January 14, 2026 • 44 mins
Andy Muir talks to Brenton Howden, Penny Simmonds, Dan Brier, Gill Naylor, Nathan Burdon and David Morrison.
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Speaker 4 (01:25):
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Speaker 1 (01:30):
Cats off the muster this afternoon, followed up by Penny
Simmons MP from Picago. Penny is involved with service tomorrow
for the late Sir Tim Sherbolt's had a lot of type,
had a lot to do with for him in the
past and just houses about what his losses meant for
the community. Dan Bryer of Beef and Lea, New Zealand
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Zealand and a resident sporting gury Nathan Burden. What is
going on with the n z R moment and the
tourist south from about to get underway this weekend. Dave
Morrison of PGG writes, and because the stock sale report
from Charlton and then we'll start the Yewur with Brenton Helden.
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Speaker 1 (02:39):
Brenton Helden Farms near ben Moore and joins us this
afternoon on the muster. Haldi, good afternoon and welcome to
twenty twenty six.
Speaker 5 (02:48):
Have you good?
Speaker 6 (02:49):
Good to hear from me again?
Speaker 1 (02:51):
How's a holiday season been for you? Or has it
just been a bit too hectic to contemplate?
Speaker 6 (02:55):
A boy got away for a week just after Christmas
and Cromwell for New Year, so tried to spot a
bit of sun but it was wee bit chilly up
there too, so but no, it was good. Then I
hit a weekend away last weekend, just shot up Cromwell.
The mate up to a stationed up the Linda's Valley
there and did a bit of hunting and a bit
of for the hydration as well. So that was good.
Speaker 4 (03:18):
Did you get a feed for the freezer?
Speaker 6 (03:20):
Yeah? We we managed to spot one just on our
way back to the Bloody Shears quarters. On our way
home there was one standing in a bed at one
silly bugger, so here we took them.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
So like some numbers of what you're saying when you're
going away having a bit doing a bit of deer talking,
are you saying much at the moment.
Speaker 6 (03:34):
Yeah, there's there's plenty about, Like up that Linda's valley,
they're just choker like they're taking out hundreds a year
with the chopper. It's yeah, only really stretching the surface.
So like these ones were standing round the between the
homestead and the sharing quarters that these ones were standing,
So you know there's plenty about.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Yeah, it's a real concern when you go ahead, I
suppose and that this tree situation isn't going to help
things either.
Speaker 6 (03:59):
No, No, you'll be He'll be plenty of stories of
people have got to be running into them on the
back roads. I'd say.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
Now where you're based there, you're just decide that main
drag there through the lumpstone from winter and the lights
and traffic at the moment you reckon, it's as heavy
as what has been for about six weeks.
Speaker 6 (04:16):
Yeah, yeah, I know there's plenty of barks and caravans
and trailers all still heading away up country for holiday,
and there's probably more going away than coming back. So yeah,
standing in the yards the last few days, you still
see what's going past. That's got goodn't you do?
Speaker 1 (04:30):
You have to move too many stock movements across the
road as such? Is it something your farm has to
put up with?
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Yeah? I do.
Speaker 6 (04:36):
Yeah, Yeah, we're gonna we'll just take them all the
ulms across the road and take up to the main yards.
And yeah, it's it's not too bad. We've we've got
signs we put up and as we go across there,
and yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Well I suppose of management when it comes to moving stock.
You haven't had to go to road cones yet. It's
a bonus.
Speaker 6 (04:53):
No, No, I don't want to have to go to flashing lights
and all and yellow jackets and that. So we try
to get them across quick as possible. I still run
a handful of car using with the U lambs and
stuff to get him across the road for a couple
of times. And then yeah, after two or three times
across the road, they're he's pretty good.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Yeah, that's really good thinking. And even when I wend
the lambs, once upon a time, you'd always leave a
couple of used in there just to lead them through
gateways and there. I mean it's like when you're dipping
and you've got younger stock going through a sheller dip
they're not keen on it, but a few older heads
and then it makes a big difference.
Speaker 6 (05:25):
Right, Yeah, that's it. You just need those couple of
leaders and then yeah, where he goes because god, so.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Hell are things looking over the feed wise anyway? Because
depending on who you speak to around the province, they're
after a bit of moisture.
Speaker 6 (05:38):
Yeah, we could do what we could do with a
with a good probably enterrangal. We haven't had a decent
range since it's for those thunderstorms or the twenty seventh
and December, so bent he had probably five or six
milks and seams. So there's a few crops there that
are looking to leave it thirsty and if they covers
are still pretty good. Like there's some pretty good quality
lamb tucker about. So she's not paying ex stations yet,
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but yeah, as long we get some rain the next
week or ten days will be looking pretty good.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
Have you had issues at all over the years with
the clover root weavil?
Speaker 6 (06:08):
Yeah, we went that first year it was sort of
season was here where we got hit pretty hard that year.
That was. Yeah, that was pretty tough going. And then yeah,
once we got those wasps and it sort of knocked
them back and we sort of really you still see
the odd knock out of a clover leath, but it's
not not not the extent it was that that first year.
It was sort of here.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
Yeah, you do hear about parts of northern South and
in particular where it still exists, but certainly at the
time it just came in and luckily getting these wasps established,
it was it was like the panteen effect wasn't overnight,
but eventually it happened.
Speaker 6 (06:40):
Right, Yeah, yeah, definitely, and like it took a significant
effect on the lambs, like it was, it was pretty
slow going get lambs away that year. It was. Yeah,
she was a real sort of drag getting them, getting
them up to white. It just shows you that the
impact that clover has on their diet. And they blogger
put condition on.
Speaker 4 (06:57):
So you're getting lambs away all right at the moment,
where was.
Speaker 6 (07:00):
Yeah, Now, we had a really good winning draft in December,
and then we had another good winning draft off the
Hoggits and I've just had another hundred away yesterday so
it's looking pretty good. There's there's to be some big
lamps in another two or three weeks once they get shown,
and yeah, yeah, now I'm pretty pretty happy with how
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we're looking now.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
So as far as lambes off hoggots as opposed to
lambs off the elder years, do you notice much of
a difference.
Speaker 6 (07:27):
No, they're just as good the whites were. Yeah, the
whites were about the sign the ones that hung up,
and then yeah, there will be the average whites of
the rest of them were probably about pretty similar. Actually,
the mode anything half a killer or killer behind that's
pretty much. Hoggets get pretty well looked after.
Speaker 4 (07:45):
So yeah, hell heavy do you have the hoggets when
they go to the rain?
Speaker 6 (07:51):
Ideally I like to have them about forty eight fifty keiler,
but they were a wee bit louder this year. They're
about four I think they were.
Speaker 4 (08:00):
They're still pretty good for a hoggeting none the least two.
Speaker 6 (08:02):
Yeah. Yeah, but you're obviously the opinion, if you're going
to do it, you got to do it really well,
otherwise you must not bother. So yeah, I'll try to
make them as big as they can.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Now you're saying before that your Yes, your crops, they're
a little bit on the thirsty side. Would you say
that January is just being January and we're just looking
at a bit of a movement in the seasons.
Speaker 6 (08:22):
Yeah, possibly, Like, yeah, January is normally pretty Yeah, it's
not normally that when Deceeve is normally your week one, Well,
what I notice in you and just dry out a
weave in January? But yeah, some of the crops, Somemer
crops are all right. The ones that were direct drilled
are pretty good, Like they hold their moisture pretty well.
That are the ones that were worked around kicking crops though, Yeah,
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they dry out a bit more so they could definitely
do with a good good share of rain on them.
Speaker 4 (08:48):
What would be your ever drainfall there?
Speaker 6 (08:49):
You reckon when I said they had a couple other
times and I wasn't true sure, so I went back
and actually locked and it's about about seven fifteen seven fifty.
Speaker 4 (09:00):
Time's the child.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
We got an answer, But fear Jews, there's not a
lot of rainfall, to be honest with, You're located.
Speaker 6 (09:05):
Unless my rain gauge is wrong. It's an electronic one,
but yeah, it probably is a little bit low. But
I was going to say, you know what we've had
in the last twelve months when I look and as.
Speaker 4 (09:15):
Well, are you're talking about getting kettle away?
Speaker 1 (09:17):
I mean, well if it's a bit dryer at the
moment too, and a bit of top a round where
you've got the perfect synergy, go, yeah.
Speaker 6 (09:24):
You know that kettle is pretty good. We've got we've
got them spread out. What's the u land Well, all
the lambs actually, there's about teen or twelve in each
land mob. So we slowly just chip away them and yeah,
twenty away today and I think another twenty away another
or three weeks here.
Speaker 4 (09:41):
And what breed are you working with?
Speaker 6 (09:43):
Predominantly we've been mostly Angus Hereford's crosses and I've got
a few here for Heafer's there.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
Yeah, yeah, good old here for there's nothing wrong with that.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
Hey, before you finished up to pre season training back
into it last night too.
Speaker 4 (09:59):
For the mighty bar. It comes around quicker than not,
I suppose, yeah, it does.
Speaker 6 (10:03):
It seems it seemed quite early this year, and I
let the coach know about that too. Yeah, so we
did a bronco and yeah, a couple of foot and
the strills. We didn't actually see a rugby ball, and
he said we weren't going to for a couple of
weeks yet.
Speaker 4 (10:16):
I thought, however, what do you do the Bronco win.
Speaker 6 (10:20):
I snuck an under five minutes, which I was pretty
impressed with. Yeah. There was a couple of young follows
there that were well ahead of me, and there was
a few other follows well behind me, So I thought
I was pretty happy with my time.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
That's pretty good going. I mean, you know, you're still
placing up the boots this year. To do that around
the to five minute time frame, it's it's pretty it's
exceptional to be fair.
Speaker 6 (10:42):
Yeah, yeah, I've got done for a couple of week
three kilometer trots around the farm last week and the
week before, but nothing too serious.
Speaker 7 (10:50):
But yeah, all you need.
Speaker 4 (10:51):
To say is that your farm fit.
Speaker 6 (10:52):
That's all you need to do, right Yeah yeah, yeah,
always fine.
Speaker 4 (10:56):
But hey, you got only how do you let you
carry on? Always good to care up?
Speaker 6 (11:00):
Not very good Tony.
Speaker 4 (11:04):
Bresident Helden Farming, just out of Benmore.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
This is the muster up next and the cargo MP
Penny Simmons.
Speaker 4 (11:12):
The next thing I remember looking down the stream of
doing all right with the fires.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
Yeah, Penny Simmons is MP from the Cargo. She's Minister
for the Environment amongst other portfolios. Enjoys us for the
first time in twenty twenty six, Penny, Welcome to the
muster once again.
Speaker 8 (11:34):
Yes, happy new year to you and all your listeners.
And it's been an interesting so the summer for us,
hasn't it. It's it's not one of our best summers,
I don't think, but then we didn't get some of
those extremes at the North Island we're getting. So yeah,
we've been pretty happy down here. I was down at
Riverton and you can certainly get down on the beach
amongst the rocks and enjoy the sun, even if there's
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a bit of a call wind around now.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
The song we started with it called Late in the
Evening by Paul Simon, which is kind of relevant because
Parliament was sitting into urgency and you were going to
like about two am in the morning trying to get
a few things past for the regarding the National policy statements.
Speaker 8 (12:13):
Yeah, yes, we were, indeed, so that a couple of
very busy weeks before we finished before Christmas, getting prepared
for the New Resource Management Act and as you say,
getting these national directions for councils passed. So national policy
statements give direction for councils in terms of their consensing
(12:34):
and a lot of them come into effect today. So
that's around things like quarrying during that we can be
getting the aggregate out of the ground that we need
to be building roads, a lot of infrastructure and renewable energy.
National policy statements also around land use.
Speaker 5 (12:58):
For the LUCK alluse be.
Speaker 8 (13:02):
Soil types one, two and three, allowing a little bit
more flexibility around LUCK three land. So a lot of
this national direction is part of the changes around the
RIMA and it's giving that direction to councils to ensure
that things are freed up. Can sense a freed up
(13:23):
so we can be getting the infrastructure happening that we
need to, the roading aquaculture occurring that we need to
So just part of that RIMA freeing up, consenting getting
things moving in this country so we can build things,
we can make things, we can get more productivity going
(13:46):
for our country. So it's good to see this coming
into effect now and it is payment for those long
hours and those couple of weeks before Christmas getting it
through the legislation through So what is.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
Going to be the biggest effects regarding farming with these changes.
Speaker 8 (14:03):
I think people will be interested around the land use
classification being able to free up that class cree Category
three land. It's really important that we protect the one
and two, which is our highly productive land that we
grow a lot of our horticultural products on food on
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LUCK three was causing some issues around not being able
to subdivide off houses. If farmers built a neighboring farm
and they wanted to subdivide a house and a few
acres off for a local contractor or a small business
that wanted to have that we better land, they were
often prevented from doing that. So I think around that
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LUCK free land they will see some differences there from
councils and the consenting that consents they allow.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
So regarding the arimays the changes there, this all comes
into effect as well.
Speaker 6 (15:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (15:00):
Well, a lot of the RAMA stuff has still got
to work through. This is setting the platform for the
RIMA changes. So the actual RMA change legislation still has
to go through the Select committee process, but we've done
this ahead of that so that councils are getting a
very clear direction on where they should be heading.
Speaker 4 (15:23):
Yeah, that's a big thing.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
You have a couple of weeks out of the job,
you're trying to rejig what actually went on because deceb
it just seems like a big blur.
Speaker 4 (15:29):
Penny.
Speaker 8 (15:31):
Yeah, well, that urgency week, certainly for us, was a
big blur going through. I think we did treen o'clock
at night, twelve o'clock at night, twenty to two at night,
and then another twelve o'clock. So yeah, it was a
big blur, but they were things that we knew we
had to get through. And these national directions really are
very much the platform for saying we need to see
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mining happening, we need to see quarrying happening. We need
to see more flexible land juice, particularly around the less
highly productive. We need to see renewable energy occurring. We
need to see freeing up of things like the granny
flats that comes into effect today not having to get
(16:15):
consent to build granny flats up to the size of
seventy square meters. So freeing up a lot of things
means councils don't have to be doing the same amount
of work on it. That takes some pressure off councils.
It takes pressure off builders, takes pressure off developers. It
calls costs out of things that we're doing that aren't
(16:36):
that cost productive. It wasn't adding anything to it. And
so now we free that up and we get.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
Things moving and just finally, Sir Tim Shebold, his funeral
is tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (16:49):
You've had a lot to do with Tim over the years.
Speaker 8 (16:52):
Yes, yeah, Look it's a real privilege. I've been asked
to speak at it. I had a lot to do
with them over twig five sash Is. I don't think
we'll see the likes of sert him in politics again.
He was incredibly unique, an amazing orator. You know, he
could communicate with anyone, fantastic comedian. But I guess one
(17:15):
of the things that I appreciated the most was his
compassion for people. And you know, he went out of
his way to help students at siit to help people
things like the Disability Enterprise down here and in Vicago.
He used his casting vote to ensure that they kept
(17:37):
the recycling contract. He had a real fashion for people,
and I think that under pinned everything he did. You'll
find that his comedy was never nasty and vindictive and personal.
His communications were always taking the mickey out of himself.
(17:58):
And you know, he just had had a really nice
compassion for people that were the foundation of everything that
he did. So yeah, very very sad to be farewelling him.
Just an absolute icon for us. Spent so many years
as mea down here. There are people that it's been
(18:18):
their whole sort of life time that he was twenty
six years, twenty four consecutively, twenty six years as mayor.
Speaker 5 (18:27):
You know, there are.
Speaker 8 (18:27):
People in their thirties and forties that knew no other
mayor for most of their lifetime.
Speaker 1 (18:32):
And that's something. He's somebody who's been synonymous. Doesn't matter
where you live in New Zealand, you knew who was
ware of in Chicago exactly.
Speaker 8 (18:41):
And I don't know if we'll ever get that again.
Speaker 5 (18:43):
And it was a.
Speaker 8 (18:44):
Wonderful thing for in Chicago and a number of institutions
in in Chicago like es it because he bought an awareness,
he bought marketing that you could never pay for, the
yard that you could never pay for. So you know,
we'll always be grateful to him for that.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
Penny Simmons MP from the Cargo, Thanks for your time
on the muster.
Speaker 8 (19:06):
Once again, Thanks Andy bye with Bars Penny Simmons.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
They're reflecting on the life of times of Sir Tim Shedbolt,
Sir Tim's funeral heppening tomorrow and Vicagoo. You're listening to
the Muster from Beef and Lad New Zealand. Den Bryer,
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Speaker 1 (19:40):
Dan Bryer, as general Manager of Farming Excellence for Beef
and Lamb New Zealand, and joins us this afternoon on
the Muster. Good afternoon, Dan, we're straight back into the
farming year. I suppose it hasn't really stopped for truth knowing,
but when it comes down to Beef and Lamb's perspective,
you're planning for the next twelve months.
Speaker 7 (19:58):
Yeah, absolutely right. So this is to be a really
big year for us. It's an exciting year. It's good
that farmers have got having a pretty good season, had
a great season last year. Farmer sentiments really high, So yeah,
we're very excited about.
Speaker 1 (20:11):
It coming in, especially when you look at prices arguably
on an all time high. But the concern out there
is we don't need it to plant, so now we
want to stay at a happy medium place.
Speaker 7 (20:20):
Yeah, absolutely right. I sold a a few cattle just
the last week up here in the way Kaddow and
the money it sort of feels unreal, to be honest.
So you completely agree. We want it to stay at
a reasonable rate so that people can make money, so
the breeders can make money, so the finishers can make money,
and so the processes can make money too.
Speaker 1 (20:37):
Importantly, would you say there's a lot of confidence throughout
the industry that this can be achieved.
Speaker 7 (20:42):
Yeah, absolutely right. So the fundamentals, particularly on the B
side of this, the fundamentals worldwide are really strong. So
certainly for the next three or four years, it looks
good with that rebuild that needs to happen in the US.
Simon Quilty is a guy you might have heard of.
His analyst from around the world, and he's coming to
out the Gate event that we're having in May. He's
coming back that he came last year, he's coming back
(21:02):
again this year. He's got some really interesting insights into
what's happening around the world and why our prices are
what they are and how they should stay. So Yeah,
sheep and beef are both pretty strong for the next
little while, hopefully.
Speaker 1 (21:13):
I spoke to Simon probably about August last year, and
it was fascinating his insight, the argument's there. What he quoted,
I think everything's gone above and beyond as well. So
he's a very interesting guy to get a perspective from.
Speaker 7 (21:24):
Yeah, absolutely right, So it's really awesome that we can
get him back again for that outgate event that's in
christ Church and I think twentieth and May, so pint
to lead into your diary. It's going to be great.
We'll have Simon, we'll have some other really good speakers
and interesting for speakers for farmers there too. But yeah,
I'm while Simon keeps talking the price up, I'm going
to keep listening to them.
Speaker 1 (21:43):
So the general manager of Farming Excellence just go into
a bit of detail about what that's about, all right.
Speaker 7 (21:49):
So essentially I look after what we do behind the
farm gates and very broad term. So we've got research
teams working on things like parasites or facial exma, trying
to find some solutions for farmers. Obviously, our genetics team
based in Dnedan is really important underpinning that sheep sector
and also working really hard on beef and dairy beef
as well. And then we have the extension team, so
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we we figure things out, turn them into tool farmers
can use, and then our extension teams are in the
field helping farmers pick up those skills, learn new things,
connect with each other, and drive their help support them
drive in their farm businesses.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
So like to the where and Wise where its shops
for example a continuation?
Speaker 7 (22:27):
Yeah, right, so where wise is such an important, such
an important asset to the sector. Really has been around
for twenty years. Jenny de Dunsky does such a great
job of driving that for us and beef and them.
We're really proud to sponsor that, or not sponsor it,
we fund it, and we're really proud that we make
that happen because it's such a massive problem for farmers
that parasite resistance as.
Speaker 1 (22:47):
Far as trench resistance. So do you think the issue
is just it just keeps getting worse.
Speaker 7 (22:52):
Unfortunately, Well, it's not going to go away, there's no
doubt about that. And I'm just squirting more drenchs at
the problem. Isn't the solution We know that, So you
know there's a really important work that Jenny's doing. There's
also a lot of work that we're doing with some
of our partners, like the old aggressarsion, how the Bioscience
Economy CSRO in Australia on some of the more fundamental
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research that we need to do to help farmers. There's
a farm system solution here, there's diagnostics, there's all sorts
of things that go into how we deal with this.
But it's certainly a massive issue for farmers that's only
getting bigger. We're starting to see more of it in
the cattle side of the sector too now. So just
a really important area for us to work on in
an area that we want to we're hoping to carry
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on doing more and more and more on to help farmers.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
Just around the country at the moment, there's a lot
of different weather events that are occurring one way or
the other. A lot of areas they've got that nice
bowl of porridge in the middle that's nice and warm,
other ones inside the two hot or too cold to
kind of phrase are we seeing that We're just seeing
around the country though, like has been a decent growing
season from what you're hearing so used to know.
Speaker 7 (24:00):
I think You're exactly right that it's just sort of
a little bit hot and cold, like even down in
your guys Nekelar Woods. I think just in the last
couple of weeks it sort of just started off a
but Hawks Bay has been really hot and to the
risk risk of fires and that sort of thing over there,
and some areas have been quite dry in there, but
also some areas that hadn't had lots of rain. I'm
in the Whitekadow and we're supposed to get sixty mils
(24:20):
of rain today, so we're we're pretty strong on this
side of the country. So yeah, a real mixed bag
nowhere that we're really panicking about just at the minute,
but certainly lots of areas where we need to keep
an eye on it, and we're just seeing these big
variations a year a year of what's happening in the
with the weather and the pasty growth. Great thing is
that with store pricing and cattle and sheep pricing being
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so strong, farmers got options.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
So when you look back at twenty twenty five, apart
from the prices, what was a really what was the
success story from the beef, sheep lamb sector, would just
sheep beef sector, so.
Speaker 7 (24:53):
For us a beef and lamb it was a big year.
I guess a couple of things. One that came through
not particularly exciting, but super important is that policy change
around the methane targets. So some of our guys have
been working on that five or six years to get
the policy changed from being unrealistic and not science based
to a more realistic methane target for farming, so.
Speaker 5 (25:15):
That it was really important.
Speaker 7 (25:17):
That big year for trade last year, so Donald Trump,
it was all the weird stuff that was happening around
the world instead of trade, and so our guys were
super busy on there. And at Christmas time, I think
a new year actually the China Safeguard measure, which means
that our beef going into China is not going to
be badly affected by their decisions over there. It was
a real massive win for us. Lots of good work
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in the field, so our extension teams doing good stuff
with our farmers. We went through a bit of a
strategic change last year which we applied and we're really
starting to see it comes through and farmers getting real
value out of what we're providing for them in the field.
With those field days and workshops and our focus groups.
So yeah, a really really good year, lots of highlights.
Speaker 1 (26:00):
Is a terrorists with Donald Trump? Are we actually seeing
much of an effect on Kiwi farmers?
Speaker 7 (26:05):
Well, so what we're seeing at the moment is back
to that Simon cruelty piece, right, because there's such a
shortage of protein and beef in particular in the States.
The answer is not really, so most of that cost
is being passed through to the customer. So yeah, the
short answer is not really. The problem is that it
just creates these these strange flows, like the waders of
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beef from Brazil go when they change their mind, or
the Argentina and suddenly making decisions about argenta. So it's
sort of the uncertainty that's more of the problem rather
than the impact on pricing just at the minute.
Speaker 1 (26:40):
And as well the Indian Free trade agreements signed up
just before Christmas as well, this is something that's been
a long time in the offering.
Speaker 7 (26:47):
Yes, absolutely right, So that's great use for a sector
and credit to the government and all of the people
that put in their time and effort to make that happen.
So we know they need a lot of lamb in
India and we've got a lot of lamb, so hopefully
we can make those things work together. A really important
thing to keep on opening up new new markets for us,
so you full credit to the government for the good
work there.
Speaker 1 (27:08):
Now it's an election, you're dan, Is there a concern,
though you talked about omissions briefly before, is there a
concern that a change, a possible change of government means
all this just goes out the window and we're back
to square one?
Speaker 2 (27:21):
I hope not.
Speaker 7 (27:21):
I mean, who knows. I don't know, Crystal Ball. If
I did, I'd be a rich man. Hopefully not. You know,
we're working really hard and with all parties, as is
the whole sector, and we're trying to make sure that
these we don't get these knee jerk swings and any
policy really because it just makes it so hard to farm,
as you know, if you don't know what's going to happen,
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So we need some certainty and we're really working hard
to make sure that that doesn't happen. So who knows,
but hopefully not at resting times.
Speaker 1 (27:50):
Dan Bryer of Beef and Lave neew Zealand, thanks very
much for your time on the muster cool.
Speaker 7 (27:54):
Thanks, it's great concheture.
Speaker 1 (27:57):
Dan Bryer of Beef and Lab New Zealand clicked Beef
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New Zealand Jill Naylor.
Speaker 4 (28:24):
Welcome back.
Speaker 1 (28:24):
This is the Muster on Hakanui. Jill Naylor of Ural Women,
New Zealand joins us this afternoon.
Speaker 4 (28:30):
Get a jel gooday.
Speaker 5 (28:31):
How are you?
Speaker 7 (28:32):
Happy New Years to you, Andy, Yeah, Happy New.
Speaker 4 (28:34):
Year to you as well. How's things been for you
over the holiday season?
Speaker 9 (28:38):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (28:39):
Lovely?
Speaker 5 (28:39):
Yeah, a great catch up time was family and friends
and caught up with all the grandkids and lots of family. Yeah.
Bit of time in the caravan out at Sir Bethans
and yeah it was awesome, a lovely, lovely break Yeah.
Speaker 4 (28:54):
And no doubt the weather played ball.
Speaker 5 (28:57):
Yeah it did pretty much. It wasn't a stunningly hot
some Christmas New Year period, but it was reasonably calm
and yeah, yeah it was good. It was good.
Speaker 4 (29:07):
Rural Women, New Zealand. What's been happening there.
Speaker 5 (29:10):
Well, just coming back from that Christmas bake break really yeah, no,
there's all things going on. We've got this awards open again.
We've changed the timing of it a little. We're calling
for entries now. The gala event will be in July
at Parliament. So that's exciting just to as a part
(29:33):
of the wind up for our centennial year. Yeah, so
that's that's exciting. Business Awards. The Business Awards open for entries,
so please go and check it out. There's the seven
categories there and everyone who has entered has always got
a lot out of it, even if whether they make
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it through the next round or not. Feabulous way to
showcase our amazing women who are in business in rural
New Zealand and just to have the diversity that there
is out there in our rural communities. It's awesome. So
if you're a woman in business, go check out our
website Rural Women in Debt dot in deed.
Speaker 4 (30:12):
So it doesn't matter what the size of the business is, Nope, nope, Oh, there.
Speaker 5 (30:17):
Is there is categories, there's there's criteria, but yeah, the female,
the woman just needs to be a fifty fifty percent
ownership in the business.
Speaker 1 (30:28):
Hey, I used to go to school Nomaru once upon
a time and I couldn't wait to get the hell
out of there. But as you get older and you
actually go through State Highway One, you go down that
old precinct. I think it's one of the untapped treasures
of New Zealand. The more you drive through there, there's
so much going on, and it's something happening in Amaru. Actually,
(30:50):
just coinciding with this is the Triple If Challenge.
Speaker 4 (30:52):
What's this about?
Speaker 5 (30:54):
Yeah, right, okay, so the Triple If Challenge started years ago.
We used to do the rail trail with rural women.
It's fitness, fun and friendship. So it still exists. It's fitness,
fun and friendship, but it just varies on where it's set.
And this year we are going to Omorou. We've got
three awesome days or well two days in a couple
of nights from the thirteenth to the sixteenth of March
(31:17):
in Omoro. So yeah, there's a mix of everything. We
go out to the Elephant Rocks for a picnic, picnic,
lunch in it and a wander around stop off at
Done Troon. We go to the Penguin gone to the Penguins.
We just really explore Omoro and the local area. We've
(31:39):
got a trip to Riverstone and amongst all that as well. Yeah,
so there's lots going on.
Speaker 4 (31:47):
The more.
Speaker 5 (31:49):
I'm not sure if we're getting as far as Mareki.
I don't believe we do that. Riverstone definitely, and yeah,
it's a really cool option there and that is also
on the Royal Women New Zealand website. You don't have
to be a member to go. Anybody can go. It's yeah,
it's it's a great weekend. So yeah, let's check out
(32:11):
Ruralwomen zed dot m ZED and look for the Triple
F Challenge Fitness, Fun and Friendship.
Speaker 4 (32:18):
Yeah and beautiful Room.
Speaker 5 (32:20):
Yeah yeah, yeah, now it should be good.
Speaker 1 (32:25):
The Sharing Shared series of online webinars Sharing Spout s.
Speaker 4 (32:29):
H A R I n G.
Speaker 6 (32:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (32:32):
Yeah, no, this this is fun. It's good fun. We
did we've done a series, did a series towards later
last year and this year we've got this is a
summer series that's coming on now. We've got one on
the twenty seventh of January. It's Being a Great Boss
with Lee Estridge from number eight HR. She's awesome. And
(32:56):
on the tenth of feb we've got one from Marika Dunce.
She's on egritourism. Questions are there so there should be
a lot of interest in that one. Another one on Tuesday,
twenty fourth of Feathers A I one O one from
zero to prompt hero And we've got on the twenty
fourth of March we've got Kessin Wright talking about mental health.
(33:20):
And here's one for you and you'll love this one.
Let's talk pelvic health.
Speaker 4 (33:28):
Jeez, I thought you talk the Staggs or something like
that for a minute.
Speaker 5 (33:32):
No, no, no, we're going to ask you about this one.
Helber health.
Speaker 4 (33:37):
Pelvic health relevant.
Speaker 5 (33:38):
Yeah, it's very relevant for women, very very relevant for
women because women have all all sorts of things happen
around to pelvis. It's quite an important part, really, and
yet it's important that we look after it.
Speaker 1 (33:52):
Yeah, And the beauty of webinars is that it makes
it accessible for everybody as well, because you don't have
to go into one place. I mean, that's one thing
we learned six years ago around this time, is that
we had to learn to adapt to a different way
of communicating absolutely.
Speaker 3 (34:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (34:07):
Yeah, So it's a great. They are an hour long,
and again check out the website or if Atal Socials
have got the sharing sheet and stuff on it as well,
check it out and have a lock.
Speaker 6 (34:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (34:21):
Yeah, they're an awesome new little offering that we've got
going for our members. Yeah, which is great.
Speaker 1 (34:30):
Jill Naylor of Rural Women, New Zealand. You enjoy those
peervic webinars.
Speaker 4 (34:34):
And we'll be in touch.
Speaker 5 (34:38):
Oh sure, well, no, that's awesome. I thank.
Speaker 1 (34:43):
Jill Naylor of We're a Women, New Zealand. Didn't know
where that was going there for a moment, but we're.
Speaker 4 (34:47):
Back on track.
Speaker 1 (34:49):
Nathan Bird and our residence Sporting Guru is up next.
What on earth is happening with the abs?
Speaker 5 (34:57):
And this when I was a little boy.
Speaker 1 (35:09):
Our residents Sporting Gary Nathan Burnan joins us once again
this afternoon, get a nath house things.
Speaker 2 (35:14):
Yeah good, thanks Mace. Welcome to twenty twenty six and.
Speaker 4 (35:17):
It started off in a while in a big way.
Speaker 1 (35:20):
There's a lot of rumors going around that Scott Robertson
is on his way out of coaching the All Blacks
and Made of Mind. Tim Sanson sent through a missive
saying disposable razor.
Speaker 2 (35:31):
Yeah, not quite gone by lunchtime. But the I mean,
the years don't get any any bigger. That doesn't the
news doesn't get much bigger than it doesn't than than
a report of an all Black coach being sacked. And
you would imagine some of the language that's being used
in these previews is pretty strong. People are obviously feeling
(35:51):
pretty confident about the sources that they've got that so
it does it does appear that the writing's.
Speaker 6 (35:58):
On the wall.
Speaker 4 (35:59):
Well, all's not well.
Speaker 1 (36:01):
We've known that there's been changes in the coaching personnel
over the past couple of seasons, and people like Leia
McDonald I thought he was pretty close to raisers, so
some things at play there. But at the same time,
you can argue that player power, if this is the case,
it's all speculating at the moment, of course, is that
player powers pulling through.
Speaker 2 (36:20):
Yeah, And I've got to admit I was pretty excited,
you know, for the whole Scott Robertson era to get underway.
I felt like Ian Foster's tenure was probably a continuation
of what we'd had before, and that the rugby world
felt like it was moving on and the All Blacks
weren't necessarily moving at the same pace. And you know,
(36:42):
for a nation that had always been very much an innovator,
when it came to the fifteen man code, we'd sort
of we'd fallen behind and wasn't really a place that
we that we could be. So I felt like Scott
Robertson would would take us forward. But over the past
two years it's a team that you know, they've flattered
to deceive at times. I've been they've been inconsistent. I
(37:04):
guess set that inconsistency that at the end of the day,
if Scott Robertson does lose his job, that'll be the
that'll be the key factor. And I guess when it
comes to the to their inconsistency, if it's not a
united group, that's probably that's sort of the symptom that
you see, isn't it when if not every if everyone's
not pulling in the same direction, if they don't understand
(37:24):
what they're trying to achieve, if they don't trust the
people around them, and that's that's I guess some of
the criticisms that we're hearing at the moment, Well.
Speaker 1 (37:31):
The player stood behind Ian Foster and when he was
in Foster in South Africa and he was about to
go on the way out. But by the sounds of it,
the total opposite has occurred this time.
Speaker 2 (37:41):
Yeah, even though I mean Scott Robertson's got something like
a seventy four percent win rate, Ian Foster finished with
sixty nine percent. But yeah, you're right, so've senior players
that saved the and Foster when when his head was
on the was on the block and got him through
to that to that Rugby World Cup where you know,
we almost want to we almost won a world title,
(38:03):
let's be fair. But it's a massive year coming up
with the Nation's Cup and a huge campaign for the
All Blacks. We're midway through that World Cup cycle. If
you are going to bring in a new coaching unit,
you've you've got to give them a couple of years
to get the job done, to get their feet under
the table, to really give them a decent crack. And
(38:24):
by the same token, you know, and the whole thing
that the shadow of the silver ap money. You know,
at a time when the All Blacks brand needs to
be super strong to really maximize some of that investment
that's gone into it, this inconsistency really doesn't do the
brand the what we need from it.
Speaker 4 (38:45):
Yeah, we see how this pans out.
Speaker 1 (38:47):
Now, the Tour of Southland supposed to be in October
postponed for the obvious suit of the weather Cats off
this weekend.
Speaker 4 (38:55):
You're all over this like a rash.
Speaker 2 (38:57):
You're pretty excited about a januarys be Tour south and
to be fair, obviously state of emergency in late October
November when the race is traditionally held. So a very
good call to postpone that race, and just a huge
amount of work from a bunch of people, you know,
from the from the volunteers, to the organizers, to the sponsors,
(39:20):
to to basically all the moving parts that make this
big race happen. To to avoid a cancelation and to
actually find another date that works and to get to
get the sixty ninth edition underway is a mammoth effort.
So really excited for Sunday. A slightly different start place
(39:40):
whore based around sort of y kiwe Rugby grounds in
Bainfield Road and Queen's Drive on Sunday rather than around
Queens Park, So a little bit of a change there,
but yeah, it's going to be the great sort of
nine hundred odd kilometers of racing.
Speaker 1 (39:54):
Josh Burnette, Marshall Lerwin for example, A few names look
out for from my life with perspective.
Speaker 2 (40:00):
Yeah, Josh Brunette's wouldn't have been available in November. He's
sort of badly bashed up his elbow and in a
racing accident, so it was injured out of that. So
this he's he's probably one of the one of the
big benefactors of the date change the bill, but he'll
have a massive target on his back. He he's won
this race two out of the last three editions and
(40:23):
he'd loved nothing more than a nothing more than a
three peet. But he will be riding with a different team,
riding with Pounette rather than his Zenz Cycling Project team
that got him across the line the last two times,
So that's a that's another another factor. But yeah, there'll
be there will be plenty of writers sort of looking
to take him down. But he's a classy rider. He
(40:45):
dominates on the climbs, the remarkables and Black Hull being
COO of those key clients that you know you've got
to probably win one of those stages if you're if
you're a serious contender for the Orange Jersey. And I'd
be very surprised if Josh Brunette wasn't sort of setting
the pay in the second half of the week.
Speaker 4 (41:01):
And Tara Tonga lights up as well.
Speaker 2 (41:04):
Yeah, looking at looking ahead to next weekend, the big
single seater meet at Tira Tonga, and you know we've
we've been blessed with you know, future F one stars,
the likes of Lando Norris and Arvan Lynn Blad and
and you know, when you go back into the back
into the history book, some of the some of the
great names of motorsport have come through Tira Tonga. So
(41:27):
you know, nothing will change this time around. You'll bill
be names that will feature next weekend that we'll probably
see on Drive to Survive in future future seasons.
Speaker 1 (41:37):
And just finally, Jacob Duffy he's got the ZPL contract.
We've got him on the show for a chat tomorrow.
But the black Caps they got a short ball format
win over India and India Darryl Mitchell, he's number two
in the od I batting rankings at the moment.
Speaker 2 (41:52):
Yeah, which is a great sort of bounce back from
Daryl Mitchell. Isn't another probably unfairly the number of replays
of the drop tats that he had in the in
the first one odio against India, so it so great
to see that happen and Jake Duffy getting a bit
of a spell in these early games after it's been
such a messive campaign and they definitely want to sharpen
(42:13):
him up for World Cup duties looking ahead, so hopefully
another big summer for Big Jake.
Speaker 6 (42:22):
Was in the.
Speaker 4 (42:22):
Yeshes an absolute disappointment.
Speaker 2 (42:25):
Dudes, wasn't it when the when there wasn't much else
happening on the box? So yeah, it was the old
remote was starting to get a bit of a workout
actually at times, trying to find something that that was worthwhile.
And there'll be some there's obviously some ongoing sort of
recriminations from that and whether the England coaching lineup and
and Brendan McCullum will survive the review. He might be
(42:49):
sharpening up his CV alongside Scott robertson praps.
Speaker 1 (42:52):
Good on your nath will chat to your next week
while you're on the tour looking forward to it sounds good, mate, Half.
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Dave Morrison's going to give a rundown on the prices.
Speaker 4 (43:44):
Good afternoon, teagle. How do we go.
Speaker 6 (43:47):
After?
Speaker 2 (43:48):
You?
Speaker 5 (43:48):
Look?
Speaker 9 (43:48):
Just a smaller medium ChIL They just you the time
of year? Uh, start them for two thirty medium sort
of one seventy five to a couple hundred with the
light of the prime lambs sort of one sixty five
to one seventy five.
Speaker 6 (44:11):
But yeah, I see reginal size yeating there into the US.
Speaker 8 (44:13):
Section, Andy, rest of the US what were they sort of.
Speaker 9 (44:17):
Early twos, early two hundred's mediums and away from sort
of one seventy five to one eighty with the line
of conditioned use around it sort of one forty to
one fifty dollars store lambs erasist store lands and if
they selling pretty well, rest of store lambs for the
one sort.
Speaker 7 (44:35):
Of one thirty five to one forty five, one
Speaker 9 (44:37):
Fifty medium lambs, sort of thirty kilo lambs andy down
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Cats off the muster this afternoon, followed up by Penny
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for the late Sir Tim Sherbolt's had a lot of type,
had a lot to do with for him in the
past and just houses about what his losses meant for
the community. Dan Bryer of Beef and Lea, New Zealand
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Zealand and a resident sporting gury Nathan Burden. What is
going on with the n z R moment and the
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Brenton Helden Farms near ben Moore and joins us this
afternoon on the muster. Haldi, good afternoon and welcome to
twenty twenty six.
Speaker 5 (02:48):
Have you good?
Speaker 6 (02:49):
Good to hear from me again?
Speaker 1 (02:51):
How's a holiday season been for you? Or has it
just been a bit too hectic to contemplate?
Speaker 6 (02:55):
A boy got away for a week just after Christmas
and Cromwell for New Year, so tried to spot a
bit of sun but it was wee bit chilly up
there too, so but no, it was good. Then I
hit a weekend away last weekend, just shot up Cromwell.
The mate up to a stationed up the Linda's Valley
there and did a bit of hunting and a bit
of for the hydration as well. So that was good.
Speaker 4 (03:18):
Did you get a feed for the freezer?
Speaker 6 (03:20):
Yeah? We we managed to spot one just on our
way back to the Bloody Shears quarters. On our way
home there was one standing in a bed at one
silly bugger, so here we took them.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
So like some numbers of what you're saying when you're
going away having a bit doing a bit of deer talking,
are you saying much at the moment.
Speaker 6 (03:34):
Yeah, there's there's plenty about, Like up that Linda's valley,
they're just choker like they're taking out hundreds a year
with the chopper. It's yeah, only really stretching the surface.
So like these ones were standing round the between the
homestead and the sharing quarters that these ones were standing,
So you know there's plenty about.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Yeah, it's a real concern when you go ahead, I
suppose and that this tree situation isn't going to help
things either.
Speaker 6 (03:59):
No, No, you'll be He'll be plenty of stories of
people have got to be running into them on the
back roads. I'd say.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
Now where you're based there, you're just decide that main
drag there through the lumpstone from winter and the lights
and traffic at the moment you reckon, it's as heavy
as what has been for about six weeks.
Speaker 6 (04:16):
Yeah, yeah, I know there's plenty of barks and caravans
and trailers all still heading away up country for holiday,
and there's probably more going away than coming back. So yeah,
standing in the yards the last few days, you still
see what's going past. That's got goodn't you do?
Speaker 1 (04:30):
You have to move too many stock movements across the
road as such? Is it something your farm has to
put up with?
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Yeah? I do.
Speaker 6 (04:36):
Yeah, Yeah, we're gonna we'll just take them all the
ulms across the road and take up to the main yards.
And yeah, it's it's not too bad. We've we've got
signs we put up and as we go across there,
and yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Well I suppose of management when it comes to moving stock.
You haven't had to go to road cones yet. It's
a bonus.
Speaker 6 (04:53):
No, No, I don't want to have to go to flashing lights
and all and yellow jackets and that. So we try
to get them across quick as possible. I still run
a handful of car using with the U lambs and
stuff to get him across the road for a couple
of times. And then yeah, after two or three times
across the road, they're he's pretty good.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Yeah, that's really good thinking. And even when I wend
the lambs, once upon a time, you'd always leave a
couple of used in there just to lead them through
gateways and there. I mean it's like when you're dipping
and you've got younger stock going through a sheller dip
they're not keen on it, but a few older heads
and then it makes a big difference.
Speaker 6 (05:25):
Right, Yeah, that's it. You just need those couple of
leaders and then yeah, where he goes because god, so.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Hell are things looking over the feed wise anyway? Because
depending on who you speak to around the province, they're
after a bit of moisture.
Speaker 6 (05:38):
Yeah, we could do what we could do with a
with a good probably enterrangal. We haven't had a decent
range since it's for those thunderstorms or the twenty seventh
and December, so bent he had probably five or six
milks and seams. So there's a few crops there that
are looking to leave it thirsty and if they covers
are still pretty good. Like there's some pretty good quality
lamb tucker about. So she's not paying ex stations yet,
(05:59):
but yeah, as long we get some rain the next
week or ten days will be looking pretty good.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
Have you had issues at all over the years with
the clover root weavil?
Speaker 6 (06:08):
Yeah, we went that first year it was sort of
season was here where we got hit pretty hard that year.
That was. Yeah, that was pretty tough going. And then yeah,
once we got those wasps and it sort of knocked
them back and we sort of really you still see
the odd knock out of a clover leath, but it's
not not not the extent it was that that first year.
It was sort of here.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
Yeah, you do hear about parts of northern South and
in particular where it still exists, but certainly at the
time it just came in and luckily getting these wasps established,
it was it was like the panteen effect wasn't overnight,
but eventually it happened.
Speaker 6 (06:40):
Right, Yeah, yeah, definitely, and like it took a significant
effect on the lambs, like it was, it was pretty
slow going get lambs away that year. It was. Yeah,
she was a real sort of drag getting them, getting
them up to white. It just shows you that the
impact that clover has on their diet. And they blogger
put condition on.
Speaker 4 (06:57):
So you're getting lambs away all right at the moment,
where was.
Speaker 6 (07:00):
Yeah, Now, we had a really good winning draft in December,
and then we had another good winning draft off the
Hoggits and I've just had another hundred away yesterday so
it's looking pretty good. There's there's to be some big
lamps in another two or three weeks once they get shown,
and yeah, yeah, now I'm pretty pretty happy with how
(07:21):
we're looking now.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
So as far as lambes off hoggots as opposed to
lambs off the elder years, do you notice much of
a difference.
Speaker 6 (07:27):
No, they're just as good the whites were. Yeah, the
whites were about the sign the ones that hung up,
and then yeah, there will be the average whites of
the rest of them were probably about pretty similar. Actually,
the mode anything half a killer or killer behind that's
pretty much. Hoggets get pretty well looked after.
Speaker 4 (07:45):
So yeah, hell heavy do you have the hoggets when
they go to the rain?
Speaker 6 (07:51):
Ideally I like to have them about forty eight fifty keiler,
but they were a wee bit louder this year. They're
about four I think they were.
Speaker 4 (08:00):
They're still pretty good for a hoggeting none the least two.
Speaker 6 (08:02):
Yeah. Yeah, but you're obviously the opinion, if you're going
to do it, you got to do it really well,
otherwise you must not bother. So yeah, I'll try to
make them as big as they can.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Now you're saying before that your Yes, your crops, they're
a little bit on the thirsty side. Would you say
that January is just being January and we're just looking
at a bit of a movement in the seasons.
Speaker 6 (08:22):
Yeah, possibly, Like, yeah, January is normally pretty Yeah, it's
not normally that when Deceeve is normally your week one, Well,
what I notice in you and just dry out a
weave in January? But yeah, some of the crops, Somemer
crops are all right. The ones that were direct drilled
are pretty good, Like they hold their moisture pretty well.
That are the ones that were worked around kicking crops though, Yeah,
(08:43):
they dry out a bit more so they could definitely
do with a good good share of rain on them.
Speaker 4 (08:48):
What would be your ever drainfall there?
Speaker 6 (08:49):
You reckon when I said they had a couple other
times and I wasn't true sure, so I went back
and actually locked and it's about about seven fifteen seven fifty.
Speaker 4 (09:00):
Time's the child.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
We got an answer, But fear Jews, there's not a
lot of rainfall, to be honest with, You're located.
Speaker 6 (09:05):
Unless my rain gauge is wrong. It's an electronic one,
but yeah, it probably is a little bit low. But
I was going to say, you know what we've had
in the last twelve months when I look and as.
Speaker 4 (09:15):
Well, are you're talking about getting kettle away?
Speaker 1 (09:17):
I mean, well if it's a bit dryer at the
moment too, and a bit of top a round where
you've got the perfect synergy, go, yeah.
Speaker 6 (09:24):
You know that kettle is pretty good. We've got we've
got them spread out. What's the u land Well, all
the lambs actually, there's about teen or twelve in each
land mob. So we slowly just chip away them and yeah,
twenty away today and I think another twenty away another
or three weeks here.
Speaker 4 (09:41):
And what breed are you working with?
Speaker 6 (09:43):
Predominantly we've been mostly Angus Hereford's crosses and I've got
a few here for Heafer's there.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
Yeah, yeah, good old here for there's nothing wrong with that.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
Hey, before you finished up to pre season training back
into it last night too.
Speaker 4 (09:59):
For the mighty bar. It comes around quicker than not,
I suppose, yeah, it does.
Speaker 6 (10:03):
It seems it seemed quite early this year, and I
let the coach know about that too. Yeah, so we
did a bronco and yeah, a couple of foot and
the strills. We didn't actually see a rugby ball, and
he said we weren't going to for a couple of
weeks yet.
Speaker 4 (10:16):
I thought, however, what do you do the Bronco win.
Speaker 6 (10:20):
I snuck an under five minutes, which I was pretty
impressed with. Yeah. There was a couple of young follows
there that were well ahead of me, and there was
a few other follows well behind me, So I thought
I was pretty happy with my time.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
That's pretty good going. I mean, you know, you're still
placing up the boots this year. To do that around
the to five minute time frame, it's it's pretty it's
exceptional to be fair.
Speaker 6 (10:42):
Yeah, yeah, I've got done for a couple of week
three kilometer trots around the farm last week and the
week before, but nothing too serious.
Speaker 7 (10:50):
But yeah, all you need.
Speaker 4 (10:51):
To say is that your farm fit.
Speaker 6 (10:52):
That's all you need to do, right Yeah yeah, yeah,
always fine.
Speaker 4 (10:56):
But hey, you got only how do you let you
carry on? Always good to care up?
Speaker 6 (11:00):
Not very good Tony.
Speaker 4 (11:04):
Bresident Helden Farming, just out of Benmore.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
This is the muster up next and the cargo MP
Penny Simmons.
Speaker 4 (11:12):
The next thing I remember looking down the stream of
doing all right with the fires.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
Yeah, Penny Simmons is MP from the Cargo. She's Minister
for the Environment amongst other portfolios. Enjoys us for the
first time in twenty twenty six, Penny, Welcome to the
muster once again.
Speaker 8 (11:34):
Yes, happy new year to you and all your listeners.
And it's been an interesting so the summer for us,
hasn't it. It's it's not one of our best summers,
I don't think, but then we didn't get some of
those extremes at the North Island we're getting. So yeah,
we've been pretty happy down here. I was down at
Riverton and you can certainly get down on the beach
amongst the rocks and enjoy the sun, even if there's
(11:56):
a bit of a call wind around now.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
The song we started with it called Late in the
Evening by Paul Simon, which is kind of relevant because
Parliament was sitting into urgency and you were going to
like about two am in the morning trying to get
a few things past for the regarding the National policy statements.
Speaker 8 (12:13):
Yeah, yes, we were, indeed, so that a couple of
very busy weeks before we finished before Christmas, getting prepared
for the New Resource Management Act and as you say,
getting these national directions for councils passed. So national policy
statements give direction for councils in terms of their consensing
(12:34):
and a lot of them come into effect today. So
that's around things like quarrying during that we can be
getting the aggregate out of the ground that we need
to be building roads, a lot of infrastructure and renewable energy.
National policy statements also around land use.
Speaker 5 (12:58):
For the LUCK alluse be.
Speaker 8 (13:02):
Soil types one, two and three, allowing a little bit
more flexibility around LUCK three land. So a lot of
this national direction is part of the changes around the
RIMA and it's giving that direction to councils to ensure
that things are freed up. Can sense a freed up
(13:23):
so we can be getting the infrastructure happening that we
need to, the roading aquaculture occurring that we need to
So just part of that RIMA freeing up, consenting getting
things moving in this country so we can build things,
we can make things, we can get more productivity going
(13:46):
for our country. So it's good to see this coming
into effect now and it is payment for those long
hours and those couple of weeks before Christmas getting it
through the legislation through So what is.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
Going to be the biggest effects regarding farming with these changes.
Speaker 8 (14:03):
I think people will be interested around the land use
classification being able to free up that class cree Category
three land. It's really important that we protect the one
and two, which is our highly productive land that we
grow a lot of our horticultural products on food on
(14:26):
LUCK three was causing some issues around not being able
to subdivide off houses. If farmers built a neighboring farm
and they wanted to subdivide a house and a few
acres off for a local contractor or a small business
that wanted to have that we better land, they were
often prevented from doing that. So I think around that
(14:46):
LUCK free land they will see some differences there from
councils and the consenting that consents they allow.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
So regarding the arimays the changes there, this all comes
into effect as well.
Speaker 6 (15:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (15:00):
Well, a lot of the RAMA stuff has still got
to work through. This is setting the platform for the
RIMA changes. So the actual RMA change legislation still has
to go through the Select committee process, but we've done
this ahead of that so that councils are getting a
very clear direction on where they should be heading.
Speaker 4 (15:23):
Yeah, that's a big thing.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
You have a couple of weeks out of the job,
you're trying to rejig what actually went on because deceb
it just seems like a big blur.
Speaker 4 (15:29):
Penny.
Speaker 8 (15:31):
Yeah, well, that urgency week, certainly for us, was a
big blur going through. I think we did treen o'clock
at night, twelve o'clock at night, twenty to two at night,
and then another twelve o'clock. So yeah, it was a
big blur, but they were things that we knew we
had to get through. And these national directions really are
very much the platform for saying we need to see
(15:53):
mining happening, we need to see quarrying happening. We need
to see more flexible land juice, particularly around the less
highly productive. We need to see renewable energy occurring. We
need to see freeing up of things like the granny
flats that comes into effect today not having to get
(16:15):
consent to build granny flats up to the size of
seventy square meters. So freeing up a lot of things
means councils don't have to be doing the same amount
of work on it. That takes some pressure off councils.
It takes pressure off builders, takes pressure off developers. It
calls costs out of things that we're doing that aren't
(16:36):
that cost productive. It wasn't adding anything to it. And
so now we free that up and we get.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
Things moving and just finally, Sir Tim Shebold, his funeral
is tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (16:49):
You've had a lot to do with Tim over the years.
Speaker 8 (16:52):
Yes, yeah, Look it's a real privilege. I've been asked
to speak at it. I had a lot to do
with them over twig five sash Is. I don't think
we'll see the likes of sert him in politics again.
He was incredibly unique, an amazing orator. You know, he
could communicate with anyone, fantastic comedian. But I guess one
(17:15):
of the things that I appreciated the most was his
compassion for people. And you know, he went out of
his way to help students at siit to help people
things like the Disability Enterprise down here and in Vicago.
He used his casting vote to ensure that they kept
(17:37):
the recycling contract. He had a real fashion for people,
and I think that under pinned everything he did. You'll
find that his comedy was never nasty and vindictive and personal.
His communications were always taking the mickey out of himself.
(17:58):
And you know, he just had had a really nice
compassion for people that were the foundation of everything that
he did. So yeah, very very sad to be farewelling him.
Just an absolute icon for us. Spent so many years
as mea down here. There are people that it's been
(18:18):
their whole sort of life time that he was twenty
six years, twenty four consecutively, twenty six years as mayor.
Speaker 5 (18:27):
You know, there are.
Speaker 8 (18:27):
People in their thirties and forties that knew no other
mayor for most of their lifetime.
Speaker 1 (18:32):
And that's something. He's somebody who's been synonymous. Doesn't matter
where you live in New Zealand, you knew who was
ware of in Chicago exactly.
Speaker 8 (18:41):
And I don't know if we'll ever get that again.
Speaker 5 (18:43):
And it was a.
Speaker 8 (18:44):
Wonderful thing for in Chicago and a number of institutions
in in Chicago like es it because he bought an awareness,
he bought marketing that you could never pay for, the
yard that you could never pay for. So you know,
we'll always be grateful to him for that.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
Penny Simmons MP from the Cargo, Thanks for your time
on the muster.
Speaker 8 (19:06):
Once again, Thanks Andy bye with Bars Penny Simmons.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
They're reflecting on the life of times of Sir Tim Shedbolt,
Sir Tim's funeral heppening tomorrow and Vicagoo. You're listening to
the Muster from Beef and Lad New Zealand. Den Bryer,
he's on next.
Speaker 3 (19:30):
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Speaker 1 (19:40):
Dan Bryer, as general Manager of Farming Excellence for Beef
and Lamb New Zealand, and joins us this afternoon on
the Muster. Good afternoon, Dan, we're straight back into the
farming year. I suppose it hasn't really stopped for truth knowing,
but when it comes down to Beef and Lamb's perspective,
you're planning for the next twelve months.
Speaker 7 (19:58):
Yeah, absolutely right. So this is to be a really
big year for us. It's an exciting year. It's good
that farmers have got having a pretty good season, had
a great season last year. Farmer sentiments really high, So yeah,
we're very excited about.
Speaker 1 (20:11):
It coming in, especially when you look at prices arguably
on an all time high. But the concern out there
is we don't need it to plant, so now we
want to stay at a happy medium place.
Speaker 7 (20:20):
Yeah, absolutely right. I sold a a few cattle just
the last week up here in the way Kaddow and
the money it sort of feels unreal, to be honest.
So you completely agree. We want it to stay at
a reasonable rate so that people can make money, so
the breeders can make money, so the finishers can make money,
and so the processes can make money too.
Speaker 1 (20:37):
Importantly, would you say there's a lot of confidence throughout
the industry that this can be achieved.
Speaker 7 (20:42):
Yeah, absolutely right. So the fundamentals, particularly on the B
side of this, the fundamentals worldwide are really strong. So
certainly for the next three or four years, it looks
good with that rebuild that needs to happen in the US.
Simon Quilty is a guy you might have heard of.
His analyst from around the world, and he's coming to
out the Gate event that we're having in May. He's
coming back that he came last year, he's coming back
(21:02):
again this year. He's got some really interesting insights into
what's happening around the world and why our prices are
what they are and how they should stay. So Yeah,
sheep and beef are both pretty strong for the next
little while, hopefully.
Speaker 1 (21:13):
I spoke to Simon probably about August last year, and
it was fascinating his insight, the argument's there. What he quoted,
I think everything's gone above and beyond as well. So
he's a very interesting guy to get a perspective from.
Speaker 7 (21:24):
Yeah, absolutely right, So it's really awesome that we can
get him back again for that outgate event that's in
christ Church and I think twentieth and May, so pint
to lead into your diary. It's going to be great.
We'll have Simon, we'll have some other really good speakers
and interesting for speakers for farmers there too. But yeah,
I'm while Simon keeps talking the price up, I'm going
to keep listening to them.
Speaker 1 (21:43):
So the general manager of Farming Excellence just go into
a bit of detail about what that's about, all right.
Speaker 7 (21:49):
So essentially I look after what we do behind the
farm gates and very broad term. So we've got research
teams working on things like parasites or facial exma, trying
to find some solutions for farmers. Obviously, our genetics team
based in Dnedan is really important underpinning that sheep sector
and also working really hard on beef and dairy beef
as well. And then we have the extension team, so
(22:09):
we we figure things out, turn them into tool farmers
can use, and then our extension teams are in the
field helping farmers pick up those skills, learn new things,
connect with each other, and drive their help support them
drive in their farm businesses.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
So like to the where and Wise where its shops
for example a continuation?
Speaker 7 (22:27):
Yeah, right, so where wise is such an important, such
an important asset to the sector. Really has been around
for twenty years. Jenny de Dunsky does such a great
job of driving that for us and beef and them.
We're really proud to sponsor that, or not sponsor it,
we fund it, and we're really proud that we make
that happen because it's such a massive problem for farmers
that parasite resistance as.
Speaker 1 (22:47):
Far as trench resistance. So do you think the issue
is just it just keeps getting worse.
Speaker 7 (22:52):
Unfortunately, Well, it's not going to go away, there's no
doubt about that. And I'm just squirting more drenchs at
the problem. Isn't the solution We know that, So you
know there's a really important work that Jenny's doing. There's
also a lot of work that we're doing with some
of our partners, like the old aggressarsion, how the Bioscience
Economy CSRO in Australia on some of the more fundamental
(23:16):
research that we need to do to help farmers. There's
a farm system solution here, there's diagnostics, there's all sorts
of things that go into how we deal with this.
But it's certainly a massive issue for farmers that's only
getting bigger. We're starting to see more of it in
the cattle side of the sector too now. So just
a really important area for us to work on in
an area that we want to we're hoping to carry
(23:37):
on doing more and more and more on to help farmers.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
Just around the country at the moment, there's a lot
of different weather events that are occurring one way or
the other. A lot of areas they've got that nice
bowl of porridge in the middle that's nice and warm,
other ones inside the two hot or too cold to
kind of phrase are we seeing that We're just seeing
around the country though, like has been a decent growing
season from what you're hearing so used to know.
Speaker 7 (24:00):
I think You're exactly right that it's just sort of
a little bit hot and cold, like even down in
your guys Nekelar Woods. I think just in the last
couple of weeks it sort of just started off a
but Hawks Bay has been really hot and to the
risk risk of fires and that sort of thing over there,
and some areas have been quite dry in there, but
also some areas that hadn't had lots of rain. I'm
in the Whitekadow and we're supposed to get sixty mils
(24:20):
of rain today, so we're we're pretty strong on this
side of the country. So yeah, a real mixed bag
nowhere that we're really panicking about just at the minute,
but certainly lots of areas where we need to keep
an eye on it, and we're just seeing these big
variations a year a year of what's happening in the
with the weather and the pasty growth. Great thing is
that with store pricing and cattle and sheep pricing being
(24:41):
so strong, farmers got options.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
So when you look back at twenty twenty five, apart
from the prices, what was a really what was the
success story from the beef, sheep lamb sector, would just
sheep beef sector, so.
Speaker 7 (24:53):
For us a beef and lamb it was a big year.
I guess a couple of things. One that came through
not particularly exciting, but super important is that policy change
around the methane targets. So some of our guys have
been working on that five or six years to get
the policy changed from being unrealistic and not science based
to a more realistic methane target for farming, so.
Speaker 5 (25:15):
That it was really important.
Speaker 7 (25:17):
That big year for trade last year, so Donald Trump,
it was all the weird stuff that was happening around
the world instead of trade, and so our guys were
super busy on there. And at Christmas time, I think
a new year actually the China Safeguard measure, which means
that our beef going into China is not going to
be badly affected by their decisions over there. It was
a real massive win for us. Lots of good work
(25:39):
in the field, so our extension teams doing good stuff
with our farmers. We went through a bit of a
strategic change last year which we applied and we're really
starting to see it comes through and farmers getting real
value out of what we're providing for them in the field.
With those field days and workshops and our focus groups.
So yeah, a really really good year, lots of highlights.
Speaker 1 (26:00):
Is a terrorists with Donald Trump? Are we actually seeing
much of an effect on Kiwi farmers?
Speaker 7 (26:05):
Well, so what we're seeing at the moment is back
to that Simon cruelty piece, right, because there's such a
shortage of protein and beef in particular in the States.
The answer is not really, so most of that cost
is being passed through to the customer. So yeah, the
short answer is not really. The problem is that it
just creates these these strange flows, like the waders of
(26:29):
beef from Brazil go when they change their mind, or
the Argentina and suddenly making decisions about argenta. So it's
sort of the uncertainty that's more of the problem rather
than the impact on pricing just at the minute.
Speaker 1 (26:40):
And as well the Indian Free trade agreements signed up
just before Christmas as well, this is something that's been
a long time in the offering.
Speaker 7 (26:47):
Yes, absolutely right, So that's great use for a sector
and credit to the government and all of the people
that put in their time and effort to make that happen.
So we know they need a lot of lamb in
India and we've got a lot of lamb, so hopefully
we can make those things work together. A really important
thing to keep on opening up new new markets for us,
so you full credit to the government for the good
work there.
Speaker 1 (27:08):
Now it's an election, you're dan, Is there a concern,
though you talked about omissions briefly before, is there a
concern that a change, a possible change of government means
all this just goes out the window and we're back
to square one?
Speaker 2 (27:21):
I hope not.
Speaker 7 (27:21):
I mean, who knows. I don't know, Crystal Ball. If
I did, I'd be a rich man. Hopefully not. You know,
we're working really hard and with all parties, as is
the whole sector, and we're trying to make sure that
these we don't get these knee jerk swings and any
policy really because it just makes it so hard to farm,
as you know, if you don't know what's going to happen,
(27:42):
So we need some certainty and we're really working hard
to make sure that that doesn't happen. So who knows,
but hopefully not at resting times.
Speaker 1 (27:50):
Dan Bryer of Beef and Lave neew Zealand, thanks very
much for your time on the muster cool.
Speaker 7 (27:54):
Thanks, it's great concheture.
Speaker 1 (27:57):
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Speaker 4 (28:24):
Welcome back.
Speaker 1 (28:24):
This is the Muster on Hakanui. Jill Naylor of Ural Women,
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Speaker 4 (28:30):
Get a jel gooday.
Speaker 5 (28:31):
How are you?
Speaker 7 (28:32):
Happy New Years to you, Andy, Yeah, Happy New.
Speaker 4 (28:34):
Year to you as well. How's things been for you
over the holiday season?
Speaker 9 (28:38):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (28:39):
Lovely?
Speaker 5 (28:39):
Yeah, a great catch up time was family and friends
and caught up with all the grandkids and lots of family. Yeah.
Bit of time in the caravan out at Sir Bethans
and yeah it was awesome, a lovely, lovely break Yeah.
Speaker 4 (28:54):
And no doubt the weather played ball.
Speaker 5 (28:57):
Yeah it did pretty much. It wasn't a stunningly hot
some Christmas New Year period, but it was reasonably calm
and yeah, yeah it was good. It was good.
Speaker 4 (29:07):
Rural Women, New Zealand. What's been happening there.
Speaker 5 (29:10):
Well, just coming back from that Christmas bake break really yeah, no,
there's all things going on. We've got this awards open again.
We've changed the timing of it a little. We're calling
for entries now. The gala event will be in July
at Parliament. So that's exciting just to as a part
(29:33):
of the wind up for our centennial year. Yeah, so
that's that's exciting. Business Awards. The Business Awards open for entries,
so please go and check it out. There's the seven
categories there and everyone who has entered has always got
a lot out of it, even if whether they make
(29:53):
it through the next round or not. Feabulous way to
showcase our amazing women who are in business in rural
New Zealand and just to have the diversity that there
is out there in our rural communities. It's awesome. So
if you're a woman in business, go check out our
website Rural Women in Debt dot in deed.
Speaker 4 (30:12):
So it doesn't matter what the size of the business is, Nope, nope, Oh, there.
Speaker 5 (30:17):
Is there is categories, there's there's criteria, but yeah, the female,
the woman just needs to be a fifty fifty percent
ownership in the business.
Speaker 1 (30:28):
Hey, I used to go to school Nomaru once upon
a time and I couldn't wait to get the hell
out of there. But as you get older and you
actually go through State Highway One, you go down that
old precinct. I think it's one of the untapped treasures
of New Zealand. The more you drive through there, there's
so much going on, and it's something happening in Amaru. Actually,
(30:50):
just coinciding with this is the Triple If Challenge.
Speaker 4 (30:52):
What's this about?
Speaker 5 (30:54):
Yeah, right, okay, so the Triple If Challenge started years ago.
We used to do the rail trail with rural women.
It's fitness, fun and friendship. So it still exists. It's fitness,
fun and friendship, but it just varies on where it's set.
And this year we are going to Omorou. We've got
three awesome days or well two days in a couple
of nights from the thirteenth to the sixteenth of March
(31:17):
in Omoro. So yeah, there's a mix of everything. We
go out to the Elephant Rocks for a picnic, picnic,
lunch in it and a wander around stop off at
Done Troon. We go to the Penguin gone to the Penguins.
We just really explore Omoro and the local area. We've
(31:39):
got a trip to Riverstone and amongst all that as well. Yeah,
so there's lots going on.
Speaker 4 (31:47):
The more.
Speaker 5 (31:49):
I'm not sure if we're getting as far as Mareki.
I don't believe we do that. Riverstone definitely, and yeah,
it's a really cool option there and that is also
on the Royal Women New Zealand website. You don't have
to be a member to go. Anybody can go. It's yeah,
it's it's a great weekend. So yeah, let's check out
(32:11):
Ruralwomen zed dot m ZED and look for the Triple
F Challenge Fitness, Fun and Friendship.
Speaker 4 (32:18):
Yeah and beautiful Room.
Speaker 5 (32:20):
Yeah yeah, yeah, now it should be good.
Speaker 1 (32:25):
The Sharing Shared series of online webinars Sharing Spout s.
Speaker 4 (32:29):
H A R I n G.
Speaker 6 (32:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (32:32):
Yeah, no, this this is fun. It's good fun. We
did we've done a series, did a series towards later
last year and this year we've got this is a
summer series that's coming on now. We've got one on
the twenty seventh of January. It's Being a Great Boss
with Lee Estridge from number eight HR. She's awesome. And
(32:56):
on the tenth of feb we've got one from Marika Dunce.
She's on egritourism. Questions are there so there should be
a lot of interest in that one. Another one on Tuesday,
twenty fourth of Feathers A I one O one from
zero to prompt hero And we've got on the twenty
fourth of March we've got Kessin Wright talking about mental health.
(33:20):
And here's one for you and you'll love this one.
Let's talk pelvic health.
Speaker 4 (33:28):
Jeez, I thought you talk the Staggs or something like
that for a minute.
Speaker 5 (33:32):
No, no, no, we're going to ask you about this one.
Helber health.
Speaker 4 (33:37):
Pelvic health relevant.
Speaker 5 (33:38):
Yeah, it's very relevant for women, very very relevant for
women because women have all all sorts of things happen
around to pelvis. It's quite an important part, really, and
yet it's important that we look after it.
Speaker 1 (33:52):
Yeah, And the beauty of webinars is that it makes
it accessible for everybody as well, because you don't have
to go into one place. I mean, that's one thing
we learned six years ago around this time, is that
we had to learn to adapt to a different way
of communicating absolutely.
Speaker 3 (34:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (34:07):
Yeah, So it's a great. They are an hour long,
and again check out the website or if Atal Socials
have got the sharing sheet and stuff on it as well,
check it out and have a lock.
Speaker 6 (34:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (34:21):
Yeah, they're an awesome new little offering that we've got
going for our members. Yeah, which is great.
Speaker 1 (34:30):
Jill Naylor of Rural Women, New Zealand. You enjoy those
peervic webinars.
Speaker 4 (34:34):
And we'll be in touch.
Speaker 5 (34:38):
Oh sure, well, no, that's awesome. I thank.
Speaker 1 (34:43):
Jill Naylor of We're a Women, New Zealand. Didn't know
where that was going there for a moment, but we're.
Speaker 4 (34:47):
Back on track.
Speaker 1 (34:49):
Nathan Bird and our residence Sporting Guru is up next.
What on earth is happening with the abs?
Speaker 5 (34:57):
And this when I was a little boy.
Speaker 1 (35:09):
Our residents Sporting Gary Nathan Burnan joins us once again
this afternoon, get a nath house things.
Speaker 2 (35:14):
Yeah good, thanks Mace. Welcome to twenty twenty six and.
Speaker 4 (35:17):
It started off in a while in a big way.
Speaker 1 (35:20):
There's a lot of rumors going around that Scott Robertson
is on his way out of coaching the All Blacks
and Made of Mind. Tim Sanson sent through a missive
saying disposable razor.
Speaker 2 (35:31):
Yeah, not quite gone by lunchtime. But the I mean,
the years don't get any any bigger. That doesn't the
news doesn't get much bigger than it doesn't than than
a report of an all Black coach being sacked. And
you would imagine some of the language that's being used
in these previews is pretty strong. People are obviously feeling
(35:51):
pretty confident about the sources that they've got that so
it does it does appear that the writing's.
Speaker 6 (35:58):
On the wall.
Speaker 4 (35:59):
Well, all's not well.
Speaker 1 (36:01):
We've known that there's been changes in the coaching personnel
over the past couple of seasons, and people like Leia
McDonald I thought he was pretty close to raisers, so
some things at play there. But at the same time,
you can argue that player power, if this is the case,
it's all speculating at the moment, of course, is that
player powers pulling through.
Speaker 2 (36:20):
Yeah, And I've got to admit I was pretty excited,
you know, for the whole Scott Robertson era to get underway.
I felt like Ian Foster's tenure was probably a continuation
of what we'd had before, and that the rugby world
felt like it was moving on and the All Blacks
weren't necessarily moving at the same pace. And you know,
(36:42):
for a nation that had always been very much an innovator,
when it came to the fifteen man code, we'd sort
of we'd fallen behind and wasn't really a place that
we that we could be. So I felt like Scott
Robertson would would take us forward. But over the past
two years it's a team that you know, they've flattered
to deceive at times. I've been they've been inconsistent. I
(37:04):
guess set that inconsistency that at the end of the day,
if Scott Robertson does lose his job, that'll be the
that'll be the key factor. And I guess when it
comes to the to their inconsistency, if it's not a
united group, that's probably that's sort of the symptom that
you see, isn't it when if not every if everyone's
not pulling in the same direction, if they don't understand
(37:24):
what they're trying to achieve, if they don't trust the
people around them, and that's that's I guess some of
the criticisms that we're hearing at the moment, Well.
Speaker 1 (37:31):
The player stood behind Ian Foster and when he was
in Foster in South Africa and he was about to
go on the way out. But by the sounds of it,
the total opposite has occurred this time.
Speaker 2 (37:41):
Yeah, even though I mean Scott Robertson's got something like
a seventy four percent win rate, Ian Foster finished with
sixty nine percent. But yeah, you're right, so've senior players
that saved the and Foster when when his head was
on the was on the block and got him through
to that to that Rugby World Cup where you know,
we almost want to we almost won a world title,
(38:03):
let's be fair. But it's a massive year coming up
with the Nation's Cup and a huge campaign for the
All Blacks. We're midway through that World Cup cycle. If
you are going to bring in a new coaching unit,
you've you've got to give them a couple of years
to get the job done, to get their feet under
the table, to really give them a decent crack. And
(38:24):
by the same token, you know, and the whole thing
that the shadow of the silver ap money. You know,
at a time when the All Blacks brand needs to
be super strong to really maximize some of that investment
that's gone into it, this inconsistency really doesn't do the
brand the what we need from it.
Speaker 4 (38:45):
Yeah, we see how this pans out.
Speaker 1 (38:47):
Now, the Tour of Southland supposed to be in October
postponed for the obvious suit of the weather Cats off
this weekend.
Speaker 4 (38:55):
You're all over this like a rash.
Speaker 2 (38:57):
You're pretty excited about a januarys be Tour south and
to be fair, obviously state of emergency in late October
November when the race is traditionally held. So a very
good call to postpone that race, and just a huge
amount of work from a bunch of people, you know,
from the from the volunteers, to the organizers, to the sponsors,
(39:20):
to to basically all the moving parts that make this
big race happen. To to avoid a cancelation and to
actually find another date that works and to get to
get the sixty ninth edition underway is a mammoth effort.
So really excited for Sunday. A slightly different start place
(39:40):
whore based around sort of y kiwe Rugby grounds in
Bainfield Road and Queen's Drive on Sunday rather than around
Queens Park, So a little bit of a change there,
but yeah, it's going to be the great sort of
nine hundred odd kilometers of racing.
Speaker 1 (39:54):
Josh Burnette, Marshall Lerwin for example, A few names look
out for from my life with perspective.
Speaker 2 (40:00):
Yeah, Josh Brunette's wouldn't have been available in November. He's
sort of badly bashed up his elbow and in a
racing accident, so it was injured out of that. So
this he's he's probably one of the one of the
big benefactors of the date change the bill, but he'll
have a massive target on his back. He he's won
this race two out of the last three editions and
(40:23):
he'd loved nothing more than a nothing more than a
three peet. But he will be riding with a different team,
riding with Pounette rather than his Zenz Cycling Project team
that got him across the line the last two times,
So that's a that's another another factor. But yeah, there'll
be there will be plenty of writers sort of looking
to take him down. But he's a classy rider. He
(40:45):
dominates on the climbs, the remarkables and Black Hull being
COO of those key clients that you know you've got
to probably win one of those stages if you're if
you're a serious contender for the Orange Jersey. And I'd
be very surprised if Josh Brunette wasn't sort of setting
the pay in the second half of the week.
Speaker 4 (41:01):
And Tara Tonga lights up as well.
Speaker 2 (41:04):
Yeah, looking at looking ahead to next weekend, the big
single seater meet at Tira Tonga, and you know we've
we've been blessed with you know, future F one stars,
the likes of Lando Norris and Arvan Lynn Blad and
and you know, when you go back into the back
into the history book, some of the some of the
great names of motorsport have come through Tira Tonga. So
(41:27):
you know, nothing will change this time around. You'll bill
be names that will feature next weekend that we'll probably
see on Drive to Survive in future future seasons.
Speaker 1 (41:37):
And just finally, Jacob Duffy he's got the ZPL contract.
We've got him on the show for a chat tomorrow.
But the black Caps they got a short ball format
win over India and India Darryl Mitchell, he's number two
in the od I batting rankings at the moment.
Speaker 2 (41:52):
Yeah, which is a great sort of bounce back from
Daryl Mitchell. Isn't another probably unfairly the number of replays
of the drop tats that he had in the in
the first one odio against India, so it so great
to see that happen and Jake Duffy getting a bit
of a spell in these early games after it's been
such a messive campaign and they definitely want to sharpen
(42:13):
him up for World Cup duties looking ahead, so hopefully
another big summer for Big Jake.
Speaker 6 (42:22):
Was in the.
Speaker 4 (42:22):
Yeshes an absolute disappointment.
Speaker 2 (42:25):
Dudes, wasn't it when the when there wasn't much else
happening on the box? So yeah, it was the old
remote was starting to get a bit of a workout
actually at times, trying to find something that that was worthwhile.
And there'll be some there's obviously some ongoing sort of
recriminations from that and whether the England coaching lineup and
and Brendan McCullum will survive the review. He might be
(42:49):
sharpening up his CV alongside Scott robertson praps.
Speaker 1 (42:52):
Good on your nath will chat to your next week
while you're on the tour looking forward to it sounds good, mate, Half.
Speaker 3 (43:00):
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Speaker 4 (43:09):
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Speaker 1 (43:18):
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My name's Andy Mull. Will leave it there for the afternoon.
This has been the muster on Hockey now thanks to
Peters Geneis. Enjoy the afternoon. We'll see what happens if
us raise the situation, catch you tomorrow. See now, hey, well,
all right to the stock selling action occurred this morning
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at Chelton sale Yards. And thanks for PGG rights and
Dave Morrison's going to give a rundown on the prices.
Speaker 4 (43:44):
Good afternoon, teagle. How do we go.
Speaker 6 (43:47):
After?
Speaker 2 (43:48):
You?
Speaker 5 (43:48):
Look?
Speaker 9 (43:48):
Just a smaller medium ChIL They just you the time
of year? Uh, start them for two thirty medium sort
of one seventy five to a couple hundred with the
light of the prime lambs sort of one sixty five
to one seventy five.
Speaker 6 (44:11):
But yeah, I see reginal size yeating there into the US.
Speaker 8 (44:13):
Section, Andy, rest of the US what were they sort of.
Speaker 9 (44:17):
Early twos, early two hundred's mediums and away from sort
of one seventy five to one eighty with the line
of conditioned use around it sort of one forty to
one fifty dollars store lambs erasist store lands and if
they selling pretty well, rest of store lambs for the
one sort.
Speaker 7 (44:35):
Of one thirty five to one forty five, one
Speaker 9 (44:37):
Fifty medium lambs, sort of thirty kilo lambs andy down
to one hundred and ten hundred and fifteen dollars for
some for some weed giggers and the reps up any
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