March 5, 2026 • 7 mins
Michelle Watt talks shearing, political polls and cricket finals!
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
On. Michelle right joins us for the Country Crossover this afternoon.
Good afternoon, Michelle.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Afternoon, Andy, and what a great song. We don't have
any rain here in dunda And today and haven't for
the last two days.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Hopefully some is here to stay for the weekend.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
The Golden Shares as well kicked off once again in Marterton.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
It did on Wednesday, of courses, incorporates the World Championship.
Very exciting for New Zealand to have all those top
shares here and such a top lineup from New Zealand competing.
It'll be a really exciting night. I think it's on
Saturday night, will be the big, big night. But lots
going on up there. And of course we broadcasted live
from that event today, so if you want to catch
up with that podcast, here to the Country and listen
(00:48):
to who we had on the show from the Golden
Shares with Jamie.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Have you ever been Have you ever done a day
in a woolshed?
Speaker 2 (00:54):
No, I've never done a day in a wallshed. It's
one of my goals in life. I think I spoke
to you about this off air, Andy, and I might
be opening up a can of worms here for this,
but as a sport, it's something that really intrigues me.
You know that I like to do endurance sports that
really push myself to my limit, and I feel like
talking about speed sharing, hearing about it from people, it's
(01:15):
something that would really push me to my limit, and
it's something I think I want to give a go.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Yeah, we're just not that, but just hopping into an
out of a vanguard all day, pressing the corners. Just
don't press the pins. Do you understand what I'm saying?
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Yeah, I would love to ever go on the old
wall press. I think the most that I'd probably be
trusted with is sweeping up the dag. Though when it
comes to anything in the sheds, how are you interesting?
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Coming out this morning as well? This poll not favorable
for lax and or National. Is there more to this
or is it just scam angering by certain sections of
the media.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
It's interesting, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
It's been a hard couple of weeks in politics really
in general, probably around the world really. I mean you
don't have to look at UK with Kiir Starmer, what's
going on over there with his side of things. So
a lot of politicians are struggling with this type of
thing around the world just because of how things are
going at the moment. It's hard to say, really, I
think poles you kind of take for me, taken with
(02:09):
a grain of salt in some ways, look at them,
read into them. It does give a feel for the
nation and how some people are feeling about things. But
if you look at what's going on in the world
at the moment, what's been happening in New Zealand, especially
economically with people doing it's still tough with the cost
of living, you can see why the results might be
the way they are. If people are unhappy, of course
it's going to dip down.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Do you see any positives regarding this world's situation and
New Zealand exports at the moment.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
Oh, it's hard to say, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
As it's such an uncertain time around the world at
the moment with everything going on Andy and I think
it's going to be tough maybe for the next wee
while and very uncertain. It's hard to say. I can't
really look into a crystal ball and give an answer
with that, But you know.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
Look at the great things that are going on at
the moment.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
We had a fantastic GDT result this week as well,
which was I don't know if that was unexpected or not.
With the way things are going in the world, our
red meat prices are still going really well, so you've
just got to hang onto those positives.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Well, there's been a lot of positives at the moment,
and I think we just need to celebrate these wins
when they occur, because they don't happen all that often,
and this season just seems.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
To provided absolutely.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
I mean, I'm a half glass full person, Andy, you
know that about me, and I think sometimes you've just
got to take how things are going as they are
and think, right, things are going actually pretty well for
me right now. I'm going to hang onto this and
just live in this moment for now, especially with the
way things are going with the uncertainty around the world,
not thinking ahead too much is probably a good way
(03:37):
to tackle it. But yeah, I think there's a lot
of positives. The only sector that's really struggling is probably arable,
but they've been struggling for quite a while. I was
up in Canterbury actually a week ago. Things looking very
green up there, but they've had a lot of wheat
and struggling with obviously harvest and things like that, but
they've been struggling with quite a bit of stuff for
a while and their sector, so it'll be about watching
(03:58):
this space.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
I think.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
With that, it's been an interesting season for a lot
of people getting the harvests in the paddock and you've
got a window of opportunity. It's like making hay. A
few people making getting the hay cat at the moment.
Traditionally late January is when you've got a true weather pattern,
but just it just hasn't existed. And like Phil Don't
and said before Michell, we're just going into autumn, so
you've got a brace for.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
It, absolutely, but it still doesn't help those arable farmers
and how they're doing it tough. And the thing with
arable farming too and is that they're reliant on that
one crop. If we have bad weather, if you've got
sheep and dairy cows and things like that, you have
one store and one bad block of weather.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
It's not great. You know, things are bad.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
I'm not going to downplay that at all, but for
arable farming, they can lose a whole crop, you know,
in that one go and not be able to grow
it back. So it's quite serious for them where they're
very reliant on the weather and the climate, but they're
also very resilient when you talk to them as well.
There's some great people in that arable sector.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
I thought you're just talking farming in a nutshell there.
Look the black Caps they're in the fine against India.
T twenty. Love it, I hate it. T twenty. You
can sit on the fence. You don't remember a result
after the game's play. That's a nature of the beast.
But for the black Caps to make this final in
a monetary sense and pound four pound all that ret
tricky hear about. Yes it's true, but I think it's
(05:17):
time for us to lift the trophy.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
Oh I love T twenty, Andy. I don't care what
people think of me for saying that, but T twenty
cricket is just so exciting. Of course, I spoke to
you at the end of last year and the Ashes
were on and I was starting to get into Test
cricket and learning about the Ashes and getting very excited
about that once I got into the whole game of it,
how it works. But T twenty is such a great game,
and New Zealand is very good at well.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
We're doing very.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Well obviously at the moment we made it into the finals.
Of course, I think India won't they be the first
team to retain the trophy in the first to win
it on home soil if they do beat New Zealand.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
Yeah, but let's put this into context. T twenty World
Cups are how just about every two years, so it's
not like it's a phenomenon for it to happen. And
the BCCI you've got Australia, India and England who rule
the cricketing landscape with their money, right, and for India
to win this game, well, if they were to lose
this game, it wouldn't be a big big deal because
(06:11):
that's not the red trick they roll with the BCCI.
It's all about India.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
Yeah, it's interesting, isn't it Because test cracket, and we've
spoken about this before too, there's only really a few
nations that really are able to play, that play it
well and dominate in it. The rest are all focused
on T twenty. So it's an interesting world when you've
got a team that can play both. And yeah, there's
a lot of money tied up in cracket, a lot.
I don't think people realize we think here in New
(06:37):
Zealand we're very isolated. It's all very much about rugby
and the All Blacks. But I'll tell you what, cricket.
There's a lot of money tied up in that overseas.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Good on you, Michelle. Hopefully next time we chat the
Black Caps will be t twenty World champions. Coincidentally, as well,
the sharing she had mixed, the muster sharing she had mixed.
I did this a couple of years ago. It is
on my Heart radio. So do yourself as a favor
and go and listen this weekend and you enjoy the weekend.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
You two Andy
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Michelle Watt and the Country Crossover, our resident sporting gury
Nathan burnand joins us Knicks had a beautiful and vocago
on
On. Michelle right joins us for the Country Crossover this afternoon.
Good afternoon, Michelle.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Afternoon, Andy, and what a great song. We don't have
any rain here in dunda And today and haven't for
the last two days.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Hopefully some is here to stay for the weekend.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
The Golden Shares as well kicked off once again in Marterton.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
It did on Wednesday, of courses, incorporates the World Championship.
Very exciting for New Zealand to have all those top
shares here and such a top lineup from New Zealand competing.
It'll be a really exciting night. I think it's on
Saturday night, will be the big, big night. But lots
going on up there. And of course we broadcasted live
from that event today, so if you want to catch
up with that podcast, here to the Country and listen
(00:48):
to who we had on the show from the Golden
Shares with Jamie.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Have you ever been Have you ever done a day
in a woolshed?
Speaker 2 (00:54):
No, I've never done a day in a wallshed. It's
one of my goals in life. I think I spoke
to you about this off air, Andy, and I might
be opening up a can of worms here for this,
but as a sport, it's something that really intrigues me.
You know that I like to do endurance sports that
really push myself to my limit, and I feel like
talking about speed sharing, hearing about it from people, it's
(01:15):
something that would really push me to my limit, and
it's something I think I want to give a go.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Yeah, we're just not that, but just hopping into an
out of a vanguard all day, pressing the corners. Just
don't press the pins. Do you understand what I'm saying?
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Yeah, I would love to ever go on the old
wall press. I think the most that I'd probably be
trusted with is sweeping up the dag. Though when it
comes to anything in the sheds, how are you interesting?
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Coming out this morning as well? This poll not favorable
for lax and or National. Is there more to this
or is it just scam angering by certain sections of
the media.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
It's interesting, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
It's been a hard couple of weeks in politics really
in general, probably around the world really. I mean you
don't have to look at UK with Kiir Starmer, what's
going on over there with his side of things. So
a lot of politicians are struggling with this type of
thing around the world just because of how things are
going at the moment. It's hard to say, really, I
think poles you kind of take for me, taken with
(02:09):
a grain of salt in some ways, look at them,
read into them. It does give a feel for the
nation and how some people are feeling about things. But
if you look at what's going on in the world
at the moment, what's been happening in New Zealand, especially
economically with people doing it's still tough with the cost
of living, you can see why the results might be
the way they are. If people are unhappy, of course
it's going to dip down.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Do you see any positives regarding this world's situation and
New Zealand exports at the moment.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
Oh, it's hard to say, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
As it's such an uncertain time around the world at
the moment with everything going on Andy and I think
it's going to be tough maybe for the next wee
while and very uncertain. It's hard to say. I can't
really look into a crystal ball and give an answer
with that, But you know.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
Look at the great things that are going on at
the moment.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
We had a fantastic GDT result this week as well,
which was I don't know if that was unexpected or not.
With the way things are going in the world, our
red meat prices are still going really well, so you've
just got to hang onto those positives.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Well, there's been a lot of positives at the moment,
and I think we just need to celebrate these wins
when they occur, because they don't happen all that often,
and this season just seems.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
To provided absolutely.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
I mean, I'm a half glass full person, Andy, you
know that about me, and I think sometimes you've just
got to take how things are going as they are
and think, right, things are going actually pretty well for
me right now. I'm going to hang onto this and
just live in this moment for now, especially with the
way things are going with the uncertainty around the world,
not thinking ahead too much is probably a good way
(03:37):
to tackle it. But yeah, I think there's a lot
of positives. The only sector that's really struggling is probably arable,
but they've been struggling for quite a while. I was
up in Canterbury actually a week ago. Things looking very
green up there, but they've had a lot of wheat
and struggling with obviously harvest and things like that, but
they've been struggling with quite a bit of stuff for
a while and their sector, so it'll be about watching
(03:58):
this space.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
I think.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
With that, it's been an interesting season for a lot
of people getting the harvests in the paddock and you've
got a window of opportunity. It's like making hay. A
few people making getting the hay cat at the moment.
Traditionally late January is when you've got a true weather pattern,
but just it just hasn't existed. And like Phil Don't
and said before Michell, we're just going into autumn, so
you've got a brace for.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
It, absolutely, but it still doesn't help those arable farmers
and how they're doing it tough. And the thing with
arable farming too and is that they're reliant on that
one crop. If we have bad weather, if you've got
sheep and dairy cows and things like that, you have
one store and one bad block of weather.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
It's not great. You know, things are bad.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
I'm not going to downplay that at all, but for
arable farming, they can lose a whole crop, you know,
in that one go and not be able to grow
it back. So it's quite serious for them where they're
very reliant on the weather and the climate, but they're
also very resilient when you talk to them as well.
There's some great people in that arable sector.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
I thought you're just talking farming in a nutshell there.
Look the black Caps they're in the fine against India.
T twenty. Love it, I hate it. T twenty. You
can sit on the fence. You don't remember a result
after the game's play. That's a nature of the beast.
But for the black Caps to make this final in
a monetary sense and pound four pound all that ret
tricky hear about. Yes it's true, but I think it's
(05:17):
time for us to lift the trophy.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
Oh I love T twenty, Andy. I don't care what
people think of me for saying that, but T twenty
cricket is just so exciting. Of course, I spoke to
you at the end of last year and the Ashes
were on and I was starting to get into Test
cricket and learning about the Ashes and getting very excited
about that once I got into the whole game of it,
how it works. But T twenty is such a great game,
and New Zealand is very good at well.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
We're doing very.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Well obviously at the moment we made it into the finals.
Of course, I think India won't they be the first
team to retain the trophy in the first to win
it on home soil if they do beat New Zealand.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
Yeah, but let's put this into context. T twenty World
Cups are how just about every two years, so it's
not like it's a phenomenon for it to happen. And
the BCCI you've got Australia, India and England who rule
the cricketing landscape with their money, right, and for India
to win this game, well, if they were to lose
this game, it wouldn't be a big big deal because
(06:11):
that's not the red trick they roll with the BCCI.
It's all about India.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
Yeah, it's interesting, isn't it Because test cracket, and we've
spoken about this before too, there's only really a few
nations that really are able to play, that play it
well and dominate in it. The rest are all focused
on T twenty. So it's an interesting world when you've
got a team that can play both. And yeah, there's
a lot of money tied up in cracket, a lot.
I don't think people realize we think here in New
(06:37):
Zealand we're very isolated. It's all very much about rugby
and the All Blacks. But I'll tell you what, cricket.
There's a lot of money tied up in that overseas.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Good on you, Michelle. Hopefully next time we chat the
Black Caps will be t twenty World champions. Coincidentally, as well,
the sharing she had mixed, the muster sharing she had mixed.
I did this a couple of years ago. It is
on my Heart radio. So do yourself as a favor
and go and listen this weekend and you enjoy the weekend.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
You two Andy
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Michelle Watt and the Country Crossover, our resident sporting gury
Nathan burnand joins us Knicks had a beautiful and vocago
on
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