October 15, 2025 • 7 mins
Local MP Joseph Mooney reflects on the passing of former Prime Minister Jim Bolger.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Mister welcome back to the muster on Hakanui. The song
is mister Electric Blue. Kind of that For our next guest,
he is a member of the National Party. He is
an MP for Southland and joins us Joseph Mooney. Good afternoon, oh.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Good afternon any good to be with you.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
You always got to catch up. Look, we'll talk about
this and acknowledge it. Firstly, the passing of the thirty
fifth Prime Minister of New Zealand and Jim Bulger.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Yeah, it's a sad day.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
He was.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
He became the Prime Minister second October nineteen ninety six
and the other first MP election, in fact, the first
election I voted in as an eighteen year old, just
seen eighteen, just short for the election. But look, it's
a really sad day. He made a huge contribution to
New Zealand. It's one of the tearing political figures of
(00:57):
in our history. So con told sis to his family,
loved ones and all those for whom he meant a lot.
He was a yeah, a real giant of New politics.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
In nineteen ninety he led the Nets to a landslide
victory to become the thirty fifth PM. And of course
you can't forget the work as well for the rural space.
Proud King Country Farmer.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Yeah, he was a very very proud King country farmer
and represented this of the farmers very well. He did
an a pen not that long ago in Parliament. So
it was Jim Bolder and Jim Parmer. I'm just talking
about politics and the structure of democracy of thinking in
a two different things. So yeah, I guess it's probably
(01:43):
a nice memory for the two of them. I don't
have event towards the end of Jim's Thimers Planet.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Yes, his thoughts go out to his family and friends.
Methane target reductions. This was announced on Sunday. It's interesting
times in that space as well. We look at the
bigger piction this lay with drawing from the Deary Methane
Action Alliance. They put that in inverted commons, I suppose.
So I don't know as a tide changing regarding all.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
This, well, there's definitely some changes happening, but I guess
they need to be setting contexts. It's a nestly withdrawing
from that needs to be sending context that they're not
withdrawing from their twenty fifty goals and so you know,
they're still going to take that seriously. It's through their
supply chains and so it's obviously something that we need
(02:30):
to also consider. But look, it was a there was
a balanced approach that was you know, I think a
real win for our farmers. So you know, it brought
out farm taxes, ever, it's set realistic targets with industry partnership.
It took the methane reduction goal down to fourteen twenty
(02:50):
four percent, so halved it basically and said that you know,
we're going to rely on technology not taxes, and I'll
be up to each farmer and process here and cut
decide how best and and the tools and innovations they need.
And something I've been pushing for for a while is
is protecting food production. So we'll be a meaning in
(03:11):
the Climate Change Response Act, domestic legislation with the Paris Agreement.
And also, you know, we're going to be making sure
that we are watching what the other big players in
this space are doing themselves.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Federated Farmers is welcome, just stars, but they're saying it
doesn't go hard enough.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Well, the Federated Farmers, you know, they've got to represent
their views. But look this is a This is a
massive change, I should say. You know, labor took six
years and just came up with a complete mess with
it basically said they're going to shut down whole lot
of farmers at the end of a very long process
of industry you know seektor work that it was done
(03:54):
on this. So in sixty years they hadn't gone anywhere.
We've lended this in two years with the support of
all the key stakeholder groups and c including Federary farmers
and so I think, you know this is this is
a this is a huge step and something to give
farmers across New Zealand real certainty.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
So you still do you think those farmers are going
to be able to afford this whenever it comes in
whatever way, shape or form.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Well, absolutely, I mean we you know, we've made it
really clear that we're not going to be are owing well,
we're going to be protecting food production. So that's you know,
that is an article to u B the Paris Agreement
and some of the New Zealand negotiated with a sport
of other countries into into that agreement. So we're going
to be corporated as domestic legislation. We're going to be
(04:40):
focusing on technology, not on Texas. And you know, there's
some there's some cool things FASIL, there's an innovation like
echoy pond which cuts effluent pond emissions by the ninety percent,
you know, but it's going to be up to each
farmer and importantly each processor, you know, what tools and
technologies they want to use, and we put it. We're
(05:01):
put investing a lot of money, four hundred million dollars
into tools that can help cut the missions without hurting productivity.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
A good news story as well as the figures that
have came out, like other figures that came out, I
should say, regarding structured literacy in schools, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
That's that's that's awesome. It's so Eric is Stamford, our
education minis has done some really good work in a
space and I've talked to schools around our region. You know,
one springs to mind who has been doing structural literacy
for three years before the change came to place, and
they said it was absolutely a game changer for their kids.
(05:38):
So Eric has rolled us out and across the country,
schools across the country, and our teacher has been doing
a really good job of making it, operationalizing and making
it happen. So you know the structure literacy. The new
elis criclum Evy in placed since term one and primary
schools across the Zealand. And it's a test of the
(06:00):
finals check up of twenty weeks at school. The Team
three final start that we've just got shows that fifty
eight percent of those kids, those new entrant kids at
above expectations. That's up from thirty six percent in term
one and more forty three percent of the students succeeded expectations,
which is more than double the term one rate. So
that's a that's a massive achievement for Erica Standford and
(06:23):
for teachers who have been delivering honest and making it happen.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
And just finally as well, you had some visitors into
your office this morning from Miller's Flat.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Speaking of primary schools. Yeah, I had had some of
the kids and the principal from Miller's Flat primary school.
It's always it's awesome, awesome we will get a visit
from one of the schools and I'm here and able
to go and have a bit of a chaps about
what it's like being MP and some of the work
I get and my favorite part is always answering the
questions and sort of seeing what's on their mind and
(06:56):
just you know, just getting the message that we're here
working for them in their future and you want to
hear from them what they want to see in the future,
and it's it's you know, it's true for everyone.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
I trust you're wearing your Highlanders jersey today celebrating North
to Targo and Otago playing in the finals this weekend.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
I didn't bring one to Parliament, Joseph.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
Well, make sure it's just still early afternoon. Go and
wind up the people you need to mate. We've got
to keep it in the South, Joseph Mooney, MP for
South and Doways appreciate your time on the muster.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
Go in there and they appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Joseph Mooney. Here's mister Electric Blue of course, MP for South,
and you're listening to the muster. Courtney Nemo's up next
from Beef and Lamb and before the end of the hour,
our residents sporting Gary Nathan Burden
Mister welcome back to the muster on Hakanui. The song
is mister Electric Blue. Kind of that For our next guest,
he is a member of the National Party. He is
an MP for Southland and joins us Joseph Mooney. Good afternoon, oh.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Good afternon any good to be with you.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
You always got to catch up. Look, we'll talk about
this and acknowledge it. Firstly, the passing of the thirty
fifth Prime Minister of New Zealand and Jim Bulger.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Yeah, it's a sad day.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
He was.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
He became the Prime Minister second October nineteen ninety six
and the other first MP election, in fact, the first
election I voted in as an eighteen year old, just
seen eighteen, just short for the election. But look, it's
a really sad day. He made a huge contribution to
New Zealand. It's one of the tearing political figures of
(00:57):
in our history. So con told sis to his family,
loved ones and all those for whom he meant a lot.
He was a yeah, a real giant of New politics.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
In nineteen ninety he led the Nets to a landslide
victory to become the thirty fifth PM. And of course
you can't forget the work as well for the rural space.
Proud King Country Farmer.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Yeah, he was a very very proud King country farmer
and represented this of the farmers very well. He did
an a pen not that long ago in Parliament. So
it was Jim Bolder and Jim Parmer. I'm just talking
about politics and the structure of democracy of thinking in
a two different things. So yeah, I guess it's probably
(01:43):
a nice memory for the two of them. I don't
have event towards the end of Jim's Thimers Planet.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Yes, his thoughts go out to his family and friends.
Methane target reductions. This was announced on Sunday. It's interesting
times in that space as well. We look at the
bigger piction this lay with drawing from the Deary Methane
Action Alliance. They put that in inverted commons, I suppose.
So I don't know as a tide changing regarding all.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
This, well, there's definitely some changes happening, but I guess
they need to be setting contexts. It's a nestly withdrawing
from that needs to be sending context that they're not
withdrawing from their twenty fifty goals and so you know,
they're still going to take that seriously. It's through their
supply chains and so it's obviously something that we need
(02:30):
to also consider. But look, it was a there was
a balanced approach that was you know, I think a
real win for our farmers. So you know, it brought
out farm taxes, ever, it's set realistic targets with industry partnership.
It took the methane reduction goal down to fourteen twenty
(02:50):
four percent, so halved it basically and said that you know,
we're going to rely on technology not taxes, and I'll
be up to each farmer and process here and cut
decide how best and and the tools and innovations they need.
And something I've been pushing for for a while is
is protecting food production. So we'll be a meaning in
(03:11):
the Climate Change Response Act, domestic legislation with the Paris Agreement.
And also, you know, we're going to be making sure
that we are watching what the other big players in
this space are doing themselves.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Federated Farmers is welcome, just stars, but they're saying it
doesn't go hard enough.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Well, the Federated Farmers, you know, they've got to represent
their views. But look this is a This is a
massive change, I should say. You know, labor took six
years and just came up with a complete mess with
it basically said they're going to shut down whole lot
of farmers at the end of a very long process
of industry you know seektor work that it was done
(03:54):
on this. So in sixty years they hadn't gone anywhere.
We've lended this in two years with the support of
all the key stakeholder groups and c including Federary farmers
and so I think, you know this is this is
a this is a huge step and something to give
farmers across New Zealand real certainty.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
So you still do you think those farmers are going
to be able to afford this whenever it comes in
whatever way, shape or form.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Well, absolutely, I mean we you know, we've made it
really clear that we're not going to be are owing well,
we're going to be protecting food production. So that's you know,
that is an article to u B the Paris Agreement
and some of the New Zealand negotiated with a sport
of other countries into into that agreement. So we're going
to be corporated as domestic legislation. We're going to be
(04:40):
focusing on technology, not on Texas. And you know, there's
some there's some cool things FASIL, there's an innovation like
echoy pond which cuts effluent pond emissions by the ninety percent,
you know, but it's going to be up to each
farmer and importantly each processor, you know, what tools and
technologies they want to use, and we put it. We're
(05:01):
put investing a lot of money, four hundred million dollars
into tools that can help cut the missions without hurting productivity.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
A good news story as well as the figures that
have came out, like other figures that came out, I
should say, regarding structured literacy in schools, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
That's that's that's awesome. It's so Eric is Stamford, our
education minis has done some really good work in a
space and I've talked to schools around our region. You know,
one springs to mind who has been doing structural literacy
for three years before the change came to place, and
they said it was absolutely a game changer for their kids.
(05:38):
So Eric has rolled us out and across the country,
schools across the country, and our teacher has been doing
a really good job of making it, operationalizing and making
it happen. So you know the structure literacy. The new
elis criclum Evy in placed since term one and primary
schools across the Zealand. And it's a test of the
(06:00):
finals check up of twenty weeks at school. The Team
three final start that we've just got shows that fifty
eight percent of those kids, those new entrant kids at
above expectations. That's up from thirty six percent in term
one and more forty three percent of the students succeeded expectations,
which is more than double the term one rate. So
that's a that's a massive achievement for Erica Standford and
(06:23):
for teachers who have been delivering honest and making it happen.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
And just finally as well, you had some visitors into
your office this morning from Miller's Flat.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Speaking of primary schools. Yeah, I had had some of
the kids and the principal from Miller's Flat primary school.
It's always it's awesome, awesome we will get a visit
from one of the schools and I'm here and able
to go and have a bit of a chaps about
what it's like being MP and some of the work
I get and my favorite part is always answering the
questions and sort of seeing what's on their mind and
(06:56):
just you know, just getting the message that we're here
working for them in their future and you want to
hear from them what they want to see in the future,
and it's it's you know, it's true for everyone.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
I trust you're wearing your Highlanders jersey today celebrating North
to Targo and Otago playing in the finals this weekend.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
I didn't bring one to Parliament, Joseph.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
Well, make sure it's just still early afternoon. Go and
wind up the people you need to mate. We've got
to keep it in the South, Joseph Mooney, MP for
South and Doways appreciate your time on the muster.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
Go in there and they appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Joseph Mooney. Here's mister Electric Blue of course, MP for South,
and you're listening to the muster. Courtney Nemo's up next
from Beef and Lamb and before the end of the hour,
our residents sporting Gary Nathan Burden
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