September 1, 2025 • 5 mins
McKenzie Frear of West Otago Young Farmers catches up in this week's YFC chat.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
Welcome back to the musterro and Hakanui the who is
the artist today? Pinball Wizard. Hell of a game that
pinball back in the day, especially old school when you
had the bells and the whistles go off. None of
the electronics that came up. It was all analog scoring.
It's a bit of a blast from the past. Mackenzie.
Fryer joins us next out of Westertager Young Farmers McKenzie,
(00:26):
good afternoon when you go to town. Have you ever ever
been inclined to have a game of pinball? Boy? Chance?
Has it ever been your jab?
Speaker 2 (00:33):
I'm not gonna lie, it was probably a little bit
before my time, but definitely intriguing Young farmers.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
You're a member of the West of Tago Young Farmers Club. Mackenzie.
How's things been? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Good. We've been really busy recently and ramping up for
another big year.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
So what's been going on club wise?
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Oh? So in June we had our agm where our
new exec was elected, and then following that we also
did our first ever ball which was a massive success
and we had the best time. I think quite a
few locals came out and yeah, I had a great.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Night So who's the executives there at wester Tata Young Farmers.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
So we've got a newly executed chair Christine, and I'm
myself and vice chair, and then we've got quite a
few other locals all on the execut as well. I
won't read all off all the names otherwise we'll be
here all day.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Obviously, not a problem getting people to put their hands
up to do jobs.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Yeah, no, we've got a fantastic team that are all
really eager to help out with everything.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
So what was the appeal for you joining Young Farmers McKenzie?
What's your story with the organization?
Speaker 2 (01:39):
So I moved to the area about two years ago
and I moved down knowing absolutely no one, So it
was a really easy way to meet some people and
make some lifelong friends.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
So it's a no brainer for you moving into a
new area. Just Young Farmers seem to have wearing a
mouth out there to come and meet people. Was that
the way it worked? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Absolutely. A part of Young Farmers clubs all over the
country before moving down here, so when I heard that
there was a local one, I had to get amongst that.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
So whereabout swear you? Before Northwestern Targo?
Speaker 2 (02:10):
I was in christ Church and then before that I
was actually in Tottleness.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
So what was a catalyst moving to Southend? Was it
for work?
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Yep, yep. Job opportunities got too good of an offer
to turn down.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
As far as the club membership, boys, how's it looking.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Really good, But we're always keen for more members. We've
actually got our monthly meeting this Wednesday at seven o'clock
at the Forest Lodge Hotel. So anyone that's keen to
get out there meet some more like minded people, come along.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
How many people would you get come along to the
meetings normally, McKenzie.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
We've got a really good core groups that are there,
about ten of us and every so often we've got
some new members. We've had some meetings go up to
fifteen twenty people before, which has been great. With a
whole heap of events coming up as well, we've got
a bit of an attraction for people to come along.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
So what are those events that are coming up?
Speaker 2 (03:02):
So we've got one of our major fundraisers for the
year coming up, which is our kids Halloween Disco. So
we host a pretty much address up party disco for
all the local kids. So any kids from twelve and
under welcome to come along on the thirty first of
October from five till eight at the Tepanoi Rugby Club.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
You guys did the Maze Maze last year as well?
Is that correct? Yes, we did the Maze Maze. That's
the way to do. But how did it go? Are
you looking at doing it again later on in the year.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
It did take a lot of planning and I don't
think probably wink went as well as we'd all hope.
So we're open to doing it again if that's something
that the community is after. It's definitely something that we
could we could talk about. We'd love to do it, it's
just don't know how well. Yeah, the crop was able
(03:59):
to be used after as Unfortunately.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Well, the planning that goes into something like that logistically
must be a bit of a nightmare.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
It's pretty good when you've got a good team around you,
and we've got such a fantastic club that everyone's always
eager to help out and get things going.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Just finally, as well, you talk about a couple of events,
what else what do you do for fundraising there? What
do you guys do to get the mulla rolling in?
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Yeah, so doing events like the ball and the disco
tend to be made your fundraisers. But because we've got
so many handy, helpful people in the club, we've also
got just higher hand kind of services going as well.
If you're needing an extra hand for any of the
busy season, you can get in touch with us and
(04:44):
we'll be more than happy to try and offer our services.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
So you guys are going to try and keep in
touch during the busy season. Landing slash carving.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Yeah, so we've been doing our monthly meetings and then
we also have winter dinner catch ups, so alternating weeks
we have a catch up and go out for dinner
somewhere everyone off farm and Yeah, but a social connection.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Now Facebook channel, I suppose Instagram that would be where
people get in touch possibly TikTok of this generation yep.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
No, So we've got our Facebook page and that's pretty active.
So all the details are all posted there about all
of our up and coming events, our meetings, if you're
needing extras to the hands our fundraisers. So that's just
called West Otago Young Farmers.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Awesome. Mackenzie appreciated the chat this afternoon. You stayed dry
out there.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Thanks have a good one, sure.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Mackenzie Freir from Wesa Young Farmers not a fan of Pimball.
Thomas O'Brien is up next. We're going from West Otago
to northern Northern Southland. How's everything with Tommy Tappa,
Welcome back to the musterro and Hakanui the who is
the artist today? Pinball Wizard. Hell of a game that
pinball back in the day, especially old school when you
had the bells and the whistles go off. None of
the electronics that came up. It was all analog scoring.
It's a bit of a blast from the past. Mackenzie.
Fryer joins us next out of Westertager Young Farmers McKenzie,
(00:26):
good afternoon when you go to town. Have you ever ever
been inclined to have a game of pinball? Boy? Chance?
Has it ever been your jab?
Speaker 2 (00:33):
I'm not gonna lie, it was probably a little bit
before my time, but definitely intriguing Young farmers.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
You're a member of the West of Tago Young Farmers Club. Mackenzie.
How's things been? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Good. We've been really busy recently and ramping up for
another big year.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
So what's been going on club wise?
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Oh? So in June we had our agm where our
new exec was elected, and then following that we also
did our first ever ball which was a massive success
and we had the best time. I think quite a
few locals came out and yeah, I had a great.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Night So who's the executives there at wester Tata Young Farmers.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
So we've got a newly executed chair Christine, and I'm
myself and vice chair, and then we've got quite a
few other locals all on the execut as well. I
won't read all off all the names otherwise we'll be
here all day.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Obviously, not a problem getting people to put their hands
up to do jobs.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Yeah, no, we've got a fantastic team that are all
really eager to help out with everything.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
So what was the appeal for you joining Young Farmers McKenzie?
What's your story with the organization?
Speaker 2 (01:39):
So I moved to the area about two years ago
and I moved down knowing absolutely no one, So it
was a really easy way to meet some people and
make some lifelong friends.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
So it's a no brainer for you moving into a
new area. Just Young Farmers seem to have wearing a
mouth out there to come and meet people. Was that
the way it worked? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Absolutely. A part of Young Farmers clubs all over the
country before moving down here, so when I heard that
there was a local one, I had to get amongst that.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
So whereabout swear you? Before Northwestern Targo?
Speaker 2 (02:10):
I was in christ Church and then before that I
was actually in Tottleness.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
So what was a catalyst moving to Southend? Was it
for work?
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Yep, yep. Job opportunities got too good of an offer
to turn down.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
As far as the club membership, boys, how's it looking.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Really good, But we're always keen for more members. We've
actually got our monthly meeting this Wednesday at seven o'clock
at the Forest Lodge Hotel. So anyone that's keen to
get out there meet some more like minded people, come along.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
How many people would you get come along to the
meetings normally, McKenzie.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
We've got a really good core groups that are there,
about ten of us and every so often we've got
some new members. We've had some meetings go up to
fifteen twenty people before, which has been great. With a
whole heap of events coming up as well, we've got
a bit of an attraction for people to come along.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
So what are those events that are coming up?
Speaker 2 (03:02):
So we've got one of our major fundraisers for the
year coming up, which is our kids Halloween Disco. So
we host a pretty much address up party disco for
all the local kids. So any kids from twelve and
under welcome to come along on the thirty first of
October from five till eight at the Tepanoi Rugby Club.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
You guys did the Maze Maze last year as well?
Is that correct? Yes, we did the Maze Maze. That's
the way to do. But how did it go? Are
you looking at doing it again later on in the year.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
It did take a lot of planning and I don't
think probably wink went as well as we'd all hope.
So we're open to doing it again if that's something
that the community is after. It's definitely something that we
could we could talk about. We'd love to do it, it's
just don't know how well. Yeah, the crop was able
(03:59):
to be used after as Unfortunately.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Well, the planning that goes into something like that logistically
must be a bit of a nightmare.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
It's pretty good when you've got a good team around you,
and we've got such a fantastic club that everyone's always
eager to help out and get things going.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Just finally, as well, you talk about a couple of events,
what else what do you do for fundraising there? What
do you guys do to get the mulla rolling in?
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Yeah, so doing events like the ball and the disco
tend to be made your fundraisers. But because we've got
so many handy, helpful people in the club, we've also
got just higher hand kind of services going as well.
If you're needing an extra hand for any of the
busy season, you can get in touch with us and
(04:44):
we'll be more than happy to try and offer our services.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
So you guys are going to try and keep in
touch during the busy season. Landing slash carving.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Yeah, so we've been doing our monthly meetings and then
we also have winter dinner catch ups, so alternating weeks
we have a catch up and go out for dinner
somewhere everyone off farm and Yeah, but a social connection.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Now Facebook channel, I suppose Instagram that would be where
people get in touch possibly TikTok of this generation yep.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
No, So we've got our Facebook page and that's pretty active.
So all the details are all posted there about all
of our up and coming events, our meetings, if you're
needing extras to the hands our fundraisers. So that's just
called West Otago Young Farmers.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Awesome. Mackenzie appreciated the chat this afternoon. You stayed dry
out there.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Thanks have a good one, sure.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Mackenzie Freir from Wesa Young Farmers not a fan of Pimball.
Thomas O'Brien is up next. We're going from West Otago
to northern Northern Southland. How's everything with Tommy Tappa,
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