November 7, 2024 • 7 mins
Michelle Watt looks at Kiwi trade opportunities under the new US government.
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Speaker 1 (00:11):
This is the Country Crossover thanks to Linton Contracting. Michelle Watt,
executive producer of the Country, and Duneda joins us.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Good afternoon, afternoon, Andy, how are you and I head?
It's a bit of a sash in the background.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
That takes me back, bit of Ecuador, but a bit
of Duff Duff not clubbing from the late nineties, early year,
late nineties.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
That's right, Yeah, it takes me back right back.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Actually, it's been a hectic week, hasn't it. US elections,
trying to digest what's going on. There a lot of hysteria,
especially on social media regarding the result.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
What do you make of it all?
Speaker 2 (00:41):
I think it's going to be interesting to follow it.
I think there is a lot of stuff going on
on social media and opinions obviously in that sign of
it about Trump and about Kamala or Kamala Rada. But
you know, at the end of the day he was
voted on. You know, it's well, I don't know if
it's a fair system coming on that on the US,
(01:04):
but you know, it's what the people wanted, you know,
for New Zealand. It could mean quite a few different things.
Of course, Trump was saying about imposing certain tariffs and
import tariffs on certain products. Could that make Todd mcclay's
job a little bit harder selling US to the world,
And the US is one of our biggest markets, one
(01:25):
of our bigger markets, so it could be interesting to
follow that. I mean my view on it, and I
think I sent you this proverb is when a clown
moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The
palace becomes a circus.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
That's good.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
So I think watch and wait with that one, because
I mean, he's still got to announce his advisor board,
which he's or advisory board, which he's already sort of
hinted towards who's going to be on that. So it'll
be interesting to see as time moves on, you know,
what happens, and if he goes through with some of
the decisions and promises that he said he's going to do.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
It's very much the age of press melody politics, So,
especially from Harris's viewpoint, I'd imagine the endorsements from the
so called celebrities really didn't help the cause.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Yeah, I think it's interesting. America is a very different
the way elections work over there are quite a very
different to how it is here, and it is very
much It's like a show, isn't it. Like it's like
watching for me, it's like watching entertainment. You know, you've
got Karmela on SNL. You know Trump did his stint
on SNL. I think back in twenty sixteen as well,
(02:31):
Like you wouldn't see a New Zealand leader doing that,
you know, like on a comedy show before an election.
Like it's not something it's over there. It just seems
like you're watching some sort of big show, Like it's
not real. It's I find it very fascinating. I think
that's why, you know, a lot of the world is
very much interested in it because it is so different
how it operates as well. Of course, having a look
(02:54):
at a story last night and apparently and Google Trends
dart it was showing the US Internet user spiked on
election night, November sixth, and the biggest search that come
up was moving to New Zealand, apparently trended on Google
and most of it came from citizens living in Oregon
West Coast, followed by those living in Vermont, Hawaii, Colorado,
and Montana. So quite interesting. We could end up with
(03:16):
a whole lot of Americans moving to New Zealand.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
The American political system is a totally different beast to
anything we can ever comprehend, though, Isn't it like the
college vote system through the Seven Key States as they're
known as Eric Roid tried to destroy did describe it
in great detail on Monday's show. But it is just
so hard to try and understand from the outside.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Oh, there's so much to the political system in the
US that in general, so the way where it's with
the Senates and all that sort of stuff is just
so much bigger and so different to here. We can't comprehending.
It is difficult, I think, and it is quite complicated,
and like you're pointed out, the voting system over there
is quite It's quite complicated as well, although if people
(03:58):
are interested in it. To be honest, Our toddmul Or
did an interview with Jamie during the week about it.
He has a podcast on the subject. If you want
to check that out on our iHeart podcast, go for it.
It explains it actually quite he explains it quite well.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
Actually a bit of sad news for a few people,
I suppose in the Australian breakdancing scene. The other yesterday
or a couple of days ago. Rachel raygun Gunn has
announced her retirement from competitive breakdancing or breaking or whatever
you call it.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Yeah, I thought this was to that it came out,
and apparently it has to do with the backlash that
she experienced. Apparently she's ranked number one in the latest
breaking World ranking list, So I'm not sure. I mean,
I'm not a follower of breakdancing. Have you ever tried breakdancing? Andy?
Speaker 1 (04:42):
Well, back in the mid eighties it was all the rage.
She listened to irene kara and songs like this what Now?
Back in the day it had different regions of New
Zealand with the breakdancing competition.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
Funnily enough, there weren't too many entries from Southland.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
But you watch it and you put the baggy pants on,
you try and go and do the moves and the likes.
This is pretty EMC Hammer days as well. So back
in the eighties for sure it was a different viable round.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Really.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
Yeah, yeah, absolutely, And I think it's interesting to hear
her that that she's retired from it. She won't be
going back to another Olympics, although I don't think I've
been the breaking is at the next Olympics, because I
think it was just a trial sport, wasn't it in Paris?
I don't think it was. It was one of those
sports that were testing out.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
And it's like the Commonwealth Games getting watered down. Only
a few sports making the cat there and likes of
breaking and breakdancing.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
It is called breaking.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Actually it makes no sense in order to even Nonetheless,
she goes into the category for me of Erica e
or Muss and Barney from the Sydney two thousand Olympics,
who was there because he decided he wanted to swim
and he'd never really seen the swimming pool before.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
And an individual who was known as Eddie the.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
Eagle, a ski jumper out of the Great Britain who
was so bad. They were so good and they made
a movie about him.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Absolutely, I mean they were great sort of feel good stories.
I mean that Eddie the Eagle one was slightly different.
But the Eddida El Eric the Eel, Eric the Eel,
so he I think he was one of the when
they gave a token entre, isn't it to a smaller
nations a swimming I think so that was a quite
completely different stories. To give those smaller nations a bit
(06:12):
of a chance, you know, whereas Reagan she went over there,
she was selected by her country for that team to
make it into breakdancing. But yeah, I do wonder how
many people actually do break dancing.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Maybe there is quite a lot, not too many year
around Gored, but that doesn't mean it doesn't occur. Just
finally as well, the Tour of South and we've got
the rain for them today. We had the heat yesterday
early mid tweentty temperatures. Unfortunately more moisture today. They had
the snowed before they started last Saturday. It's been all
over the show coming into Gore this afternoon actually very very.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
Shortly, absolutely and very exciting. I've been watching following this
tour for the last few days. Of course, it's New
Zealand's oldest tour I think from memory, it's been around
for quite a long time and these days it's used
to launch some of these young riders into professional careers overseas,
so the Remarkables League has been lengthened and a lot
(07:03):
of these overseas big teams, you know, like World Tour teams,
Continental teams, which the Continental was the one below the
World Tours. They follow these results and they follow these stats,
and that's how they find some of these top riders.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
Absolutely so let's find out how it concludes over the
next couple of days. But it's certainly something synonymous with
the solf, just like your cheese rolls in that Michelle
will leave it there.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
Always good to jat Michelle.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
What and the country crossover thanks to Lindon contracting heading
to Away Momo.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
Next, let's catch up with Warren Ross.
This is the Country Crossover thanks to Linton Contracting. Michelle Watt,
executive producer of the Country, and Duneda joins us.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Good afternoon, afternoon, Andy, how are you and I head?
It's a bit of a sash in the background.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
That takes me back, bit of Ecuador, but a bit
of Duff Duff not clubbing from the late nineties, early year,
late nineties.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
That's right, Yeah, it takes me back right back.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Actually, it's been a hectic week, hasn't it. US elections,
trying to digest what's going on. There a lot of hysteria,
especially on social media regarding the result.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
What do you make of it all?
Speaker 2 (00:41):
I think it's going to be interesting to follow it.
I think there is a lot of stuff going on
on social media and opinions obviously in that sign of
it about Trump and about Kamala or Kamala Rada. But
you know, at the end of the day he was
voted on. You know, it's well, I don't know if
it's a fair system coming on that on the US,
(01:04):
but you know, it's what the people wanted, you know,
for New Zealand. It could mean quite a few different things.
Of course, Trump was saying about imposing certain tariffs and
import tariffs on certain products. Could that make Todd mcclay's
job a little bit harder selling US to the world,
And the US is one of our biggest markets, one
(01:25):
of our bigger markets, so it could be interesting to
follow that. I mean my view on it, and I
think I sent you this proverb is when a clown
moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The
palace becomes a circus.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
That's good.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
So I think watch and wait with that one, because
I mean, he's still got to announce his advisor board,
which he's or advisory board, which he's already sort of
hinted towards who's going to be on that. So it'll
be interesting to see as time moves on, you know,
what happens, and if he goes through with some of
the decisions and promises that he said he's going to do.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
It's very much the age of press melody politics, So,
especially from Harris's viewpoint, I'd imagine the endorsements from the
so called celebrities really didn't help the cause.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Yeah, I think it's interesting. America is a very different
the way elections work over there are quite a very
different to how it is here, and it is very
much It's like a show, isn't it. Like it's like
watching for me, it's like watching entertainment. You know, you've
got Karmela on SNL. You know Trump did his stint
on SNL. I think back in twenty sixteen as well,
(02:31):
Like you wouldn't see a New Zealand leader doing that,
you know, like on a comedy show before an election.
Like it's not something it's over there. It just seems
like you're watching some sort of big show, Like it's
not real. It's I find it very fascinating. I think
that's why, you know, a lot of the world is
very much interested in it because it is so different
how it operates as well. Of course, having a look
(02:54):
at a story last night and apparently and Google Trends
dart it was showing the US Internet user spiked on
election night, November sixth, and the biggest search that come
up was moving to New Zealand, apparently trended on Google
and most of it came from citizens living in Oregon
West Coast, followed by those living in Vermont, Hawaii, Colorado,
and Montana. So quite interesting. We could end up with
(03:16):
a whole lot of Americans moving to New Zealand.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
The American political system is a totally different beast to
anything we can ever comprehend, though, Isn't it like the
college vote system through the Seven Key States as they're
known as Eric Roid tried to destroy did describe it
in great detail on Monday's show. But it is just
so hard to try and understand from the outside.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Oh, there's so much to the political system in the
US that in general, so the way where it's with
the Senates and all that sort of stuff is just
so much bigger and so different to here. We can't comprehending.
It is difficult, I think, and it is quite complicated,
and like you're pointed out, the voting system over there
is quite It's quite complicated as well, although if people
(03:58):
are interested in it. To be honest, Our toddmul Or
did an interview with Jamie during the week about it.
He has a podcast on the subject. If you want
to check that out on our iHeart podcast, go for it.
It explains it actually quite he explains it quite well.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
Actually a bit of sad news for a few people,
I suppose in the Australian breakdancing scene. The other yesterday
or a couple of days ago. Rachel raygun Gunn has
announced her retirement from competitive breakdancing or breaking or whatever
you call it.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Yeah, I thought this was to that it came out,
and apparently it has to do with the backlash that
she experienced. Apparently she's ranked number one in the latest
breaking World ranking list, So I'm not sure. I mean,
I'm not a follower of breakdancing. Have you ever tried breakdancing? Andy?
Speaker 1 (04:42):
Well, back in the mid eighties it was all the rage.
She listened to irene kara and songs like this what Now?
Back in the day it had different regions of New
Zealand with the breakdancing competition.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
Funnily enough, there weren't too many entries from Southland.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
But you watch it and you put the baggy pants on,
you try and go and do the moves and the likes.
This is pretty EMC Hammer days as well. So back
in the eighties for sure it was a different viable round.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Really.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
Yeah, yeah, absolutely, And I think it's interesting to hear
her that that she's retired from it. She won't be
going back to another Olympics, although I don't think I've
been the breaking is at the next Olympics, because I
think it was just a trial sport, wasn't it in Paris?
I don't think it was. It was one of those
sports that were testing out.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
And it's like the Commonwealth Games getting watered down. Only
a few sports making the cat there and likes of
breaking and breakdancing.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
It is called breaking.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Actually it makes no sense in order to even Nonetheless,
she goes into the category for me of Erica e
or Muss and Barney from the Sydney two thousand Olympics,
who was there because he decided he wanted to swim
and he'd never really seen the swimming pool before.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
And an individual who was known as Eddie the.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
Eagle, a ski jumper out of the Great Britain who
was so bad. They were so good and they made
a movie about him.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Absolutely, I mean they were great sort of feel good stories.
I mean that Eddie the Eagle one was slightly different.
But the Eddida El Eric the Eel, Eric the Eel,
so he I think he was one of the when
they gave a token entre, isn't it to a smaller
nations a swimming I think so that was a quite
completely different stories. To give those smaller nations a bit
(06:12):
of a chance, you know, whereas Reagan she went over there,
she was selected by her country for that team to
make it into breakdancing. But yeah, I do wonder how
many people actually do break dancing.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Maybe there is quite a lot, not too many year
around Gored, but that doesn't mean it doesn't occur. Just
finally as well, the Tour of South and we've got
the rain for them today. We had the heat yesterday
early mid tweentty temperatures. Unfortunately more moisture today. They had
the snowed before they started last Saturday. It's been all
over the show coming into Gore this afternoon actually very very.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
Shortly, absolutely and very exciting. I've been watching following this
tour for the last few days. Of course, it's New
Zealand's oldest tour I think from memory, it's been around
for quite a long time and these days it's used
to launch some of these young riders into professional careers overseas,
so the Remarkables League has been lengthened and a lot
(07:03):
of these overseas big teams, you know, like World Tour teams,
Continental teams, which the Continental was the one below the
World Tours. They follow these results and they follow these stats,
and that's how they find some of these top riders.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
Absolutely so let's find out how it concludes over the
next couple of days. But it's certainly something synonymous with
the solf, just like your cheese rolls in that Michelle
will leave it there.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
Always good to jat Michelle.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
What and the country crossover thanks to Lindon contracting heading
to Away Momo.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
Next, let's catch up with Warren Ross.
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