The Muster- Jeanette McIntyre: RWNZ Centennial

Jeanette McIntyre of Rural Women NewZealand looks ahead a special centennial celebration that is coming up in the south in early October.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:08):
We got married in a meaner Thanks for joining us
on the muster. I'm Andy Muller. Our next guest is
Jeanette McIntyre on behalf of Rural Women New Zealand who
are celebrating one hundred years of rural Women New Zealand
and Southland in the not too distant future. Jeanette, good

(00:28):
afternoon and welcome to the Muster.

Speaker 2 (00:31):
Afternoon to you, Andy, and thanks for having me on. Yes,
it is a very important occasion.

Speaker 1 (00:37):
It's a fantastic landmark to celebrate one hundred years regardless.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
Oh, it is for anybody or anything, and one hundred
years of voluntary work in New Zealand supporting rural women
and their families. I think that our organization has done
pretty well. Of course, it started off as Women's Division
of the Farmers' Union, but it never was a division
of the Farmers' Union or eventually they changed the name

(01:03):
Federated Farmers and the women didn't change. They stayed with
that though, running as a totally separate organization. But it
was about oh, when I went international president nineteen ninety one,
we just discussed the name and thought that maybe it
was time for a change, and so it was a
bit of shock horror for people, but it worked. We

(01:24):
changed the name and now that truly reflects what we
are in the country and the work that we do,
supporting rural women and their families in whatever way we can.

Speaker 1 (01:33):
So it's fair to say we're a Women New Zealand.
As as strong as it's been Jeanette, Oh.

Speaker 2 (01:39):
We've got you know, from a few quite as many
thousand members. It's changed over the years. I think was
around two thousand now and we just love to see
more people helping us with what we do. I mean
in South And for example, we have things like the
forestry that we own. A lot of people don't realize
that what we own a big forestry turkey hundred acres

(02:01):
down at Dipton and from that we log and we
manage the overall of that and we along with a
company that helps us with the main work and so
that brings us a pretty good income throughout the year.
Over the years. Of course, we had the holiday homes
at Riverton and some people will remember that and that

(02:22):
was the gift. The funding was the ground there was
gifted by the Mackenzie families had a lot to do
with the growing of our organization and those holiday homes
were a great place that people would go and have
a holiday and the rousemaking the casts were held throughout
the years and they were just a great way for

(02:43):
the young women, young mums and older people just to
learn to do some stitching and mending and making their clothes.
And yeah, that's not there anymore, but it's much it's
well remembered and it was so much happened in the
communities over time. Now there's little things happening like let's say,

(03:05):
out at Wakaka Valley during the winter, we have a
coupa every Tuesday morning for the for every want to
come out of the paddocks and have a cup, put
the world to rights and head back to the paddock.
And that's a good way of doing things. I know
there's a group up and other districts do the same things,
but it's about that inclusiveness, togetherness, just getting out there,
being known for what we do and sharing our time

(03:29):
with other people.

Speaker 1 (03:30):
So what's happening regarding celebrations.

Speaker 2 (03:33):
Well, right throughout the country there's various things happening. To
remember the organization over one hundred years. Our own in
Southland is will be at Anderson Park on Sunday, the
nineteenth of October and Anderson Park. Of course, the family
way back along with the McKenzie's, were very involved in

(03:56):
the origins of our organization, so it's quite important that
we be there. And I think we're going to have
some beautiful old cars on display as I recall, but
there'll be it'll be fairly informal for the afternoon. Penny
Simmons is going to be there to say a few words.
We'll have our national president there is Sandra Matthews from
North Island and it's just going to be some entertainment,

(04:21):
a few stories told and high tea and other feeling.
Now you know Edna, don't you know in the Rural news. Yes,
I think Edna might be there. Oh, you know, in
one way or another. We're going to make it just
a really good afternoon out and we're looking forward to

(04:41):
people coming. There's the It'll be advertised in the rural papers,
so in the ensign so people will see the contact
there through humanitics.

Speaker 1 (04:51):
Can you encourage people to look on your social media
pages as well for further information.

Speaker 2 (04:57):
There is information on the social media page. Yes, I'm
the Lower South Rural Women Facebook and if you go
also to go into our into our national website love
dot Rural Women in z dot Z. But the registrations
for our big day are on October the nineteenth is

(05:22):
through Humanitechs and the code is our wnz it south
and one hundred, which is fairly simple to remember.

Speaker 1 (05:29):
Sounds like a fantastic occasion. Jeanette will leave it there,
but appreciated your time on the muster. Certainly going to
be a great event worth celebrating.

Speaker 2 (05:37):
We certainly hope, so we hope to see lots of
people there and thanks a lot for the opportunity.

Speaker 1 (05:43):
Andy, Jeanette McIntyre of Rural Women New Zealand South and
Rural Women New Zealand celebrating one hundred years in October Sunday,
the nineteenth of October. Like Jeanette said, go on and
find out on social media pages and Rural Woman New
Zealand for more details. Veronica whose finds up nixt from Darians.

(06:05):
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Speaker 2 (06:07):
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