October 27, 2025 • 6 mins
Jack Rudolph of Emergency Management Southland says trying times like these bring out the best in people.
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Speaker 1 (00:08):
And before we wrap up the muster for a Tuesday
afternoon in the Environment Southland slot, which is sponsored by
Environment Southland, we have Jack Rudolph, Emergency Controller at Emergency
Emergency Management Southland, on behalf of the response team. Jack,
good afternoon and welcome to the muster and what has
been a pretty hectic last couple of days down here.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
It's a good afternoon right.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Firstly, Jack, the latest on the situation down here in
the South. It's rapidly changing all the time. Whereabout so
we at now?
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Yeah, so key priority still are in place, restoring powers,
power to life lines, telecommunication, water and wastewater, adjusting community
and animal wealthy needs and the efficient distribution and tracking
of generators, especially to critical services like healthcare, supermarkets, fuel
(01:02):
stations or the treatment and our dairy sector. We're focusing
on restoring lifelines and helping generator coordination. It's a big
recovery as you can fully well aware, and power and
communications are ongoing South and thanks to all that always
(01:25):
you've been doing and as we work through this weather
event together and we know you're sharing generators. People are
sharing generators, opening their dairy shares to neighbors and making
sure animals are melt and watered to these challenging conditions.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Yeah, Generators is a big thing for a lot of people.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Jacks.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Their situations under control.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
It is under control, and it's you know that the
need for them is slowly reducing as power comes back on.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
Yes, Now, as far as roural communities and the farmer
are by greatly affected and there are a lot of them,
miss be honest, as far as the work is going
on there to support them what's happening.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
But for our farmers, our wealthare have been hard out
and we've had reached the last couple of days, including
today Amency Management Southern. We continue to work with our
farmers to identify generating needs for milking sheds. Generators are
available and are being distributed at the you know throughout
(02:31):
the last few days since since it's started communicating. You know,
we're communicating with our dairy supply company and and then
and the power companies to ensure that we keep restoring
power and all of that. So we are working very close.
(02:51):
We in fact that have MPI and now the Real
Trust and our center here are working closely with our farmers.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
Yeah, it's great You've bring out the point about rural
communities banding together, Jack, and this is the perfect example
of the sudden spirit.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Yes, yes, definitely, definitely.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Now for people who haven't had anybody in contact with
them regarding issues around water, around power and the likes, Jack,
how do they get assistance?
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Yes, they can contact us to our zero eight hundred number,
sorry eight hundred eight nine one two seven. We do
encourage them to keep trying or use the email which
is Welfare at cdsouthandt New Zealand. You know, if they
(03:40):
don't get through to us initially, our phones have been
inundated as you can appreciate, but please don't give up
on us and either use the email line as well.
The lines are open from nine am to four thirty pm.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
Just from your perspective, Jack, regarding emergency Management Southland, how
have you feel are the last four or five days?
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Yeah, hey, listen, you know, losing powers is a huge
I guess you know, blow to people's households in order
and affects fects them in a number of ways. And
you know we have been communicating with power Net and
the numbers have come down. We're down to around four
thousand now today. You know from over twelve thousand and
(04:26):
and you know that that has a huge effect on
our people out there. As soon as powers we stored,
of course, then they can to try and get to
some sort of normality. But we have friends who work
in and allier is to ensure not only power, but
some sort of normality is restored.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Is absolutely Jack had Jack read off Emergency Management South
and Response Team, Emergency Controller. Thanks very much for your
time on the Master and all the best for the
next four or five days ahead of you.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Laugh out loud with ag proud because life on the
land can be a laughing matter. Brought to us by
sheer well data working to help the livestock farmer. We
need a laugh, right, so here we go. A husband
wrote the following letter for his wife and left it
on the table. To my dear wife, you'll surely understand
that I have certain needs that you, being fifty four
(05:20):
years old, can no longer satisfy. I'm very happy with you,
and I vetue you as a good wife. Therefore, after
reading this letter, I hope that you won't wrongly interpret
the fact that I will be spending the evening with
my eighteen year old secretary at the hotel. Please don't
be upset. I'll be home before midnight. When the man
came home later that night, he found the following letter
on the dining room table. My dear husband, I received
(05:41):
your letter and thinking for your honesty about my being
fifty four years old, I would like to take this
opportunity to remind you that you also are fifty four.
As you know, I'm a mess teacher at a local college.
I would like to inform you that while you read this,
I will be at the Marriott Hotel with Michael, one
of my students. He's young, virile, and your secretary is eighteen.
But as a successful businessman who is an excellent knowledge
(06:04):
of mass you will understand that although it may appear
that we are in the same situation, there is one
math difference. Eighteen goes into fifty four a lot more
than fifty four goes into eighteen. Therefore, I won't be
home until sometime tomorrow. Hopefully that gave you a chuck
or Heaven knows we need it at the moment. My
name's Andy Mueller. This has been the muster on Hakinnui
(06:26):
thinks that Petersen Enix continue listening to Hockenui for updates
about the situation. All the best out there this afternoon.
Stay warm, see tomorrow
And before we wrap up the muster for a Tuesday
afternoon in the Environment Southland slot, which is sponsored by
Environment Southland, we have Jack Rudolph, Emergency Controller at Emergency
Emergency Management Southland, on behalf of the response team. Jack,
good afternoon and welcome to the muster and what has
been a pretty hectic last couple of days down here.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
It's a good afternoon right.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Firstly, Jack, the latest on the situation down here in
the South. It's rapidly changing all the time. Whereabout so
we at now?
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Yeah, so key priority still are in place, restoring powers,
power to life lines, telecommunication, water and wastewater, adjusting community
and animal wealthy needs and the efficient distribution and tracking
of generators, especially to critical services like healthcare, supermarkets, fuel
(01:02):
stations or the treatment and our dairy sector. We're focusing
on restoring lifelines and helping generator coordination. It's a big
recovery as you can fully well aware, and power and
communications are ongoing South and thanks to all that always
(01:25):
you've been doing and as we work through this weather
event together and we know you're sharing generators. People are
sharing generators, opening their dairy shares to neighbors and making
sure animals are melt and watered to these challenging conditions.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Yeah, Generators is a big thing for a lot of people.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Jacks.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Their situations under control.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
It is under control, and it's you know that the
need for them is slowly reducing as power comes back on.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
Yes, Now, as far as roural communities and the farmer
are by greatly affected and there are a lot of them,
miss be honest, as far as the work is going
on there to support them what's happening.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
But for our farmers, our wealthare have been hard out
and we've had reached the last couple of days, including
today Amency Management Southern. We continue to work with our
farmers to identify generating needs for milking sheds. Generators are
available and are being distributed at the you know throughout
(02:31):
the last few days since since it's started communicating. You know,
we're communicating with our dairy supply company and and then
and the power companies to ensure that we keep restoring
power and all of that. So we are working very close.
(02:51):
We in fact that have MPI and now the Real
Trust and our center here are working closely with our farmers.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
Yeah, it's great You've bring out the point about rural
communities banding together, Jack, and this is the perfect example
of the sudden spirit.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Yes, yes, definitely, definitely.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Now for people who haven't had anybody in contact with
them regarding issues around water, around power and the likes, Jack,
how do they get assistance?
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Yes, they can contact us to our zero eight hundred number,
sorry eight hundred eight nine one two seven. We do
encourage them to keep trying or use the email which
is Welfare at cdsouthandt New Zealand. You know, if they
(03:40):
don't get through to us initially, our phones have been
inundated as you can appreciate, but please don't give up
on us and either use the email line as well.
The lines are open from nine am to four thirty pm.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
Just from your perspective, Jack, regarding emergency Management Southland, how
have you feel are the last four or five days?
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Yeah, hey, listen, you know, losing powers is a huge
I guess you know, blow to people's households in order
and affects fects them in a number of ways. And
you know we have been communicating with power Net and
the numbers have come down. We're down to around four
thousand now today. You know from over twelve thousand and
(04:26):
and you know that that has a huge effect on
our people out there. As soon as powers we stored,
of course, then they can to try and get to
some sort of normality. But we have friends who work
in and allier is to ensure not only power, but
some sort of normality is restored.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Is absolutely Jack had Jack read off Emergency Management South
and Response Team, Emergency Controller. Thanks very much for your
time on the Master and all the best for the
next four or five days ahead of you.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Laugh out loud with ag proud because life on the
land can be a laughing matter. Brought to us by
sheer well data working to help the livestock farmer. We
need a laugh, right, so here we go. A husband
wrote the following letter for his wife and left it
on the table. To my dear wife, you'll surely understand
that I have certain needs that you, being fifty four
(05:20):
years old, can no longer satisfy. I'm very happy with you,
and I vetue you as a good wife. Therefore, after
reading this letter, I hope that you won't wrongly interpret
the fact that I will be spending the evening with
my eighteen year old secretary at the hotel. Please don't
be upset. I'll be home before midnight. When the man
came home later that night, he found the following letter
on the dining room table. My dear husband, I received
(05:41):
your letter and thinking for your honesty about my being
fifty four years old, I would like to take this
opportunity to remind you that you also are fifty four.
As you know, I'm a mess teacher at a local college.
I would like to inform you that while you read this,
I will be at the Marriott Hotel with Michael, one
of my students. He's young, virile, and your secretary is eighteen.
But as a successful businessman who is an excellent knowledge
(06:04):
of mass you will understand that although it may appear
that we are in the same situation, there is one
math difference. Eighteen goes into fifty four a lot more
than fifty four goes into eighteen. Therefore, I won't be
home until sometime tomorrow. Hopefully that gave you a chuck
or Heaven knows we need it at the moment. My
name's Andy Mueller. This has been the muster on Hakinnui
(06:26):
thinks that Petersen Enix continue listening to Hockenui for updates
about the situation. All the best out there this afternoon.
Stay warm, see tomorrow
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