December 15, 2025 • 8 mins
Emma Wilson is Chair of Otago/Southland Young Farmers and has a chat about the year that has been.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
Welcome back to the Musterine Hakanui Beach boys are the
tunes this afternoon. Next we're catching up with Emma Wilson.
She is the regional chair for Otago Southland Young Farmers. Emma,
good to catch up once again.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Hey, thanks s having we look back in the.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
Last twelve months and the young farmer's landscape has been
a pretty hictic one, but a rewarding one at the
same time. I suppose.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Yeah, it's been a really busy year, but the energy
around the region has been so awesome. I have had
some really cool avience. It's been super exciting for you personally.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
What would you say has been the highlight of the year.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
I don't know for me personally, as laps building all year,
the Grand Final and just to say it will come
together in the region, get behind it and have so
much fun over those three days was pretty highlight for me.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Gouse. It's a pretty big deal to have a Grand
Final when your nick woods because it only happens every
so often, right, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
We're going to get it every six years, which I
don't think a lot of people realize that's how and
frequently we get it. But yeah, everyone showed up and
we had it in massive turnout across the region, so
it was awesome to see.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
So as far as Grand Final week, it all went
as you imagined.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Oh, it was always stuff that doesn't quite go to plan,
but I don't think there was anything that we'd lose
sleepover the otherwise it all went pretty well and main things,
we all had fun, even though even though it was
of us organizing it, which was a pretty big deal
from my opinion.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Just Wood's working so well for young farmers down in
this neck of the woods.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Are the same to me, just everyone's so keen to
get involved with all the neighboring clubs and everyone genuinely
enjoyed spending time with the other clubs. And that's why
those regional events are so cool, because everyone loves getting
together and there's always even stuff something very unique to
each one.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
So regional events that you just talked about, then actually
they're a big deal for the organization.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Yeah, definitely. I think we're pretty proud of them down here.
I think we love to sit the tone. I think
regional weekend up and tonal and generally kind of sit
the tone for the year and then we just keep
building and building the Grand Finals and everyone's really excited
for like the next ones next year.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
So how would club numbers down the South compared to
other regions.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Everything's pretty you kind of got the five big regions
and say we're pretty close to a few of them.
We're not the biggest, but there by certainly you're not
the smallest.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
So what's the feedback you're getting from the clubs regarding things?
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Early? Only a lot of it was just general helps
and it's all we hit, like our training nights and
that sort of stuff, just because it can be contamidating
sticking it into those clubs role. I was like, I
think you run under estimates how hard it is to
cheer a club because there's just so many moving parts
and you kind of don't really get much of a
break when there's just stuff happening all the time.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Well, going into an executive role can be intimidating, and
like you say, there's not really a lot of training.
You've kind of just loved with it and it's trial
bay Era to a degree.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
Yeah, and it's definitely interesting to see other clubs will
take their own twist on it as well, which is
actually kind of cool, Like how one person cheers. The
club is not how going to be someone else? Does it? Like?
It's awesome to see them all taking their own spin
on stuff because yeah, they've all been done a really
good job this year actually, and.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
That's a great thing about the organization. There's there's still
a lot of structure and play Here's these events are planned,
but everything's above board.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Yeah what if they don't like dropping them and on
their own. It's nice that they kind of know who
the exec is. That's their biggest goals, just that they've
got someone to talk to. Feet even just made a
bounce some ideas around.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
So what's on the adjitita for twenty twenty six? I
see the regional finals being held here in Gore in February.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Yep, they're with the first regional events of the year,
and I think everyone's pretty excited for it. What time.
They always put on a great contest, so it'll be
exciting to see what they come up with in Debray.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
How do they pick the air add the dates they
have for their regional finals as such? Is it drawn
from a cup or how do you work it?
Speaker 2 (04:06):
We have a bit of a pre planned rotation we
set out so we try and give each club different
events every time, and then we kind of give you
club in the regions an event every two to three
years just to men, you get a bit of a gap,
but then also you still have a crack at organizing
something different everything on.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
There, so you're just mixing it up more or less
as far as the competition and from the formal side
of things.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Really, yeah, we definitely still try and target certain clubs
around certain events based on their strengths, and maybe we
give them one of the least intense ones if they
haven't been so involved in the region. Is like a
way to get involved and see what it's all about
and then step it up to some of the other
ones that there were moving parts.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Well the way you say it, like Daddy, there's certain
clubs now they're starting to come up to the plate
a bit more when you put it in that context.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Yeah, I feel like a target had been pretty quiet
the last wee while, but we've heard from them so
much e than just in the last six months and
seeing their faces more and more events, so it'll be
pretty exciting to see them, hopefully all at regional final.
In your own club, you're often go and get much
of a chance to enjoy it and kick your feet up.
So it's nice being able to come to these regional
events and you'll turn to relax a little bit and
(05:18):
enjoy it for.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
You personally, Emma, you've been in the role, now will
come your term. It's how have you found it? I
suppose we talk about being an executive? What's it like
from your angle?
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Region? Put a whole nother ballgame. I probably enjoyed doing
the regional stuff more than the club stuff. Not everyone
to say the same, but it's been very nice, how
like contact of all everyone's been this year, and then
great team in the regional exec Like we're all serious
and we need to be. But it's nice to see
that everyone still does enjoy themselves when it gets to
(05:51):
the more social side of the events as well.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
So there's still a few social events on the agenda
before Christmas whining Young.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
I feel like most people would probably get the races
if they weren't at their own club event. I think
STU club said a Christmas too, which is nice.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Yes, certainly is hey good on you, Emma, always appreciate
your time on the muster and yeah, Lock just congratulations
to take her South and young Farmers on a whole.
For the way the organization's moving away, moving forward, I
should say it's always got to catch up too. I've
enjoyed the chats over the year.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Thanks for having us on all you and it's been
great at having every rung up around the region supporting
as well.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
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. A
woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgeon
surgeon that's the word. As she lay u pin on
the table, the vet pulled out of steffoscope and listened
to the bird's chest. After a moment or two, the
(06:52):
vet shook its head and sadly said, I'm sorry your duck,
Cattles has passed away. The woman said, are you sure? Yes,
I'm sure he's dead, said the vet. How could you
be so sure, she protested, I mean you haven't done anything.
He might just be in a coma. The vit rolleder's
eyes turned around and left the room. A few minutes later,
he came back to the black Labrador retriever as the duck.
Signer looked on in amazement. The dog, still on his
(07:14):
hind legs, put out his front paws on the examination
table and sniffed the duck from top to bottom. He
then looked up at the vet with sad eyes and
shook his head. The vit patted the dog on the
head and took it out of the room. Then he
returned with the cat. The cat jumped up on the
table and also delicately sniffed the bird from head to foot.
The cat sat back on its haunches, shook its head,
mewed softly, and strolled out of the room. The vet
(07:34):
looked at the woman and said, I'm sorry, but this
is most definitely, one percent, certifiably dead duck. The vet
turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys, and
reduced a bill, which he handed to the woman. The
owner cried and said, one hundred and fifty dollars just
to town the ducks deed. The bit shriked, I'm sorry.
If you'd just taken my word for it, the bill
will be twenty dollars, But with the lamb report and
the cat scanned, it's now one hundred and fifty bucks.
(07:59):
That's us for thet new remembering text Ida down e
O A d E R d O w N room
of the spelling with your details to five double low nine.
We've got an adjustable will pillow to give away thanks
to the team at Ida Dale as part of the
Muster Christmas Giveaway. A salute to the farmers. My name's
Andy Muey. You've been listening to the Muster on Hockiniwi
(08:19):
thanks to Peters Genetics. Seed Tomorrow
Welcome back to the Musterine Hakanui Beach boys are the
tunes this afternoon. Next we're catching up with Emma Wilson.
She is the regional chair for Otago Southland Young Farmers. Emma,
good to catch up once again.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Hey, thanks s having we look back in the.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
Last twelve months and the young farmer's landscape has been
a pretty hictic one, but a rewarding one at the
same time. I suppose.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Yeah, it's been a really busy year, but the energy
around the region has been so awesome. I have had
some really cool avience. It's been super exciting for you personally.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
What would you say has been the highlight of the year.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
I don't know for me personally, as laps building all year,
the Grand Final and just to say it will come
together in the region, get behind it and have so
much fun over those three days was pretty highlight for me.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Gouse. It's a pretty big deal to have a Grand
Final when your nick woods because it only happens every
so often, right, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
We're going to get it every six years, which I
don't think a lot of people realize that's how and
frequently we get it. But yeah, everyone showed up and
we had it in massive turnout across the region, so
it was awesome to see.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
So as far as Grand Final week, it all went
as you imagined.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Oh, it was always stuff that doesn't quite go to plan,
but I don't think there was anything that we'd lose
sleepover the otherwise it all went pretty well and main things,
we all had fun, even though even though it was
of us organizing it, which was a pretty big deal
from my opinion.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Just Wood's working so well for young farmers down in
this neck of the woods.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Are the same to me, just everyone's so keen to
get involved with all the neighboring clubs and everyone genuinely
enjoyed spending time with the other clubs. And that's why
those regional events are so cool, because everyone loves getting
together and there's always even stuff something very unique to
each one.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
So regional events that you just talked about, then actually
they're a big deal for the organization.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Yeah, definitely. I think we're pretty proud of them down here.
I think we love to sit the tone. I think
regional weekend up and tonal and generally kind of sit
the tone for the year and then we just keep
building and building the Grand Finals and everyone's really excited
for like the next ones next year.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
So how would club numbers down the South compared to
other regions.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Everything's pretty you kind of got the five big regions
and say we're pretty close to a few of them.
We're not the biggest, but there by certainly you're not
the smallest.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
So what's the feedback you're getting from the clubs regarding things?
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Early? Only a lot of it was just general helps
and it's all we hit, like our training nights and
that sort of stuff, just because it can be contamidating
sticking it into those clubs role. I was like, I
think you run under estimates how hard it is to
cheer a club because there's just so many moving parts
and you kind of don't really get much of a
break when there's just stuff happening all the time.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Well, going into an executive role can be intimidating, and
like you say, there's not really a lot of training.
You've kind of just loved with it and it's trial
bay Era to a degree.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
Yeah, and it's definitely interesting to see other clubs will
take their own twist on it as well, which is
actually kind of cool, Like how one person cheers. The
club is not how going to be someone else? Does it? Like?
It's awesome to see them all taking their own spin
on stuff because yeah, they've all been done a really
good job this year actually, and.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
That's a great thing about the organization. There's there's still
a lot of structure and play Here's these events are planned,
but everything's above board.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Yeah what if they don't like dropping them and on
their own. It's nice that they kind of know who
the exec is. That's their biggest goals, just that they've
got someone to talk to. Feet even just made a
bounce some ideas around.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
So what's on the adjitita for twenty twenty six? I
see the regional finals being held here in Gore in February.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Yep, they're with the first regional events of the year,
and I think everyone's pretty excited for it. What time.
They always put on a great contest, so it'll be
exciting to see what they come up with in Debray.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
How do they pick the air add the dates they
have for their regional finals as such? Is it drawn
from a cup or how do you work it?
Speaker 2 (04:06):
We have a bit of a pre planned rotation we
set out so we try and give each club different
events every time, and then we kind of give you
club in the regions an event every two to three
years just to men, you get a bit of a gap,
but then also you still have a crack at organizing
something different everything on.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
There, so you're just mixing it up more or less
as far as the competition and from the formal side
of things.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Really, yeah, we definitely still try and target certain clubs
around certain events based on their strengths, and maybe we
give them one of the least intense ones if they
haven't been so involved in the region. Is like a
way to get involved and see what it's all about
and then step it up to some of the other
ones that there were moving parts.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Well the way you say it, like Daddy, there's certain
clubs now they're starting to come up to the plate
a bit more when you put it in that context.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Yeah, I feel like a target had been pretty quiet
the last wee while, but we've heard from them so
much e than just in the last six months and
seeing their faces more and more events, so it'll be
pretty exciting to see them, hopefully all at regional final.
In your own club, you're often go and get much
of a chance to enjoy it and kick your feet up.
So it's nice being able to come to these regional
events and you'll turn to relax a little bit and
(05:18):
enjoy it for.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
You personally, Emma, you've been in the role, now will
come your term. It's how have you found it? I
suppose we talk about being an executive? What's it like
from your angle?
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Region? Put a whole nother ballgame. I probably enjoyed doing
the regional stuff more than the club stuff. Not everyone
to say the same, but it's been very nice, how
like contact of all everyone's been this year, and then
great team in the regional exec Like we're all serious
and we need to be. But it's nice to see
that everyone still does enjoy themselves when it gets to
(05:51):
the more social side of the events as well.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
So there's still a few social events on the agenda
before Christmas whining Young.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
I feel like most people would probably get the races
if they weren't at their own club event. I think
STU club said a Christmas too, which is nice.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Yes, certainly is hey good on you, Emma, always appreciate
your time on the muster and yeah, Lock just congratulations
to take her South and young Farmers on a whole.
For the way the organization's moving away, moving forward, I
should say it's always got to catch up too. I've
enjoyed the chats over the year.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Thanks for having us on all you and it's been
great at having every rung up around the region supporting
as well.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
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. A
woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgeon
surgeon that's the word. As she lay u pin on
the table, the vet pulled out of steffoscope and listened
to the bird's chest. After a moment or two, the
(06:52):
vet shook its head and sadly said, I'm sorry your duck,
Cattles has passed away. The woman said, are you sure? Yes,
I'm sure he's dead, said the vet. How could you
be so sure, she protested, I mean you haven't done anything.
He might just be in a coma. The vit rolleder's
eyes turned around and left the room. A few minutes later,
he came back to the black Labrador retriever as the duck.
Signer looked on in amazement. The dog, still on his
(07:14):
hind legs, put out his front paws on the examination
table and sniffed the duck from top to bottom. He
then looked up at the vet with sad eyes and
shook his head. The vit patted the dog on the
head and took it out of the room. Then he
returned with the cat. The cat jumped up on the
table and also delicately sniffed the bird from head to foot.
The cat sat back on its haunches, shook its head,
mewed softly, and strolled out of the room. The vet
(07:34):
looked at the woman and said, I'm sorry, but this
is most definitely, one percent, certifiably dead duck. The vet
turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys, and
reduced a bill, which he handed to the woman. The
owner cried and said, one hundred and fifty dollars just
to town the ducks deed. The bit shriked, I'm sorry.
If you'd just taken my word for it, the bill
will be twenty dollars, But with the lamb report and
the cat scanned, it's now one hundred and fifty bucks.
(07:59):
That's us for thet new remembering text Ida down e
O A d E R d O w N room
of the spelling with your details to five double low nine.
We've got an adjustable will pillow to give away thanks
to the team at Ida Dale as part of the
Muster Christmas Giveaway. A salute to the farmers. My name's
Andy Muey. You've been listening to the Muster on Hockiniwi
(08:19):
thanks to Peters Genetics. Seed Tomorrow
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