December 4, 2025 • 7 mins
Michelle Watt chats about farm recycling and Christmas parade season.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Coming from from from that's time for the country crossover.
Michelle wat executive producer, joins us. Out of the country,
Good afternoon, the red Nicks, condonnoyed Joe because we can.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Oh, it's I have to say this and it's unpopular opinion, Andy,
one of my favorite. It brings back so many memories
of it being requested down in the Rosebank Lodge or
the Saudi and our clothing and it got the whole
dance for up.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
I think it still would this song. I'll be honest
with you.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
What's not to like about it?
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Come on, Oh, there's nothing. It's a very happy song,
isn't it.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
That's what we need. Just people just need to stop
being angry at this time of.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Year, I think so. I think there's a lot of
people get very tense, don't they. And I just want
to say, calm the farm because it's not it's Christmas
at the end of the day. It's it's not the
end of the world or anything like that. You just
got to enjoy it for each day and just survive
till the you know, until you get to the end
of twenty twenty six?
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Would they say survive? Was it thrive? Twenty twenty five
or Survive twenty twenty.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
I have no idea. I missed that memo. Hey, it's
been a flat out week. We'll start off with this
as well. This is a this is a good initiative,
a great initiative if it occurs. Penny Simmons, MP for
the Environment, talking about farm plastic recycling and getting the
green light, I.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Think this is fantastic. I mean, all that plastic that's
used to wrap up bailage and silence pets and all
that sort of stuff, it needs to go somewhere, right,
And I think this kind of initiative is a fantastic idea, right.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
So this is one on the press release the other day.
The industry lead scheme will bring the existing egg recovery
and plays back programs into a single national system offering
free to use. That's the key phrase there, simple and
accessible services for all users of in scope agrichemicals and
farm plastics. Because people are having to pay to get
their plastic carded.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Yeah, and I think that's a big one, isn't it.
If it's free, people will do it. Also, if it's
accessible and easy, I think people forget, especially.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
In rural areas.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
A lot of urban centers like Auckland and things like that,
or bigger areas forget that, really really rural areas like
down where we're from in South London things. You're quite
a long way away from stuff a lot of the time.
And if something's not accessible and it's not easy, it
makes it difficult and people are less likely to do it,
and that is basic psychology, basic human behavior. If something's hard,
people are less likely to follow through on it. So
(02:31):
it's great to see this is coming into effect and
I think I think it'll be really popular.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Yeah, Penny Simmons on the Muster on Monday, So I'll
ask you a more detail around that. I care you're
not rushing out to Auckland to buy Swedish meatballs this weekend.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Definitely not. You know that the Swedish meatballs come from
Australian beef.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Andy, I have no idea. I've just I can't believe
how much free publicity you've got. For goodness sake, it's
been leading news bulletins.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
I've never really understood lining up to go to a store,
to be honest, Andy, and I grew up my parents
owned a furniture store obviously for years growing up. So
for me, flatpack furniture that was made somewhere really cheaply
is just really not a good thing. It's not a
good thing for New Zealand industry in my mind either.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Yeah, that's consumer choice, I suppose at the end of
the day as well, cost of living, YadA, YadA. But
I do appreciate your point.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Well, I think we had a lot of manufacturers in
New Zealand for years of furniture. There's still quite a
few around families that have been around for a very
long time.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Yeah, but it is expensive to obviously pay people to
make that stuff, and then also the product itself is
not that cheap either.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
So I CAA does serve a market.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
But at the same time, I don't really understand lining
up for hours into a store that's going to be
there for the next ten twenty years.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
It's like costco. People talk about how great it is,
but the thing that I don't understand is you need
a membership to be a part of it, and it
only works if you buy things in bulk.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
I've never actually stepped into a costco either myself. Yeah,
have you been to an Ikea, You've been to Europe.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
Haven't you. I've been to annoyed care over in the
UK the flat pack drama.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
I've never stepped foot in one and I don't intend to.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Interesting right, Hey, this is a cool story as well.
South and Ural Support Trust even doing some awesome work
over the past couple of months. And tomorrow as well
they're bringing fishing for farmers happening at the Ariti River
and set a bush fishing skills go and lose some
new stuff for free Barbie as well, and as well
the Otago spa pools they did this last year help
him make nominations. There's a sparpool on offer for three months.
(04:31):
Are three month a free three month rental of a
spar pool somebody who's been deserving. So you need to
go and have a little nomination form so that South
and Me real support Trust evan busy beavers lately.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Oh, I saw the fishing one and I thought this
is fantastic. It's something that people can turn up do
for a little bit and then leave again. You know,
it's not a it's not a commitment turning up to
something like that, which I think is really great, especially
if you're just wanted to step off farm for a
few minutes an hour or so, do something different, talk
to some people that are going through similar stuff as you,
and then you have to get back to the farm.
(05:02):
It's actually a really good activity and hopefully the weather
lass out for the fishing and hopefully they catch a
few fish out of the river.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
And it's all about parades at this time of year
as well. The way Mere Planes Vintage Tractor and Machinery
Club are holding their annual Christmas parade in Riversdale two
thirty on Sunday this upcoming Sunday barbecue lunch at the
club rooms. Lolly scramble They still do lollly scrambles with
no road cones as well. Hell, good big stationary engine's
going to be running afternoon Tea to follow later on.
(05:30):
So get in touch with Dick Dylan if you want
to be a tractor driver. Oh three two o one
six two six fourd Dick still got the landline going.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Good on you, Richard, Uh, lollly scrambles, Just going back
to that one.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
Do you remember getting hit in the head with those
little lollies?
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (05:46):
Did they still throw those out?
Speaker 1 (05:48):
I hope so's them. Probably them were fruit bursts, but
they were great, they're like weapons.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
What was your favorite flavor? Everyone had a favorite flaging cream, yes.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Sam and cream, followed by coconut.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
A coconut, that's yeah, that's a choice.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
You can get rid of malt as well. They just
didn't do it for me.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
I'm afraid I don't think anyone liked them mult one.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Well, I fear people did. I mean, it's like when
you get to the pick a mix of the chocolate box.
Everyone's got a real gripe against cherry ripe about trying
to rhyme and Turkish to lights, which I just don't understand.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Yeah, I kind of get it. I'm not a fan
of those two things, so I'll eat everything else before
I eat those.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
Fair enough. So you've got a busy weekend plan. You're
boiking up to Timaru or something just for a bit
of training, and you book as you can.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Not quite I will have training rides planned. But speaking
of riding for farmers, there are those groups all over
New Zealand, so it's worth locking them up. There's one
down in Southland and they alternate between where they go.
I actually met a lovely young lady up at a
race I was had over the weekend. That's from that group,
and I would fully recommend if you've got a bike,
giving them a message and joining up with them for
(06:49):
finding out where they go, because they're a lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Good only Michelle. Always appreciate your time. We'll chat one
last time before we finish up for the year.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Oh that's scary, isn't it? One last time and
Speaker 1 (06:58):
You got two weeks to go enjoya Jo had been
married long
Coming from from from that's time for the country crossover.
Michelle wat executive producer, joins us. Out of the country,
Good afternoon, the red Nicks, condonnoyed Joe because we can.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Oh, it's I have to say this and it's unpopular opinion, Andy,
one of my favorite. It brings back so many memories
of it being requested down in the Rosebank Lodge or
the Saudi and our clothing and it got the whole
dance for up.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
I think it still would this song. I'll be honest
with you.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
What's not to like about it?
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Come on, Oh, there's nothing. It's a very happy song,
isn't it.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
That's what we need. Just people just need to stop
being angry at this time of.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Year, I think so. I think there's a lot of
people get very tense, don't they. And I just want
to say, calm the farm because it's not it's Christmas
at the end of the day. It's it's not the
end of the world or anything like that. You just
got to enjoy it for each day and just survive
till the you know, until you get to the end
of twenty twenty six?
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Would they say survive? Was it thrive? Twenty twenty five
or Survive twenty twenty.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
I have no idea. I missed that memo. Hey, it's
been a flat out week. We'll start off with this
as well. This is a this is a good initiative,
a great initiative if it occurs. Penny Simmons, MP for
the Environment, talking about farm plastic recycling and getting the
green light, I.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Think this is fantastic. I mean, all that plastic that's
used to wrap up bailage and silence pets and all
that sort of stuff, it needs to go somewhere, right,
And I think this kind of initiative is a fantastic idea, right.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
So this is one on the press release the other day.
The industry lead scheme will bring the existing egg recovery
and plays back programs into a single national system offering
free to use. That's the key phrase there, simple and
accessible services for all users of in scope agrichemicals and
farm plastics. Because people are having to pay to get
their plastic carded.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Yeah, and I think that's a big one, isn't it.
If it's free, people will do it. Also, if it's
accessible and easy, I think people forget, especially.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
In rural areas.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
A lot of urban centers like Auckland and things like that,
or bigger areas forget that, really really rural areas like
down where we're from in South London things. You're quite
a long way away from stuff a lot of the time.
And if something's not accessible and it's not easy, it
makes it difficult and people are less likely to do it,
and that is basic psychology, basic human behavior. If something's hard,
people are less likely to follow through on it. So
(02:31):
it's great to see this is coming into effect and
I think I think it'll be really popular.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Yeah, Penny Simmons on the Muster on Monday, So I'll
ask you a more detail around that. I care you're
not rushing out to Auckland to buy Swedish meatballs this weekend.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Definitely not. You know that the Swedish meatballs come from
Australian beef.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Andy, I have no idea. I've just I can't believe
how much free publicity you've got. For goodness sake, it's
been leading news bulletins.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
I've never really understood lining up to go to a store,
to be honest, Andy, and I grew up my parents
owned a furniture store obviously for years growing up. So
for me, flatpack furniture that was made somewhere really cheaply
is just really not a good thing. It's not a
good thing for New Zealand industry in my mind either.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Yeah, that's consumer choice, I suppose at the end of
the day as well, cost of living, YadA, YadA. But
I do appreciate your point.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Well, I think we had a lot of manufacturers in
New Zealand for years of furniture. There's still quite a
few around families that have been around for a very
long time.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Yeah, but it is expensive to obviously pay people to
make that stuff, and then also the product itself is
not that cheap either.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
So I CAA does serve a market.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
But at the same time, I don't really understand lining
up for hours into a store that's going to be
there for the next ten twenty years.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
It's like costco. People talk about how great it is,
but the thing that I don't understand is you need
a membership to be a part of it, and it
only works if you buy things in bulk.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
I've never actually stepped into a costco either myself. Yeah,
have you been to an Ikea, You've been to Europe.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
Haven't you. I've been to annoyed care over in the
UK the flat pack drama.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
I've never stepped foot in one and I don't intend to.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Interesting right, Hey, this is a cool story as well.
South and Ural Support Trust even doing some awesome work
over the past couple of months. And tomorrow as well
they're bringing fishing for farmers happening at the Ariti River
and set a bush fishing skills go and lose some
new stuff for free Barbie as well, and as well
the Otago spa pools they did this last year help
him make nominations. There's a sparpool on offer for three months.
(04:31):
Are three month a free three month rental of a
spar pool somebody who's been deserving. So you need to
go and have a little nomination form so that South
and Me real support Trust evan busy beavers lately.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Oh, I saw the fishing one and I thought this
is fantastic. It's something that people can turn up do
for a little bit and then leave again. You know,
it's not a it's not a commitment turning up to
something like that, which I think is really great, especially
if you're just wanted to step off farm for a
few minutes an hour or so, do something different, talk
to some people that are going through similar stuff as you,
and then you have to get back to the farm.
(05:02):
It's actually a really good activity and hopefully the weather
lass out for the fishing and hopefully they catch a
few fish out of the river.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
And it's all about parades at this time of year
as well. The way Mere Planes Vintage Tractor and Machinery
Club are holding their annual Christmas parade in Riversdale two
thirty on Sunday this upcoming Sunday barbecue lunch at the
club rooms. Lolly scramble They still do lollly scrambles with
no road cones as well. Hell, good big stationary engine's
going to be running afternoon Tea to follow later on.
(05:30):
So get in touch with Dick Dylan if you want
to be a tractor driver. Oh three two o one
six two six fourd Dick still got the landline going.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Good on you, Richard, Uh, lollly scrambles, Just going back
to that one.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
Do you remember getting hit in the head with those
little lollies?
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (05:46):
Did they still throw those out?
Speaker 1 (05:48):
I hope so's them. Probably them were fruit bursts, but
they were great, they're like weapons.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
What was your favorite flavor? Everyone had a favorite flaging cream, yes.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Sam and cream, followed by coconut.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
A coconut, that's yeah, that's a choice.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
You can get rid of malt as well. They just
didn't do it for me.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
I'm afraid I don't think anyone liked them mult one.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Well, I fear people did. I mean, it's like when
you get to the pick a mix of the chocolate box.
Everyone's got a real gripe against cherry ripe about trying
to rhyme and Turkish to lights, which I just don't understand.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Yeah, I kind of get it. I'm not a fan
of those two things, so I'll eat everything else before
I eat those.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
Fair enough. So you've got a busy weekend plan. You're
boiking up to Timaru or something just for a bit
of training, and you book as you can.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Not quite I will have training rides planned. But speaking
of riding for farmers, there are those groups all over
New Zealand, so it's worth locking them up. There's one
down in Southland and they alternate between where they go.
I actually met a lovely young lady up at a
race I was had over the weekend. That's from that group,
and I would fully recommend if you've got a bike,
giving them a message and joining up with them for
(06:49):
finding out where they go, because they're a lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Good only Michelle. Always appreciate your time. We'll chat one
last time before we finish up for the year.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Oh that's scary, isn't it? One last time and
Speaker 1 (06:58):
You got two weeks to go enjoya Jo had been
married long
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