December 16, 2025 • 5 mins
Jason Hannigan of Otago Pet Foods has a chat as part of The Muster's Christmas Giveaway.
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
Welcome back to the Muster on Haknui. This is the
week of the Muster Christmas Giveaway. A salute to the farmers.
Jason Hannigan joins us next from Tago Pet Foods. Jason,
good afternoon and welcome.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Yeah, good afternoon there, Andy, Hey, thanks.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
For joining us. Great to have you guys catching up
with us. Now. Firstly, tell us about the Tago Pet Foods.
The story there.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Oh, so a small business that sort of come from
humble beginnings. The owner Mett and is a lovely welcome.
They actually started in their backyard and a week container
and doing for pet food for friends and family, and
the business have just grown and grown and grown.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
So it's just.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Gone from a family business just a small operation that's
growing over time.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Yeah, definitely. For a short time, Matt realized that there
is a need for farming is to get rid of
injured and unwanted stock without having to big an awful
fit and what have you, and we could better make
use of the rest of the carcass.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Are you talking injured animals as the lights or what's
predominantly are.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
You looking for when farmers ring up?
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Yeah, injured animals stock that these days it's but tight
getting them into the prison works these days. And you
know a lot of farmers are saying, you know, they're
not they're not fit for transport, so they have to
deal with them. So we, yeah, we come in. We
aim to get to farms within twenty four hours is
(01:38):
our sort of big aime, and collect the cares, fum
and process them and take all the mess away from them.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Twenty four hours is pretty done, good time frame. I
suppose like some of calving, you guys to be.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Flat out, Yeah, carvings are absolutely our busiest time. We
get a lot of carving, paralysis animals and yeah, down caves.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
So that's us now to talk about life giving you
lemon so you make lemonade. But when you get a
carcass that's going down, this is a chance to actually
get something to and using it renewable or suppose in
one sense as far as having our dog food, right,
So there's a bit of a double edged sword.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Yeah, definitely. You know there's still a lot of farmers
out there with a lot of farm dogs and that
they need tucker. And yeah, the pet food industry has
sort of been one of the most consistent industries around
at the moment. So there's a ways I need everyone's
got pets.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
How does your structure work that way, Jason?
Speaker 2 (02:32):
So yeah, they contact us. We either through our website
or we have a one hundred number and we've also
got direct a dole number. So the farmer gets hold
of us and say, hey, I've got this animal. My
stock manager will organize the trucks to come out and
pick them up and usually the next day if they
(02:55):
call up that morning. Sometimes if they're in the area,
they can do it the same day.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
So as far as travel for you guys not on.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
This shoe, well we travel really far. So we travel.
We're based in Moscow. We travel as far as all
the way down to Bluff, all the way out to Wanaka,
and as far north as one many four four trucks
on the road. And yeah, the boys do some Yeah,
so they some early starts to get into the areas
at the right time.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
So yeah, it's the staff number wise, you guys must
have a pretty good work for us of workforce on board.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Yeah, the job's a bit skettered. So we've got about
thirty five staff all the different areas of the business.
And yes, our collection team they go out, I'll shoot
the animal, bleed it and bring it back to the
plant where we have a skinning operation processing operation network
(03:49):
which the rest of the boys will take care of
the animal for them.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Now, you've got a deal going until the nineteenth of December,
which is this Friday.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
What's that about.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
Yeah, well, we're doing poople ones on our bulk food especially.
This one was mostly to look after our our farmers.
A lot of our stock comes from from guys with
sheep dogs and kettle dogs and stuff like that, so
(04:19):
we wanted to sort of give back a little bit
as well.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
Two for one. That's that's a pretty done good deal
at the moment.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Yeah. Yeah, So big focus is on the biggest ones
we have around our big neck bones, our mutton bones
and our beef brisket twenty kas. Yeah, so trying to
look after our guys, I've looked after us.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
Now. The best way for people to get in touch.
The websites are Targo Pitfoods, dot co, dot m Z.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Yeah that's the one.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
But the price today this is fantastic, Jason, and we
really appreciate this. A five hundred dollars a Targo Pitt
Foods voucher that's outstanding. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Like I said, the fathers have been really good to us.
It's our tend to give back.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
Good on you.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Jason Hey, thanks for the chat this afternoon and Otago
pet Foods part of the Muster Christmas giveaway, a salute
to the farmers. We need people to get texting in
the word pet food to five double oh nine and
with your details and we'll draw a winner in the morning.
Jason Hannigan of Otago Pet Foods. Thanks for your time
on the muster of this afternoon.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Our problem. It'll very Christmas.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Jason Hannigan of Otago Pet Foods. Once again, that key
word is pet food. Just one word with your details
texted into five double oh nine to go into the
drawer to within a five hundred dollars a Tago pet
Foods voucher. How good is that?
Speaker 3 (05:43):
Before Christmas? This is a muster on Hokinui. Up next,
Kylie Fiskin
Welcome back to the Muster on Haknui. This is the
week of the Muster Christmas Giveaway. A salute to the farmers.
Jason Hannigan joins us next from Tago Pet Foods. Jason,
good afternoon and welcome.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Yeah, good afternoon there, Andy, Hey, thanks.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
For joining us. Great to have you guys catching up
with us. Now. Firstly, tell us about the Tago Pet Foods.
The story there.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Oh, so a small business that sort of come from
humble beginnings. The owner Mett and is a lovely welcome.
They actually started in their backyard and a week container
and doing for pet food for friends and family, and
the business have just grown and grown and grown.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
So it's just.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Gone from a family business just a small operation that's
growing over time.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Yeah, definitely. For a short time, Matt realized that there
is a need for farming is to get rid of
injured and unwanted stock without having to big an awful
fit and what have you, and we could better make
use of the rest of the carcass.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Are you talking injured animals as the lights or what's
predominantly are.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
You looking for when farmers ring up?
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Yeah, injured animals stock that these days it's but tight
getting them into the prison works these days. And you
know a lot of farmers are saying, you know, they're
not they're not fit for transport, so they have to
deal with them. So we, yeah, we come in. We
aim to get to farms within twenty four hours is
(01:38):
our sort of big aime, and collect the cares, fum
and process them and take all the mess away from them.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Twenty four hours is pretty done, good time frame. I
suppose like some of calving, you guys to be.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Flat out, Yeah, carvings are absolutely our busiest time. We
get a lot of carving, paralysis animals and yeah, down caves.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
So that's us now to talk about life giving you
lemon so you make lemonade. But when you get a
carcass that's going down, this is a chance to actually
get something to and using it renewable or suppose in
one sense as far as having our dog food, right,
So there's a bit of a double edged sword.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Yeah, definitely. You know there's still a lot of farmers
out there with a lot of farm dogs and that
they need tucker. And yeah, the pet food industry has
sort of been one of the most consistent industries around
at the moment. So there's a ways I need everyone's
got pets.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
How does your structure work that way, Jason?
Speaker 2 (02:32):
So yeah, they contact us. We either through our website
or we have a one hundred number and we've also
got direct a dole number. So the farmer gets hold
of us and say, hey, I've got this animal. My
stock manager will organize the trucks to come out and
pick them up and usually the next day if they
(02:55):
call up that morning. Sometimes if they're in the area,
they can do it the same day.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
So as far as travel for you guys not on.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
This shoe, well we travel really far. So we travel.
We're based in Moscow. We travel as far as all
the way down to Bluff, all the way out to Wanaka,
and as far north as one many four four trucks
on the road. And yeah, the boys do some Yeah,
so they some early starts to get into the areas
at the right time.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
So yeah, it's the staff number wise, you guys must
have a pretty good work for us of workforce on board.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Yeah, the job's a bit skettered. So we've got about
thirty five staff all the different areas of the business.
And yes, our collection team they go out, I'll shoot
the animal, bleed it and bring it back to the
plant where we have a skinning operation processing operation network
(03:49):
which the rest of the boys will take care of
the animal for them.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Now, you've got a deal going until the nineteenth of December,
which is this Friday.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
What's that about.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
Yeah, well, we're doing poople ones on our bulk food especially.
This one was mostly to look after our our farmers.
A lot of our stock comes from from guys with
sheep dogs and kettle dogs and stuff like that, so
(04:19):
we wanted to sort of give back a little bit
as well.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
Two for one. That's that's a pretty done good deal
at the moment.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Yeah. Yeah, So big focus is on the biggest ones
we have around our big neck bones, our mutton bones
and our beef brisket twenty kas. Yeah, so trying to
look after our guys, I've looked after us.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
Now. The best way for people to get in touch.
The websites are Targo Pitfoods, dot co, dot m Z.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Yeah that's the one.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
But the price today this is fantastic, Jason, and we
really appreciate this. A five hundred dollars a Targo Pitt
Foods voucher that's outstanding. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Like I said, the fathers have been really good to us.
It's our tend to give back.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
Good on you.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Jason Hey, thanks for the chat this afternoon and Otago
pet Foods part of the Muster Christmas giveaway, a salute
to the farmers. We need people to get texting in
the word pet food to five double oh nine and
with your details and we'll draw a winner in the morning.
Jason Hannigan of Otago Pet Foods. Thanks for your time
on the muster of this afternoon.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Our problem. It'll very Christmas.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Jason Hannigan of Otago Pet Foods. Once again, that key
word is pet food. Just one word with your details
texted into five double oh nine to go into the
drawer to within a five hundred dollars a Tago pet
Foods voucher. How good is that?
Speaker 3 (05:43):
Before Christmas? This is a muster on Hokinui. Up next,
Kylie Fiskin
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