January 11, 2026 • 9 mins
Jeff Grant reflects on the passing of Sir Tim Shadbolt
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Tell me what, tell me what.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Welcome back. This is a muster on Hockinui. Jeff Grant,
business owner, farmer as well and former REMP joins us,
amongst other portfolios at his head over the years. Joins
us once again in the political round out this Monday afternoon.
Get a Jeff and welcome to the new year.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Thanks Sandy, and welcome to you and the listeners. It's
nice to see the sun out in twenty six hey.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Straight off the bat as well the passing of Sir
Tim Shedbolt. It didn't matter where you lived, almost in
Australasia for that matter, but everybody knew who the mirror
of in Vericago was for quite a while.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Well, without any doubt at all. Someone was a legion
in the sense that he put in the cargo on
the map. He said he would when he first stood
as a quite a young flight as mayor, and he
made a huge contribution to local government years. But more
especially I think nobody could deny the passion and enthusiasm
(01:05):
he had for the role. And as well, you know,
he was a person that in a public persona always
bought jewelry, and that was probably the thing that I
recognized the most in the years that I had the
opportunity and privileged to work with him, was that he
could put the smile on people's faces and.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
The passion and the unbridled joy that he shared for
not only in the Cargo, but for Southland. It was
there was nobody, especially back in the mid nineties in
a political scenario, who had even come close.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Yeah, And the lovely thing I liked about him was
you knew you never left the room wondering what he
was thinking. You know, he was always a boisterous enthusiast
and somebody who had the tenacity to read the room
pretty good and always had that capacity to argue for
(02:00):
different ways of doing things, looking at things in a
different way. And I think that that was his major
contribution over the years. Look, he would he was like
all of us. He had faults, but the reality was
if you look at the long term and overall contribution,
it was a mark on him, the cargole that we
won't forget for decades.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Rest and peace, Sir Tom Shedbolt. That is election year
the coalition. You're thinking they need to get a few
things right if they want to stay in government.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
I think it's going to be this is going to
be the toughest year and it probably always is an election,
but for the Coalition in the sense that there's a
lot promised to be done and you know, things like
the IRMA reform, while announced prior to Christmas, these are
major policy issues that need to be betted down. But
I think in the the reality is people will be
(02:50):
wondering where they're economics look like for them, and it's
good old back pocket politics in the sense that if
people are few feeling like the country is on the
way up, that'll be a positive for the Coalition. But
if they're still feeling like, you know, as we get
to the end of twenty six, that we're in a
still in the recession or the things that are not moving,
(03:12):
it's going to be tough.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Are you pretty positive that we're going to see a
lot of economic recovery this year?
Speaker 1 (03:20):
Look, we were Central Tag has definitely noticed it, and
even parts of Southland in terms of the tourist industry,
but most of us is written on the back of
international tourists. You know, Domestically people are still making that
decision to have five day holiday rather than a ten
day holiday. I think that people are still waiting to
(03:41):
come out of their mortgage rates at a lower aspect
from where they were two years ago, and so you
know there's not the cash around. I think provinces like
Southland and the Tagore probably benefiting hugely by the commodity
prices across all of the sectors and that shielded us
(04:01):
a bit. But look, the cities like christ Here's, Wellington
and Auckland are still struggle.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
What would be your one piece of advice to Prime
Minister Lucks In an election, ye're given that the vote
between the right is more or less going to be
spread between acts New Zealand. First, it seems a national.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
Ah espresially, I think you have to take your head
off to here's a three way coalition that looks like
it's going to last the term. So that's a reasonably
good positive because that's the first I think the second
part of it is that you have to make sure
as the leading party that you put a stamp on
(04:38):
what the National Party is going to do in government,
because you've got to be careful that you don't lead
into the election looking like the tails been wagged by
the two minor parties. And that's going to be the
hard part.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Changes to the Alliance Group Chief executive Willie Visa is
stepping down from the role be an than twelve months
for Alliance overall.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Yes, and look, you know, WILLI made a huge contribution
in the three years that he was the chief executive
and trying to turn the company around. What I don't
agree with the sort of outcome in terms of the stale.
The reality is doing Meat is probably the best option
they had in front of them. I think that Willy
has without any doubt, can leave knowing that he had
(05:26):
stayed the company in whatever form you may call it.
But this is an indication of door Meat's really going
to start to ramp up in terms of their ownership.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Well, there seems to be what I'm hearing around the traps.
What's happened has happened with the lions. Now it's a
matter of just getting on with it and doing farming.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Absolutely, And you know, they've got to get the I've
got to get back to the supply they had probably
four years, four or five years ago. They've got to
make sure they get confidence within farmers to supply them.
And that's that's the you know, that's the hard job
in front of them now.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
International unrest hangs over twenty twenty six US President Donald
Trump doing what he's done with Venezuela. This question marks
as well regarding Columbia Greenland as well, which Denmark is
none too impressed about, as well as the rest of
the EU and Iran for goodness sake, over the past
couple of days. So, as Bill Laurie used to say,
(06:21):
it's all happening.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Look, I think we thought twenty five was originally unsettled
in terms of that international politics. And look this. You know,
we're a trading nation. We export seventy percent of what
we produce, and manufacturer and it and all those sort
of things, highly reliant on the tourist numbers, and so
we are impacted hugely by this international prospect. I think
(06:47):
New zeantourism ironically is benefiting as a place that's safe
to come and visit. I get the impression that a
lot of Kiwis and the strains are avoiding going through
the US if they're transiting somewhere. So I think we're
going to see quite a bit of this. It's the
uncertainty that creates the difficulty and so on that basis,
(07:09):
I think you know, both from commodity prices through to
how people are feeling that twenty six is going to
be tough.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Do you see any positive ZI regatting this uea stance
that can helt in New Zealand.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Look, I think increasingly we are probably are still a
bit of a favored nation, and you know we're seeing
that in a reduction of the tariff originally proposed across
the sectors. I think they had their capacity to export
into the US that we find but you know, you
just need to get you know, little least is becoming
(07:44):
a for the meat industry as an example, is a
reasonably reliant market with the decline in China, and so
any well it might be an irn it does fielder
across the border, and that unsettling situation that could arise
in irn own will have some impact. I think that
Europe still feels very unsettled with the US in terms
(08:06):
of their relationship from NATO through to Ukraine, and so
those things will keep bubbling along, which just creates that nervousness.
People don't buy forward in terms of wholesaling for product
to the extent they would have done three or four
years ago. So you just continue to have that. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
Just finally as well, Jief, forget your comment regarding these
beef tariffs. New zeal has avoided them, China's implemented them
on Australia and the likes, so that makes for interesting reading.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
Yeah, Look, without any doubt, you know all the good
we don't play foreign a fears some years ago periously
in terms of getting a pre trade agreement with China,
but also just our international relationship across all ranger countries.
This is when it's in good stead for us. You know,
we seem to be able to hold the line. And
(08:57):
on that basis we're seen as not a country because
of the size as much as anything, but we're not
somebody that's going to set the international water. So that
for that reason, I think that helps us tremendously and
make it long continued.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
Jeff Grant, always appreciate your time on the Muster, Happy
landscaping this afternoon.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
And you thinks.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
Jeff Grant and the political round up you're listening to
the muster on Hakanui before the end of the year.
Andrew Walsh in the twin fun Genetics logan severy of
the Southern Tribute, but next Ben Dowey
Tell me what, tell me what.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Welcome back. This is a muster on Hockinui. Jeff Grant,
business owner, farmer as well and former REMP joins us,
amongst other portfolios at his head over the years. Joins
us once again in the political round out this Monday afternoon.
Get a Jeff and welcome to the new year.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Thanks Sandy, and welcome to you and the listeners. It's
nice to see the sun out in twenty six hey.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Straight off the bat as well the passing of Sir
Tim Shedbolt. It didn't matter where you lived, almost in
Australasia for that matter, but everybody knew who the mirror
of in Vericago was for quite a while.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Well, without any doubt at all. Someone was a legion
in the sense that he put in the cargo on
the map. He said he would when he first stood
as a quite a young flight as mayor, and he
made a huge contribution to local government years. But more
especially I think nobody could deny the passion and enthusiasm
(01:05):
he had for the role. And as well, you know,
he was a person that in a public persona always
bought jewelry, and that was probably the thing that I
recognized the most in the years that I had the
opportunity and privileged to work with him, was that he
could put the smile on people's faces and.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
The passion and the unbridled joy that he shared for
not only in the Cargo, but for Southland. It was
there was nobody, especially back in the mid nineties in
a political scenario, who had even come close.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Yeah, And the lovely thing I liked about him was
you knew you never left the room wondering what he
was thinking. You know, he was always a boisterous enthusiast
and somebody who had the tenacity to read the room
pretty good and always had that capacity to argue for
(02:00):
different ways of doing things, looking at things in a
different way. And I think that that was his major
contribution over the years. Look, he would he was like
all of us. He had faults, but the reality was
if you look at the long term and overall contribution,
it was a mark on him, the cargole that we
won't forget for decades.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Rest and peace, Sir Tom Shedbolt. That is election year
the coalition. You're thinking they need to get a few
things right if they want to stay in government.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
I think it's going to be this is going to
be the toughest year and it probably always is an election,
but for the Coalition in the sense that there's a
lot promised to be done and you know, things like
the IRMA reform, while announced prior to Christmas, these are
major policy issues that need to be betted down. But
I think in the the reality is people will be
(02:50):
wondering where they're economics look like for them, and it's
good old back pocket politics in the sense that if
people are few feeling like the country is on the
way up, that'll be a positive for the Coalition. But
if they're still feeling like, you know, as we get
to the end of twenty six, that we're in a
still in the recession or the things that are not moving,
(03:12):
it's going to be tough.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Are you pretty positive that we're going to see a
lot of economic recovery this year?
Speaker 1 (03:20):
Look, we were Central Tag has definitely noticed it, and
even parts of Southland in terms of the tourist industry,
but most of us is written on the back of
international tourists. You know, Domestically people are still making that
decision to have five day holiday rather than a ten
day holiday. I think that people are still waiting to
(03:41):
come out of their mortgage rates at a lower aspect
from where they were two years ago, and so you
know there's not the cash around. I think provinces like
Southland and the Tagore probably benefiting hugely by the commodity
prices across all of the sectors and that shielded us
(04:01):
a bit. But look, the cities like christ Here's, Wellington
and Auckland are still struggle.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
What would be your one piece of advice to Prime
Minister Lucks In an election, ye're given that the vote
between the right is more or less going to be
spread between acts New Zealand. First, it seems a national.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
Ah espresially, I think you have to take your head
off to here's a three way coalition that looks like
it's going to last the term. So that's a reasonably
good positive because that's the first I think the second
part of it is that you have to make sure
as the leading party that you put a stamp on
(04:38):
what the National Party is going to do in government,
because you've got to be careful that you don't lead
into the election looking like the tails been wagged by
the two minor parties. And that's going to be the
hard part.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Changes to the Alliance Group Chief executive Willie Visa is
stepping down from the role be an than twelve months
for Alliance overall.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Yes, and look, you know, WILLI made a huge contribution
in the three years that he was the chief executive
and trying to turn the company around. What I don't
agree with the sort of outcome in terms of the stale.
The reality is doing Meat is probably the best option
they had in front of them. I think that Willy
has without any doubt, can leave knowing that he had
(05:26):
stayed the company in whatever form you may call it.
But this is an indication of door Meat's really going
to start to ramp up in terms of their ownership.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Well, there seems to be what I'm hearing around the traps.
What's happened has happened with the lions. Now it's a
matter of just getting on with it and doing farming.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Absolutely, And you know, they've got to get the I've
got to get back to the supply they had probably
four years, four or five years ago. They've got to
make sure they get confidence within farmers to supply them.
And that's that's the you know, that's the hard job
in front of them now.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
International unrest hangs over twenty twenty six US President Donald
Trump doing what he's done with Venezuela. This question marks
as well regarding Columbia Greenland as well, which Denmark is
none too impressed about, as well as the rest of
the EU and Iran for goodness sake, over the past
couple of days. So, as Bill Laurie used to say,
(06:21):
it's all happening.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Look, I think we thought twenty five was originally unsettled
in terms of that international politics. And look this. You know,
we're a trading nation. We export seventy percent of what
we produce, and manufacturer and it and all those sort
of things, highly reliant on the tourist numbers, and so
we are impacted hugely by this international prospect. I think
(06:47):
New zeantourism ironically is benefiting as a place that's safe
to come and visit. I get the impression that a
lot of Kiwis and the strains are avoiding going through
the US if they're transiting somewhere. So I think we're
going to see quite a bit of this. It's the
uncertainty that creates the difficulty and so on that basis,
(07:09):
I think you know, both from commodity prices through to
how people are feeling that twenty six is going to
be tough.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Do you see any positive ZI regatting this uea stance
that can helt in New Zealand.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Look, I think increasingly we are probably are still a
bit of a favored nation, and you know we're seeing
that in a reduction of the tariff originally proposed across
the sectors. I think they had their capacity to export
into the US that we find but you know, you
just need to get you know, little least is becoming
(07:44):
a for the meat industry as an example, is a
reasonably reliant market with the decline in China, and so
any well it might be an irn it does fielder
across the border, and that unsettling situation that could arise
in irn own will have some impact. I think that
Europe still feels very unsettled with the US in terms
(08:06):
of their relationship from NATO through to Ukraine, and so
those things will keep bubbling along, which just creates that nervousness.
People don't buy forward in terms of wholesaling for product
to the extent they would have done three or four
years ago. So you just continue to have that. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
Just finally as well, Jief, forget your comment regarding these
beef tariffs. New zeal has avoided them, China's implemented them
on Australia and the likes, so that makes for interesting reading.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
Yeah, Look, without any doubt, you know all the good
we don't play foreign a fears some years ago periously
in terms of getting a pre trade agreement with China,
but also just our international relationship across all ranger countries.
This is when it's in good stead for us. You know,
we seem to be able to hold the line. And
(08:57):
on that basis we're seen as not a country because
of the size as much as anything, but we're not
somebody that's going to set the international water. So that
for that reason, I think that helps us tremendously and
make it long continued.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
Jeff Grant, always appreciate your time on the Muster, Happy
landscaping this afternoon.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
And you thinks.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
Jeff Grant and the political round up you're listening to
the muster on Hakanui before the end of the year.
Andrew Walsh in the twin fun Genetics logan severy of
the Southern Tribute, but next Ben Dowey
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