February 26, 2026 • 10 mins
Jamie Mackay says big city attitudes just don't compare when compared to small town living.
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Speaker 1 (00:13):
Jamie McKay and the Country Crossover joins us once again.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Good afternoon, Jamie, Yeah, good afternoon Andy. What's that song?
Speaker 1 (00:20):
This is? So there you go? You love your music?
This is Timber It is Kesher or Pitbull featuring Kesher
And that is because of Electric Avenue being underway in
christ Church this weekend. You talk about a consonant demand.
I think there's like thousands of people on the waiting
list for tickets. They fortified the area with barbed wire
(00:41):
so people can't get in. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
I heard someone say this morning, what's the name of
the festival again?
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Electric Avenue?
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Electric Avenue. It's the biggest event in christ since the
Commonwealth Games. Does that sound right?
Speaker 1 (00:53):
There's some massive, massive bands there, I mean DJs for
Africa Split ends as well. They're involved super Grows and
it goes for the whole weekend. And conincidentally, my nephew
and his mate they hit Chike up from Gore every
year to it as well, and just they made it
to christ here, so that's the main thing.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Yeah, I've got to make it back now in mind.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Well, good on them, absolutely, Hey seven days last night
Chedty did a good job and that did a really
good job on the Telly actually, but it brings a bigger,
the wider story I suppose about people and their views
on small town New Zealand.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Yeah. Well, I was watching it in delay and texting
a couple of friends start thinking, oh, well, Chetty did
really well, and I thought it was well done her
piece and it was really good, and I thought, oh,
this is great promotion for Kirsten Cheddak and for Hokanui
and for Gore and for South lond And then I thought, oh,
this is good. And the very next segment they're doing
(01:48):
a piece on what you might have overheard on Hokanue radio.
And call me a wee bit defense of Andy. I've
obviously got a vested interest in it, but I just
find it a bit blah. The fact that the so
called comedians, some of them, you know, like Jeremy Corbett's
extremely funny, I love Paul Ego, I love die hem Withou.
(02:08):
Some of them are less funny than others. But there's
just this ongoing kind of theme that big city people
have to take the piss out of small town New Zealand,
in this case Gore. But what they fail to realize Andy,
is that small town New Zealand, places like Gore and
Belcluther and Omaru and Ekedahuna are driving the country at
(02:30):
the moment, and the people living in said small towns
are probably doing a hell of a lot better and
having a hell of a lot better life than those
people who are stuck in the rat race in the city.
So it does annoy me, but you've just got to
put up with that. I wish some of them would
come down and have a look and see how the
other half live, because I reckon the other half a
living better than them.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
You experienced this firsthand back in nineteen ninety nine. The
infamous have a can newsboy moment at the trout.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Oh yeah, but yeah, okay, what was that gay old
Gore or something like?
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Yeah, they hang around they hang around the fish.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Oh yeah, yeah, I mean that was yeah, Well, I
don't know, it kind of made GoF Did it make
Gore famous times infamous? Yeah? Well, there you go. But
I mean Jeremy Wells, he works with us. He spent
a week down here actually broadcasting out of our studio,
and he is seriously the nicest guy. And I would
suggest if people want to find out more about him,
(03:27):
because he's a very interesting character as parents. I mean,
his father was a sir in the banking industry and
his mother was the manager of the Black Ferns the
Silver Ferns. He's got a really interesting background. And listen
to his podcast about how he got kicked out of
Wanganui Collegiate. Now, look, look, I like taking the piss
(03:48):
as much as the next guy, but I just think
it's a bit of a theme to take the mickey
out of places like Gore. And as you well know, Andy,
you've got a young family in terms of the facility,
and this is probably a wee bit to do getting
on my bandwagon here. It's a bit like in Vericago
with the licensing trusts. They're not perfect, but what you
do get in an area with the licensing trust is
(04:10):
fantastic facilities for a town at size. Gore is so
well SPECD Ditto for in Vericago. Look at all the
international quality sporting venues for instance in the Cargo's got
off the back of a licensing trust. So you know, look,
I mean people in Auckland, if you want to spend
(04:31):
two hours in traffic going to work and two hours
going back, that's fine and pay a fortune to park
in town and have a really high cost of living,
why not come down and try a but a country living.
But let's move on from that, Andy, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
Let's to a ground swell. Last week you were addressing feeds.
This week addressing ground swell over a post they put
up in social media, you had Jamie we fed and
on free Yan. What's happened since.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Oh we've sort of kissed and made up. Yeah, Look,
I mean to be fair groundswell on this one, and
Jamie McFadden, to be fair to them, led the charge
way before Christmas with these RMA reforms that the government
and Chris Bishop announced, and they said, look, we like
the intent, we just don't like the way it's written.
(05:14):
And this is going to leave you open as farmers
to future governments coming in and taking this law quite
literally and effectively. You know. It was around freshwater plans
and the possibility probability of a water tax. While I've
spoken to well Lux and said it this week on
the show, read my lips no water tax, there won't
(05:36):
be one. So I've got faith in the submission process.
I've got faith in the industry. Good Bodies Fared's Dairy
en Z beef and Lamb, and to be fair to Groundswell,
they led the charge on this one as well. They
all seem to be in unison that they want this change. Well,
that's what the submission process is for. That's why farmers
pay levies to industry good bodies like dairy en Z
(05:58):
and Beef and Lamb. Federated Farmers sub You don't have
to pay anything. I don't think to support grounds, well
do you, Andy, I think it's a donation. I think
the Taxpayers Union funds them or Bryce and Laurie will
be getting stuck into me over that one. But anyhow,
all the farmer advocacy bodies are in agreement where I
(06:19):
possibly do disagree. A wee bit is some of them saying, look,
if we get a change of government, they will take
this as it stands quite literally, and you're going to
be in the crap. Well, to be honest, Andy, if
we get a change of government, farmers are going to
be in the crap anyhow, income and governments can change rules.
But I take their point. They want to get it sorted.
(06:41):
They want to get the intent in a written form
and so farmers are protected. And the last thing farmers
especially around freshwater plans and all this sort of stuff.
Need is more red tape and consenting. We want to
make farming all about getting out and farming, not sitting
in the office filling out forms anymore.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
And in this so called situation about him putting his
hand up for the West Coast.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Oh well, jeez, I got I've been in trouble recently.
I've had Shane Jones doing racist comments on my show.
I've had a few controversies. Yeah, good old Prince of
the Provinces. He's always good for a headline. Look, Wayne
Langford is as we speak, having that what I call
it the sleepover, the pajama party, the love And this
(07:24):
is something that I think Joe Luxton might have instigated,
where the Labor party has a retreat or a sleepover
or a pajama party, a slumber party with Federated farmers.
And I think it's good that labor is kind of
reaching out and listening to farmers. How much they've listened,
I don't know. Look, I'm not saying where the smoke
(07:46):
is fire, but I know that Wayne Langford will potentially
end his presidency this year. I think he's been a
really good president for Federated Farmers. I understand that he's
being courted by more than one party. He may not
even be interested, there's certainly interest in him. And if
I was chippy and I wanted to get some egg cred,
(08:07):
I would be chasing someone like Wayne Langford for all
I was worth. Whether he wants to go that way,
whether his political leanings are that way, I wouldn't have
thought so, but it will. It'll be interesting. Watch the
space and I can tell you Andy, watch the space
around that Tasman West Coast electorate and just see who
(08:28):
puts their hand up in the next week or two.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
Just finally, as well, this is a good news story.
I suppose Alliance Group getting on board with the South
and Stags a sponsorship well, I suppose for the Stags
is good news. Is a bit more revenue, but it
makes sense.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
I think it's wonderful in this And I don't know
whether this is a direction from the owner down meets yeah, yeah, well,
I mean they're irishman, they're probably keen Rugby that that's
a really natural fit. I know head office for the
Alliance Groups in christ Church now, but that's a Southland
based company. They're one of the biggest employers. Goodness knows
how many people will have played for Southland and the
(09:06):
All Blacks over the years, having gone through the big
White University down the road at Matara. Justin Marshall and
Jimmy Cowan would spring to mind. I think Jimmy went
there for a while. But you know, like I think
it's absolutely fantastic. And I remember having a gripe at
SBS Bank, who I think are a sponsor now are they?
They're definitely a sponsor of the Highlanders, but I remember
(09:28):
having a gripe at them a few years ago when
they were sponsoring Tasman in the NPC and not the
Southland Stags, so I think they're on board now. But
you know, the Stags looking promising. We've got some really
good players. When I say, well, I'm still a Stag
supporter here in Duneda and Andy, and I think having
the grunt of the Alliance Group behind him absolutely fantastic.
(09:52):
So well done. The Alliance Group.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
Could only Jamie Ketch and one accre in.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
A couple of weeks. Yes, looking forward to that one
and just as shout out because Howie Morrison will kill
me if I don't mention it look if you're a
former Lincoln College or Lincoln College or university student or alumni.
There is a dinner. I think there's some tables left.
It's Thursday Night at Alan Dippy's vintage Tractor Shared. It's
(10:16):
apparently amazing and it's all to raise funds for Lincoln University. Sport.
Guest speakers Andy Dalton, Gary Stead for former black Cap
and black Caps coach, and his wife Rachel, who runs
all the netball at Lincoln University. So just google that
and go and support your old university slash college.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
Jamie McKay in the Country Crossover. Next Phil duncan Of
with a Watch
Jamie McKay and the Country Crossover joins us once again.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Good afternoon, Jamie, Yeah, good afternoon Andy. What's that song?
Speaker 1 (00:20):
This is? So there you go? You love your music?
This is Timber It is Kesher or Pitbull featuring Kesher
And that is because of Electric Avenue being underway in
christ Church this weekend. You talk about a consonant demand.
I think there's like thousands of people on the waiting
list for tickets. They fortified the area with barbed wire
(00:41):
so people can't get in. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
I heard someone say this morning, what's the name of
the festival again?
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Electric Avenue?
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Electric Avenue. It's the biggest event in christ since the
Commonwealth Games. Does that sound right?
Speaker 1 (00:53):
There's some massive, massive bands there, I mean DJs for
Africa Split ends as well. They're involved super Grows and
it goes for the whole weekend. And conincidentally, my nephew
and his mate they hit Chike up from Gore every
year to it as well, and just they made it
to christ here, so that's the main thing.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Yeah, I've got to make it back now in mind.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Well, good on them, absolutely, Hey seven days last night
Chedty did a good job and that did a really
good job on the Telly actually, but it brings a bigger,
the wider story I suppose about people and their views
on small town New Zealand.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Yeah. Well, I was watching it in delay and texting
a couple of friends start thinking, oh, well, Chetty did
really well, and I thought it was well done her
piece and it was really good, and I thought, oh,
this is great promotion for Kirsten Cheddak and for Hokanui
and for Gore and for South lond And then I thought, oh,
this is good. And the very next segment they're doing
(01:48):
a piece on what you might have overheard on Hokanue radio.
And call me a wee bit defense of Andy. I've
obviously got a vested interest in it, but I just
find it a bit blah. The fact that the so
called comedians, some of them, you know, like Jeremy Corbett's
extremely funny, I love Paul Ego, I love die hem Withou.
(02:08):
Some of them are less funny than others. But there's
just this ongoing kind of theme that big city people
have to take the piss out of small town New Zealand,
in this case Gore. But what they fail to realize Andy,
is that small town New Zealand, places like Gore and
Belcluther and Omaru and Ekedahuna are driving the country at
(02:30):
the moment, and the people living in said small towns
are probably doing a hell of a lot better and
having a hell of a lot better life than those
people who are stuck in the rat race in the city.
So it does annoy me, but you've just got to
put up with that. I wish some of them would
come down and have a look and see how the
other half live, because I reckon the other half a
living better than them.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
You experienced this firsthand back in nineteen ninety nine. The
infamous have a can newsboy moment at the trout.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Oh yeah, but yeah, okay, what was that gay old
Gore or something like?
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Yeah, they hang around they hang around the fish.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Oh yeah, yeah, I mean that was yeah, Well, I
don't know, it kind of made GoF Did it make
Gore famous times infamous? Yeah? Well, there you go. But
I mean Jeremy Wells, he works with us. He spent
a week down here actually broadcasting out of our studio,
and he is seriously the nicest guy. And I would
suggest if people want to find out more about him,
(03:27):
because he's a very interesting character as parents. I mean,
his father was a sir in the banking industry and
his mother was the manager of the Black Ferns the
Silver Ferns. He's got a really interesting background. And listen
to his podcast about how he got kicked out of
Wanganui Collegiate. Now, look, look, I like taking the piss
(03:48):
as much as the next guy, but I just think
it's a bit of a theme to take the mickey
out of places like Gore. And as you well know, Andy,
you've got a young family in terms of the facility,
and this is probably a wee bit to do getting
on my bandwagon here. It's a bit like in Vericago
with the licensing trusts. They're not perfect, but what you
do get in an area with the licensing trust is
(04:10):
fantastic facilities for a town at size. Gore is so
well SPECD Ditto for in Vericago. Look at all the
international quality sporting venues for instance in the Cargo's got
off the back of a licensing trust. So you know, look,
I mean people in Auckland, if you want to spend
(04:31):
two hours in traffic going to work and two hours
going back, that's fine and pay a fortune to park
in town and have a really high cost of living,
why not come down and try a but a country living.
But let's move on from that, Andy, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
Let's to a ground swell. Last week you were addressing feeds.
This week addressing ground swell over a post they put
up in social media, you had Jamie we fed and
on free Yan. What's happened since.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Oh we've sort of kissed and made up. Yeah, Look,
I mean to be fair groundswell on this one, and
Jamie McFadden, to be fair to them, led the charge
way before Christmas with these RMA reforms that the government
and Chris Bishop announced, and they said, look, we like
the intent, we just don't like the way it's written.
(05:14):
And this is going to leave you open as farmers
to future governments coming in and taking this law quite
literally and effectively. You know. It was around freshwater plans
and the possibility probability of a water tax. While I've
spoken to well Lux and said it this week on
the show, read my lips no water tax, there won't
(05:36):
be one. So I've got faith in the submission process.
I've got faith in the industry. Good Bodies Fared's Dairy
en Z beef and Lamb, and to be fair to Groundswell,
they led the charge on this one as well. They
all seem to be in unison that they want this change. Well,
that's what the submission process is for. That's why farmers
pay levies to industry good bodies like dairy en Z
(05:58):
and Beef and Lamb. Federated Farmers sub You don't have
to pay anything. I don't think to support grounds, well
do you, Andy, I think it's a donation. I think
the Taxpayers Union funds them or Bryce and Laurie will
be getting stuck into me over that one. But anyhow,
all the farmer advocacy bodies are in agreement where I
(06:19):
possibly do disagree. A wee bit is some of them saying, look,
if we get a change of government, they will take
this as it stands quite literally, and you're going to
be in the crap. Well, to be honest, Andy, if
we get a change of government, farmers are going to
be in the crap anyhow, income and governments can change rules.
But I take their point. They want to get it sorted.
(06:41):
They want to get the intent in a written form
and so farmers are protected. And the last thing farmers
especially around freshwater plans and all this sort of stuff.
Need is more red tape and consenting. We want to
make farming all about getting out and farming, not sitting
in the office filling out forms anymore.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
And in this so called situation about him putting his
hand up for the West Coast.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Oh well, jeez, I got I've been in trouble recently.
I've had Shane Jones doing racist comments on my show.
I've had a few controversies. Yeah, good old Prince of
the Provinces. He's always good for a headline. Look, Wayne
Langford is as we speak, having that what I call
it the sleepover, the pajama party, the love And this
(07:24):
is something that I think Joe Luxton might have instigated,
where the Labor party has a retreat or a sleepover
or a pajama party, a slumber party with Federated farmers.
And I think it's good that labor is kind of
reaching out and listening to farmers. How much they've listened,
I don't know. Look, I'm not saying where the smoke
(07:46):
is fire, but I know that Wayne Langford will potentially
end his presidency this year. I think he's been a
really good president for Federated Farmers. I understand that he's
being courted by more than one party. He may not
even be interested, there's certainly interest in him. And if
I was chippy and I wanted to get some egg cred,
(08:07):
I would be chasing someone like Wayne Langford for all
I was worth. Whether he wants to go that way,
whether his political leanings are that way, I wouldn't have
thought so, but it will. It'll be interesting. Watch the
space and I can tell you Andy, watch the space
around that Tasman West Coast electorate and just see who
(08:28):
puts their hand up in the next week or two.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
Just finally, as well, this is a good news story.
I suppose Alliance Group getting on board with the South
and Stags a sponsorship well, I suppose for the Stags
is good news. Is a bit more revenue, but it
makes sense.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
I think it's wonderful in this And I don't know
whether this is a direction from the owner down meets yeah, yeah, well,
I mean they're irishman, they're probably keen Rugby that that's
a really natural fit. I know head office for the
Alliance Groups in christ Church now, but that's a Southland
based company. They're one of the biggest employers. Goodness knows
how many people will have played for Southland and the
(09:06):
All Blacks over the years, having gone through the big
White University down the road at Matara. Justin Marshall and
Jimmy Cowan would spring to mind. I think Jimmy went
there for a while. But you know, like I think
it's absolutely fantastic. And I remember having a gripe at
SBS Bank, who I think are a sponsor now are they?
They're definitely a sponsor of the Highlanders, but I remember
(09:28):
having a gripe at them a few years ago when
they were sponsoring Tasman in the NPC and not the
Southland Stags, so I think they're on board now. But
you know, the Stags looking promising. We've got some really
good players. When I say, well, I'm still a Stag
supporter here in Duneda and Andy, and I think having
the grunt of the Alliance Group behind him absolutely fantastic.
(09:52):
So well done. The Alliance Group.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
Could only Jamie Ketch and one accre in.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
A couple of weeks. Yes, looking forward to that one
and just as shout out because Howie Morrison will kill
me if I don't mention it look if you're a
former Lincoln College or Lincoln College or university student or alumni.
There is a dinner. I think there's some tables left.
It's Thursday Night at Alan Dippy's vintage Tractor Shared. It's
(10:16):
apparently amazing and it's all to raise funds for Lincoln University. Sport.
Guest speakers Andy Dalton, Gary Stead for former black Cap
and black Caps coach, and his wife Rachel, who runs
all the netball at Lincoln University. So just google that
and go and support your old university slash college.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
Jamie McKay in the Country Crossover. Next Phil duncan Of
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