February 26, 2026 • 7 mins
We find today’s farmer/politician panel at day two of the Northland Field Days.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All sorts of noise going on on the background, Day
two of the Northland Field Days. Today's Farmer Politician Panel,
the local MP Grant McCullum and Andrew Hoggard, Minister of
Biosecurity Associate agg Minister. No doubt you've drawn not the
short straw, the long straw, because you get to go
to brilliant regional field Days, Andrew Hoggard like Northland.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Yeah, exactly. It's a bloody brilliant up here. Probably a
little bit too hot for my men or two tastes,
but I'll survive.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Now, are you two standing in the Act tent or
the National Party tent?
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Grant McCollum, As you know, we're eyeballing each other, but
actually needs the wholes of tent looking at the Honda
motorcycles or the Kawazakis and every of the house going
on around here. Now we're giving ourselves well let's just
say politically aligned but not too close.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Well, no, you've chosen neutral ground now, Andrew Haggard.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
I did.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
I did get a picture from Grant this morning from
the Northland Field Days where he's got one of his
three thousand mobile phone screen cleaners on a table, has
he given you one.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Yet No, not yet, not yet. I'll drop by and
get one later screen of in each cleaning.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Now now, now, Jamie, I've got a bone to pick
with you on this. I understand your Prime Minister, and
you gave me roasting the other.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Day and what were and deserved. He couldn't believe, he
couldn't believe that you wouldn't front up with a bottle
of wine for free board. I'm saved on the nation money.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
I seem to recall the boss of your household name
a Penny. Your wife was very happy with the spring Saver,
thought it was a great gift.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Well I wasn't.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
Sorry, Well I'm not worried about you. You weren't the
one that cooked the meal. Sorry, but Ken, he's the
boss of your place. Well I'm happy she's happy.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
We weren't expecting you for a meal. You didn't get
the hunt.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
Now now okay.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Well let's I'll tell you something that's a real issue
and your neck of the woods. Northland and the Prince
of the Provinces have been on about this as well.
Another Great Northland MP. These wild dogs.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Yeah, look the whole that dog issue. There a pauing
attack that happened just up the roads from here. Actually,
Kaihu is just an absolute shocker, a real tragedy, and
it's really galvanized the leaders of the region and actually
ministers and so forth to take a real look at this.
We need to have another look at the I think
(02:29):
the Dog Control Act, and then we've got to make
sure the councils actually do go about enforcing the rules
and put the resource in But ultimately owners need to
take responsibility for their dogs and they've got to be
held to account. So we're working on It's just an
absolute tragedy and we need to get on top of
this and quickly.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Andrew, you would like to address the RMA reforms. Now,
we've heard from ground Swell Dairy and z FED Pharmacies,
the other one Beef and LAMB New zealand all the
advocacy groups. They're all saying the intense could but what's
on ended up on the bill le the draft isn't acceptable.
What are you going to do about it?
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Yeah, Well, I've actually here already had meetings with FED
steerings there and beefently am on this and they've given
lots of goodgestins around wording changes that are needed to
make sure that that intent is actually recognized with the legislation.
So look that we are listening and we will be
paying attention and making sure that we get this right
(03:25):
because you know, we're all agreed on what the intent
is we want. We're just going to make sure we
get that wording right so there can be no misinterpretation
anytime in the future.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
The Prime Minister said, read my lip, snow water tacks.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Yeah, we'll not get water tax for sure now.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
Absolutely. I'm just reinforced. On Monday nine o'clock, I think
it is we're starting our first submissions on this. I
saw rehearing the submission I saw on that Select committee,
and that's what this whole process is about. A legislat
piece of legislation. This bik is never going to be
perfect first up, so that's why we engage with the
submission process. I'm looking for to working through it, and
then they're working with the ministers to come up with
(04:03):
a piece of legislation that's going to achieve what we
need to achieve in both the economic and environment space.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Ye're both cowcockies when you're not being politicians. More profitable
being a cowcockie than a politician these days. Are the
dairy and Z vote is up, the Levy payer vote.
Have you both voted for both voted years.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
I'm henning o.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Go g Andrew, Yeah, yeah, I'm still I've got to
get sit down at home for a five minutes set
to get online to do that. But I will be
definitely voting and making sure that my vote is counted
because you know, I certainly see the value Levy industry
good bodies play in terms of not only on farm stuff,
(04:45):
but also in terms of that science that's so vital
for good advocacy.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Andrew, you also want to touch on. I'm just assuming
Grant will be voting yes for the Dairy and Z
Levy vote, because Grant, I'm not accusing you of being
a yes man, but you.
Speaker 3 (04:59):
Know, unlike Jamie carry on.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Well, I'm trying to get my own back. We had
a guy called Walt Cavendish on the show yesterday. He's
one of those authors of the Open Letter on welfare
standards and trade access and when it comes to especially
the pork industry, Andrew Haggard is in your wheelhouse by
security that they've got a really good point.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Well, I mean, the key thing You've got to think
about here, though, is we export ninety five percent of
our dairy, ninety percent of our MV and so we're
going to be very careful about setting bad precedents that
other countries could use against us in that regard. And
so you know, I do worry about, you know, sort
(05:47):
of trying to block out other countries' imports of various
things because they could back far against us. The previous government,
the Seleik Committee looked at this primary production Slee Committee
looked at this and said, you know, it would be
too risky with our trade agreements and all the rest
of it. And you know, I just think there's a
real risk in the way the world is at the moment.
There's not a lot of following rules based aorder going on.
(06:09):
It's like who's got the bigger carrier, Stroke Group, Decid's
Trade put me. So, you know, seem to want to
play very carefully and.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Okay, very quickly to finish on because there's a lot
of noise in the background on day two of the
Northland field days, Grant, I assume that's fans coming up
to get a mobile phone screen cleaner from you. Are
they queuing up for.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Them absolutely mate, that's a great values of one of
the best promotional gifts you can give. They get all
my contact details on there so they can get in
touch with the opal MP and Northland if they need to,
and they can clean your screens. They can see the
number of doll at the same time. There you go and.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
They could be collect as items if you're to start
are one term wonder and I don't know Shane Jones,
Wind's Northland or something.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
That's enough from you. You can go back to go
back to the golf course and try and hit the
ball onto the green for a jabow.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
That's that's a lost course. It's like trying to get
a bottle of wine out of you. Hey, what is
the vibe like? Just what is the vibe like? Day too? Boys,
very quickly.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
I've got a great, great turn out here, good feel
the farming community and pretty good heart. They had a
great season to go with the prices. Apart from a
few people that got heman at Fongeru with the flooding,
most of most people doing good, having a good year.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
Okay, guys, got to go there we go the Farmer Panel.
Grant McCullum Local Northland MP. It's only joking about Shane
Jones beating him in Northland under Shane's even standing. And
Andrew Hoggard at List MP, Minister of Biosecurity
All sorts of noise going on on the background, Day
two of the Northland Field Days. Today's Farmer Politician Panel,
the local MP Grant McCullum and Andrew Hoggard, Minister of
Biosecurity Associate agg Minister. No doubt you've drawn not the
short straw, the long straw, because you get to go
to brilliant regional field Days, Andrew Hoggard like Northland.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Yeah, exactly. It's a bloody brilliant up here. Probably a
little bit too hot for my men or two tastes,
but I'll survive.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Now, are you two standing in the Act tent or
the National Party tent?
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Grant McCollum, As you know, we're eyeballing each other, but
actually needs the wholes of tent looking at the Honda
motorcycles or the Kawazakis and every of the house going
on around here. Now we're giving ourselves well let's just
say politically aligned but not too close.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Well, no, you've chosen neutral ground now, Andrew Haggard.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
I did.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
I did get a picture from Grant this morning from
the Northland Field Days where he's got one of his
three thousand mobile phone screen cleaners on a table, has
he given you one.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Yet No, not yet, not yet. I'll drop by and
get one later screen of in each cleaning.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Now now, now, Jamie, I've got a bone to pick
with you on this. I understand your Prime Minister, and
you gave me roasting the other.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Day and what were and deserved. He couldn't believe, he
couldn't believe that you wouldn't front up with a bottle
of wine for free board. I'm saved on the nation money.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
I seem to recall the boss of your household name
a Penny. Your wife was very happy with the spring Saver,
thought it was a great gift.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Well I wasn't.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
Sorry, Well I'm not worried about you. You weren't the
one that cooked the meal. Sorry, but Ken, he's the
boss of your place. Well I'm happy she's happy.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
We weren't expecting you for a meal. You didn't get
the hunt.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
Now now okay.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Well let's I'll tell you something that's a real issue
and your neck of the woods. Northland and the Prince
of the Provinces have been on about this as well.
Another Great Northland MP. These wild dogs.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Yeah, look the whole that dog issue. There a pauing
attack that happened just up the roads from here. Actually,
Kaihu is just an absolute shocker, a real tragedy, and
it's really galvanized the leaders of the region and actually
ministers and so forth to take a real look at this.
We need to have another look at the I think
(02:29):
the Dog Control Act, and then we've got to make
sure the councils actually do go about enforcing the rules
and put the resource in But ultimately owners need to
take responsibility for their dogs and they've got to be
held to account. So we're working on It's just an
absolute tragedy and we need to get on top of
this and quickly.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Andrew, you would like to address the RMA reforms. Now,
we've heard from ground Swell Dairy and z FED Pharmacies,
the other one Beef and LAMB New zealand all the
advocacy groups. They're all saying the intense could but what's
on ended up on the bill le the draft isn't acceptable.
What are you going to do about it?
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Yeah, Well, I've actually here already had meetings with FED
steerings there and beefently am on this and they've given
lots of goodgestins around wording changes that are needed to
make sure that that intent is actually recognized with the legislation.
So look that we are listening and we will be
paying attention and making sure that we get this right
(03:25):
because you know, we're all agreed on what the intent
is we want. We're just going to make sure we
get that wording right so there can be no misinterpretation
anytime in the future.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
The Prime Minister said, read my lip, snow water tacks.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Yeah, we'll not get water tax for sure now.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
Absolutely. I'm just reinforced. On Monday nine o'clock, I think
it is we're starting our first submissions on this. I
saw rehearing the submission I saw on that Select committee,
and that's what this whole process is about. A legislat
piece of legislation. This bik is never going to be
perfect first up, so that's why we engage with the
submission process. I'm looking for to working through it, and
then they're working with the ministers to come up with
(04:03):
a piece of legislation that's going to achieve what we
need to achieve in both the economic and environment space.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Ye're both cowcockies when you're not being politicians. More profitable
being a cowcockie than a politician these days. Are the
dairy and Z vote is up, the Levy payer vote.
Have you both voted for both voted years.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
I'm henning o.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Go g Andrew, Yeah, yeah, I'm still I've got to
get sit down at home for a five minutes set
to get online to do that. But I will be
definitely voting and making sure that my vote is counted
because you know, I certainly see the value Levy industry
good bodies play in terms of not only on farm stuff,
(04:45):
but also in terms of that science that's so vital
for good advocacy.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Andrew, you also want to touch on. I'm just assuming
Grant will be voting yes for the Dairy and Z
Levy vote, because Grant, I'm not accusing you of being
a yes man, but you.
Speaker 3 (04:59):
Know, unlike Jamie carry on.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Well, I'm trying to get my own back. We had
a guy called Walt Cavendish on the show yesterday. He's
one of those authors of the Open Letter on welfare
standards and trade access and when it comes to especially
the pork industry, Andrew Haggard is in your wheelhouse by
security that they've got a really good point.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Well, I mean, the key thing You've got to think
about here, though, is we export ninety five percent of
our dairy, ninety percent of our MV and so we're
going to be very careful about setting bad precedents that
other countries could use against us in that regard. And
so you know, I do worry about, you know, sort
(05:47):
of trying to block out other countries' imports of various
things because they could back far against us. The previous government,
the Seleik Committee looked at this primary production Slee Committee
looked at this and said, you know, it would be
too risky with our trade agreements and all the rest
of it. And you know, I just think there's a
real risk in the way the world is at the moment.
There's not a lot of following rules based aorder going on.
(06:09):
It's like who's got the bigger carrier, Stroke Group, Decid's
Trade put me. So, you know, seem to want to
play very carefully and.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Okay, very quickly to finish on because there's a lot
of noise in the background on day two of the
Northland field days, Grant, I assume that's fans coming up
to get a mobile phone screen cleaner from you. Are
they queuing up for.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Them absolutely mate, that's a great values of one of
the best promotional gifts you can give. They get all
my contact details on there so they can get in
touch with the opal MP and Northland if they need to,
and they can clean your screens. They can see the
number of doll at the same time. There you go and.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
They could be collect as items if you're to start
are one term wonder and I don't know Shane Jones,
Wind's Northland or something.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
That's enough from you. You can go back to go
back to the golf course and try and hit the
ball onto the green for a jabow.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
That's that's a lost course. It's like trying to get
a bottle of wine out of you. Hey, what is
the vibe like? Just what is the vibe like? Day too? Boys,
very quickly.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
I've got a great, great turn out here, good feel
the farming community and pretty good heart. They had a
great season to go with the prices. Apart from a
few people that got heman at Fongeru with the flooding,
most of most people doing good, having a good year.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
Okay, guys, got to go there we go the Farmer Panel.
Grant McCullum Local Northland MP. It's only joking about Shane
Jones beating him in Northland under Shane's even standing. And
Andrew Hoggard at List MP, Minister of Biosecurity
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