December 1, 2025 • 8 mins
Josh Willis has a chat after his successful weekend winning Miss Balfour!
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Welcome back to the Muster. One hok and now we
were away out to the Fjordland base in this afternoon
catching up with Josh Wallis, although he's talking to us
from over at the Manapuri power station where he works
of course, in the Young Farmer's segment, Josh, good afternoon
and welcome to the Muster and me on here you gon, Yeah,
pretty good. I think the question is though we'll talk
(00:23):
about the power station. Surely that's a whole different subject.
But you are the well, you are the current winner
of Miss Balfit taking over the rain of Michael Lee
from Saturday night. It was a great fundraiser for the
Balfa hall Wold under Balfa Young Farmers and everybody involved
with that. But you took out the chocolates, you took
out the top prize mate. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Yeah, this is a tough fut battle.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
It was an interesting battle. I'll say that, seventeen contestants
putting their names out there to be judged as sush.
Did you find it intimidating going on stage, getting out
of your comfort?
Speaker 2 (01:02):
It was at the start of it, and then yeah,
I just found out it was quite relaxed and yeah,
just got on the crew with things.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
I suppose probably a couple of Bevies helped. I suppose.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Yeah, it definitely did help come the nerves a bit.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
So is this the kind of thing? Is it just
a once? I feel like everybody, I suppose just getting
into the spirit of the occasion. But yeah, what one
for you? Do you reckon?
Speaker 2 (01:27):
I think I have to think Harry mckellum's missus for
that day gave her set me over the top.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Yes, that was intriguing and I'll say that shout out
to Harry. Obviously you're still mates.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Yeah, yeah, it's his idea.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Oh yeah, I wonder what we were up against them,
But yeah, look like I say to those you under
where Miss Balfour was held by the balf of Young
Farmers and the Balfa Hall on Saturday night raising funds
for the Balfa Hall for restoration. If it's a need
to go on there, hey Josh, But obviously you're based
up in the basin. Like I say, Tianna Young Farmers,
how long you've been involved with the club.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Been involved since they kicked back up in twenty twenty one,
it will be four years now.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
That's pretty good going well. What's the appeal of afore
you you reckon? Oh?
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Just great crowd of people, A great crowd of people.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Tianna. Young farmers was dormant for quite a while, Like
I said, Harry and people at that where they were
driving force for getting you to go along there and
get involved. Joshua, what was the go.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
I've always always been into the young farmers And yeah,
when I moved back down here, it hadn't quite started up,
so when it did start up, sort of just got
stuck straight in the Yeah, that's been real good.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
So you say you moved down south? Where were you
before this? Before that I was.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
I was shippeting all around South Island all sorts of
places originally from down here though.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Yeah, but we find you these days. You're evolved with
the Metapori powers as hydro station, power station as such.
What's what are you doing over there?
Speaker 2 (03:07):
I'm a sparky Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Did you go back and retrainers are sparky after being
a shepherd or what was the story?
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Yes, I only quit farming about eighteen months ago and
started up here still in an apprenticeship, so just over
halfway through it.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Now. It's a pretty big change going from working on
a farm to getting a trader.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Suppose it is definitely different, definitely different, going from seeing
all sorts of weather above ground to not seeing any
below ground.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Well, obviously you don't suffer from being claustrophobic.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
No, no, it's not too bad down.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
So how far down do you go? Actually, when you're
on the tools, how far underground?
Speaker 2 (03:54):
So the tunnel is just over two k long, which
is a bit out straight down, it's about two hundred beaters.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
And how many of you involved with the with the
job as such?
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Well, I'm a contractor, so there's four of us here
full time. And then oh there's about twenty fifteen twenty
meridian stuff.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
Yes, certainly a bit of work stories. And I did
say you'd be able to come home with some pretty
gnarly ones on a Friday afternoon. Oh I don't.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
I will always play it safe. I don't know what
you're on about.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Oh, I'm not doubting your judgment at all, But I'm
just saying working working in an environment like that isn't
just your average above ground job.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Though, right, Yeah, it can be can be pretty interesting. Yeah,
they've been in some interesting days, like a few weeks ago,
coming back on the boat with it wind and rain
it hit.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Oh, there would have been a nightmare. Yeah it was.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
It's quite gnarly heaven one and a half two meter
breakers on the lake.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Young Farmers. You're a real active club there. And actually
Harry was telling me about the numbers you were getting
to the meetings and a lot of people think about
a third of the members or something. He said, we're
actually from from an urban environmental jobs outside of farming,
which is pretty cool.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Yeah, quite quite an array of different different jobs in
your club, from Sparky's teachers.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
And so you guys are out picking up rocks last night,
by the looks of it on your socials.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Yeah, yeah, an interesting one to do after work.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
Nothing like going from a palace. Nothing like going from
working at an underground palace station to picking up rocks
and chucking them in a load of backer. Right.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Yeah, I wasn't just packing them up. We're taking them
from about six feet deep some of them.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Oh, it's called internal fortitude. There's nothing wrong with it,
isn't it? Just Finally, Josh, as we out Tiada, Young Farmers,
like I say, going great guns. But when do you
guys meet up? When what are the details people need
to know.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
So we usually meet up on Wednesday, first Wednesday of
every month at seven o'clock at the Club and tianw
But this week we're not having a meeting this week.
It's next week. We're just merging it into where Christmas
do nice. If anyone wants to come along, they can
hit the club up. We'll hit Harry mckillum or me
(06:22):
up and yeah we'll get you down there for.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
If not, So, what are you doing for your Christmas duo?
Speaker 2 (06:28):
I just go into a wall shed over at Black
Mountain having a debrief.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
I suppose I was just about to say that is
exact word a Debrie from Verdic Commas. Right, yep, Hey,
good on you, Josh. Thanks for your time on the
Master of the Saft and congratulations as well on the
title of Miss Belfa Antianna Young Farmer is always good
to catch up with you guys and enjoy the work today.
It sounds like a really cool job.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Yeah, it's just for laugh out loud with a proud
because life on the land can be a laughing matter.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Brought to us by sheer Well Data working to help
the livestock farmer. So Young fellow goes and visits his
grandpa and hoss and a nursing home. He goes, how
are your grandpa? He goes, I'm feeling fine. Young fella goes,
what's the food like? He goes, terrific, wonderful menus in
the nursing Grandpa says, couldn't be better. The nurses really
take care of you. Young fella says, what about sleeping?
Do you sleep? Okay? He goes, no problem at all hours,
(07:26):
nine hours solid. Every night at ten o'clock, they bring
me a cup of hot chocolate and a Viagra tablet,
and that's it. I go out like a light. The
grandson's puzzled in a little alarm, so he asks a
sister in charge, what are you people doing giving a
ninety five year old viagra on a daily basis? That
can't be true. Oh yes, it is, replied the nurse.
Every night at ten o'clock, we give them a cup
of chocolate and a viagra tablet. But where it's wonderfully well.
(07:48):
The chocolate makes them roll, makes them sleep, and the
viagara stops them from rolling out of bed. That's us
over and done with for the afternoon, remembering hit up
the muss The page muster on Hakanui. Page regarding mainland
minerals go on like the page of mainland Minerals as well.
We're going to draw the winner of the five hundred
Prizzy Cad five hundred dollars Priezy Cad on Friday afternoon.
(08:11):
I'm Andy Mulla. This is the muster on Hakinnui. Thanks
for Peter Janelix. Enjoy the abbote, say it tomorrow
Welcome back to the Muster. One hok and now we
were away out to the Fjordland base in this afternoon
catching up with Josh Wallis, although he's talking to us
from over at the Manapuri power station where he works
of course, in the Young Farmer's segment, Josh, good afternoon
and welcome to the Muster and me on here you gon, Yeah,
pretty good. I think the question is though we'll talk
(00:23):
about the power station. Surely that's a whole different subject.
But you are the well, you are the current winner
of Miss Balfit taking over the rain of Michael Lee
from Saturday night. It was a great fundraiser for the
Balfa hall Wold under Balfa Young Farmers and everybody involved
with that. But you took out the chocolates, you took
out the top prize mate. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Yeah, this is a tough fut battle.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
It was an interesting battle. I'll say that, seventeen contestants
putting their names out there to be judged as sush.
Did you find it intimidating going on stage, getting out
of your comfort?
Speaker 2 (01:02):
It was at the start of it, and then yeah,
I just found out it was quite relaxed and yeah,
just got on the crew with things.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
I suppose probably a couple of Bevies helped. I suppose.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Yeah, it definitely did help come the nerves a bit.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
So is this the kind of thing? Is it just
a once? I feel like everybody, I suppose just getting
into the spirit of the occasion. But yeah, what one
for you? Do you reckon?
Speaker 2 (01:27):
I think I have to think Harry mckellum's missus for
that day gave her set me over the top.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Yes, that was intriguing and I'll say that shout out
to Harry. Obviously you're still mates.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Yeah, yeah, it's his idea.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Oh yeah, I wonder what we were up against them,
But yeah, look like I say to those you under
where Miss Balfour was held by the balf of Young
Farmers and the Balfa Hall on Saturday night raising funds
for the Balfa Hall for restoration. If it's a need
to go on there, hey Josh, But obviously you're based
up in the basin. Like I say, Tianna Young Farmers,
how long you've been involved with the club.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Been involved since they kicked back up in twenty twenty one,
it will be four years now.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
That's pretty good going well. What's the appeal of afore
you you reckon? Oh?
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Just great crowd of people, A great crowd of people.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Tianna. Young farmers was dormant for quite a while, Like
I said, Harry and people at that where they were
driving force for getting you to go along there and
get involved. Joshua, what was the go.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
I've always always been into the young farmers And yeah,
when I moved back down here, it hadn't quite started up,
so when it did start up, sort of just got
stuck straight in the Yeah, that's been real good.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
So you say you moved down south? Where were you
before this? Before that I was.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
I was shippeting all around South Island all sorts of
places originally from down here though.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Yeah, but we find you these days. You're evolved with
the Metapori powers as hydro station, power station as such.
What's what are you doing over there?
Speaker 2 (03:07):
I'm a sparky Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Did you go back and retrainers are sparky after being
a shepherd or what was the story?
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Yes, I only quit farming about eighteen months ago and
started up here still in an apprenticeship, so just over
halfway through it.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Now. It's a pretty big change going from working on
a farm to getting a trader.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Suppose it is definitely different, definitely different, going from seeing
all sorts of weather above ground to not seeing any
below ground.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Well, obviously you don't suffer from being claustrophobic.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
No, no, it's not too bad down.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
So how far down do you go? Actually, when you're
on the tools, how far underground?
Speaker 2 (03:54):
So the tunnel is just over two k long, which
is a bit out straight down, it's about two hundred beaters.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
And how many of you involved with the with the
job as such?
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Well, I'm a contractor, so there's four of us here
full time. And then oh there's about twenty fifteen twenty
meridian stuff.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
Yes, certainly a bit of work stories. And I did
say you'd be able to come home with some pretty
gnarly ones on a Friday afternoon. Oh I don't.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
I will always play it safe. I don't know what
you're on about.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Oh, I'm not doubting your judgment at all, But I'm
just saying working working in an environment like that isn't
just your average above ground job.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Though, right, Yeah, it can be can be pretty interesting. Yeah,
they've been in some interesting days, like a few weeks ago,
coming back on the boat with it wind and rain
it hit.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Oh, there would have been a nightmare. Yeah it was.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
It's quite gnarly heaven one and a half two meter
breakers on the lake.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Young Farmers. You're a real active club there. And actually
Harry was telling me about the numbers you were getting
to the meetings and a lot of people think about
a third of the members or something. He said, we're
actually from from an urban environmental jobs outside of farming,
which is pretty cool.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Yeah, quite quite an array of different different jobs in
your club, from Sparky's teachers.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
And so you guys are out picking up rocks last night,
by the looks of it on your socials.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Yeah, yeah, an interesting one to do after work.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
Nothing like going from a palace. Nothing like going from
working at an underground palace station to picking up rocks
and chucking them in a load of backer. Right.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Yeah, I wasn't just packing them up. We're taking them
from about six feet deep some of them.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Oh, it's called internal fortitude. There's nothing wrong with it,
isn't it? Just Finally, Josh, as we out Tiada, Young Farmers,
like I say, going great guns. But when do you
guys meet up? When what are the details people need
to know.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
So we usually meet up on Wednesday, first Wednesday of
every month at seven o'clock at the Club and tianw
But this week we're not having a meeting this week.
It's next week. We're just merging it into where Christmas
do nice. If anyone wants to come along, they can
hit the club up. We'll hit Harry mckillum or me
(06:22):
up and yeah we'll get you down there for.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
If not, So, what are you doing for your Christmas duo?
Speaker 2 (06:28):
I just go into a wall shed over at Black
Mountain having a debrief.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
I suppose I was just about to say that is
exact word a Debrie from Verdic Commas. Right, yep, Hey,
good on you, Josh. Thanks for your time on the
Master of the Saft and congratulations as well on the
title of Miss Belfa Antianna Young Farmer is always good
to catch up with you guys and enjoy the work today.
It sounds like a really cool job.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Yeah, it's just for laugh out loud with a proud
because life on the land can be a laughing matter.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Brought to us by sheer Well Data working to help
the livestock farmer. So Young fellow goes and visits his
grandpa and hoss and a nursing home. He goes, how
are your grandpa? He goes, I'm feeling fine. Young fella goes,
what's the food like? He goes, terrific, wonderful menus in
the nursing Grandpa says, couldn't be better. The nurses really
take care of you. Young fella says, what about sleeping?
Do you sleep? Okay? He goes, no problem at all hours,
(07:26):
nine hours solid. Every night at ten o'clock, they bring
me a cup of hot chocolate and a Viagra tablet,
and that's it. I go out like a light. The
grandson's puzzled in a little alarm, so he asks a
sister in charge, what are you people doing giving a
ninety five year old viagra on a daily basis? That
can't be true. Oh yes, it is, replied the nurse.
Every night at ten o'clock, we give them a cup
of chocolate and a viagra tablet. But where it's wonderfully well.
(07:48):
The chocolate makes them roll, makes them sleep, and the
viagara stops them from rolling out of bed. That's us
over and done with for the afternoon, remembering hit up
the muss The page muster on Hakanui. Page regarding mainland
minerals go on like the page of mainland Minerals as well.
We're going to draw the winner of the five hundred
Prizzy Cad five hundred dollars Priezy Cad on Friday afternoon.
(08:11):
I'm Andy Mulla. This is the muster on Hakinnui. Thanks
for Peter Janelix. Enjoy the abbote, say it tomorrow
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