sure that we do there classes.
According to the book, it's going to be a good show.
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It's also meant with substantity increase lifetong numbers.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Traditionally the show would start on a Wednesday. Now you've
gone from a Thursday to Saturday format.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
We found that people weren't really coming in great numbers
on a Wednesday. We also wanted to give ourselves a
bit more weather proofing. We then by moving it to
a Thursday, a Friday and a Saturday. We get two
public holidays in Canterbury because of course Friday is show
Day or anniversary Day, and it just means that we're
less at risk one of those days turns nasty with
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the weather, well, we'll.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Get a weather forecast for you. A bit later on
the show from our weather guy Phil Dunker, But no
doubt you've done your own homework on it.
Speaker 3 (04:47):
Yeah, it's a bit hard to tell at the moment.
They're talking about the odd share of rain coming through
on Thursday. That wouldn't be too bad because the farmers
actually around Canterbury are starting to meet that rain. It's
a Friday and Saturday that brings the city go to
the showgrounds. That's important that we get good weather those
two days.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
You've gone back to the future, as I said, back
to what or back to the basics of what AMP
shows were founded on. And of course they were founded
on livestock.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
And that's great that we've now seen big numbers of
livestock coming back, over seven hundred sheep entries, close to
four hundred dairy cattle coming in, and similar numbers for
beef cattle. And then you have your other breeds, the pigs,
the olbackers, et cetera. So and a huge horse entry
has always been a huge equestrian show. So the livestock
numbers are back. But the other important aspect of the
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AMP Association for me is about this town and country
mixing together and that's a critical part of agriculture. It
needs to make its presence known to the urban environment,
and being New Zealand's second biggest city, christ Church is
important to costures. People have the opportunity to interact with agriculture.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
You were born in bed Red Cantabrian, aren't you, David?
Indeed heah, it runs in your veins right, No, I
know on and you can watch rugby with just one
eye and still enjoy it. But christ Church is a
town that's really on the rise at the moment. In fact,
of all New Zealand cities, it seems to be the
one that's doing the best. Maybe put Queen's down to
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one side, but christ Church is on a bit of
a high well.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
Of course, it took a long time to recover from
those earthquakes. From the recovery we're seeing a city with
a lot of good attributes to The stadium opens not
too far away. We've got the sporting facilities inside town itself,
lots of bars, lots of restaurants that have opened up
the strip. There's a great attraction for younger people. But
Telsale signed for me as the two universities Lincoln and Canterbury,
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their numbers are well up, as students from around New
Zealand decide, the Canterbury and christ churches are happening grace
and that's why the population's booming.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Couple to finish on your reference to the dry weather,
are you saying the farmers wouldn't mind some rain on
Thursday if it meant some of it could land on
their farms. You're farming on Banks Peninsula. I know it's
dry there. North Canterbury's getting really quite dry and the
problem for some of those poor buggers for excuse my
language there, but that they can't even turn their irrigators
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on because they got smashed in the wind event.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
Yeah. No, so Banks Peninsula we're okay at the moment.
We could do with the rain, but November we always
look for rain. North Canterbury is getting very very dry.
So the sheep and beef guys there are going to
face some difficulties unless we get a rain. And then,
as you mentioned around that coulbn And based area with
the wind damage a couple of weeks ago, irrogators out
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and I'm told they're getting parts in to New Zealand
to fix those errogators. There could be a long wait,
so some of those highly productive dairy guys that rely
on irrigation have certainly got some challenges ahead of them.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
I feel for them, yeah, we all do. Just a
final comment of the passing of Roger maclay, of course,
the father of and Agriculture and Trade Minister Todd McLay.
But I know you were involved back in the day
with Roger McLay.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
He was a delightful guy. I stood, of course in
ninety four in that by election, which was a short campaign.
It was pretty tense at the time because the very
survival of Jim Bolger's government depended on that one seat.
Roger McLay was the guy detailed to come down and
spend time with me and just show me the ropes
really and we developed a lovely relationship. We both bore
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greatly miss Roger and my condolences to his wife Dawn.
Last time I spoke. He was extremely proud of Todd
mcclay's efforts both as minister and as Minister of Trade.
But he was a delightful man who will be sadly missed.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
And a final comment from you on Todd McLay as
a former Minister of Agriculture yourself, I reckoning well certainly
from the outside looking in, I think he's doing a
pretty good job.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
His trade portfolio is having him exceptional job and that's
his background. That's skill that says love. If he can
pull off a deal with India and inside these three years,
that is a remarkable achievement. I wish he'm all the best.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
Well, he might be, Sir Todd Maclay, like you, Sir
David Carter.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
Who knows the future, Jamie.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
David, I will see you on Thursday at the show,
looking forward to it. Hey, we're launching our twenty twenty
five Mackay's I believe it or not. It is a
hop oil and fused New Zealand pilsner. I don't know
what that means, but I like you. We'll have a
taste on Thursday, so I'll invite you along to the
Emerson's Tiny Pub to join us there on Thursday.
Speaker 3 (09:35):
Looking forward to That's just another attraction at the show.
It's going to be a great one. See Jamie, see it.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
Sir David Carter. There the show must go on sixteen
after twelve You are with the Country up next the
Farmer Panel Farmer Politician Panel. Although I think they've both
been playing farmers over the weekend getting silent off a
Minister of Biosecurity and egg Associate Egg and Grant Colum
MP for Northland. Andrew is of course an act list MP.
(10:04):
Andrew Hoggard that is they're up next, Sir Macara Peaver
on what was happening in Shanghai last week for the
red meat industry, Mike Ingles on the Asian hornet in
cursion and Phil Duncan. We're going to dish up some rain.
I think it's through even raining now in the Tongarero
National Park area. We want to get that fire out myself.
(10:36):
Send seven shoo. Nobody knows I'm.
Speaker 4 (10:41):
With the.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
Today's Farmer Panel. Let's welcome them onto the show man
or Tu cal Koki also Minister of Biosecurity. I think
yes he is an associate ag Minister. Yes, thank you
Andrew Hoggard and Grant McCullum. I'm not quite sure how
I describe you, nor DMP. What the hell are you
going to be doing later this week down at the
christ Church amp show. That's not in your patch.
Speaker 5 (11:08):
No, it's not in my patch, but this is part
of the deal being part of the team. The rural
team for the Rural Nets for national is to go
along to the shows and true the fat what the
cock is and hear what their concerns are.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
Hang on, grant, what value are we the taxpayers getting
out of flying you from Northland or Auckland down to
christ Church for the day.
Speaker 5 (11:26):
Because the farmers love my company? Didn't you realize that
that's what it is? Of course, none all seriousness. It's
about representation. We all have our different communities we align
with and being a farmer, I love to get out
and understand how the farmers are going in the South
Island and just remind them all actually that the oldest
damp show is not in Canterbury, it's the Bay of Islands,
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which I was had on Saturday. So you know we're
one where one get ahead of Canterbury.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
And they tell me it's a cracker of an amp
show as well. Mind you, Andrew Hoggart, if you turned
up you've got a bit of ministerial gravil, so we
wouldn't mind that as much.
Speaker 6 (12:03):
Unfortunately this year I've got to be over in Melbourne
for the Food Minister's meeting, so I was booked down
to go to the cross Church show, but then the
Aussies had to reorganize everything and decided to have the
minister's meeting later. So if New Zealand wants a vote,
the only way New Zealand gets voters if I show up.
So I'm kind of going.
Speaker 4 (12:22):
To go do my job.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
Unfortunately, check on your dairy farmer. Hats the pair of
you and I'll stay with you, Andrew and man or
two's how's the season treating you?
Speaker 6 (12:33):
Looks pretty reasonable at the moment, and got the solid
j off on the weekend, and yeah, so I think
things are taken along all right at the moment actually,
so you'll.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
Take that as a as a positive, Grant. What about
in Northland?
Speaker 5 (12:47):
Oh, you know I would take you on, okay, And
we actually got our silode off on Friday Saturday as well,
and as soon as we finished and cover the stack,
it rains. Don't you love it when that happens. It's
almost like you who was meant to be?
Speaker 2 (12:59):
Now both of you have been through weather extremes, Grant
in your case obviously a couple of years ago, what's
nearly three years? Cyclone? Gabriell and Andrew in the Monowa
two region and I always remember the late Alistair Poulsen
talking about the damage and did on his farm, a
former president of Federated Farmers. You had those horrendous floods
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of two thousand and four and the lessons learnt from
those stick with you for life.
Speaker 6 (13:29):
Yeah, definitely, And for me it was you just can't
underestimate the value of the having back up power supply
on the farm and also back up solutions for communications.
So you know, one of the things I've got now is,
you know, wireless Internet provider, so I can have a
small generator that powers up the dish and I can
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still have connectivity with the rest of the world through
wireless internet. And you know, we had a general back
then to run the care shed and that kept us going.
You know, she was pretty stressful times, but at least
been able to milk the cows. That was one less
burden off. So, you know, ever since, it's sort of
something I've always remembered of what could go wrong and
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how can I manage if it does go wrong, and
always having a plan on the back of my mind,
you know. And I think for most of these weather events,
the main thing that's going to happen as we lose
power We're just in such a small, a long drawn
out country where so many things can go wrong. Our
power supply is just uniquely vulnerable here in New Zealand.
So that is yeah, one of the things I definitely learned.
Speaker 2 (14:39):
As we've absolutely found out. Grant McCullum, a Northland MP,
National MP. Have you got a generator big enough to
drive your cowshed or your milking shed?
Speaker 3 (14:48):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (14:48):
Absolutely, and William definitely. Gabrielle I just rething that endorse
having that. Andrews said, it's really important that we've got
to look at our own businesses and build resilience. Given
the increased frequency and intense they are these weather events
that are happening. We've just got to think about it
ourselves because the state can't come running every five minutes
and fix things up. We've got to be look after
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ourselves for a while. And yes, we've got a wet
to make sure, we've got our old cow shed. We've
got rewired so we can put the plug and the
generator pipe. We've got a generator goes on the back
of the tractor and we can melt the cows. Most
important thing.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
Andrew Hoggard, as Associate Agriculture Minister. I note that Todd
maclay and it's very sad to note the passing of
his father, Roger McLay. I want to come back to
that one. But along with your other associate ad Minister
Mark Patterson, announced in an additional seventy thousand dollars to Southland,
Otago and North Canterbury Rural Support Trusts on top of
the two hundred and fifty thousand dollars already announced. Is
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that enough or is it just buyer beware?
Speaker 6 (15:53):
Well, I think the key thing here is it's money
that's needed for coordination, for repairs and all the rest
of it. It's not meant to fund repairs or anything
like that. It's more about getting that coordination, that edmind
in place. That's for any of these sort of payments
government make after an event. That's what it's there for,
to help those everyone in the community get organized, get
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their systems in place, and then there you know, it
just takes a bit of a bit of the stress
and hassle off.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
Okay, look, a couple have quickly finished on Grant McCullum.
The Asian hornets. They're in your backyard were you're looking
for them? Are we do it. We're taking this seriously
enough because I'll get the both of you opinion on
this obviously, biosecurity Andrew Scott One, what do you say?
Speaker 5 (16:39):
Yeah, we certainly we seem to be and I'm encouraged
a minister to keep on top of it with you.
Certainly appears to be able. Look forward to what you've
got to say. But no, no, we've got to keep
it up. Once again reinforces the whole importance of biosecurity
and procedures. We've got some pretty good people doing some
great stuff. And only Andrew comments that you've got the
minister online and.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
We'll let him go because if we lose our hunt
or a portion of the population, there goes pollination out
the back door.
Speaker 6 (17:06):
Yeah, and I think the numbers have been talked about.
They can potentially decimate up to thirty percent of honeybee
population or at the moment, our hive numbers are at
such a point that we've just got enough to do pollinations,
so we can't really afford to lose anymore. So, I mean,
the team's got trapping in place, and I mean the
main thing at this moment is trying to identify where
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they are. I'll certainly be asking about officials in today,
so asking whether we've got enough traps, do we need
to change plans? We've got advice, got a good technical
advisory team with lots of worldwide experts on that and
also local experts, so taking good advice from them on
what we need to be doing. And you know, I'll
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just be following up and constantly asking questions, which is
sort of my role in it, not to try and
get in the way. I don't want to get in
the way of the team doing the work, but just
good I'll be sort of keeping pedal to the medal
and making sure action's happening on this he Andrew Hagar.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
Did you know the late Roger McLay Todd Mclay's father.
Speaker 6 (18:10):
No, No, I didn't. His sort of turn in politics
was I was in primary school back then. I know
the name, but no, I never had anything to do
with him. Condolence was through to Todd's family though, and
was pretty.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
Said, well, Grant, being a true blue nat since you
were up out of nappies, basically you would have known him.
You would have hung around some National Party conference and
chatted to Roger.
Speaker 5 (18:31):
Yeah, that actually and visible condolences to Todd this family
at eight, far too young to be leaving this world.
But no I knew I did well. Respected a politician
and MP for the Taupo area, did a great job,
and he did, and he went on to be Children's
Commissioner I rolled. He really loved and did a great
job with that as well. So he'll be missed, and
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he was certainly an enjoyable company at various conferences over
the years. He'd be better to say Jamie.
Speaker 2 (18:59):
And a great mat of Winston's.
Speaker 5 (19:00):
Apparently apparently that's the case.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
Yes, Rest in peace, Roger McLay and condolences to our
Trade Minister and Agriculture Minister Todd McLay, Grant McCullum, Andrew Highgard,
thanks for your time, thanks for being the Farmer Politician
panel today, and Grant, when you're down in christ Church,
make sure you do something and earn your keep. We're
paying for you.
Speaker 5 (19:21):
Always do, always do.
Speaker 6 (19:25):
Well.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
We'll see about that, Grant. Twenty nine after twelve you're
with the Country show is brought to you by Brent.
Michelle Watts wandered in with a cup of tea. Thank you, Michelle,
I are you a coffee tomorrow. Now the Grammy nominations
are out. This is Chaboozi for Best Country Solo Performance.
Good news. And I played a bit of Queen the
Show Must Go On for the Canterbury A and P Show.
(19:47):
And you told me great trivia for a Monday that
Queen never got a Grammy.
Speaker 7 (19:52):
No, I'm really shocked by this. As soon as you
played Queen, I went locked them up and they had
four nominations.
Speaker 2 (19:57):
No wins. Well there you go. Someone who's claiming a
one is Sirmacarapeva, chief executive of the Meat Industry Association.
Last week they had an in market activation. Do you
know what one of those is, Michelle, You probably don't.
It's a modern trendy thing for a meeting, an in
market activation of the Refreshed Taste Pure Nature country of
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Origin brand in Shanghai. What does all that mean? We'll
find out next. We're going to see if we can
get rid of the old Asian hornets before the end
of the hour and get some rain for Tan Guerero
to put the fire out with Bill Duncan. Surmacarapeva is
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the chief executive of the Meat Industry Association. She's a
bit jet lagged because she's just got back from Shanghai.
Big event on there last week. It was the Meat
Industry Association launching the first in market activation of the
Refreshed Taste Pure Nature, a country of origin brand, and
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you had this exclusive pop up restaurant experience in Shanghai,
Serma and everyone who was anyone was there apparently.
Speaker 8 (21:11):
Oh yes, it was a fabulous night out. There are here.
Restaurant team and Tribal Brands Asia did a fabulous job
and putting this together, and it really was an outstanding
way to activate the Refreshed Taste Pure Nature brand, country
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of origin brand for the red meat sector in China.
Very exciting, well received. People will feed excellent food prepared
by chef Ben Bailey and they all are left with
very good feelings towards New Zealand.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
Well, I'm sure, I'm sure they did. Getting there. I
looked at the menu. Lumina Lamb. Is that the Alliance
Group Lamb is it?
Speaker 6 (21:55):
It isn't?
Speaker 2 (21:56):
Yeah, Okay, Lumina Lamb's Shoulder with Tatua Cheese, Silver Fern Farms,
tenderloin Tartia and innovation desserts crafted with New Zealand ingredients.
It sounds wonderful. I wonder they were all impressed. But
because this is the refreshed Taste Pure Nature country of
Origin brand, what happened to the old one? Was it stale?
Speaker 5 (22:18):
Well?
Speaker 8 (22:18):
The old one was the first Foray and to a
country of origin brand, and as with everything that goes first,
there's lessons learned, and you know, perhaps it didn't resonate
as well and the market as it should have or
could have, And so we were given the challenge to
refresh it and make it more salient and more applicable
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to the value proposition that we are promoting to the
Chinese consumer.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
I get a wee bit cynical when we talk about
telling our stories or as Dame Nolene would say, telling
her truth, I'm getting a way off subject there. But
Taste It's pure Nature is a lot more I'm reading
from the publicity blurb hair Serma than a label or
a logo. It's a promise of naturally raised, hormone free
grass feed red meat, produced with care and one of
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the world's most pristine environments. Green Peace might say otherwise.
Speaker 8 (23:19):
Well, of course they might, but you know, we've got
outstanding farming practices in New Zealand and we should be
very proud of the work that our farmers and processes
do to get this excellent product into market.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
How big a deal is this grass fed brand in
China because obviously most of the meat they're eating there
isn't they're eating over there is not grass fed.
Speaker 8 (23:44):
Yeah, well, look it certainly as an upcoming trend in
China as it is in other parts.
Speaker 2 (23:51):
Of the world.
Speaker 8 (23:52):
I think with the ongoing trend around health and while being,
consumers are looking for options to meet the needs, and
certainly China is not different to the rest.
Speaker 2 (24:03):
Of the world.
Speaker 8 (24:04):
The young, mobile, well educated consumers are really looking for
products that are both value and also quality driven and
that meet the brief of wellness and health for them.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
This is funded by the Meat Industry Association, and obviously
under that umbrella you get your alliance groups, your silver Firm, Farms,
your a FCoS RANSCOS. I don't know all the big
meat companies beef and lamb New Zealand are in as well,
plus the government. So nine point four million over three years,
and I know that sounds a bit of money, but
when it comes to marketing, that can disappear pretty quickly
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on a global stage.
Speaker 8 (24:46):
Oh, absolutely it can, and so we've been very focused
and conscious of that very point. So we are activating
this and the Shanghai market as a trial, as a
pilot for three years, almost a proof of concept to
see that we can stand it up and that it works.
And you know, I'm hoping that it well, and once
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that happens, we can start looking to roll it out
in other parts of the world.
Speaker 2 (25:17):
Sirmercarapeva with this, Chief Executive of the Meat Industry Association,
just quick final question for you. Is the red meat
industry on an all time high? I'm not talking about
the industry per se, because it's got lots of issues,
but I'm talking about from a returns point of view.
I don't know if inflation adjusted it is, but certainly
in dollar terms bear dollar terms, at the moment, it's
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never been better.
Speaker 8 (25:41):
Yes, I mean, I think we are very much enjoying
the high global prices and reaping the benefit of that
right back through to the farm gate. Long may it continue.
It really is a situation of supply and demand. Global
supplies tight across beef and sheep meets a certain extent,
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and while our stock numbers are declining, we're still able
to grab those good returns in our global markets.
Speaker 2 (26:14):
Sir McAra Peaver, chief executive of the Meat Industry Association,
Thanks for the work you're doing on our behalf, especially
in Shanghai last week. Thank you, Jamie, Thank you Sirma.
It is twenty two away from one. The show must
go on. We're going to tell you how you can
win five hundred bucks courtesy of the Where's Freddy Gone?
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There he goes courtesy of the twenty twenty five launch
of the new Mackaisa this week at the Kendbury amp Show.
Up next, it's rural news and sports news. Before the
end of the hour are Mike Ingles about Asian hornets
and Phil Duncan on the weather. Welcome back to the country.
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The show is brought to you by brand. I'm Jamie
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Okay, Michelle, you've got some great rural news for us.
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and it sounds lovely. I can't wait to try it on.
Speaker 2 (28:41):
That's a hot oil infused pills.
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Yeah, that does sound fancy.
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Sounds very fancy. But to get in the drawer you
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Speaker 2 (28:55):
Can I might enter and say anyone but Jeremy Rooks
and Canterbury.
Speaker 7 (28:59):
Isn't he coming to see you for?
Speaker 2 (29:01):
Actually sent me a text and he's probably got a
fair point here where is his text? I've got a
text from a golf mate Eddie too, who's making his
way up north and in his past the Emerson's tiny
pub at Waititaki on the way up, so it's making
its way up to christ Church from Dunedin. Rooks says, no,
point in the taste for your end z of the
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GenTech bill passes because there's no labeling requirements. What a contradiction.
He might be right for once. Interesting and we had
a similar text along the same lines from Laurie Patterson
ground straight. Well yeah, Lori and Rooks as sort of
a de facto groundswell sort of guy. So yeah, but
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yeah it is. I think it's absolutely fair commentary. What
else was I going to do? Oh? Yes, it's a
New Zealand Pelsner Brood. Wait for this, Michelle, with a
taste of Chris Blemons. I needed to say Chris Lemons,
Chris Blemmons and times with a refreshing finish. So I'm
looking forward to trying that one. Yeah, I'm looking for it.
Speaker 7 (30:05):
Sounds a bit like a red Ler do you remember ours?
A German bear.
Speaker 2 (30:09):
I'll stick with the Emersons, Thank you, Michelle. We'll see anyhow.
It's citrusy, citrusy. We can live with that. He's sports
news for you.
Speaker 1 (30:19):
Sports on the Country with a FCO business well done.
Speaker 2 (30:23):
Mixed injury news for the All Blacks ahead of Sunday's
third Grand Slam rugby Test against England at Twickenham. When
a Caleb Clark has been ruled out with concussion after
coppying a stray brute boot and an attempted tackle during
the one over Scotland, Assistant coach Jason Holland says, in contrast,
skipper Scott Barrett is poised to return from a leg
(30:44):
gash after suffering a leg gash he suffered. Should I
say in the opening tour when over Ireland would be
good to get him back, but Josh Laud did a
good job. Manchester City have moved to second on the
Premier League Football Ladder with a three nil home win
over Liverpool to mark manager Pep Guardiola's one thousandth match
(31:06):
in charge of a side. Well Arling Harlan missed an
early penalty but eventually opened the scoring with his ninety
ninth EPL goal. That man is a machine. Up next,
Mike Ingalls out of the North. We're going to get
rid of the Asian hornets. Mike Ingles is the Commissioner
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North for Biosecurity ENZ. His job is to keep the
Asian hornets out of New Zealand. Now you won't have
heard this, Mike, but we've already spoken to the Minister
of Biosecurity Andrew Hoggart about these. He said they could
decimate up to thirty percent of the bee population as
it stands in this country at the moment, and I
don't need to tell you this number. We haven't got
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enough bees to do the pollination as it is. This
could be very, very costly to the New Zealand economy
if these hornets get out of control. You got it
under control.
Speaker 9 (31:59):
Yes, we do under control at this stage. I think
it's absolutely right to be aware and be extremely not
being complacent. It's potentially a four hundred million dollar industry.
We're engaging with our b industry and honey industry colleagues daily.
We've responded quickly to the detections that are all isolated
to one particular area. We immediately put staff working full
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time on the response, including incursion investigators, laboratory staff and
people working in the field, engaging with the community and
carrying out and hands surveillance. So we're taking this extremely seriously.
But we've got a plan, we've got a methodology, we're
taking technical advice, and we continue to seek the public support,
who have been fantastic. We've had over twenty three hundred
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public notifications and we're quickly responding to all those calls
and reports.
Speaker 2 (32:46):
Well, not everyone thinks you're doing a good job. There's
a Northland a former bias secure or a bio security
worker and a former bikeeper by the name of Bread
Win Dust I hope I got his name right there,
and Bread's none too place, do you reckons? You guys
have dropped the ball.
Speaker 6 (33:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (33:02):
I've reached out to Brad a couple of occasions and
spoke to them. We are absolutely respected and the passion
that we have in the community to work that through.
As it stands at the moment, we have confirmed five
yellow legged hornets, four queens and one male. So we're
focusing at this stage on Glenfield and the Burke Daily
area of Auckland's north shore. We've laid over one hundred
and forty two traps. Every trap is getting checked daily
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and no hornets have been found in those traps to date,
and we're continuing to have enhanced on the ground surveillance
scenarios where the queen hornets have been found. This includes
making sure roof waves, trees, fence lines and other potential habitats.
So we're absolutely taking this seriously. We understand our role
in this. The community have been fantastic. We're engaging with
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our industry partners both GIA Horticulture and New Zealand the
Avocado Industry CAVIH.
Speaker 3 (33:51):
We've got a.
Speaker 9 (33:51):
Governance set up and in terms of the discussion we
brad we will take on in terms of feedback and
make sure that we continue to keep on top of this.
Speaker 2 (34:00):
Of US sees captured hornets have been fitted and this
is interesting with tiny radio transmitters and traced back to
their nests for extermination. Have we got that sort of
technology here Mike Ingles.
Speaker 9 (34:12):
Yeah, and we're engaging with people. The Technical Advisory Group
will be discussing aspects so this this week and again
we've had lots of people reach out to too, have
had experience in other parts in terms of hornets and the.
Speaker 4 (34:24):
Technical Advisory Group.
Speaker 9 (34:25):
We have of expertise from Frans that dealt with us
and that in could with the Minister in terms of
potentially impact in thirty percent USA, So again we've got
those technical expertise given us advice.
Speaker 2 (34:36):
Hi Mike Ingles from MPI, Thanks for some of your time,
Thanks for clearing up some of the information and if
people do think they've come across an Asian hornet. I
wouldn't even know what one looks like. I'm assuming you've
got a hotline number or something.
Speaker 4 (34:50):
Yes, we do.
Speaker 9 (34:50):
And as I said, the response from the public has
been incredible. And if you think you have found a hornet,
there's pictures up. They're larger than was. There's pictures up
in our social media and on our web site.
Speaker 4 (35:01):
But take a fourto of.
Speaker 9 (35:02):
Reporter either on Lane or called the Biosecurity in New
Zealand Past and Disease Lane on or eight hundred eighty
ninety Night sixty six got on.
Speaker 2 (35:11):
Yep, we don't want any hornets. The bees are too valuable.
Thanks for your time.
Speaker 9 (35:16):
Thank you, Jim, Thank you Mike.
Speaker 2 (35:18):
God to take a break. On the other side of it,
Phil Duncan.
Speaker 1 (35:26):
Weather on the country with farmlands helping to prevent parasite
outbreaks this summer.
Speaker 2 (35:32):
He's our weather man on a Monday, let's see what
he can do weatherwise to put out the fire at
the Tongarera National Park. Phil Duncan, what do you got
for us?
Speaker 5 (35:41):
Yeah, good, Jamie.
Speaker 4 (35:42):
We've got some wet weather this week, which is good.
It's a little bit patchy, a little bit hit and miss,
but there's probably fifty to seventy millimeters forecast for the
central North Island for the volcanic Plateau. That's quite a
bit of rain, and so hopefully that does fall exactly
where the fire is, not you know, ten kilometers in
the other direction. But there is a chance of that
rain coming through. Pretty much each day this week there's
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a chance of rain or showers in that part of
the country, and not a lot of wind either. Today's
probably looking like one of the windier days. Bit of
a north westerly which is a little bit breathed through
cook Straight, Wellington those areas, and so as you go
further up the North Island, those winds fade out. But
of course Central Plateau have been at a higher elevation,
it might be a bit windy there today. So it's
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not a terrible forecast from a weather point of view.
In fact, I'd say, if anything, it's probably quite a
good one considering the time of year we're in.
Speaker 2 (36:33):
Our old mate Steve wan Harris, I think he's going
to be on the show this week making a cameo appearance,
told me how wonderful that walk is.
Speaker 4 (36:41):
I've never done it, but I'd love to do it.
Everyone I know that's done and have said it's just
the most amazing, beautiful walk you've ever done. I think,
you know. The sad thing about this is that sort
of part of the country such a high elevation above
sea level. You know, a lot of that stuff that's
burning is going to take a very long time to
regrow and get back to where it was.
Speaker 2 (36:59):
It might be potentially, okay, well, let's hope they can
get the fire out phil some of that fifty or
sixty mills you were talking about for the Central Plateau
or central North Island. I'm sure that the farmers in
the Hawk's Bay region could do with some of its spilling.
A bit further east.
Speaker 4 (37:17):
Yeah, I think if you're higher up in the hills
in Hawk's Bay and Wided Upper in Gisban region, you
might get a bit of spell over coming from the west.
It won't be a lot, but the closer you are
to the eastern coastline, the dryer it's going to be.
And that's pretty much from the Gisbane area all the
way down to sort of about Otago, so Canterbury, Marlborough, Wellington,
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Wided Upper and Hawk's Bay of the areas that are
probably going to have the lowest rainfall in the weekly
head with potentially you know, only a couple of millimeters
falling in some areas up to about ten so hopefully
some areas get a little bit more than that. But
really most of the wet weather is coming out of
the west, moving to the east as we get in
November with spring steel with that predominant westerly.
Speaker 2 (37:58):
Phil Duncan, Thanks for your time. Catch you again, same time,
same place, next Monday.
Speaker 4 (38:03):
Cheers, Jamie, Thank you very much.
Speaker 2 (38:05):
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Speaker 1 (38:26):
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Speaker 2 (00:24):
Yes, good a New Zealand. Good afternoon and welcome to
the Country. The show is brought to you by Brandt.
The show must go on and it's going on this week.
It's Cup and Show a week in christ Church, of course,
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the Canterbury am P Show. Do I call it the
christ Church AMP Show or do I call it the
New Zealand Agricultural Show. I don't think I call it
that anymore. Anyhow, we're going to find out what to
call it very shortly because Sir David, I was going
to say Fagan, let's try. David Carter is going to
kick off the show. One of the people who's behind
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the reinvention of the show. They've gone back to the
future and brought it back to what made it such
a great AMP show, the biggest in the country. Today's
Farmer Panel Andrew Hogard, Grant McCullum ones with act Ones
with National. They both got silent jof over the weekend.
We'll discuss the issues of the day with them. Sir
McAra Peaver, the chief executive of the Meat Industry Association,
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is just back from a big brand launch in Shanghai.
Will talk about that for the red meat industry. Mike
ingeles the Asian hornets in Auckland. Could this be the
beginning of the end for our bees? Well, I know
that they can be very damaging to bees and we
need bees to pollinate, so we're going to talk about that.
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Have we got it under control? There's been quite a
bit of criticism from one person in particular, Phil Duncan
on the weather. We've got the big fire at the
Tongarero National Park a bit of a tragedy, but it
looks like mother Nature may play ball and helping to
get the fire put out. But the show must go on.
Let's welcome on to the show, Sir David Carter. The
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blow can charge the chair or the president. What is it,
David of the christ Church or Canterbury Amp Show.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
Good afternoon, Good afternoon, Jamie. It's the Canterbury Amp Show. No,
I'm not the president. Brent Chamberlain is the president and
doing a stunning job of being president of the Canterbury
Amp Association. I chair a commercial board that was brought
in to sort of oversee and assist the committee from
the association.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Well, what happened to the New Zealand Agricultural Show, because
I always thought that was a bit strange.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
Yeah, I could never quite understand that either it was
an invention of the previous board. We've gone back to
basics very much so where the Canterbury amp Show. We've
been the Canterbury AREMP Show for sixty one hundred and
sixty odd years and we're going to remain that way.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
You were head and shoulders easily the biggest and the
best show in the country, but you lost your mojo
there for a while.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
David, Yeah, the mojo was certainly lost. Of course I
got involved about eighteen months ago when it was decided
they wouldn't even run the show. I said, how can
you have Canterbury Show Week without the show? Got involved.
We had a reduced show last year. We're back to
four numbers this time. It's going to be a very
good show, couple with a royal show. Yeah, already planning
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to work on the show for twenty seconds. So we're back.
We've got a good stability there. We're part of show Week.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
And for the first time in more than ten years,
the Canterbury Show will hold Royal Agriculture Agricultural and Pastoral
Show of n Z status. So you're a Royal show.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
We're a Royal show. After as you say, ten years,
Royal Agricultural Society approached us, we felt we were fully
recovered and able to put on a good show and
therefore took on Royal show status. Worked closely with the
Royal agg Society to make sure that we do there classes.
According to the book, it's going to be a good show.
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It's also meant with substantity increase lifetong numbers.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Traditionally the show would start on a Wednesday. Now you've
gone from a Thursday to Saturday format.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
We found that people weren't really coming in great numbers
on a Wednesday. We also wanted to give ourselves a
bit more weather proofing. We then by moving it to
a Thursday, a Friday and a Saturday. We get two
public holidays in Canterbury because of course Friday is show
Day or anniversary Day, and it just means that we're
less at risk one of those days turns nasty with
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the weather, well, we'll.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Get a weather forecast for you. A bit later on
the show from our weather guy Phil Dunker, But no
doubt you've done your own homework on it.
Speaker 3 (04:47):
Yeah, it's a bit hard to tell at the moment.
They're talking about the odd share of rain coming through
on Thursday. That wouldn't be too bad because the farmers
actually around Canterbury are starting to meet that rain. It's
a Friday and Saturday that brings the city go to
the showgrounds. That's important that we get good weather those
two days.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
You've gone back to the future, as I said, back
to what or back to the basics of what AMP
shows were founded on. And of course they were founded
on livestock.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
And that's great that we've now seen big numbers of
livestock coming back, over seven hundred sheep entries, close to
four hundred dairy cattle coming in, and similar numbers for
beef cattle. And then you have your other breeds, the pigs,
the olbackers, et cetera. So and a huge horse entry
has always been a huge equestrian show. So the livestock
numbers are back. But the other important aspect of the
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AMP Association for me is about this town and country
mixing together and that's a critical part of agriculture. It
needs to make its presence known to the urban environment,
and being New Zealand's second biggest city, christ Church is
important to costures. People have the opportunity to interact with agriculture.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
You were born in bed Red Cantabrian, aren't you, David?
Indeed heah, it runs in your veins right, No, I
know on and you can watch rugby with just one
eye and still enjoy it. But christ Church is a
town that's really on the rise at the moment. In fact,
of all New Zealand cities, it seems to be the
one that's doing the best. Maybe put Queen's down to
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one side, but christ Church is on a bit of
a high well.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
Of course, it took a long time to recover from
those earthquakes. From the recovery we're seeing a city with
a lot of good attributes to The stadium opens not
too far away. We've got the sporting facilities inside town itself,
lots of bars, lots of restaurants that have opened up
the strip. There's a great attraction for younger people. But
Telsale signed for me as the two universities Lincoln and Canterbury,
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their numbers are well up, as students from around New
Zealand decide, the Canterbury and christ churches are happening grace
and that's why the population's booming.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Couple to finish on your reference to the dry weather,
are you saying the farmers wouldn't mind some rain on
Thursday if it meant some of it could land on
their farms. You're farming on Banks Peninsula. I know it's
dry there. North Canterbury's getting really quite dry and the
problem for some of those poor buggers for excuse my
language there, but that they can't even turn their irrigators
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on because they got smashed in the wind event.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
Yeah. No, so Banks Peninsula we're okay at the moment.
We could do with the rain, but November we always
look for rain. North Canterbury is getting very very dry.
So the sheep and beef guys there are going to
face some difficulties unless we get a rain. And then,
as you mentioned around that coulbn And based area with
the wind damage a couple of weeks ago, irrogators out
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and I'm told they're getting parts in to New Zealand
to fix those errogators. There could be a long wait,
so some of those highly productive dairy guys that rely
on irrigation have certainly got some challenges ahead of them.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
I feel for them, yeah, we all do. Just a
final comment of the passing of Roger maclay, of course,
the father of and Agriculture and Trade Minister Todd McLay.
But I know you were involved back in the day
with Roger McLay.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
He was a delightful guy. I stood, of course in
ninety four in that by election, which was a short campaign.
It was pretty tense at the time because the very
survival of Jim Bolger's government depended on that one seat.
Roger McLay was the guy detailed to come down and
spend time with me and just show me the ropes
really and we developed a lovely relationship. We both bore
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greatly miss Roger and my condolences to his wife Dawn.
Last time I spoke. He was extremely proud of Todd
mcclay's efforts both as minister and as Minister of Trade.
But he was a delightful man who will be sadly missed.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
And a final comment from you on Todd McLay as
a former Minister of Agriculture yourself, I reckoning well certainly
from the outside looking in, I think he's doing a
pretty good job.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
His trade portfolio is having him exceptional job and that's
his background. That's skill that says love. If he can
pull off a deal with India and inside these three years,
that is a remarkable achievement. I wish he'm all the best.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
Well, he might be, Sir Todd Maclay, like you, Sir
David Carter.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
Who knows the future, Jamie.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
David, I will see you on Thursday at the show,
looking forward to it. Hey, we're launching our twenty twenty
five Mackay's I believe it or not. It is a
hop oil and fused New Zealand pilsner. I don't know
what that means, but I like you. We'll have a
taste on Thursday, so I'll invite you along to the
Emerson's Tiny Pub to join us there on Thursday.
Speaker 3 (09:35):
Looking forward to That's just another attraction at the show.
It's going to be a great one. See Jamie, see it.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
Sir David Carter. There the show must go on sixteen
after twelve You are with the Country up next the
Farmer Panel Farmer Politician Panel. Although I think they've both
been playing farmers over the weekend getting silent off a
Minister of Biosecurity and egg Associate Egg and Grant Colum
MP for Northland. Andrew is of course an act list MP.
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Andrew Hoggard that is they're up next, Sir Macara Peaver
on what was happening in Shanghai last week for the
red meat industry, Mike Ingles on the Asian hornet in
cursion and Phil Duncan. We're going to dish up some rain.
I think it's through even raining now in the Tongarero
National Park area. We want to get that fire out myself.
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Send seven shoo. Nobody knows I'm.
Speaker 4 (10:41):
With the.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
Today's Farmer Panel. Let's welcome them onto the show man
or Tu cal Koki also Minister of Biosecurity. I think
yes he is an associate ag Minister. Yes, thank you
Andrew Hoggard and Grant McCullum. I'm not quite sure how
I describe you, nor DMP. What the hell are you
going to be doing later this week down at the
christ Church amp show. That's not in your patch.
Speaker 5 (11:08):
No, it's not in my patch, but this is part
of the deal being part of the team. The rural
team for the Rural Nets for national is to go
along to the shows and true the fat what the
cock is and hear what their concerns are.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
Hang on, grant, what value are we the taxpayers getting
out of flying you from Northland or Auckland down to
christ Church for the day.
Speaker 5 (11:26):
Because the farmers love my company? Didn't you realize that
that's what it is? Of course, none all seriousness. It's
about representation. We all have our different communities we align
with and being a farmer, I love to get out
and understand how the farmers are going in the South
Island and just remind them all actually that the oldest
damp show is not in Canterbury, it's the Bay of Islands,
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which I was had on Saturday. So you know we're
one where one get ahead of Canterbury.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
And they tell me it's a cracker of an amp
show as well. Mind you, Andrew Hoggart, if you turned
up you've got a bit of ministerial gravil, so we
wouldn't mind that as much.
Speaker 6 (12:03):
Unfortunately this year I've got to be over in Melbourne
for the Food Minister's meeting, so I was booked down
to go to the cross Church show, but then the
Aussies had to reorganize everything and decided to have the
minister's meeting later. So if New Zealand wants a vote,
the only way New Zealand gets voters if I show up.
So I'm kind of going.
Speaker 4 (12:22):
To go do my job.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
Unfortunately, check on your dairy farmer. Hats the pair of
you and I'll stay with you, Andrew and man or
two's how's the season treating you?
Speaker 6 (12:33):
Looks pretty reasonable at the moment, and got the solid
j off on the weekend, and yeah, so I think
things are taken along all right at the moment actually,
so you'll.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
Take that as a as a positive, Grant. What about
in Northland?
Speaker 5 (12:47):
Oh, you know I would take you on, okay, And
we actually got our silode off on Friday Saturday as well,
and as soon as we finished and cover the stack,
it rains. Don't you love it when that happens. It's
almost like you who was meant to be?
Speaker 2 (12:59):
Now both of you have been through weather extremes, Grant
in your case obviously a couple of years ago, what's
nearly three years? Cyclone? Gabriell and Andrew in the Monowa
two region and I always remember the late Alistair Poulsen
talking about the damage and did on his farm, a
former president of Federated Farmers. You had those horrendous floods
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of two thousand and four and the lessons learnt from
those stick with you for life.
Speaker 6 (13:29):
Yeah, definitely, And for me it was you just can't
underestimate the value of the having back up power supply
on the farm and also back up solutions for communications.
So you know, one of the things I've got now is,
you know, wireless Internet provider, so I can have a
small generator that powers up the dish and I can
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still have connectivity with the rest of the world through
wireless internet. And you know, we had a general back
then to run the care shed and that kept us going.
You know, she was pretty stressful times, but at least
been able to milk the cows. That was one less
burden off. So, you know, ever since, it's sort of
something I've always remembered of what could go wrong and
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how can I manage if it does go wrong, and
always having a plan on the back of my mind,
you know. And I think for most of these weather events,
the main thing that's going to happen as we lose
power We're just in such a small, a long drawn
out country where so many things can go wrong. Our
power supply is just uniquely vulnerable here in New Zealand.
So that is yeah, one of the things I definitely learned.
Speaker 2 (14:39):
As we've absolutely found out. Grant McCullum, a Northland MP,
National MP. Have you got a generator big enough to
drive your cowshed or your milking shed?
Speaker 3 (14:48):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (14:48):
Absolutely, and William definitely. Gabrielle I just rething that endorse
having that. Andrews said, it's really important that we've got
to look at our own businesses and build resilience. Given
the increased frequency and intense they are these weather events
that are happening. We've just got to think about it
ourselves because the state can't come running every five minutes
and fix things up. We've got to be look after
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ourselves for a while. And yes, we've got a wet
to make sure, we've got our old cow shed. We've
got rewired so we can put the plug and the
generator pipe. We've got a generator goes on the back
of the tractor and we can melt the cows. Most
important thing.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
Andrew Hoggard, as Associate Agriculture Minister. I note that Todd
maclay and it's very sad to note the passing of
his father, Roger McLay. I want to come back to
that one. But along with your other associate ad Minister
Mark Patterson, announced in an additional seventy thousand dollars to Southland,
Otago and North Canterbury Rural Support Trusts on top of
the two hundred and fifty thousand dollars already announced. Is
(15:48):
that enough or is it just buyer beware?
Speaker 6 (15:53):
Well, I think the key thing here is it's money
that's needed for coordination, for repairs and all the rest
of it. It's not meant to fund repairs or anything
like that. It's more about getting that coordination, that edmind
in place. That's for any of these sort of payments
government make after an event. That's what it's there for,
to help those everyone in the community get organized, get
(16:16):
their systems in place, and then there you know, it
just takes a bit of a bit of the stress
and hassle off.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
Okay, look, a couple have quickly finished on Grant McCullum.
The Asian hornets. They're in your backyard were you're looking
for them? Are we do it. We're taking this seriously
enough because I'll get the both of you opinion on
this obviously, biosecurity Andrew Scott One, what do you say?
Speaker 5 (16:39):
Yeah, we certainly we seem to be and I'm encouraged
a minister to keep on top of it with you.
Certainly appears to be able. Look forward to what you've
got to say. But no, no, we've got to keep
it up. Once again reinforces the whole importance of biosecurity
and procedures. We've got some pretty good people doing some
great stuff. And only Andrew comments that you've got the
minister online and.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
We'll let him go because if we lose our hunt
or a portion of the population, there goes pollination out
the back door.
Speaker 6 (17:06):
Yeah, and I think the numbers have been talked about.
They can potentially decimate up to thirty percent of honeybee
population or at the moment, our hive numbers are at
such a point that we've just got enough to do pollinations,
so we can't really afford to lose anymore. So, I mean,
the team's got trapping in place, and I mean the
main thing at this moment is trying to identify where
(17:28):
they are. I'll certainly be asking about officials in today,
so asking whether we've got enough traps, do we need
to change plans? We've got advice, got a good technical
advisory team with lots of worldwide experts on that and
also local experts, so taking good advice from them on
what we need to be doing. And you know, I'll
(17:50):
just be following up and constantly asking questions, which is
sort of my role in it, not to try and
get in the way. I don't want to get in
the way of the team doing the work, but just
good I'll be sort of keeping pedal to the medal
and making sure action's happening on this he Andrew Hagar.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
Did you know the late Roger McLay Todd Mclay's father.
Speaker 6 (18:10):
No, No, I didn't. His sort of turn in politics
was I was in primary school back then. I know
the name, but no, I never had anything to do
with him. Condolence was through to Todd's family though, and
was pretty.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
Said, well, Grant, being a true blue nat since you
were up out of nappies, basically you would have known him.
You would have hung around some National Party conference and
chatted to Roger.
Speaker 5 (18:31):
Yeah, that actually and visible condolences to Todd this family
at eight, far too young to be leaving this world.
But no I knew I did well. Respected a politician
and MP for the Taupo area, did a great job,
and he did, and he went on to be Children's
Commissioner I rolled. He really loved and did a great
job with that as well. So he'll be missed, and
(18:53):
he was certainly an enjoyable company at various conferences over
the years. He'd be better to say Jamie.
Speaker 2 (18:59):
And a great mat of Winston's.
Speaker 5 (19:00):
Apparently apparently that's the case.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
Yes, Rest in peace, Roger McLay and condolences to our
Trade Minister and Agriculture Minister Todd McLay, Grant McCullum, Andrew Highgard,
thanks for your time, thanks for being the Farmer Politician
panel today, and Grant, when you're down in christ Church,
make sure you do something and earn your keep. We're
paying for you.
Speaker 5 (19:21):
Always do, always do.
Speaker 6 (19:25):
Well.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
We'll see about that, Grant. Twenty nine after twelve you're
with the Country show is brought to you by Brent.
Michelle Watts wandered in with a cup of tea. Thank you, Michelle,
I are you a coffee tomorrow. Now the Grammy nominations
are out. This is Chaboozi for Best Country Solo Performance.
Good news. And I played a bit of Queen the
Show Must Go On for the Canterbury A and P Show.
(19:47):
And you told me great trivia for a Monday that
Queen never got a Grammy.
Speaker 7 (19:52):
No, I'm really shocked by this. As soon as you
played Queen, I went locked them up and they had
four nominations.
Speaker 2 (19:57):
No wins. Well there you go. Someone who's claiming a
one is Sirmacarapeva, chief executive of the Meat Industry Association.
Last week they had an in market activation. Do you
know what one of those is, Michelle, You probably don't.
It's a modern trendy thing for a meeting, an in
market activation of the Refreshed Taste Pure Nature country of
(20:20):
Origin brand in Shanghai. What does all that mean? We'll
find out next. We're going to see if we can
get rid of the old Asian hornets before the end
of the hour and get some rain for Tan Guerero
to put the fire out with Bill Duncan. Surmacarapeva is
(20:42):
the chief executive of the Meat Industry Association. She's a
bit jet lagged because she's just got back from Shanghai.
Big event on there last week. It was the Meat
Industry Association launching the first in market activation of the
Refreshed Taste Pure Nature, a country of origin brand, and
(21:02):
you had this exclusive pop up restaurant experience in Shanghai,
Serma and everyone who was anyone was there apparently.
Speaker 8 (21:11):
Oh yes, it was a fabulous night out. There are here.
Restaurant team and Tribal Brands Asia did a fabulous job
and putting this together, and it really was an outstanding
way to activate the Refreshed Taste Pure Nature brand, country
(21:32):
of origin brand for the red meat sector in China.
Very exciting, well received. People will feed excellent food prepared
by chef Ben Bailey and they all are left with
very good feelings towards New Zealand.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
Well, I'm sure, I'm sure they did. Getting there. I
looked at the menu. Lumina Lamb. Is that the Alliance
Group Lamb is it?
Speaker 6 (21:55):
It isn't?
Speaker 2 (21:56):
Yeah, Okay, Lumina Lamb's Shoulder with Tatua Cheese, Silver Fern Farms,
tenderloin Tartia and innovation desserts crafted with New Zealand ingredients.
It sounds wonderful. I wonder they were all impressed. But
because this is the refreshed Taste Pure Nature country of
Origin brand, what happened to the old one? Was it stale?
Speaker 5 (22:18):
Well?
Speaker 8 (22:18):
The old one was the first Foray and to a
country of origin brand, and as with everything that goes first,
there's lessons learned, and you know, perhaps it didn't resonate
as well and the market as it should have or
could have, And so we were given the challenge to
refresh it and make it more salient and more applicable
(22:43):
to the value proposition that we are promoting to the
Chinese consumer.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
I get a wee bit cynical when we talk about
telling our stories or as Dame Nolene would say, telling
her truth, I'm getting a way off subject there. But
Taste It's pure Nature is a lot more I'm reading
from the publicity blurb hair Serma than a label or
a logo. It's a promise of naturally raised, hormone free
grass feed red meat, produced with care and one of
(23:14):
the world's most pristine environments. Green Peace might say otherwise.
Speaker 8 (23:19):
Well, of course they might, but you know, we've got
outstanding farming practices in New Zealand and we should be
very proud of the work that our farmers and processes
do to get this excellent product into market.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
How big a deal is this grass fed brand in
China because obviously most of the meat they're eating there
isn't they're eating over there is not grass fed.
Speaker 8 (23:44):
Yeah, well, look it certainly as an upcoming trend in
China as it is in other parts.
Speaker 2 (23:51):
Of the world.
Speaker 8 (23:52):
I think with the ongoing trend around health and while being,
consumers are looking for options to meet the needs, and
certainly China is not different to the rest.
Speaker 2 (24:03):
Of the world.
Speaker 8 (24:04):
The young, mobile, well educated consumers are really looking for
products that are both value and also quality driven and
that meet the brief of wellness and health for them.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
This is funded by the Meat Industry Association, and obviously
under that umbrella you get your alliance groups, your silver Firm, Farms,
your a FCoS RANSCOS. I don't know all the big
meat companies beef and lamb New Zealand are in as well,
plus the government. So nine point four million over three years,
and I know that sounds a bit of money, but
when it comes to marketing, that can disappear pretty quickly
(24:44):
on a global stage.
Speaker 8 (24:46):
Oh, absolutely it can, and so we've been very focused
and conscious of that very point. So we are activating
this and the Shanghai market as a trial, as a
pilot for three years, almost a proof of concept to
see that we can stand it up and that it works.
And you know, I'm hoping that it well, and once
(25:10):
that happens, we can start looking to roll it out
in other parts of the world.
Speaker 2 (25:17):
Sirmercarapeva with this, Chief Executive of the Meat Industry Association,
just quick final question for you. Is the red meat
industry on an all time high? I'm not talking about
the industry per se, because it's got lots of issues,
but I'm talking about from a returns point of view.
I don't know if inflation adjusted it is, but certainly
in dollar terms bear dollar terms, at the moment, it's
(25:39):
never been better.
Speaker 8 (25:41):
Yes, I mean, I think we are very much enjoying
the high global prices and reaping the benefit of that
right back through to the farm gate. Long may it continue.
It really is a situation of supply and demand. Global
supplies tight across beef and sheep meets a certain extent,
(26:04):
and while our stock numbers are declining, we're still able
to grab those good returns in our global markets.
Speaker 2 (26:14):
Sir McAra Peaver, chief executive of the Meat Industry Association,
Thanks for the work you're doing on our behalf, especially
in Shanghai last week. Thank you, Jamie, Thank you Sirma.
It is twenty two away from one. The show must
go on. We're going to tell you how you can
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Up next, it's rural news and sports news. Before the
end of the hour are Mike Ingles about Asian hornets
and Phil Duncan on the weather. Welcome back to the country.
(26:55):
The show is brought to you by brand. I'm Jamie
McKay Shortley. Michelle Watt was the latest and rural news.
But first farmers and growers looking to score a win
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Okay, Michelle, you've got some great rural news for us.
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Isn't he coming to see you for?
Speaker 2 (29:01):
Actually sent me a text and he's probably got a
fair point here where is his text? I've got a
text from a golf mate Eddie too, who's making his
way up north and in his past the Emerson's tiny
pub at Waititaki on the way up, so it's making
its way up to christ Church from Dunedin. Rooks says, no,
point in the taste for your end z of the
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GenTech bill passes because there's no labeling requirements. What a contradiction.
He might be right for once. Interesting and we had
a similar text along the same lines from Laurie Patterson
ground straight. Well yeah, Lori and Rooks as sort of
a de facto groundswell sort of guy. So yeah, but
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yeah it is. I think it's absolutely fair commentary. What
else was I going to do? Oh? Yes, it's a
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taste of Chris Blemons. I needed to say Chris Lemons,
Chris Blemmons and times with a refreshing finish. So I'm
looking forward to trying that one. Yeah, I'm looking for it.
Speaker 7 (30:05):
Sounds a bit like a red Ler do you remember ours?
A German bear.
Speaker 2 (30:09):
I'll stick with the Emersons, Thank you, Michelle. We'll see anyhow.
It's citrusy, citrusy. We can live with that. He's sports
news for you.
Speaker 1 (30:19):
Sports on the Country with a FCO business well done.
Speaker 2 (30:23):
Mixed injury news for the All Blacks ahead of Sunday's
third Grand Slam rugby Test against England at Twickenham. When
a Caleb Clark has been ruled out with concussion after
coppying a stray brute boot and an attempted tackle during
the one over Scotland, Assistant coach Jason Holland says, in contrast,
skipper Scott Barrett is poised to return from a leg
(30:44):
gash after suffering a leg gash he suffered. Should I
say in the opening tour when over Ireland would be
good to get him back, but Josh Laud did a
good job. Manchester City have moved to second on the
Premier League Football Ladder with a three nil home win
over Liverpool to mark manager Pep Guardiola's one thousandth match
(31:06):
in charge of a side. Well Arling Harlan missed an
early penalty but eventually opened the scoring with his ninety
ninth EPL goal. That man is a machine. Up next,
Mike Ingalls out of the North. We're going to get
rid of the Asian hornets. Mike Ingles is the Commissioner
(31:27):
North for Biosecurity ENZ. His job is to keep the
Asian hornets out of New Zealand. Now you won't have
heard this, Mike, but we've already spoken to the Minister
of Biosecurity Andrew Hoggart about these. He said they could
decimate up to thirty percent of the bee population as
it stands in this country at the moment, and I
don't need to tell you this number. We haven't got
(31:49):
enough bees to do the pollination as it is. This
could be very, very costly to the New Zealand economy
if these hornets get out of control. You got it
under control.
Speaker 9 (31:59):
Yes, we do under control at this stage. I think
it's absolutely right to be aware and be extremely not
being complacent. It's potentially a four hundred million dollar industry.
We're engaging with our b industry and honey industry colleagues daily.
We've responded quickly to the detections that are all isolated
to one particular area. We immediately put staff working full
(32:21):
time on the response, including incursion investigators, laboratory staff and
people working in the field, engaging with the community and
carrying out and hands surveillance. So we're taking this extremely seriously.
But we've got a plan, we've got a methodology, we're
taking technical advice, and we continue to seek the public support,
who have been fantastic. We've had over twenty three hundred
(32:43):
public notifications and we're quickly responding to all those calls
and reports.
Speaker 2 (32:46):
Well, not everyone thinks you're doing a good job. There's
a Northland a former bias secure or a bio security
worker and a former bikeeper by the name of Bread
Win Dust I hope I got his name right there,
and Bread's none too place, do you reckons? You guys
have dropped the ball.
Speaker 6 (33:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (33:02):
I've reached out to Brad a couple of occasions and
spoke to them. We are absolutely respected and the passion
that we have in the community to work that through.
As it stands at the moment, we have confirmed five
yellow legged hornets, four queens and one male. So we're
focusing at this stage on Glenfield and the Burke Daily
area of Auckland's north shore. We've laid over one hundred
and forty two traps. Every trap is getting checked daily
(33:25):
and no hornets have been found in those traps to date,
and we're continuing to have enhanced on the ground surveillance
scenarios where the queen hornets have been found. This includes
making sure roof waves, trees, fence lines and other potential habitats.
So we're absolutely taking this seriously. We understand our role
in this. The community have been fantastic. We're engaging with
(33:45):
our industry partners both GIA Horticulture and New Zealand the
Avocado Industry CAVIH.
Speaker 3 (33:51):
We've got a.
Speaker 9 (33:51):
Governance set up and in terms of the discussion we
brad we will take on in terms of feedback and
make sure that we continue to keep on top of this.
Speaker 2 (34:00):
Of US sees captured hornets have been fitted and this
is interesting with tiny radio transmitters and traced back to
their nests for extermination. Have we got that sort of
technology here Mike Ingles.
Speaker 9 (34:12):
Yeah, and we're engaging with people. The Technical Advisory Group
will be discussing aspects so this this week and again
we've had lots of people reach out to too, have
had experience in other parts in terms of hornets and the.
Speaker 4 (34:24):
Technical Advisory Group.
Speaker 9 (34:25):
We have of expertise from Frans that dealt with us
and that in could with the Minister in terms of
potentially impact in thirty percent USA, So again we've got
those technical expertise given us advice.
Speaker 2 (34:36):
Hi Mike Ingles from MPI, Thanks for some of your time,
Thanks for clearing up some of the information and if
people do think they've come across an Asian hornet. I
wouldn't even know what one looks like. I'm assuming you've
got a hotline number or something.
Speaker 4 (34:50):
Yes, we do.
Speaker 9 (34:50):
And as I said, the response from the public has
been incredible. And if you think you have found a hornet,
there's pictures up. They're larger than was. There's pictures up
in our social media and on our web site.
Speaker 4 (35:01):
But take a fourto of.
Speaker 9 (35:02):
Reporter either on Lane or called the Biosecurity in New
Zealand Past and Disease Lane on or eight hundred eighty
ninety Night sixty six got on.
Speaker 2 (35:11):
Yep, we don't want any hornets. The bees are too valuable.
Thanks for your time.
Speaker 9 (35:16):
Thank you, Jim, Thank you Mike.
Speaker 2 (35:18):
God to take a break. On the other side of it,
Phil Duncan.
Speaker 1 (35:26):
Weather on the country with farmlands helping to prevent parasite
outbreaks this summer.
Speaker 2 (35:32):
He's our weather man on a Monday, let's see what
he can do weatherwise to put out the fire at
the Tongarera National Park. Phil Duncan, what do you got
for us?
Speaker 5 (35:41):
Yeah, good, Jamie.
Speaker 4 (35:42):
We've got some wet weather this week, which is good.
It's a little bit patchy, a little bit hit and miss,
but there's probably fifty to seventy millimeters forecast for the
central North Island for the volcanic Plateau. That's quite a
bit of rain, and so hopefully that does fall exactly
where the fire is, not you know, ten kilometers in
the other direction. But there is a chance of that
rain coming through. Pretty much each day this week there's
(36:04):
a chance of rain or showers in that part of
the country, and not a lot of wind either. Today's
probably looking like one of the windier days. Bit of
a north westerly which is a little bit breathed through
cook Straight, Wellington those areas, and so as you go
further up the North Island, those winds fade out. But
of course Central Plateau have been at a higher elevation,
it might be a bit windy there today. So it's
(36:27):
not a terrible forecast from a weather point of view.
In fact, I'd say, if anything, it's probably quite a
good one considering the time of year we're in.
Speaker 2 (36:33):
Our old mate Steve wan Harris, I think he's going
to be on the show this week making a cameo appearance,
told me how wonderful that walk is.
Speaker 4 (36:41):
I've never done it, but I'd love to do it.
Everyone I know that's done and have said it's just
the most amazing, beautiful walk you've ever done. I think,
you know. The sad thing about this is that sort
of part of the country such a high elevation above
sea level. You know, a lot of that stuff that's
burning is going to take a very long time to
regrow and get back to where it was.
Speaker 2 (36:59):
It might be potentially, okay, well, let's hope they can
get the fire out phil some of that fifty or
sixty mills you were talking about for the Central Plateau
or central North Island. I'm sure that the farmers in
the Hawk's Bay region could do with some of its spilling.
A bit further east.
Speaker 4 (37:17):
Yeah, I think if you're higher up in the hills
in Hawk's Bay and Wided Upper in Gisban region, you
might get a bit of spell over coming from the west.
It won't be a lot, but the closer you are
to the eastern coastline, the dryer it's going to be.
And that's pretty much from the Gisbane area all the
way down to sort of about Otago, so Canterbury, Marlborough, Wellington,
(37:37):
Wided Upper and Hawk's Bay of the areas that are
probably going to have the lowest rainfall in the weekly
head with potentially you know, only a couple of millimeters
falling in some areas up to about ten so hopefully
some areas get a little bit more than that. But
really most of the wet weather is coming out of
the west, moving to the east as we get in
November with spring steel with that predominant westerly.
Speaker 2 (37:58):
Phil Duncan, Thanks for your time. Catch you again, same time,
same place, next Monday.
Speaker 4 (38:03):
Cheers, Jamie, Thank you very much.
Speaker 2 (38:05):
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