October 6, 2025 • 7 mins
Jack Smith of Te Anau Young Farmers catches up in this week's YFC chat.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
Welcome back to the muster.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
The Gore Pekiki Lions and your book sales kicking off
the ninth of October.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
That's this Thursday.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
That money raise is going towards the Lions Cancer Trust
free skin cancer screening bus.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Tell you one thing.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
About these box sales that the Gore Pakiky Lions do.
I was after the rape yenual, the complete series I
couldn't find nineteen eighty five. My wife managed to find
it there, along with a couple of duplicates of other
years as well. So if you after something random like that,
like a sports book as I was, or you want
just something to read as you go through the spring motions, well.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Here's something there to consider.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
That's a go, Pikiki Lions and your book sale kicking
underway this Thursday. As we catch up next with Jack
Smith out of Tana Young Farmers of course, he's based
over at Burwood Station.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Good afternoon, Jack, How.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Are you yourself?
Speaker 1 (00:56):
I'm not too bare? Are you a bit of a
book nut?
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (01:00):
Actually? I actually reader?
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Actually? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (01:03):
What are you into? Like the Wilbur Spits and the
likes or what?
Speaker 5 (01:06):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Quite do all the books about the local helicopter pilot
legends and yes, a lot of hunting books for a
sport book.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Yeah like that, you like me let the non fiction,
you can't go wrong with that. Now.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Firstly, you're over at Burwood Station. We're tak Young Farmers shortly,
but how's your season been today?
Speaker 3 (01:25):
Yeah? Good god? Yeah, we're sort of in in that
funny stage was that start Lemming where it's still real
cold and do as much fad about as what we'd like.
But but we're doing pretty well all things considering, because
you're only cranking into Lemming properly at the moment.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Is that right? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (01:42):
Pretty?
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
Main line started a sort of last Wednesday, really, so yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
A couple of weeks great from this weather hopefully Heyeian
our young Farmers, your events coordinated there and esteems titled
they have Mine to because if nobody organized the stuff,
it doesn't happen.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Right, Yeah, yeah exactly. And we've we've got an awesome
team here as well. So yeah, it's got good Heaven
then behind you.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
So what's coming up with you guys? What's been happening?
Speaker 3 (02:09):
Oh, I've got that big one this Saturday. We've got
a barkup on Saturday night.
Speaker 5 (02:14):
Nice so yeah, really a lot of months work put
into that and we're really really looking forward to it.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
So it's our third one in a row. And yeah,
they just they just keep getting better every year, I.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Think, and sponsorship and everything for these events, everybody's quite
happy to put into it. As the money going towards
anything in particular.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Yeah, yeah, we're donating half of our money back to
the Fiordland Marine Search and Rescue.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Awesome.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
Yeah, they play a big part in our community, so
it's always good to go back now.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
They do a massive, massive part for the community where
your base because you're pretty much isolated.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
There, Yeah, exactly, and they pretty much cover the whole
sort of other South Island as well. It's just yeah,
they're just based in town out there, so and yeah,
all all of thes're all volunteers from Tianna.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
So what time does it get underway? On Friday?
Speaker 3 (03:03):
With five o'clock on Friday on Friday at the Rugby Club.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
This is event obviously it takes all even the planning
on imagine.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Oh definitely, yeah, I think we probably started planning this
back in May, so yeah, we're definitely, yeah, definitely a
lot of work going into us.
Speaker 5 (03:20):
And We've brought a lot of hard work for everyone,
especially with sponsorship.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Is this one of your key fundraisers for the club
as well?
Speaker 3 (03:26):
Would you say, yeah, this was probably a big one
for the year. Yeah, and which is really good as well.
We're not just fundraising for us, fundraising to put back
into into the community as.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Well, because you guys go and pick up rocks and
stuff too, Is that right?
Speaker 3 (03:40):
Uh? Yeah, picked up a fever of rock. Yeah. And
then over the last couple of weeks we went through
Pune the whole of the pine trees and yeah, the
old men me and the old barbecue here and there.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
That's what it's all about.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
That, I mean, the tailing season coming out to do
you guys do any tails?
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Yeah, Yeah, we'll line some up for first weekend the November,
which I'm definitely looking forward to it.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
I think everybody will. By the time you get to November.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
You do for I don't know, I'd say r and
ems off farm, which means go go out there and
do something and reconnect.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
Definitely, and hopefully in the sunshine.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Hopefully in the sunshine.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
So as far as meetings and that you guys have
been you've had your meetings through the spring season.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Yeah, we've got our got our monthly meeting coming up
tomorrow night.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Actually no, I'm nice one of the details around that.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
Then we're at the at the town now Workmen's Club
and yeah, so just seven o'clock onwards. Just yeah, just
just rock up.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
There's worse places to go for a meeting.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
Oh exactly. And the biggest thing is for anyone but
jubius about coming along. You don't you don't have to
be a farmer. We've we've got a good a good
group of people in our club who aren't farmers, which
is awesome.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Is that something that people don't realize of young farmers.
It's open to anybody, regardless of trade or occupation.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Yeah, yeah, that's a big thing for a lot of people.
And I guess O guess the name the name was
pretty off puttings, I suppose, But that's the same thing
with their bark up this weekend, Like you're like, you don't,
you don't have to be a shepherd or anything to
come along, you know, Like we've got a whole whole
pet section there. There's some some pretty awesome prizes.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
So what else you've got coming up after this? This
will be your big event obviously, but any fundraising efforts
of the likes heading you through late spring.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Yeah, well, a.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Few weeks ago we had our big sort of South
Ambeddmentton competition.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
That's right.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
Yeah, yeah, I'd hate to say it, but nightcapt Young
Farmers took that one.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Yet Nightcaps seems to be a rivalry developing between the
rest of South and the Nightcaps, the Crusaders and everyone else.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Right, Oh pretty much? Yeah, no, they went pretty well.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Really, so they're the Crusaders of the Young Farmers world
and attag of South and would you.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
Say oh, I'd say so, yeah, coming up through the rink.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Well, you guys have a good membership base as well though.
That seems to be the key with all the clubs.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
Yeah, definitely. Now we're probably sitting around that sort of
thirty members mark, which is.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Awesome, fantastic. Will you drawing a lot on a large
region when you think about it.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
Oh definitely, yeah, no, real boat, especially when.
Speaker 5 (06:17):
You got the old people coming up up from Black Mountains.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
Our social media channels, Jack, you guys are active if
people want to catch up.
Speaker 5 (06:27):
Oh yeah, definitely, so we're we're on Facebook and Instagram
and even if you just want to know more about
the club, just just send the message through to one one.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
Of the pages and you'll get a response really quickly.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Absolutely, Hey, good on you, Jack. Thanks for the chat
this afternoon. And like we say, people can get onto
your social channels from more so they always got to
catch up.
Speaker 4 (06:48):
This is awesome, laugh out loud with a proud because
life on the land can be a laughing matter. Brought
to us by sheer Well Data working to help the
livestock farmer.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Two ladies are talking.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
One lady says to the other, how did you meet
your husband? She goes, I'm a pharmacist. He come under
boy condoms. He asks for xxx xx L and only
once we got married did I realized that he had
the stutters.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Let's leave it there.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
When we came for the afternoon, I meandimally you've been
listening to the musterro Ande Hakinwi thanks to Peterson X
Here's and Bunny Tiler to sea out joy the afternoon.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
Catch you tomorrow.
Welcome back to the muster.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
The Gore Pekiki Lions and your book sales kicking off
the ninth of October.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
That's this Thursday.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
That money raise is going towards the Lions Cancer Trust
free skin cancer screening bus.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Tell you one thing.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
About these box sales that the Gore Pakiky Lions do.
I was after the rape yenual, the complete series I
couldn't find nineteen eighty five. My wife managed to find
it there, along with a couple of duplicates of other
years as well. So if you after something random like that,
like a sports book as I was, or you want
just something to read as you go through the spring motions, well.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Here's something there to consider.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
That's a go, Pikiki Lions and your book sale kicking
underway this Thursday. As we catch up next with Jack
Smith out of Tana Young Farmers of course, he's based
over at Burwood Station.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Good afternoon, Jack, How.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Are you yourself?
Speaker 1 (00:56):
I'm not too bare? Are you a bit of a
book nut?
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (01:00):
Actually? I actually reader?
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Actually? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (01:03):
What are you into? Like the Wilbur Spits and the
likes or what?
Speaker 5 (01:06):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Quite do all the books about the local helicopter pilot
legends and yes, a lot of hunting books for a
sport book.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Yeah like that, you like me let the non fiction,
you can't go wrong with that. Now.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Firstly, you're over at Burwood Station. We're tak Young Farmers shortly,
but how's your season been today?
Speaker 3 (01:25):
Yeah? Good god? Yeah, we're sort of in in that
funny stage was that start Lemming where it's still real
cold and do as much fad about as what we'd like.
But but we're doing pretty well all things considering, because
you're only cranking into Lemming properly at the moment.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Is that right? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (01:42):
Pretty?
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
Main line started a sort of last Wednesday, really, so yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
A couple of weeks great from this weather hopefully Heyeian
our young Farmers, your events coordinated there and esteems titled
they have Mine to because if nobody organized the stuff,
it doesn't happen.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Right, Yeah, yeah exactly. And we've we've got an awesome
team here as well. So yeah, it's got good Heaven
then behind you.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
So what's coming up with you guys? What's been happening?
Speaker 3 (02:09):
Oh, I've got that big one this Saturday. We've got
a barkup on Saturday night.
Speaker 5 (02:14):
Nice so yeah, really a lot of months work put
into that and we're really really looking forward to it.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
So it's our third one in a row. And yeah,
they just they just keep getting better every year, I.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Think, and sponsorship and everything for these events, everybody's quite
happy to put into it. As the money going towards
anything in particular.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Yeah, yeah, we're donating half of our money back to
the Fiordland Marine Search and Rescue.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Awesome.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
Yeah, they play a big part in our community, so
it's always good to go back now.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
They do a massive, massive part for the community where
your base because you're pretty much isolated.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
There, Yeah, exactly, and they pretty much cover the whole
sort of other South Island as well. It's just yeah,
they're just based in town out there, so and yeah,
all all of thes're all volunteers from Tianna.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
So what time does it get underway? On Friday?
Speaker 3 (03:03):
With five o'clock on Friday on Friday at the Rugby Club.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
This is event obviously it takes all even the planning
on imagine.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Oh definitely, yeah, I think we probably started planning this
back in May, so yeah, we're definitely, yeah, definitely a
lot of work going into us.
Speaker 5 (03:20):
And We've brought a lot of hard work for everyone,
especially with sponsorship.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Is this one of your key fundraisers for the club
as well?
Speaker 3 (03:26):
Would you say, yeah, this was probably a big one
for the year. Yeah, and which is really good as well.
We're not just fundraising for us, fundraising to put back
into into the community as.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Well, because you guys go and pick up rocks and
stuff too, Is that right?
Speaker 3 (03:40):
Uh? Yeah, picked up a fever of rock. Yeah. And
then over the last couple of weeks we went through
Pune the whole of the pine trees and yeah, the
old men me and the old barbecue here and there.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
That's what it's all about.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
That, I mean, the tailing season coming out to do
you guys do any tails?
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Yeah, Yeah, we'll line some up for first weekend the November,
which I'm definitely looking forward to it.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
I think everybody will. By the time you get to November.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
You do for I don't know, I'd say r and
ems off farm, which means go go out there and
do something and reconnect.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
Definitely, and hopefully in the sunshine.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Hopefully in the sunshine.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
So as far as meetings and that you guys have
been you've had your meetings through the spring season.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Yeah, we've got our got our monthly meeting coming up
tomorrow night.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Actually no, I'm nice one of the details around that.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
Then we're at the at the town now Workmen's Club
and yeah, so just seven o'clock onwards. Just yeah, just
just rock up.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
There's worse places to go for a meeting.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
Oh exactly. And the biggest thing is for anyone but
jubius about coming along. You don't you don't have to
be a farmer. We've we've got a good a good
group of people in our club who aren't farmers, which
is awesome.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Is that something that people don't realize of young farmers.
It's open to anybody, regardless of trade or occupation.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Yeah, yeah, that's a big thing for a lot of people.
And I guess O guess the name the name was
pretty off puttings, I suppose, But that's the same thing
with their bark up this weekend, Like you're like, you don't,
you don't have to be a shepherd or anything to
come along, you know, Like we've got a whole whole
pet section there. There's some some pretty awesome prizes.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
So what else you've got coming up after this? This
will be your big event obviously, but any fundraising efforts
of the likes heading you through late spring.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Yeah, well, a.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Few weeks ago we had our big sort of South
Ambeddmentton competition.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
That's right.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
Yeah, yeah, I'd hate to say it, but nightcapt Young
Farmers took that one.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Yet Nightcaps seems to be a rivalry developing between the
rest of South and the Nightcaps, the Crusaders and everyone else.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Right, Oh pretty much? Yeah, no, they went pretty well.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Really, so they're the Crusaders of the Young Farmers world
and attag of South and would you.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
Say oh, I'd say so, yeah, coming up through the rink.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Well, you guys have a good membership base as well though.
That seems to be the key with all the clubs.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
Yeah, definitely. Now we're probably sitting around that sort of
thirty members mark, which is.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Awesome, fantastic. Will you drawing a lot on a large
region when you think about it.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
Oh definitely, yeah, no, real boat, especially when.
Speaker 5 (06:17):
You got the old people coming up up from Black Mountains.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
Our social media channels, Jack, you guys are active if
people want to catch up.
Speaker 5 (06:27):
Oh yeah, definitely, so we're we're on Facebook and Instagram
and even if you just want to know more about
the club, just just send the message through to one one.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
Of the pages and you'll get a response really quickly.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Absolutely, Hey, good on you, Jack. Thanks for the chat
this afternoon. And like we say, people can get onto
your social channels from more so they always got to
catch up.
Speaker 4 (06:48):
This is awesome, laugh out loud with a proud because
life on the land can be a laughing matter. Brought
to us by sheer Well Data working to help the
livestock farmer.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Two ladies are talking.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
One lady says to the other, how did you meet
your husband? She goes, I'm a pharmacist. He come under
boy condoms. He asks for xxx xx L and only
once we got married did I realized that he had
the stutters.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Let's leave it there.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
When we came for the afternoon, I meandimally you've been
listening to the musterro Ande Hakinwi thanks to Peterson X
Here's and Bunny Tiler to sea out joy the afternoon.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
Catch you tomorrow.
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