September 4, 2025 • 45 mins
Andy Muir talks to Jamie Mackay, Dave MacGregor, Phil Duncan, Bruce Ford and Nathan Burdon.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Friday afternoon, so we catch up with Nathan aberneath the
at a regional pot as you do every Friday here
on the Master.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Gooday Nathan, Good morning Andy. And look the day could
be better, but the day could be worse, I suppose.
But look anyway, another Friday's rolled around, really busy around
around at Regional that's for sure. The team are on
deck if there's anything we can look after you. With
lots and.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Lots of used vehicles.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
As I spoke last Friday with you Andy, with such
a big month last month, we really do have a
lot coming through, really good stuff from late model toy Outaprados.
We've got a lot of Ford of Us coming through
the door, plenty of Highlacks and Ford Ranger and mister
Bishi Triton coming through as well at the moment of
all different prices. So depending on just what the budget is,
come and sit down and talk with us, talk with
a business manager.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
We can run through a few.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Numbers for you if you like, and just show how
affordable we can make it for you to step out
of the old and into a new or late model
second hand. Yeah, So not to forget the team in
the workshop and the parts. Don't forget we look after
all makes and models. We've got a new tech mechanic
out in the world shop that has been Toyota and
Hold and trained, so that's good to have on board
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and here as well as that. Don't forget we do
grooming the team. I can be all close to doing
a great job. We do tires up there as well
for Bridstone, So anything we can do or anything to
do with motoring, certainly give us a call because we'd
love to be looking after you. Regional Ford South and
Otago's most awarded for dealer.
Speaker 4 (01:22):
Good on your nah jat next week.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
Thanks Andy, good afternoon and welcome to the muster on Hakanui.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
My name is Andy Muller and I'm here until two o'clock.
Thanks for Peters Geneix, Thanks for your company. On the
day before the first challenge for the Red Frilly Shield,
we've got Kennery coming down four five kick off tomorrow
at Revue Park Stadium. But a bit to get through
this hour. We're talking a bit of sport, a few
other things as well. Like you normally do, saw crank
straight into it, Pat bennettar.
Speaker 4 (02:03):
That's a Friday, June five.
Speaker 5 (02:05):
Day four carts brought to you by twin Farm teff
from and suff text.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
The proof is in the progeny Teffron dot co dot NZI.
This afternoon scattered thunderstorms with prest north westerlies and a
higher thirteen Tomorrow rain with snow showers possibly up high,
breezy northwesterlies as well. Three and ten Sunday not much better.
Morning showers of breezy we sell westerlies zero.
Speaker 4 (02:31):
And day getting better.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
On Monday those sunny were like northwesterlies six and fourteen,
and Tuesday partly cloudy with breezy west nor westerlies six
and seventeen. So getting cooler over the next couple of days,
but getting into next week things do re readjust themselves,
thankfully so. Temperages to hand Clinton seven point six, Eriot
eight point two, Northern Southland seven point two, Ravetan nine,
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Top of the Pipes now seven point four, Winton seven
point eight, Dilloland's seven point eight, Jamie McKay and the
country crossover. Of course, we're focusing on the stags tomorrow.
Dave McGregor from South and Fishing Game.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
He is chaired. A couple of different rules have.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Come out now regarding licensing, which might have seem a
bit archaic and nonetheless Dave explains what they're about. Phil
Dunkle from weather Watch looks at the weather for the
next seven days. Here in the South. Bruce Spord, our
Stuart Island correspondent, how's everything down there on the third
Aisle and our residents sporting gury Nathan Burden. We go
and do a bit more detail about what we're going
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to have to do the Stags need to do tomorrow
to fend off the shield challenge from Kenterbury. So without
further Ado will start the yell with Jamie McKay. This
is the Muster until two o'clock thanks to Peters Genetics.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
In this began supporter staff Mars.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Wegn the heart Ye, it's time for the country crossover.
Well if Jamie McKay hosts of the Country, Jamie, Good afternoon.
Jason Carrison put that South and some we had a
couple of years ago, but this one is the true
Stags anthem for me, the sweet Eaters and the Roaring
Pen from back in nineteen ninety eight.
Speaker 5 (04:17):
Good afternoon, Yeah, absolutely agree with you. Jerry Wonders, was
Steph and Hayes involved? With that one as well. Yes,
yes he was, Yeah, that is the true Stags anthem.
I'll give you that one. And Great Southland to Jeremy Wonders.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
We absolutely and Hazy as well. Now what a hell
of a week has been down here in the South.
We burgled the shield off Woycado and down here it's
just oh man, everyone's just gone run free his shield
nuts and rightly so. But the great thing is it's
captured the imagination of the MPC.
Speaker 5 (04:48):
Well, it's captured the imagination andy of the rest of
the country, because I can tell you from people I've
been talking to right around the country and including the
Young Farmer of the Year Hugh Jackson, who was at
the Shield Challenge game in his Stags shirt last weekend
and along with George Dodson. They're both Stags fans, no
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doubt from their time down south. But the rest of
the country wants the fairy tale to continue. They want
the Stags to win this game because, let's face it,
I mean Canterbury and Auckland having the shield yawn, or
Wellington yawn, or even White Katto for that matter, yawn
yorn yawn, it's not appreciated. I mean that was reflected
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in those in the Whitecadow effort to be perfectly honest.
So I would love to see South and hold it
over the summer. It's going to be a push obviously
against Canterbury tomorrow. TAB doesn't give them much of a chance,
but gee, the way they've manfully defended their line and
just you know, just the aggression that big number twelve penny.
(05:51):
How good was that?
Speaker 6 (05:52):
Well?
Speaker 1 (05:52):
People tend to forget as well when this guy came
to South and the started last year on a trial contract.
Speaker 4 (05:57):
I remind you on that as well.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
Was Clinton club player of the Year two years in
a row. So the guy had four but he was
just an unknown quantity quality sorry, going under the radar
as such.
Speaker 5 (06:09):
I wouldn't mind if he was at he jumped on
a plane straight after the game and went to Eden
Park and played there as well, because honestly, that amount
of size and he's obviously an aggressive man, God bless him.
But the other thing is he's got deft touches. You
saw some of his kicking skills, He's got passing skills.
I mean, there's the guy they knocked the rough edges
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off him. There's a future all Black midfielder and the
big number eight whose name I can never.
Speaker 4 (06:36):
Pronounce, so messy Tupo.
Speaker 5 (06:39):
Well done, Andy, well done. Because my heroes from the
Shield Challenge were two, four, six and eight. Jack Taylor done, Shee,
Sean Withe the number eight and number twelve. Although I
must say another hero and he's a good local boy.
I thought Morgan Mitchell was outstanding as well.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
I had Morgie and Studio on Wednesday and I said
to him about the tab numbers and he just smiled
and goes And that's the way we like it. So
these guys realize they're not going to be favorites at
the tab.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
But look, it.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
All stemmed back from that twenty two nil deficit against
Manow two when I've seen that scoreline, because I was
at a function that night and I was ready to
get the Choppers ready to go up and just blow
up Rabu Park and start again.
Speaker 4 (07:20):
Next thing.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
They won the darn game, didn't They gone away and
beating Bay of Plenty away for goodness sake, who were
finalists last year, and now they got the Shield. I
gave them a better chance of winning tomorrow than I do.
The All Blacks eat and.
Speaker 5 (07:31):
Park well, it's interesting, and I've been getting quite a
few messages and texts saying, come on, Makai, what are
your true colors, Stags or the All Blacks? If you've
got to pick one, well, it's a no contest for me.
And even though I'm a Patriot, it's the Stags for me.
So let's just clear that one up. The only thing
I would say about Eden Park if you'd asked me
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eight days ago or two weeks ago, sorry, whether the
All Blacks would win at Eaton Park, I'd say I
don't think so, but history reminds us that the All
Blacks always come back really strongly after a loss, especially
a bad loss. And for what it's worth, I don't
mind the team that they've picked. Not everyone agrees with it,
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but we have our own bomb squad sitting on the bench.
We have got some huge In fact, our top two
props from last season are sitting on the bench. Takeiaho's
got real impact with the ball in hand late in
the game, Fabian Holland, a huge piece of beef, is
going to come on and inject himself physically into that game.
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And then you've got dupless Carethi who will be very,
very valuable. I'd think competing with the likes of Quaga
Smith in the last twenty minutes. So we've got our
bomb squad. I'm not so much worried about our forwards.
It's perhaps more our backs and this young Kyle Preston
who's come from nowhere to be the fifth choice All
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Black halfback. You know, like the pressure is going to
be on that young man if he gets on, and
especially if he gets on early.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
I think Aden Park it almost comes down to handling
pressure and then one other thing for me as well
as goalkicking. Andre Pollard one of the best. Boden Barrett
arguably not a bad goalkicker, but I don't think he's
a Andre Pollard, but the pressure of Eden Park there
could be the sense.
Speaker 5 (09:21):
Well, to be honest with you, and I'm a big
Oden Barrett fan, but he's not the best goalkicker in
the All Blacks. In fact, to my mind he's the
third best goalkicker behind Damien McKenzie and his brother Jordi.
So I'm absolutely with you. Hollard is a pressure man.
He's done at time after time. He's won two Rugby
World Cups. He doesn't seem to be affected by pressure.
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He will kick the goals and he will put the
bombs up. And I'm with you, Boden Barrett will need
to be good off for Tea because and really close tests,
and I think this one will be really close. Andy,
I think it's a one to twelve game either way.
You just got to kick your goals. I kicks five
out of five, the other guy kicks three out of five.
That's the difference in the test match.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
Well, okay, let's go back to the Stags because we can.
This is all about the Ranfreity Shield being on the line,
Jamie two thousand. Were you at that game in christ
Church in two thousand and nine by chance?
Speaker 5 (10:15):
Yeah, honestly, And it was possibly the greatest day of
my life.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
And then we won it again in two thousand and eleven.
It was almost like geez, we won it twice in
three years. This is crazy. I didn't think we'd see
it again.
Speaker 7 (10:27):
Though.
Speaker 5 (10:28):
It's more and more difficult to win. You know, we
had a very good that was a very good Southland
side back in that era. That's the Macintosh sort of era. Interestingly, Andy,
like I was born in late nineteen fifty nine, I'm
showing my age. Now I'm a pensioner, so I was
born about three, three or four weeks after we lost
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the Shield to Taranaki. In nineteen fifty nine, I had
my fiftieth birthday party, and in those fifty years and
I spent them all in South and we'd never had
the shield. And then about three weeks after my or
two weeks ten days after my fiftieth birthday, we won
the Shield and it just was the icing on the cake.
And honestly, I'm not saying twenty eleven was anticlimactic, but
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compared to two thousand and nine, not quite the same.
And I think because we've had a big gap fourteen
years and just the way the Stags have been playing
and the spirit they show, and the leadership from the
likes of Sean with he look that guy could be
at Eden Park. He completely outplayed the other number six
at Waikato last weekend. So I'm just proud of them
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the way they're playing, because they're just playing with guts
and Southman teams in the past, unfortunately, have always been
maybe there or thereabouts. And then they dropped their bundle
on the last few minutes and leak on defense. This
team doesn't leak on defense, and I'm told from people
who know more about rugby than I do that a
lot of that's due to Scott ead And I'll give
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them Matt Saunders a pad on the back too. He's
not there anymore. But I think over the last couple
of years they've done quite a bit to develop some
of these players. They've certainly imported. Wisely, sometimes imports aren't
as good as the local product. But you know, when
you've got a Morgan Mitchell a Sean with these guys
who are born and bred young Molly Iena next year,
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I've got Jack Taylor obviously, how good is see? And
we'll have Jimmy Taylor next year hopefully. And that's that's
kind of what we had in two thousand and nine
with Jamie Macintosh and Jimmy Cowan and those sort of
guys born and bred Southlanders who are prepared to basically
spill blood. Well they do spill blood for their province
and just happy times. I just think that the South
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and Rugby Union must be rubbing their hands with glee
because they've got the best. They had the best support
based on the NPC before they won the Shield. What
is it going to be like if they could have
a wee run with it. I'm just I would love
to see them defend it for the next three games
or whatever they've got left to face and hold it over.
Speaker 4 (12:59):
The son good only Jamie Antler's up, Yeah.
Speaker 5 (13:03):
Dler's up, Go the Stags. Thanks for your time, Andy.
Speaker 4 (13:06):
Where's Jamie McKay and the country Crossover? Next?
Speaker 1 (13:12):
Dave McGregor, thanks for joining us. This is a muster
one hocke and now my name is Andy Mueller and
our next guess is Dave McGregor, his chair of Southland
(13:35):
Fishing Game. Dave, Good, afternoon. Firstly, you're on the farm
and so all go this afternoon? How things been?
Speaker 7 (13:41):
Yeah, I'm not too bad Andy, at the moment where
I sort of having some some shares come through reasonably
often and in the blue sky and the and the
sun falling it so but Wendy, but it's not cold.
It's just you got a sort of time you on
your under get outside, not unless you have to take
a jacket with you. And it's never fun putting on
the the leggings and the jackets for twenty minutes and
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taking them off again and then put them back on.
But then mind, it is what it is.
Speaker 3 (14:04):
So but let's knock you dead.
Speaker 4 (14:06):
Grass covers are looking okay.
Speaker 7 (14:08):
Yeah, to be housked. Like I said, you know, grass
sort of grew all through the winter since it was
so mild. So grass is coming away and you sort
of put them into a panic and move them on,
and you don't think grass has actually growing until you
sort of look through for days after you've taken them out,
and you think the cover's coming away in here. So
it's quite good.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
Hey, you narracie, it come out. Then it came out
this week, Dave. Regarding Karina Jordan, she's she moved away
from being chief or currently chief executive for Fishing Games.
She was due to move on from that role, but
she's been reappointed for another twelve months and tell us
a bit more about this.
Speaker 4 (14:42):
It's intriguing.
Speaker 7 (14:44):
Yeah, well she greena moved on to the Game Animal
Council and so yeah, now the Game Animal Council and
Fishing Game have done a deal of such for her
to share a sort of both roles. There is quite
a lot of a complementary between our two organizations, with
a lot of beer hunters and tar hunters.
Speaker 8 (15:04):
That also shoot.
Speaker 7 (15:06):
So yeah, and she's coming back for a twelve month
period and she's just going to concentrate on the high
level reform stuff that Fishing Game's gone through. At the moment,
I said, you know, we've had this reform now that's
been the biggest sort of change since we went from
the climatization the Fision games. So she's going to be
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involved in the political side of that with the Minister.
And yeah, I think it's a good move considering she's
been with us for three years, so she knows the
ins and out, and she's very dedicated and she's very
driven in that sort of policy arena. So yeah, I
think it'll be a good mode.
Speaker 1 (15:39):
So how much reform are we talking about for the organization?
Speaker 7 (15:44):
Well, I said that the ministers has made a reasonable
amount of reform to be honest, you know, putting us
under our own act and then you know, trying to
centralize everything a bit more and get us all done
in the right direction. So's it'd be a reasonab amount
of form. And I think the time shit frame for
it is quite short. So I think it's a good
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idea that Serene has come in and she'll just be
dealing with that, and then Richie will be organized. I
will be dealing with the day to day business as
usual through fishing game to make sure all of that
side of it, you know, running smoothly. So for a
person to try and do both I think would have
been a very hard art. So I think it's worked
out quite good.
Speaker 1 (16:25):
Of course you're talking about Ritchie Cosgrove there. But I
suppose a concern could be is it a conflict of
interests working for both the organizations at once?
Speaker 8 (16:33):
Perhaps, well, I suppose there is.
Speaker 7 (16:36):
There is that possibility, but I believe you can probably
have to talk to Screen and more about this. I
believe that both organizations are putting an over oversight in
regard to her to have a couple of people and
involved from both organizations on a panel as such, to
sort of run through and go through whenever there is
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some possible conflicts of interest. So I think there always
could be, like anything, but I think the policies they're
putting in place and the steps they're putting in place
that should be mitigated to a large extent.
Speaker 4 (17:11):
Part of this reform.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
Is it due to the stous you had last year
with South and Feeds or this year as well. Is
that part of the reason that Minister Mega's come in.
Speaker 7 (17:21):
No, I think it's had a little bit of to
do with it. But like I said that, the reform
and restructures I've talked about for in fishing game for
teen twenty years, so you know, it's always been there.
There was meetings with the previous Minster Minister maclay about
this before the Stead Farmer's Stealth came along. So I said,
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there's always been talk of reform, it's just everyone's sort
of always listened to the talk and Tory okay, and
then finally this time they've actually decided to do something.
So I think that sort of took a lot of
people by surprise how quick it was considering the last
ten six or so years. You know, there has been
talk of it. I don't like I said it. It
definitely wasn't our issue with good farmers that created this
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whole whole review it was, but it was I'd say
it might have hastened it along a week as such.
I think the Minister has already already said that in
one of his interviews that it was not the catalyst
for it, but it maybe it just moved it along
a little bit quicker than it normally would have.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
So how is the situation with yourself and South and Feeds.
We're about three weeks out from the opening of the
fishing season down here, what's the situation?
Speaker 7 (18:25):
To be honest, actually, I haven't talked to Jason for
a while. There's sort of been nothing, sort of flown
around and I've just been doing my thing and I
presume he's been or they've seemed to be having a
crack at green Peace and a few other things. So
you know, I've seems we we seem to have fallen
in the background. But no, I've always, like said men
Jason had a good relationship, but I still believe we do,
but haven't actually had a conversation for a while, so
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I do we probably do need to get on the
phone and have a chat and see having to go.
Speaker 1 (18:51):
Yeah, the green Peace situation was interesting though from putting
that better up and gore, did you think they were
going over the top by their antics as such?
Speaker 7 (19:01):
It's a hard one because, like I said, you know,
a banner as a banner, you know, I believe it
was just tied on and he could untie it. So
that's that's a tough one. What is you know, what
is protest and what is vandalism?
Speaker 8 (19:14):
All that.
Speaker 7 (19:14):
I wouldn't have said it was vandalism when something's just
tied on with steying over top of the sign, but
I said the Great Green Piece a sort of renounced
it for doing things like that, so I didn't really
to take much notice.
Speaker 4 (19:25):
With Kiana Dave, this is interesting.
Speaker 1 (19:27):
It seems as though there's been a really archaic rule
regarding fishing licenses, but there's been a correction regarding woman.
Explain this a bit more. It's interesting.
Speaker 7 (19:37):
Yeah, well it's on the it's on the family license.
So the family license was was mum and dad and
the one, two, three, four, whatever the kids it was,
and you'd come, you'd get your family license to make
things a week bit more cheaper and easier and accessible,
and then also you know, time to get the mum
and dad to get out more often. So what the
problem was was the person who was the number one
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on it look normally the men. Yeah, the lady or
the wife couldn't go and take the kids fishing if
the other partner wasn't there, which was a bit of archaic,
I suppose, you know, if on the farm side. If
you know, if I'm working on the farm and I
can't get off, and you know, and the wife and
the kids want to go down after school, you know
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they couldn't because you know, it was deemed that they
didn't have the proper license to take the kids. So
now they've changed that. So yeah, license holder one or
license holder too has got the sole right to take
the kids fishing. So it makes things a week bit easier.
And I suppose that it was a bit of an
archaic rule. So yeah, a couple of people were we're
looking at changing at Dave Harris, one of their counselors,
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was quite strong on the whole family license change, so
he sort of pushed for it. And then now it
also the second license holder can now actually vote in
our elections. Was supposed there's another good thing to get
more people engaged and hopefully at the end of it,
get more people out there fishing and get the kids
involved in a bit more. You know, it's to be
busy and can't get going, and mum's got you know,
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a couple of airs after school or in any stace,
you go down to the river and see if they
can catch a fish. So hopefully it'll it'll be a
good move. It's probably been long overdue, but yeah, sometimes
these things take some time.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
But why is it taking so long until twenty twenty
five for this rule to be amended?
Speaker 7 (21:17):
Ah, I don't mind, to be honest, I'm not so
sure why it's taken too long. Fishing games sometimes does
seem to something seemed to drag out. But yeah, like
I said, we'll probably need to take that on the chin,
and so we could have could have done this a
lot better as an organization. But I suppose these are
the things that the minister is talking about, streamlining some
things and getting a few more and you know, a
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lot easier and more user friendly. So it's happened now,
So I suppose that's that's the one good thing. But yeah,
it probably has taken too long, but we'orthy and now
so hopefully it'll run for it.
Speaker 1 (21:48):
Good on your Dave, Always appreciate your time.
Speaker 8 (21:51):
Not a problem, Thanks man, Dave McGregor.
Speaker 4 (21:55):
South and Fishing Game. This is the master up.
Speaker 1 (21:57):
Next we'll find out what the weather's doing from vcagular
Us weekend for the south of that matter. Phil Duncan
from Were the Watch He joins us shine. Why didn't
you heine shah it. It's time to catch up with
Phil Duncan out of weather Watch.
Speaker 4 (22:36):
Good afternoon, Phil.
Speaker 8 (22:38):
Good afternoon, mister Muir.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
How's everything been over the last one haven't spoken to
you for a couple of weeks? Actually, hell are you?
Speaker 8 (22:44):
I know, we haven't talked since it was since winter
of twenty twenty five was the last time we talked.
Speaker 1 (22:50):
No, we sit there and reminis about winter and hell,
it was so good to us down here in the
Deep South over the last couple of weeks.
Speaker 4 (22:57):
So we've gone into a real spring mode by the locks.
Speaker 8 (23:01):
Yeah, yeah, you're definitely in a spring though now. Yeah,
the temperatures are up and down. There's still more days
that are wintry than the summer light, that's for sure.
But we're seeing some nice warmer days going into the
max now as opposed to where we say we're maybe
a month ago, so on the way coming up over
the next week. Yeah, the temperatures are up and down.
In fact, Sunday there is a southerly going nationwide on Sunday,
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the cold fronts coming in now. As you probably already
could tell, tonight, temperatures drop tomorrow a few showers, a
little bit windy, but Sundays the day when the temperatures
really drop, and so your maximum is only seven and
you're low as one. But then by Monday, the following day,
the maximum jumps to fourteen, and by Tuesday jumps to seventeen,
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and then Wednesday you're back down to nine again for
the rest of the next week. So it's up and
then down a bit and then sort of bounces back
up again. And so when you see those temperatures doing
that along with the wind coming and going, we're seeing
a lot of westerly winds off and on over the
next ten days. And so that just to me is
sort of saying, Hi, this is spring. I'm here.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
Anything sinister as far as wind chill.
Speaker 8 (24:07):
As far as wind chills concerned, maybe a little bit
over the weekend. Yeah, So this cold front coming in tonight,
the measurement to me is how far up the country
it goes, because that tells me how grunty it is
where you are. And this one is going right up
to Northland by Sunday, so that is a decent polar blast.
So the wind chill will drop. So as of midday today,
that's as warm as today gets. By midday, the temperature
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starts to drop and it drops all the way through
until tomorrow morning, keeps dropping till about seven or eight
tomorrow morning, so the wind chill tomorrow morning will be
about minus two, and it warms up tomorrow as far
as wind chill is concerned, to about plus six and
then back down again to minus two on Sunday with
that cold wind blowing. The warmest it'll be is three
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degrees in the wind. So if you've got showers around
a temperature of seven and it feels like of three,
that is not very good for newborn life. The good
news is that it bounces back into warmer again by Monday,
but we do have a winter where the conditions really
kicking in from tonight through until about Monday morning, so
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newborn lambs in particular just be aware of that. Hopefully
it's not too bad, but it is going to be cold,
very cold, just for the weekend, and bouncers back up
again on Monday as spring reminds us it's now coming in.
Speaker 1 (25:24):
Well, we had dirty, dirty showers here in Southland earlier
on in the week. You know what it was like
during spring, Phil You get about twenty minutes of pouring
rain coming in sideways, sun comes out for about four minutes,
and then you're back to the orid some repeat cycle.
That's just spring just knocking on their doorstep, I suppose.
And is that what we're going to see over the
next two or three weeks.
Speaker 8 (25:45):
Yeah, it basically is. I got a comment on YouTube.
I think it was from Australia, but a comment that
said pretty hard to trust an expert, and the word
expert was in speech marks. When they say springs here
when it's still wins to spring goes to the equinox.
I get that every year from people. From a weather
forecasting point of view, I don't care about what the
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date is. To me, it's about what the weather pattern
is doing. We're very much into a spring weather pattern now.
It's you know, plants are different plants. Some of them
need to get to the equinox before they can start changing.
They need that more daylight than darkness. That doesn't really
switch for another few weeks. So from a mother nature
point of view with plants and growth, yeah, spring doesn't
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start for a couple of weeks. But from a weather
point of view, spring's been here for the last couple
of weeks, and that is but defined by a lot
of westerly winds uptick and temperatures and also lots of thunderstorms.
And they're not so much coming into Southland, but the
West Coast has said thunderstorms every single day this week.
If you look out at nighttime, there's a good chance
you'll see that what they call it wildfire, the flashing
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lights distance. So I mean that is going to be
around all this week. Well, the week's nearly done, but
it's carrying on and so that like this morning, there
are hundreds of thunderstorms occurring this morning just over on
the West Coast. So that is the sign of the
cold front moving up the country. Thunderstorms westerlyas temperature swings.
That's a sign that the spring where the pattern is here.
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Regardless of what the data is on the calendar, But.
Speaker 1 (27:15):
The next couple of days are going to be the
ones to look out for in particular, Yeah.
Speaker 8 (27:20):
Will be. I mean, even just if you go beyond
Southland and you talk about frosty weather, you know we've
got frost coming back in on Sunday. They spread up
into the North Island and to Monday, and so you know,
frosty weather in September is a problem for some growers.
Kiwi fruit growers don't want to have frosts coming up,
you know, in the next couple of weeks. Some of
the great growers that don't want that as well. So
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you've got lots of different things going on, and then
of course lambing and carvings. That's my biggest concern at
the moment. So the good news, like I say, these
cold blasts are short lived, but I know what it
was like. I grew up in a sheet country and
Bay have Plenty and had pet lambs as a cad
and I remember what it was like that a wet,
cold night, even up in Waikato and Bay of Plenty,
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could kill newborn lambs. And so just the next twenty
four hours or forty eight hours, sorry, really Sunday's the
cold one, will be a bit rough. But the good
news is next week it does bounce back and there's
not a lot of frosty weather coming in either because
of the wind and the cloud. So Monday morning probably
is the only really day that's got a frost rest
coming through.
Speaker 1 (28:22):
Point you Okay, let's compare to September twelve, months ago,
which was the September we don't like to refer so
is it totally different?
Speaker 8 (28:32):
So this year is not lining up to be overly wet.
The rain is more likely to be falling on the
west coast as we see a lot of westerly winds developing.
But as we go further into October, that westerly pattern
can become very messed up. November it's usually quite orderly,
but September October really big highs, really big lows. Winter
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is only slowly coming to an end. Summer is not
really even too much on the horizon. So we're in
a funny time of the year where predict ability goes
out the window, so you never really know what's around
the corner. But at this stage there doesn't appear to
be anything too alarming coming into Southland, not yet anyway.
I mean that could change by the time we talk
next week. But over the next ten days nothing's jumping
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out as being too alarming. But this weekend that pole
of blast will be will be a cold one, especially
on Sunday Sunday night, sol.
Speaker 1 (29:20):
Don't go to weather watch. We always appreciate your time
on the muster. Enjoy the weekend.
Speaker 8 (29:24):
You too, buddy. Nice heating again, sold.
Speaker 4 (29:29):
Nuncin of weather Watch. This is the muster up.
Speaker 1 (29:32):
Next we're away to Stuart Island, Bruce Ford. Let's have
a catch up. Welcome back to the muster on hocken Nui.
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We cover all parts of the South here on the muster,
all right down to Stuart Island this afternoon, in fact,
catching up with Bruce Ford, who we catch up with
every now and then, to catch up on Stuart Island musings,
remembering there part of the Renfree Shield holding Southland Province Price.
Speaker 4 (30:08):
Good afternoon, house, Saggs.
Speaker 6 (30:10):
How you're doing today?
Speaker 4 (30:12):
Not too bad?
Speaker 1 (30:12):
How's everything down there on the third Aisle?
Speaker 6 (30:15):
Oh, we think we're doing pretty good, well better than
everybody else, of course, but it sun always shines here.
Speaker 4 (30:21):
What's there everage rainfall there?
Speaker 8 (30:23):
Bruce?
Speaker 6 (30:25):
About sixteen let me see sixteen hundred mile.
Speaker 4 (30:30):
All those sunfilled days they make up for the rain.
Speaker 8 (30:33):
Right.
Speaker 6 (30:34):
Well, we certainly still get our dying moments. You get
January February, and you know that people still get sort
of a domestic water because you get a period through
the year for six or eight weeks where nothing much
happens and it's I'm continuous to shine.
Speaker 1 (30:47):
Now we talk about housing projects around the country, housing
in general just being in this shoe, and there's no
different down on Stuart Island, but there's something that's being
done about it.
Speaker 6 (30:58):
Yes, over many years of course, and we all know
about the housing country wide and Southland. There's no other
than that. But I and a bunch of trustees have
been working on a housing project for our seniors to downsize.
And of course with the cost of services and electristy
in all that being around here Peach and you can't
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financially and physically look after a big property. So what
we're planning is to have half a dozen and fifty
square meter units all fully set up and looked after,
with electristy in communications included, perhaps a window cleaner, and
we'll look after people too in the latter ages. And
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of course the other bonus on that is that it
will release six larger family homes for other people coming in.
That will provide industry, labor and the likes, which is
always a challenge to young families to get started. So
hopefully that's a bit of a win. Now, just we're
construction is meant to be a sort of a factory.
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Fact that gets set and then stand up very very fast.
And of course the same sort of thing that could
be replicated any around South or beyond. So I would
hope that we would make a great example for other
communities to look after their seniors and keep them on site.
Speaker 1 (32:19):
As far as the elderly population on Stuart Island, Bruce,
what would you say numbers are.
Speaker 6 (32:25):
We've got an excess of twenty five percent, so out
of four sixty, you know, that's quite a lot of
times that it comes out, and a few wives out.
There's not many people that in the work, but it's
an excess of twenty five percent. I think we have
more than some other places.
Speaker 8 (32:42):
Now.
Speaker 6 (32:43):
The other end of this is that we have been
busy fundraising and I've got seven hundred grand at our fingertips,
but I could do with another million, so new listers
out there that could help me with some sort of finance,
we'd be more than happy to help to talk to them.
Speaker 4 (33:00):
Seven hundred grand for fundraising gets a lot of cheese.
Speaker 6 (33:02):
Rolls a turn years, and you know, we've got some
pretty good supporters around here, so the cheese rolls are
definitely in that system. And there's been house tours and
there have been all manner of raffles and god knows what,
so we have a lot of that sort of support.
But there's been two or three big ones as well
in the Anglican Diocese have promised us four hundred grands.
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So that's been a marvelous boost to get that commitment
from the church and whilst financial, they have that spiritual
support that we're really appreciate.
Speaker 1 (33:37):
Now talk of a solar farm on Stuart Island. What's
the latest there.
Speaker 6 (33:42):
It is proposed to begin contract in January. Tender and
stuff have been out through council, they've been closed and
I have believed they've been left. So there's twenty five
million from Mark Pattison was here and dished out that
announcement or perhaps a month six weeks ago, and that
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includes a network upgrade. There's a whole lot of bits
and pieces to reduce diesel consumption by seventy five percent
and that's pretty important because at four hundred bucks a
week from my power bill months rather, you know, that's
a hell or handful and for seniors on a pinch,
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and if there's only one of you, it's pretty damn
hard to play those sort of charges.
Speaker 4 (34:30):
So when is this proposed to be up and running.
Speaker 6 (34:33):
That's the project on January, and of course there'll have
to be some land clearance to set it up. I
just top here. I can't quite remember the numbers on it,
but it's a big project and it will have a
large battery with it as well, so that when it's
sun shining, it'll little charge into a battery. There will
be nothing ever again in the way of a power cut,
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because battery would pick up all power cuts. So that's
a very important part of our community in that respect.
So just betweeny five million, well we will tickle pink
with that. And of course the the improvements in the
up in the network upgrades will be a big help
because that was originally started in nineteen eighty eight, so
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the network has stood up pretty good to that. But
there'll be a lot more automation come into this, and
I would hope that we could decrease some of our
commitment to having staff on hand all the time to
look after things, you know when on stand by a course,
that's that's a cost. So we're looking for some new economics.
Speaker 1 (35:36):
We all hear about predator free New Zealand Stewart Island
is no different. It sounds as though the locals have
been taking it upon themselves regarding rat trapping and the lakes.
Speaker 6 (35:47):
Yeah, there's a few different colors. And when you say locals,
some are totally anti the poisoning arrangement. And we have
some other community people that get out there and put
their hands on things and to trapping around the community,
and there's been a great reduction in rats and possums
around the community. So you wouldn't it be so lovely
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if you didn't have to put poison or rat traps
out and look after that sort of aspect. And of
course if that's extended beyond the village, well the bird
life would make a tremendous difference. And we all know
what possums and rats and things do. Kiwi eggs and
the rest of the birds. You know to my mind
that it can't be bad.
Speaker 1 (36:30):
What are the Keywi numbers over on Stuart Island exactly, Bruce?
Do you have an idea?
Speaker 6 (36:35):
Pretty hard There's a lot of different areas on that,
but the one that I use is thirty thousand keywings
And yep, we've got a pretty big panic here in
the six forty square miles of it, so it's.
Speaker 4 (36:49):
You know, all the time.
Speaker 6 (36:53):
We've got lots of keywags around the village. And I
live right in town behind the pub and there's regularly
key whas in my garden through the night. We hear
them stuffling around and I didn't believe until I saw
them and I went out one night. I thought we
had a cat in the art. We pack it and
was the key at the back gate. So you know,
eleven o'clock at night as you thick an eight out
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the worms.
Speaker 1 (37:15):
Aquaculture as well, it's a big part of the island.
Cray fishing is in full swing. How's it going.
Speaker 6 (37:21):
Yeah, gray fishing just ticks away there by itself, but
just forever industry. And these days of the cray fish
are pretty pretty easy to catch and pretty much caught
to order and go on on the days when everything
you see it caught and the open so of them
these days are as much better managed and the fishery
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has improved dramatically.
Speaker 1 (37:44):
Bruce Ford of Stuart Island. Always appreciate your time on
the muster. You enjoy the weekend.
Speaker 6 (37:49):
Chillie god danger a very much.
Speaker 1 (37:50):
Andy bruce Ford of Stuart Island sounds rather hard case sectually,
you're pretty cool strolling home from the park and the key.
We just walks past year. That's what you call life.
Always good to catch up with the Bruce before we
wrap up on the week. Here, Resident spoting Gury Nathan
Burdon trying to get fizzed up about this game of
rugby tomorrow. Residents spoting Gary Nathan Burdon joins us this afternoon.
Speaker 4 (38:18):
Good afternoon, nath how are you?
Speaker 8 (38:20):
Yeah? I'm very good mate.
Speaker 9 (38:21):
Yet it's been a heck of a week, hasn't it, right,
Right from last Sunday afternoon in that final whistle and
seeing Sean with a lift of lig of wood, to
the team coming home on Monday, those scenes at in
Vicargo Airport, and then and then the week where the
shield sort of done, the rounds of businesses and schools
and that sort of thing, and old muggins here. I've
been off to Auckland for three days, so I've missed
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out on my dose of shield of shield fever.
Speaker 8 (38:44):
Unfortunately.
Speaker 1 (38:45):
Well you wouldn't hear much about it up there though.
Speaker 9 (38:48):
They weren't talking much about the Shield, and to be fair,
I was over in the on the North Shore even better,
enjoying a bit of sun and takapoona. And someone did
say to me that the last Harbor home they had
a massive crowd of one hundred and fifty at the game.
So yeah, NPC is not hasn't really grasped the imagination
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of that part of the country for sure.
Speaker 4 (39:11):
Well, North Harbor at the moment, and no one is.
Speaker 1 (39:13):
They're more or less referred to as Owen because they're
Owen six and the NPC, yeah.
Speaker 9 (39:19):
Well, and across across Harbor County's end Auckland, it hasn't
been a great MPC, so for the Auckland based teams hasn't.
But that's all right, that's fine because we've got we've
got plenty of excitement happening down at this end of
the country.
Speaker 1 (39:31):
So he looked forward to the game tomorrow. We're up
against the Cannibury side Hoovies. For honest, there's a lot
of names in this team that I'm not familiar with.
What are they going to bring?
Speaker 9 (39:41):
Yeah, it's I guess it's It is an interesting prospect
from that, isn't it. You sort of think of Canterbury
teams being sort of all black laden this one not
so much the case, but they you know that that
Cannbury region, they definitely use this team as a great
way of fundling those players through to those successful Crusaders teams.
So while we don't know the names, they're obviously quality players.
(40:02):
They're having a quality season. See they see they're going well.
But yeah, I mean they'll they'll come down with no
shortage of confidence. But at the same time, we're talking
about a Southern team that I think, particularly in the
last two wins, the Bay of Plenty win and the
obviously the Shield win over way Kaddo.
Speaker 8 (40:19):
This is a very.
Speaker 9 (40:19):
Gritty team that have shown that they'll stick to the
task and they'll be incredibly frustrating with their defense, and
they'll make teams, they'll force teams into eras, and they'll
by just by sort of never going away. And I
think that's been a hallmark probably of the last one
hundred and sixty minutes of Staggs rugby.
Speaker 1 (40:39):
As far as the crowd tomorrow, it should be close
to ten k. Let's be honest, how much does the
crowd bring to the game for the Stags are there's
the players say themselves, it's like at sixteenth man.
Speaker 4 (40:49):
Do you think that's pretty.
Speaker 1 (40:50):
Much the case? So that's what the south And fan
base brings.
Speaker 9 (40:53):
Oh, it's got to be. I mean, I'll hark back
to that. You know, one hundred and fifty people showing
up to a Harbor game, whereas the Southern rugby team
have absolutely no question they've got the best fan base
in New Zealand domestic rugby. And and you know these
are these are loyal, die hard fans, aren't they that
that stick there through the through the thick and thin
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are there for you know, We're going to be honest.
South And teams generally they lose more rugby games than
they win. But but the but the Stags fans stay
there and and so when the when they when they
do get rewarded, and they're being rewarded at the moment
when they do get the the mahi, then they know
they definitely deserve the treats. So I think we'll see
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a massive crowd there on Saturday afternoon. And you know
Seawan with He's talked about it a lot, hasn't it,
And I think it was it was probably part of
the part of the reason that he wanted to come
to come home and lead this maroone team was the
fact that he got to play in front of the
in front of that vociferous terrace and and that Rugby
Park crowd in general, So you know it's gonna it's
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gonna be pretty good. And if that's the difference, I think,
you know, you get into that last sort of five
or ten minutes and the team are hanging.
Speaker 8 (42:07):
On for a drawer.
Speaker 9 (42:07):
Better to hold onto that shield than you definitely would
make the crowd that sixteenth man.
Speaker 4 (42:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (42:14):
Interesting, you bring out the Sean Wie factor in there.
Do you think this could perhaps be the catalyst for
more homegrown Southerners who've gone to the Tiger coming back
down south.
Speaker 9 (42:24):
I've got no doubt that during the Super Rugby season
and that sort of thing, that there's a few coffees
happening in a few discussions happening in those cafes in Dunedin,
and I guess it just probably it probably just shows
that that pathway still exists. And I guess unfortunately there
was a period of time where some of our best
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players didn't see a future for themselves necessarily at home,
and so they were looking at other opportunities. Now Rugby
South and they've done a great job of trying to
plug that gap, and they've you know, they've they've had
an academy operating for the last couple of years out
of Duned and I don't think Otago rugby officials are
too happy about that, but that's fine. So they're they're
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doing good work there. They're doing a good job of
keeping those of relationships going when players do sort of
move on to other pastures. So we're something we're doing
all as a province. We do need to squeeze the
lemon and we need to make we make sure we
can get the very best out of the rugby products
that we do produce. So inevitably some of them are
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going to go on to other teams and other places,
but we need to make the most of.
Speaker 8 (43:32):
What we've got.
Speaker 4 (43:33):
So when's it for us tomorrow, Nate attack or defense?
Speaker 9 (43:38):
I'd say one hundred percent defense, you know, I think
that's what we've seen over those last two games. And
for me, it's particularly been around those key periods leading
up to halftime and just after halftime, and if anything,
it's that thirty five minutes through to the forty minute march.
Southern teams in the past have been guilty of letting
in one, two, even three tries and and at halftime steering,
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steering down the gap of it of a deficit that.
Speaker 8 (44:04):
Ends up being too big.
Speaker 9 (44:05):
But gee, we've seen some. We've seen some try saving
efforts next year, in particular in those sort of dying
minutes of a half, and that's kept us in the game.
As I was saying before, frustrated the opposition. And if
we can stay within you, if we can stay within
touch of this Canterbury team, take them as deep as possible,
then we'll be every chance. You know, it's likely to
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be a little bit of weather tomorrow afternoon too, so
that'll that'll play a factor. But yeah, defense for me,
But then I'll completely contradict myself and say, you still
need to you still need to attack, and you've still
got to score some points. I wouldn't be surprised if
the Stag's team go out with an attitude that they're
not just defending the shield, they're also going out to
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win it again. So I think that's a little bit
of that attacking mindset that you've got to have. You
just can't sit in your shell.
Speaker 1 (44:54):
Too much, regardless of your eyepatch, give a prediction for tomorrow.
Speaker 9 (44:59):
Let's go stand by three. Ah, that'll that'll, there'll be enough.
But I'll be happy with with with one point, with
a one point, I'll be happy with the draw to
be fore, as long as the shields face down.
Speaker 1 (45:09):
Residents sporting Gary northan bird and always appreciate your time.
Speaker 4 (45:12):
Antler's up?
Speaker 8 (45:13):
What's up?
Speaker 9 (45:14):
Mate?
Speaker 7 (45:14):
Supports five miles around, laugh out loud with tag proud
because life on the land can be a laughing matter.
Speaker 1 (45:23):
Brought to us by sheer well data working to help
the livestock farmer. You've got to feel sorry for parents
these days. You talk about the birds and the bees,
but unfortunately it's now the bees and the bees, the
birds and the birds, the birds that used to be bees,
the bees that used to be birds, and birds that
look like bees, plus the bees that look like birds
but still got a stinger. That's us over and done
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with for the afternoon. The best of the muster five
am tomorrow. I'm Andy Mueller. This has been the muster
one hokkanu he cheos to peas and ddicks. How I
go South?
Speaker 3 (45:53):
Rd Man
Friday afternoon, so we catch up with Nathan aberneath the
at a regional pot as you do every Friday here
on the Master.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Gooday Nathan, Good morning Andy. And look the day could
be better, but the day could be worse, I suppose.
But look anyway, another Friday's rolled around, really busy around
around at Regional that's for sure. The team are on
deck if there's anything we can look after you. With
lots and.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Lots of used vehicles.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
As I spoke last Friday with you Andy, with such
a big month last month, we really do have a
lot coming through, really good stuff from late model toy Outaprados.
We've got a lot of Ford of Us coming through
the door, plenty of Highlacks and Ford Ranger and mister
Bishi Triton coming through as well at the moment of
all different prices. So depending on just what the budget is,
come and sit down and talk with us, talk with
a business manager.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
We can run through a few.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Numbers for you if you like, and just show how
affordable we can make it for you to step out
of the old and into a new or late model
second hand. Yeah, So not to forget the team in
the workshop and the parts. Don't forget we look after
all makes and models. We've got a new tech mechanic
out in the world shop that has been Toyota and
Hold and trained, so that's good to have on board
(01:05):
and here as well as that. Don't forget we do
grooming the team. I can be all close to doing
a great job. We do tires up there as well
for Bridstone, So anything we can do or anything to
do with motoring, certainly give us a call because we'd
love to be looking after you. Regional Ford South and
Otago's most awarded for dealer.
Speaker 4 (01:22):
Good on your nah jat next week.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
Thanks Andy, good afternoon and welcome to the muster on Hakanui.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
My name is Andy Muller and I'm here until two o'clock.
Thanks for Peters Geneix, Thanks for your company. On the
day before the first challenge for the Red Frilly Shield,
we've got Kennery coming down four five kick off tomorrow
at Revue Park Stadium. But a bit to get through
this hour. We're talking a bit of sport, a few
other things as well. Like you normally do, saw crank
straight into it, Pat bennettar.
Speaker 4 (02:03):
That's a Friday, June five.
Speaker 5 (02:05):
Day four carts brought to you by twin Farm teff
from and suff text.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
The proof is in the progeny Teffron dot co dot NZI.
This afternoon scattered thunderstorms with prest north westerlies and a
higher thirteen Tomorrow rain with snow showers possibly up high,
breezy northwesterlies as well. Three and ten Sunday not much better.
Morning showers of breezy we sell westerlies zero.
Speaker 4 (02:31):
And day getting better.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
On Monday those sunny were like northwesterlies six and fourteen,
and Tuesday partly cloudy with breezy west nor westerlies six
and seventeen. So getting cooler over the next couple of days,
but getting into next week things do re readjust themselves,
thankfully so. Temperages to hand Clinton seven point six, Eriot
eight point two, Northern Southland seven point two, Ravetan nine,
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Top of the Pipes now seven point four, Winton seven
point eight, Dilloland's seven point eight, Jamie McKay and the
country crossover. Of course, we're focusing on the stags tomorrow.
Dave McGregor from South and Fishing Game.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
He is chaired. A couple of different rules have.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Come out now regarding licensing, which might have seem a
bit archaic and nonetheless Dave explains what they're about. Phil
Dunkle from weather Watch looks at the weather for the
next seven days. Here in the South. Bruce Spord, our
Stuart Island correspondent, how's everything down there on the third
Aisle and our residents sporting gury Nathan Burden. We go
and do a bit more detail about what we're going
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to have to do the Stags need to do tomorrow
to fend off the shield challenge from Kenterbury. So without
further Ado will start the yell with Jamie McKay. This
is the Muster until two o'clock thanks to Peters Genetics.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
In this began supporter staff Mars.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Wegn the heart Ye, it's time for the country crossover.
Well if Jamie McKay hosts of the Country, Jamie, Good afternoon.
Jason Carrison put that South and some we had a
couple of years ago, but this one is the true
Stags anthem for me, the sweet Eaters and the Roaring
Pen from back in nineteen ninety eight.
Speaker 5 (04:17):
Good afternoon, Yeah, absolutely agree with you. Jerry Wonders, was
Steph and Hayes involved? With that one as well. Yes,
yes he was, Yeah, that is the true Stags anthem.
I'll give you that one. And Great Southland to Jeremy Wonders.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
We absolutely and Hazy as well. Now what a hell
of a week has been down here in the South.
We burgled the shield off Woycado and down here it's
just oh man, everyone's just gone run free his shield
nuts and rightly so. But the great thing is it's
captured the imagination of the MPC.
Speaker 5 (04:48):
Well, it's captured the imagination andy of the rest of
the country, because I can tell you from people I've
been talking to right around the country and including the
Young Farmer of the Year Hugh Jackson, who was at
the Shield Challenge game in his Stags shirt last weekend
and along with George Dodson. They're both Stags fans, no
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doubt from their time down south. But the rest of
the country wants the fairy tale to continue. They want
the Stags to win this game because, let's face it,
I mean Canterbury and Auckland having the shield yawn, or
Wellington yawn, or even White Katto for that matter, yawn
yorn yawn, it's not appreciated. I mean that was reflected
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in those in the Whitecadow effort to be perfectly honest.
So I would love to see South and hold it
over the summer. It's going to be a push obviously
against Canterbury tomorrow. TAB doesn't give them much of a chance,
but gee, the way they've manfully defended their line and
just you know, just the aggression that big number twelve penny.
(05:51):
How good was that?
Speaker 6 (05:52):
Well?
Speaker 1 (05:52):
People tend to forget as well when this guy came
to South and the started last year on a trial contract.
Speaker 4 (05:57):
I remind you on that as well.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
Was Clinton club player of the Year two years in
a row. So the guy had four but he was
just an unknown quantity quality sorry, going under the radar
as such.
Speaker 5 (06:09):
I wouldn't mind if he was at he jumped on
a plane straight after the game and went to Eden
Park and played there as well, because honestly, that amount
of size and he's obviously an aggressive man, God bless him.
But the other thing is he's got deft touches. You
saw some of his kicking skills, He's got passing skills.
I mean, there's the guy they knocked the rough edges
(06:30):
off him. There's a future all Black midfielder and the
big number eight whose name I can never.
Speaker 4 (06:36):
Pronounce, so messy Tupo.
Speaker 5 (06:39):
Well done, Andy, well done. Because my heroes from the
Shield Challenge were two, four, six and eight. Jack Taylor done, Shee,
Sean Withe the number eight and number twelve. Although I
must say another hero and he's a good local boy.
I thought Morgan Mitchell was outstanding as well.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
I had Morgie and Studio on Wednesday and I said
to him about the tab numbers and he just smiled
and goes And that's the way we like it. So
these guys realize they're not going to be favorites at
the tab.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
But look, it.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
All stemmed back from that twenty two nil deficit against
Manow two when I've seen that scoreline, because I was
at a function that night and I was ready to
get the Choppers ready to go up and just blow
up Rabu Park and start again.
Speaker 4 (07:20):
Next thing.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
They won the darn game, didn't They gone away and
beating Bay of Plenty away for goodness sake, who were
finalists last year, and now they got the Shield. I
gave them a better chance of winning tomorrow than I do.
The All Blacks eat and.
Speaker 5 (07:31):
Park well, it's interesting, and I've been getting quite a
few messages and texts saying, come on, Makai, what are
your true colors, Stags or the All Blacks? If you've
got to pick one, well, it's a no contest for me.
And even though I'm a Patriot, it's the Stags for me.
So let's just clear that one up. The only thing
I would say about Eden Park if you'd asked me
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eight days ago or two weeks ago, sorry, whether the
All Blacks would win at Eaton Park, I'd say I
don't think so, but history reminds us that the All
Blacks always come back really strongly after a loss, especially
a bad loss. And for what it's worth, I don't
mind the team that they've picked. Not everyone agrees with it,
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but we have our own bomb squad sitting on the bench.
We have got some huge In fact, our top two
props from last season are sitting on the bench. Takeiaho's
got real impact with the ball in hand late in
the game, Fabian Holland, a huge piece of beef, is
going to come on and inject himself physically into that game.
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And then you've got dupless Carethi who will be very,
very valuable. I'd think competing with the likes of Quaga
Smith in the last twenty minutes. So we've got our
bomb squad. I'm not so much worried about our forwards.
It's perhaps more our backs and this young Kyle Preston
who's come from nowhere to be the fifth choice All
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Black halfback. You know, like the pressure is going to
be on that young man if he gets on, and
especially if he gets on early.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
I think Aden Park it almost comes down to handling
pressure and then one other thing for me as well
as goalkicking. Andre Pollard one of the best. Boden Barrett
arguably not a bad goalkicker, but I don't think he's
a Andre Pollard, but the pressure of Eden Park there
could be the sense.
Speaker 5 (09:21):
Well, to be honest with you, and I'm a big
Oden Barrett fan, but he's not the best goalkicker in
the All Blacks. In fact, to my mind he's the
third best goalkicker behind Damien McKenzie and his brother Jordi.
So I'm absolutely with you. Hollard is a pressure man.
He's done at time after time. He's won two Rugby
World Cups. He doesn't seem to be affected by pressure.
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He will kick the goals and he will put the
bombs up. And I'm with you, Boden Barrett will need
to be good off for Tea because and really close tests,
and I think this one will be really close. Andy,
I think it's a one to twelve game either way.
You just got to kick your goals. I kicks five
out of five, the other guy kicks three out of five.
That's the difference in the test match.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
Well, okay, let's go back to the Stags because we can.
This is all about the Ranfreity Shield being on the line,
Jamie two thousand. Were you at that game in christ
Church in two thousand and nine by chance?
Speaker 5 (10:15):
Yeah, honestly, And it was possibly the greatest day of
my life.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
And then we won it again in two thousand and eleven.
It was almost like geez, we won it twice in
three years. This is crazy. I didn't think we'd see
it again.
Speaker 7 (10:27):
Though.
Speaker 5 (10:28):
It's more and more difficult to win. You know, we
had a very good that was a very good Southland
side back in that era. That's the Macintosh sort of era. Interestingly, Andy,
like I was born in late nineteen fifty nine, I'm
showing my age. Now I'm a pensioner, so I was
born about three, three or four weeks after we lost
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the Shield to Taranaki. In nineteen fifty nine, I had
my fiftieth birthday party, and in those fifty years and
I spent them all in South and we'd never had
the shield. And then about three weeks after my or
two weeks ten days after my fiftieth birthday, we won
the Shield and it just was the icing on the cake.
And honestly, I'm not saying twenty eleven was anticlimactic, but
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compared to two thousand and nine, not quite the same.
And I think because we've had a big gap fourteen
years and just the way the Stags have been playing
and the spirit they show, and the leadership from the
likes of Sean with he look that guy could be
at Eden Park. He completely outplayed the other number six
at Waikato last weekend. So I'm just proud of them
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the way they're playing, because they're just playing with guts
and Southman teams in the past, unfortunately, have always been
maybe there or thereabouts. And then they dropped their bundle
on the last few minutes and leak on defense. This
team doesn't leak on defense, and I'm told from people
who know more about rugby than I do that a
lot of that's due to Scott ead And I'll give
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them Matt Saunders a pad on the back too. He's
not there anymore. But I think over the last couple
of years they've done quite a bit to develop some
of these players. They've certainly imported. Wisely, sometimes imports aren't
as good as the local product. But you know, when
you've got a Morgan Mitchell a Sean with these guys
who are born and bred young Molly Iena next year,
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I've got Jack Taylor obviously, how good is see? And
we'll have Jimmy Taylor next year hopefully. And that's that's
kind of what we had in two thousand and nine
with Jamie Macintosh and Jimmy Cowan and those sort of
guys born and bred Southlanders who are prepared to basically
spill blood. Well they do spill blood for their province
and just happy times. I just think that the South
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and Rugby Union must be rubbing their hands with glee
because they've got the best. They had the best support
based on the NPC before they won the Shield. What
is it going to be like if they could have
a wee run with it. I'm just I would love
to see them defend it for the next three games
or whatever they've got left to face and hold it over.
Speaker 4 (12:59):
The son good only Jamie Antler's up, Yeah.
Speaker 5 (13:03):
Dler's up, Go the Stags. Thanks for your time, Andy.
Speaker 4 (13:06):
Where's Jamie McKay and the country Crossover? Next?
Speaker 1 (13:12):
Dave McGregor, thanks for joining us. This is a muster
one hocke and now my name is Andy Mueller and
our next guess is Dave McGregor, his chair of Southland
(13:35):
Fishing Game. Dave, Good, afternoon. Firstly, you're on the farm
and so all go this afternoon? How things been?
Speaker 7 (13:41):
Yeah, I'm not too bad Andy, at the moment where
I sort of having some some shares come through reasonably
often and in the blue sky and the and the
sun falling it so but Wendy, but it's not cold.
It's just you got a sort of time you on
your under get outside, not unless you have to take
a jacket with you. And it's never fun putting on
the the leggings and the jackets for twenty minutes and
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taking them off again and then put them back on.
But then mind, it is what it is.
Speaker 3 (14:04):
So but let's knock you dead.
Speaker 4 (14:06):
Grass covers are looking okay.
Speaker 7 (14:08):
Yeah, to be housked. Like I said, you know, grass
sort of grew all through the winter since it was
so mild. So grass is coming away and you sort
of put them into a panic and move them on,
and you don't think grass has actually growing until you
sort of look through for days after you've taken them out,
and you think the cover's coming away in here. So
it's quite good.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
Hey, you narracie, it come out. Then it came out
this week, Dave. Regarding Karina Jordan, she's she moved away
from being chief or currently chief executive for Fishing Games.
She was due to move on from that role, but
she's been reappointed for another twelve months and tell us
a bit more about this.
Speaker 4 (14:42):
It's intriguing.
Speaker 7 (14:44):
Yeah, well she greena moved on to the Game Animal
Council and so yeah, now the Game Animal Council and
Fishing Game have done a deal of such for her
to share a sort of both roles. There is quite
a lot of a complementary between our two organizations, with
a lot of beer hunters and tar hunters.
Speaker 8 (15:04):
That also shoot.
Speaker 7 (15:06):
So yeah, and she's coming back for a twelve month
period and she's just going to concentrate on the high
level reform stuff that Fishing Game's gone through. At the moment,
I said, you know, we've had this reform now that's
been the biggest sort of change since we went from
the climatization the Fision games. So she's going to be
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involved in the political side of that with the Minister.
And yeah, I think it's a good move considering she's
been with us for three years, so she knows the
ins and out, and she's very dedicated and she's very
driven in that sort of policy arena. So yeah, I
think it'll be a good mode.
Speaker 1 (15:39):
So how much reform are we talking about for the organization?
Speaker 7 (15:44):
Well, I said that the ministers has made a reasonable
amount of reform to be honest, you know, putting us
under our own act and then you know, trying to
centralize everything a bit more and get us all done
in the right direction. So's it'd be a reasonab amount
of form. And I think the time shit frame for
it is quite short. So I think it's a good
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idea that Serene has come in and she'll just be
dealing with that, and then Richie will be organized. I
will be dealing with the day to day business as
usual through fishing game to make sure all of that
side of it, you know, running smoothly. So for a
person to try and do both I think would have
been a very hard art. So I think it's worked
out quite good.
Speaker 1 (16:25):
Of course you're talking about Ritchie Cosgrove there. But I
suppose a concern could be is it a conflict of
interests working for both the organizations at once?
Speaker 8 (16:33):
Perhaps, well, I suppose there is.
Speaker 7 (16:36):
There is that possibility, but I believe you can probably
have to talk to Screen and more about this. I
believe that both organizations are putting an over oversight in
regard to her to have a couple of people and
involved from both organizations on a panel as such, to
sort of run through and go through whenever there is
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some possible conflicts of interest. So I think there always
could be, like anything, but I think the policies they're
putting in place and the steps they're putting in place
that should be mitigated to a large extent.
Speaker 4 (17:11):
Part of this reform.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
Is it due to the stous you had last year
with South and Feeds or this year as well. Is
that part of the reason that Minister Mega's come in.
Speaker 7 (17:21):
No, I think it's had a little bit of to
do with it. But like I said that, the reform
and restructures I've talked about for in fishing game for
teen twenty years, so you know, it's always been there.
There was meetings with the previous Minster Minister maclay about
this before the Stead Farmer's Stealth came along. So I said,
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there's always been talk of reform, it's just everyone's sort
of always listened to the talk and Tory okay, and
then finally this time they've actually decided to do something.
So I think that sort of took a lot of
people by surprise how quick it was considering the last
ten six or so years. You know, there has been
talk of it. I don't like I said it. It
definitely wasn't our issue with good farmers that created this
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whole whole review it was, but it was I'd say
it might have hastened it along a week as such.
I think the Minister has already already said that in
one of his interviews that it was not the catalyst
for it, but it maybe it just moved it along
a little bit quicker than it normally would have.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
So how is the situation with yourself and South and Feeds.
We're about three weeks out from the opening of the
fishing season down here, what's the situation?
Speaker 7 (18:25):
To be honest, actually, I haven't talked to Jason for
a while. There's sort of been nothing, sort of flown
around and I've just been doing my thing and I
presume he's been or they've seemed to be having a
crack at green Peace and a few other things. So
you know, I've seems we we seem to have fallen
in the background. But no, I've always, like said men
Jason had a good relationship, but I still believe we do,
but haven't actually had a conversation for a while, so
(18:47):
I do we probably do need to get on the
phone and have a chat and see having to go.
Speaker 1 (18:51):
Yeah, the green Peace situation was interesting though from putting
that better up and gore, did you think they were
going over the top by their antics as such?
Speaker 7 (19:01):
It's a hard one because, like I said, you know,
a banner as a banner, you know, I believe it
was just tied on and he could untie it. So
that's that's a tough one. What is you know, what
is protest and what is vandalism?
Speaker 8 (19:14):
All that.
Speaker 7 (19:14):
I wouldn't have said it was vandalism when something's just
tied on with steying over top of the sign, but
I said the Great Green Piece a sort of renounced
it for doing things like that, so I didn't really
to take much notice.
Speaker 4 (19:25):
With Kiana Dave, this is interesting.
Speaker 1 (19:27):
It seems as though there's been a really archaic rule
regarding fishing licenses, but there's been a correction regarding woman.
Explain this a bit more. It's interesting.
Speaker 7 (19:37):
Yeah, well it's on the it's on the family license.
So the family license was was mum and dad and
the one, two, three, four, whatever the kids it was,
and you'd come, you'd get your family license to make
things a week bit more cheaper and easier and accessible,
and then also you know, time to get the mum
and dad to get out more often. So what the
problem was was the person who was the number one
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on it look normally the men. Yeah, the lady or
the wife couldn't go and take the kids fishing if
the other partner wasn't there, which was a bit of archaic,
I suppose, you know, if on the farm side. If
you know, if I'm working on the farm and I
can't get off, and you know, and the wife and
the kids want to go down after school, you know
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they couldn't because you know, it was deemed that they
didn't have the proper license to take the kids. So
now they've changed that. So yeah, license holder one or
license holder too has got the sole right to take
the kids fishing. So it makes things a week bit easier.
And I suppose that it was a bit of an
archaic rule. So yeah, a couple of people were we're
looking at changing at Dave Harris, one of their counselors,
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was quite strong on the whole family license change, so
he sort of pushed for it. And then now it
also the second license holder can now actually vote in
our elections. Was supposed there's another good thing to get
more people engaged and hopefully at the end of it,
get more people out there fishing and get the kids
involved in a bit more. You know, it's to be
busy and can't get going, and mum's got you know,
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a couple of airs after school or in any stace,
you go down to the river and see if they
can catch a fish. So hopefully it'll it'll be a
good move. It's probably been long overdue, but yeah, sometimes
these things take some time.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
But why is it taking so long until twenty twenty
five for this rule to be amended?
Speaker 7 (21:17):
Ah, I don't mind, to be honest, I'm not so
sure why it's taken too long. Fishing games sometimes does
seem to something seemed to drag out. But yeah, like
I said, we'll probably need to take that on the chin,
and so we could have could have done this a
lot better as an organization. But I suppose these are
the things that the minister is talking about, streamlining some
things and getting a few more and you know, a
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lot easier and more user friendly. So it's happened now,
So I suppose that's that's the one good thing. But yeah,
it probably has taken too long, but we'orthy and now
so hopefully it'll run for it.
Speaker 1 (21:48):
Good on your Dave, Always appreciate your time.
Speaker 8 (21:51):
Not a problem, Thanks man, Dave McGregor.
Speaker 4 (21:55):
South and Fishing Game. This is the master up.
Speaker 1 (21:57):
Next we'll find out what the weather's doing from vcagular
Us weekend for the south of that matter. Phil Duncan
from Were the Watch He joins us shine. Why didn't
you heine shah it. It's time to catch up with
Phil Duncan out of weather Watch.
Speaker 4 (22:36):
Good afternoon, Phil.
Speaker 8 (22:38):
Good afternoon, mister Muir.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
How's everything been over the last one haven't spoken to
you for a couple of weeks? Actually, hell are you?
Speaker 8 (22:44):
I know, we haven't talked since it was since winter
of twenty twenty five was the last time we talked.
Speaker 1 (22:50):
No, we sit there and reminis about winter and hell,
it was so good to us down here in the
Deep South over the last couple of weeks.
Speaker 4 (22:57):
So we've gone into a real spring mode by the locks.
Speaker 8 (23:01):
Yeah, yeah, you're definitely in a spring though now. Yeah,
the temperatures are up and down. There's still more days
that are wintry than the summer light, that's for sure.
But we're seeing some nice warmer days going into the
max now as opposed to where we say we're maybe
a month ago, so on the way coming up over
the next week. Yeah, the temperatures are up and down.
In fact, Sunday there is a southerly going nationwide on Sunday,
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the cold fronts coming in now. As you probably already
could tell, tonight, temperatures drop tomorrow a few showers, a
little bit windy, but Sundays the day when the temperatures
really drop, and so your maximum is only seven and
you're low as one. But then by Monday, the following day,
the maximum jumps to fourteen, and by Tuesday jumps to seventeen,
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and then Wednesday you're back down to nine again for
the rest of the next week. So it's up and
then down a bit and then sort of bounces back
up again. And so when you see those temperatures doing
that along with the wind coming and going, we're seeing
a lot of westerly winds off and on over the
next ten days. And so that just to me is
sort of saying, Hi, this is spring. I'm here.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
Anything sinister as far as wind chill.
Speaker 8 (24:07):
As far as wind chills concerned, maybe a little bit
over the weekend. Yeah, So this cold front coming in tonight,
the measurement to me is how far up the country
it goes, because that tells me how grunty it is
where you are. And this one is going right up
to Northland by Sunday, so that is a decent polar blast.
So the wind chill will drop. So as of midday today,
that's as warm as today gets. By midday, the temperature
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starts to drop and it drops all the way through
until tomorrow morning, keeps dropping till about seven or eight
tomorrow morning, so the wind chill tomorrow morning will be
about minus two, and it warms up tomorrow as far
as wind chill is concerned, to about plus six and
then back down again to minus two on Sunday with
that cold wind blowing. The warmest it'll be is three
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degrees in the wind. So if you've got showers around
a temperature of seven and it feels like of three,
that is not very good for newborn life. The good
news is that it bounces back into warmer again by Monday,
but we do have a winter where the conditions really
kicking in from tonight through until about Monday morning, so
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newborn lambs in particular just be aware of that. Hopefully
it's not too bad, but it is going to be cold,
very cold, just for the weekend, and bouncers back up
again on Monday as spring reminds us it's now coming in.
Speaker 1 (25:24):
Well, we had dirty, dirty showers here in Southland earlier
on in the week. You know what it was like
during spring, Phil You get about twenty minutes of pouring
rain coming in sideways, sun comes out for about four minutes,
and then you're back to the orid some repeat cycle.
That's just spring just knocking on their doorstep, I suppose.
And is that what we're going to see over the
next two or three weeks.
Speaker 8 (25:45):
Yeah, it basically is. I got a comment on YouTube.
I think it was from Australia, but a comment that
said pretty hard to trust an expert, and the word
expert was in speech marks. When they say springs here
when it's still wins to spring goes to the equinox.
I get that every year from people. From a weather
forecasting point of view, I don't care about what the
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date is. To me, it's about what the weather pattern
is doing. We're very much into a spring weather pattern now.
It's you know, plants are different plants. Some of them
need to get to the equinox before they can start changing.
They need that more daylight than darkness. That doesn't really
switch for another few weeks. So from a mother nature
point of view with plants and growth, yeah, spring doesn't
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start for a couple of weeks. But from a weather
point of view, spring's been here for the last couple
of weeks, and that is but defined by a lot
of westerly winds uptick and temperatures and also lots of thunderstorms.
And they're not so much coming into Southland, but the
West Coast has said thunderstorms every single day this week.
If you look out at nighttime, there's a good chance
you'll see that what they call it wildfire, the flashing
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lights distance. So I mean that is going to be
around all this week. Well, the week's nearly done, but
it's carrying on and so that like this morning, there
are hundreds of thunderstorms occurring this morning just over on
the West Coast. So that is the sign of the
cold front moving up the country. Thunderstorms westerlyas temperature swings.
That's a sign that the spring where the pattern is here.
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Regardless of what the data is on the calendar, But.
Speaker 1 (27:15):
The next couple of days are going to be the
ones to look out for in particular, Yeah.
Speaker 8 (27:20):
Will be. I mean, even just if you go beyond
Southland and you talk about frosty weather, you know we've
got frost coming back in on Sunday. They spread up
into the North Island and to Monday, and so you know,
frosty weather in September is a problem for some growers.
Kiwi fruit growers don't want to have frosts coming up,
you know, in the next couple of weeks. Some of
the great growers that don't want that as well. So
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you've got lots of different things going on, and then
of course lambing and carvings. That's my biggest concern at
the moment. So the good news, like I say, these
cold blasts are short lived, but I know what it
was like. I grew up in a sheet country and
Bay have Plenty and had pet lambs as a cad
and I remember what it was like that a wet,
cold night, even up in Waikato and Bay of Plenty,
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could kill newborn lambs. And so just the next twenty
four hours or forty eight hours, sorry, really Sunday's the
cold one, will be a bit rough. But the good
news is next week it does bounce back and there's
not a lot of frosty weather coming in either because
of the wind and the cloud. So Monday morning probably
is the only really day that's got a frost rest
coming through.
Speaker 1 (28:22):
Point you Okay, let's compare to September twelve, months ago,
which was the September we don't like to refer so
is it totally different?
Speaker 8 (28:32):
So this year is not lining up to be overly wet.
The rain is more likely to be falling on the
west coast as we see a lot of westerly winds developing.
But as we go further into October, that westerly pattern
can become very messed up. November it's usually quite orderly,
but September October really big highs, really big lows. Winter
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is only slowly coming to an end. Summer is not
really even too much on the horizon. So we're in
a funny time of the year where predict ability goes
out the window, so you never really know what's around
the corner. But at this stage there doesn't appear to
be anything too alarming coming into Southland, not yet anyway.
I mean that could change by the time we talk
next week. But over the next ten days nothing's jumping
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out as being too alarming. But this weekend that pole
of blast will be will be a cold one, especially
on Sunday Sunday night, sol.
Speaker 1 (29:20):
Don't go to weather watch. We always appreciate your time
on the muster. Enjoy the weekend.
Speaker 8 (29:24):
You too, buddy. Nice heating again, sold.
Speaker 4 (29:29):
Nuncin of weather Watch. This is the muster up.
Speaker 1 (29:32):
Next we're away to Stuart Island, Bruce Ford. Let's have
a catch up. Welcome back to the muster on hocken Nui.
(29:53):
We cover all parts of the South here on the muster,
all right down to Stuart Island this afternoon, in fact,
catching up with Bruce Ford, who we catch up with
every now and then, to catch up on Stuart Island musings,
remembering there part of the Renfree Shield holding Southland Province Price.
Speaker 4 (30:08):
Good afternoon, house, Saggs.
Speaker 6 (30:10):
How you're doing today?
Speaker 4 (30:12):
Not too bad?
Speaker 1 (30:12):
How's everything down there on the third Aisle?
Speaker 6 (30:15):
Oh, we think we're doing pretty good, well better than
everybody else, of course, but it sun always shines here.
Speaker 4 (30:21):
What's there everage rainfall there?
Speaker 8 (30:23):
Bruce?
Speaker 6 (30:25):
About sixteen let me see sixteen hundred mile.
Speaker 4 (30:30):
All those sunfilled days they make up for the rain.
Speaker 8 (30:33):
Right.
Speaker 6 (30:34):
Well, we certainly still get our dying moments. You get
January February, and you know that people still get sort
of a domestic water because you get a period through
the year for six or eight weeks where nothing much
happens and it's I'm continuous to shine.
Speaker 1 (30:47):
Now we talk about housing projects around the country, housing
in general just being in this shoe, and there's no
different down on Stuart Island, but there's something that's being
done about it.
Speaker 6 (30:58):
Yes, over many years of course, and we all know
about the housing country wide and Southland. There's no other
than that. But I and a bunch of trustees have
been working on a housing project for our seniors to downsize.
And of course with the cost of services and electristy
in all that being around here Peach and you can't
(31:20):
financially and physically look after a big property. So what
we're planning is to have half a dozen and fifty
square meter units all fully set up and looked after,
with electristy in communications included, perhaps a window cleaner, and
we'll look after people too in the latter ages. And
(31:40):
of course the other bonus on that is that it
will release six larger family homes for other people coming in.
That will provide industry, labor and the likes, which is
always a challenge to young families to get started. So
hopefully that's a bit of a win. Now, just we're
construction is meant to be a sort of a factory.
(32:02):
Fact that gets set and then stand up very very fast.
And of course the same sort of thing that could
be replicated any around South or beyond. So I would
hope that we would make a great example for other
communities to look after their seniors and keep them on site.
Speaker 1 (32:19):
As far as the elderly population on Stuart Island, Bruce,
what would you say numbers are.
Speaker 6 (32:25):
We've got an excess of twenty five percent, so out
of four sixty, you know, that's quite a lot of
times that it comes out, and a few wives out.
There's not many people that in the work, but it's
an excess of twenty five percent. I think we have
more than some other places.
Speaker 8 (32:42):
Now.
Speaker 6 (32:43):
The other end of this is that we have been
busy fundraising and I've got seven hundred grand at our fingertips,
but I could do with another million, so new listers
out there that could help me with some sort of finance,
we'd be more than happy to help to talk to them.
Speaker 4 (33:00):
Seven hundred grand for fundraising gets a lot of cheese.
Speaker 6 (33:02):
Rolls a turn years, and you know, we've got some
pretty good supporters around here, so the cheese rolls are
definitely in that system. And there's been house tours and
there have been all manner of raffles and god knows what,
so we have a lot of that sort of support.
But there's been two or three big ones as well
in the Anglican Diocese have promised us four hundred grands.
(33:25):
So that's been a marvelous boost to get that commitment
from the church and whilst financial, they have that spiritual
support that we're really appreciate.
Speaker 1 (33:37):
Now talk of a solar farm on Stuart Island. What's
the latest there.
Speaker 6 (33:42):
It is proposed to begin contract in January. Tender and
stuff have been out through council, they've been closed and
I have believed they've been left. So there's twenty five
million from Mark Pattison was here and dished out that
announcement or perhaps a month six weeks ago, and that
(34:03):
includes a network upgrade. There's a whole lot of bits
and pieces to reduce diesel consumption by seventy five percent
and that's pretty important because at four hundred bucks a
week from my power bill months rather, you know, that's
a hell or handful and for seniors on a pinch,
(34:25):
and if there's only one of you, it's pretty damn
hard to play those sort of charges.
Speaker 4 (34:30):
So when is this proposed to be up and running.
Speaker 6 (34:33):
That's the project on January, and of course there'll have
to be some land clearance to set it up. I
just top here. I can't quite remember the numbers on it,
but it's a big project and it will have a
large battery with it as well, so that when it's
sun shining, it'll little charge into a battery. There will
be nothing ever again in the way of a power cut,
(34:55):
because battery would pick up all power cuts. So that's
a very important part of our community in that respect.
So just betweeny five million, well we will tickle pink
with that. And of course the the improvements in the
up in the network upgrades will be a big help
because that was originally started in nineteen eighty eight, so
(35:16):
the network has stood up pretty good to that. But
there'll be a lot more automation come into this, and
I would hope that we could decrease some of our
commitment to having staff on hand all the time to
look after things, you know when on stand by a course,
that's that's a cost. So we're looking for some new economics.
Speaker 1 (35:36):
We all hear about predator free New Zealand Stewart Island
is no different. It sounds as though the locals have
been taking it upon themselves regarding rat trapping and the lakes.
Speaker 6 (35:47):
Yeah, there's a few different colors. And when you say locals,
some are totally anti the poisoning arrangement. And we have
some other community people that get out there and put
their hands on things and to trapping around the community,
and there's been a great reduction in rats and possums
around the community. So you wouldn't it be so lovely
(36:07):
if you didn't have to put poison or rat traps
out and look after that sort of aspect. And of
course if that's extended beyond the village, well the bird
life would make a tremendous difference. And we all know
what possums and rats and things do. Kiwi eggs and
the rest of the birds. You know to my mind
that it can't be bad.
Speaker 1 (36:30):
What are the Keywi numbers over on Stuart Island exactly, Bruce?
Do you have an idea?
Speaker 6 (36:35):
Pretty hard There's a lot of different areas on that,
but the one that I use is thirty thousand keywings
And yep, we've got a pretty big panic here in
the six forty square miles of it, so it's.
Speaker 4 (36:49):
You know, all the time.
Speaker 6 (36:53):
We've got lots of keywags around the village. And I
live right in town behind the pub and there's regularly
key whas in my garden through the night. We hear
them stuffling around and I didn't believe until I saw
them and I went out one night. I thought we
had a cat in the art. We pack it and
was the key at the back gate. So you know,
eleven o'clock at night as you thick an eight out
(37:15):
the worms.
Speaker 1 (37:15):
Aquaculture as well, it's a big part of the island.
Cray fishing is in full swing. How's it going.
Speaker 6 (37:21):
Yeah, gray fishing just ticks away there by itself, but
just forever industry. And these days of the cray fish
are pretty pretty easy to catch and pretty much caught
to order and go on on the days when everything
you see it caught and the open so of them
these days are as much better managed and the fishery
(37:43):
has improved dramatically.
Speaker 1 (37:44):
Bruce Ford of Stuart Island. Always appreciate your time on
the muster. You enjoy the weekend.
Speaker 6 (37:49):
Chillie god danger a very much.
Speaker 1 (37:50):
Andy bruce Ford of Stuart Island sounds rather hard case sectually,
you're pretty cool strolling home from the park and the key.
We just walks past year. That's what you call life.
Always good to catch up with the Bruce before we
wrap up on the week. Here, Resident spoting Gury Nathan
Burdon trying to get fizzed up about this game of
rugby tomorrow. Residents spoting Gary Nathan Burdon joins us this afternoon.
Speaker 4 (38:18):
Good afternoon, nath how are you?
Speaker 8 (38:20):
Yeah? I'm very good mate.
Speaker 9 (38:21):
Yet it's been a heck of a week, hasn't it, right,
Right from last Sunday afternoon in that final whistle and
seeing Sean with a lift of lig of wood, to
the team coming home on Monday, those scenes at in
Vicargo Airport, and then and then the week where the
shield sort of done, the rounds of businesses and schools
and that sort of thing, and old muggins here. I've
been off to Auckland for three days, so I've missed
(38:42):
out on my dose of shield of shield fever.
Speaker 8 (38:44):
Unfortunately.
Speaker 1 (38:45):
Well you wouldn't hear much about it up there though.
Speaker 9 (38:48):
They weren't talking much about the Shield, and to be fair,
I was over in the on the North Shore even better,
enjoying a bit of sun and takapoona. And someone did
say to me that the last Harbor home they had
a massive crowd of one hundred and fifty at the game.
So yeah, NPC is not hasn't really grasped the imagination
(39:09):
of that part of the country for sure.
Speaker 4 (39:11):
Well, North Harbor at the moment, and no one is.
Speaker 1 (39:13):
They're more or less referred to as Owen because they're
Owen six and the NPC, yeah.
Speaker 9 (39:19):
Well, and across across Harbor County's end Auckland, it hasn't
been a great MPC, so for the Auckland based teams hasn't.
But that's all right, that's fine because we've got we've
got plenty of excitement happening down at this end of
the country.
Speaker 1 (39:31):
So he looked forward to the game tomorrow. We're up
against the Cannibury side Hoovies. For honest, there's a lot
of names in this team that I'm not familiar with.
What are they going to bring?
Speaker 9 (39:41):
Yeah, it's I guess it's It is an interesting prospect
from that, isn't it. You sort of think of Canterbury
teams being sort of all black laden this one not
so much the case, but they you know that that
Cannbury region, they definitely use this team as a great
way of fundling those players through to those successful Crusaders teams.
So while we don't know the names, they're obviously quality players.
(40:02):
They're having a quality season. See they see they're going well.
But yeah, I mean they'll they'll come down with no
shortage of confidence. But at the same time, we're talking
about a Southern team that I think, particularly in the
last two wins, the Bay of Plenty win and the
obviously the Shield win over way Kaddo.
Speaker 8 (40:19):
This is a very.
Speaker 9 (40:19):
Gritty team that have shown that they'll stick to the
task and they'll be incredibly frustrating with their defense, and
they'll make teams, they'll force teams into eras, and they'll
by just by sort of never going away. And I
think that's been a hallmark probably of the last one
hundred and sixty minutes of Staggs rugby.
Speaker 1 (40:39):
As far as the crowd tomorrow, it should be close
to ten k. Let's be honest, how much does the
crowd bring to the game for the Stags are there's
the players say themselves, it's like at sixteenth man.
Speaker 4 (40:49):
Do you think that's pretty.
Speaker 1 (40:50):
Much the case? So that's what the south And fan
base brings.
Speaker 9 (40:53):
Oh, it's got to be. I mean, I'll hark back
to that. You know, one hundred and fifty people showing
up to a Harbor game, whereas the Southern rugby team
have absolutely no question they've got the best fan base
in New Zealand domestic rugby. And and you know these
are these are loyal, die hard fans, aren't they that
that stick there through the through the thick and thin
(41:17):
are there for you know, We're going to be honest.
South And teams generally they lose more rugby games than
they win. But but the but the Stags fans stay
there and and so when the when they when they
do get rewarded, and they're being rewarded at the moment
when they do get the the mahi, then they know
they definitely deserve the treats. So I think we'll see
(41:38):
a massive crowd there on Saturday afternoon. And you know
Seawan with He's talked about it a lot, hasn't it,
And I think it was it was probably part of
the part of the reason that he wanted to come
to come home and lead this maroone team was the
fact that he got to play in front of the
in front of that vociferous terrace and and that Rugby
Park crowd in general, So you know it's gonna it's
(41:59):
gonna be pretty good. And if that's the difference, I think,
you know, you get into that last sort of five
or ten minutes and the team are hanging.
Speaker 8 (42:07):
On for a drawer.
Speaker 9 (42:07):
Better to hold onto that shield than you definitely would
make the crowd that sixteenth man.
Speaker 4 (42:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (42:14):
Interesting, you bring out the Sean Wie factor in there.
Do you think this could perhaps be the catalyst for
more homegrown Southerners who've gone to the Tiger coming back
down south.
Speaker 9 (42:24):
I've got no doubt that during the Super Rugby season
and that sort of thing, that there's a few coffees
happening in a few discussions happening in those cafes in Dunedin,
and I guess it just probably it probably just shows
that that pathway still exists. And I guess unfortunately there
was a period of time where some of our best
(42:45):
players didn't see a future for themselves necessarily at home,
and so they were looking at other opportunities. Now Rugby
South and they've done a great job of trying to
plug that gap, and they've you know, they've they've had
an academy operating for the last couple of years out
of Duned and I don't think Otago rugby officials are
too happy about that, but that's fine. So they're they're
(43:06):
doing good work there. They're doing a good job of
keeping those of relationships going when players do sort of
move on to other pastures. So we're something we're doing
all as a province. We do need to squeeze the
lemon and we need to make we make sure we
can get the very best out of the rugby products
that we do produce. So inevitably some of them are
(43:29):
going to go on to other teams and other places,
but we need to make the most of.
Speaker 8 (43:32):
What we've got.
Speaker 4 (43:33):
So when's it for us tomorrow, Nate attack or defense?
Speaker 9 (43:38):
I'd say one hundred percent defense, you know, I think
that's what we've seen over those last two games. And
for me, it's particularly been around those key periods leading
up to halftime and just after halftime, and if anything,
it's that thirty five minutes through to the forty minute march.
Southern teams in the past have been guilty of letting
in one, two, even three tries and and at halftime steering,
(44:02):
steering down the gap of it of a deficit that.
Speaker 8 (44:04):
Ends up being too big.
Speaker 9 (44:05):
But gee, we've seen some. We've seen some try saving
efforts next year, in particular in those sort of dying
minutes of a half, and that's kept us in the game.
As I was saying before, frustrated the opposition. And if
we can stay within you, if we can stay within
touch of this Canterbury team, take them as deep as possible,
then we'll be every chance. You know, it's likely to
(44:29):
be a little bit of weather tomorrow afternoon too, so
that'll that'll play a factor. But yeah, defense for me,
But then I'll completely contradict myself and say, you still
need to you still need to attack, and you've still
got to score some points. I wouldn't be surprised if
the Stag's team go out with an attitude that they're
not just defending the shield, they're also going out to
(44:49):
win it again. So I think that's a little bit
of that attacking mindset that you've got to have. You
just can't sit in your shell.
Speaker 1 (44:54):
Too much, regardless of your eyepatch, give a prediction for tomorrow.
Speaker 9 (44:59):
Let's go stand by three. Ah, that'll that'll, there'll be enough.
But I'll be happy with with with one point, with
a one point, I'll be happy with the draw to
be fore, as long as the shields face down.
Speaker 1 (45:09):
Residents sporting Gary northan bird and always appreciate your time.
Speaker 4 (45:12):
Antler's up?
Speaker 8 (45:13):
What's up?
Speaker 9 (45:14):
Mate?
Speaker 7 (45:14):
Supports five miles around, laugh out loud with tag proud
because life on the land can be a laughing matter.
Speaker 1 (45:23):
Brought to us by sheer well data working to help
the livestock farmer. You've got to feel sorry for parents
these days. You talk about the birds and the bees,
but unfortunately it's now the bees and the bees, the
birds and the birds, the birds that used to be bees,
the bees that used to be birds, and birds that
look like bees, plus the bees that look like birds
but still got a stinger. That's us over and done
(45:45):
with for the afternoon. The best of the muster five
am tomorrow. I'm Andy Mueller. This has been the muster
one hokkanu he cheos to peas and ddicks. How I
go South?
Speaker 3 (45:53):
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