September 22, 2025 • 6 mins
Nick Robinson of Waitane Young Farmers talks YFC happenings.
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Speaker 1 (00:11):
Welcome back to the Master. Before we wrap up, we
catch up with Nick Robinson. Here's voice chair of Tiny
Young Farmers. No, good afternoon, How are you good? Mate?
You I can't really complain now you're based up there
around Clinton as such. Firstly, ground conditions this afternoon, hell things.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Oh grand conditions are pretty pretty wet at the moment.
It was just starting to dry it nicely, but you know,
typical old self and weather. It's sort of just rains
when you don't want it to.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
How's your feet covers and the likes looking there? Oh?
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Fake covers? Rich? Pretty good? You know we went we
had a pretty mild winter really, so just keep the
feed taken away nicely. And you's still taken away nicely
at the moment.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Now what tany young farmers you're involved there? Like I say,
voice cheer, is this your first time going into a
position of responsibility I suppose for a club like that.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
Yeah, yeah it is. Yeah, it's a bit of a
step up, but I should be able to handle it.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
And how long have you been involved Young Farmers?
Speaker 2 (01:12):
For I think this is my second year of Young Farmers.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
Right, we'll get the obvious out of the room for
a starter. Have you still got have you still got
the phones boox for Belfer?
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Ah? No, I don't think we have. I think that's
gone back to Belfer. I think it ends up at
Tiana for a bit, And I don't really I don't
want to really go into that too much.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Yeah, I know you don't, But the fact is, Helen Earth,
did it end up at Tian now?
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Ah, I'm not. I'm not entirely sure. I stayed away
from the whole situation really, It's just I don't want
to get involved in that.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
So you guys, even though it's September, you've been keeping active.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Oh, it's been pretty quiet at the moment, obviously, with
lemming and carbon going on. We've only really whereving actually
really had much and on lately.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
Just said toler yere. I suppose do you do you
meet up at all, like for a feed or a
beer or anything during September or are you just waiting
for October? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Yeah, we we had a lemming and carving dinner at
the start of this month. It's sort of just an
opportunity for everyone to get off the farm and that
we don't generally have a meeting this month. It's just
just to catch up and a beer with your mates
and yeah, they're getting on with their lenning.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Do you have like a WhatsApp group running or the
however your young fellows do it these days and fellow
asses snapchat just groups and group chats going at this
time of year.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Yeah, we've got all sorts of group chats, Snapchat and
Messenger and all sorts of things. You can see all
the all the stuff up everyone's head on the farm
or what's going on during.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
The day pretty much. So you're from the South originally, Nick.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Yeah, yep, always always been down the South, grew up
on We were sheep and bee farm up near Milton Waye.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Nice so young farmers for you. What was the driving
force to get involved?
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Ah, it was just the fact that my mates we
were a part of the club and they sort of
pushed me towards coming into Young Farmers And I was
always quite keen on the idea of getting involved in
something and doing stuff in the community in it.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
And it always seems to be there, always seems to
be something different on the horizon too, I suppose.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Yeah, there's always something different. You're always going to a
different event or it's always fun things going on and
the young farmers that you can get involved in.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
You look at young farmers and it was like anything,
you know, you need to get a few funds on
the go. What do you guys do there? Do you
have much on the horizon as far as that goes
for fundraise for fundraising?
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Yeah, well, obviously with the Aussie trip we did a
lot of fundraising towards towards us, sort of cheering and
crutching and all sorts of things. But yeah, we just
look at doing fundraising. We've got a fundraiser coming up soon.
We're doing a tailing fundraiser. Should get the thing account
topped up.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
How many lambs or how many farms do you hope
to tail?
Speaker 2 (04:00):
I think they're only doing one or two at the moment.
I'm not. I'm tirely sure.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
Someways a good fundraiser though, under the end of the day,
you get to connect. Now the district, the district finals
are happening at Batahani this year, I believe.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Yep, yep, that's happening this year. We're just in the
planning stages at the moment. At our first meeting the
other day, having a bit of a think about what
we could do in terms of modules and and that
tope of thing at the district.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
So what dates that?
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Oh, we haven't exactly come up with a date at
the moment, but like I said, we're in the early
stages are planning it, so there'll be more to come
in the future.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
Because it'll come around quicker than not as well, I
mean cheap as Where are we now just about the
end of September for goodness sake, and it's not that
long ago since we're down in the Picago for the
Grand Final.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Yeah well, yeah, yeah, sort of looking at probably being
at the start of starting next year, first couple of
months the next year.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
See how many members would you have active there? Waitani
at the moment, Oh, a.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
Good week crew of about about forty thirty or forty
at the moment.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
That's a really good, not outstanding number of foot thought
for a start you're going to say fourteen, but forty
that's pretty cool. So you're getting a lot of younger
people coming through the rigs.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Yeah, yeah, quite often, especially this time the year, when
you get people coming from overseas, they quite often under
the young farmers over there and quite keen to join
a cob over here for a bit where they're over
overseeing New Zealand.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
Hey, go on your I can. Lastly, I suppose the
obvious meeting dates for Waitani. When do they occur and
where where?
Speaker 2 (05:45):
You can find them on our Facebook page, but it's
usually we're usually at the Materia Bistro on the first
Monday or the second Monday of every month.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
Hey, get on you and I can appreciate of the chat
this afternoon, all the with the busy season, and we'll
chat again. And always got to catch up with young
farmers here on the muster.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Yep the day laugh out loud with ag proud because
life on the land can be a laughing matter.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
Brought to us by sheer Well data working to help
the livestock farmer. Two boys were a wedding when one
of the masks the other one. How many wives can
a man have? And his friends answered sixteen for better,
for worse, for richer for poorer. That's us for the afternoon.
I'm Andy Muller. This has been the Muster on Hakanoi
(06:36):
thanks to Peterson Nix. Enjoy the afternoon. We'll see you tomorrow.
Sunday's up
Welcome back to the Master. Before we wrap up, we
catch up with Nick Robinson. Here's voice chair of Tiny
Young Farmers. No, good afternoon, How are you good? Mate?
You I can't really complain now you're based up there
around Clinton as such. Firstly, ground conditions this afternoon, hell things.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Oh grand conditions are pretty pretty wet at the moment.
It was just starting to dry it nicely, but you know,
typical old self and weather. It's sort of just rains
when you don't want it to.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
How's your feet covers and the likes looking there? Oh?
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Fake covers? Rich? Pretty good? You know we went we
had a pretty mild winter really, so just keep the
feed taken away nicely. And you's still taken away nicely
at the moment.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Now what tany young farmers you're involved there? Like I say,
voice cheer, is this your first time going into a
position of responsibility I suppose for a club like that.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
Yeah, yeah it is. Yeah, it's a bit of a
step up, but I should be able to handle it.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
And how long have you been involved Young Farmers?
Speaker 2 (01:12):
For I think this is my second year of Young Farmers.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
Right, we'll get the obvious out of the room for
a starter. Have you still got have you still got
the phones boox for Belfer?
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Ah? No, I don't think we have. I think that's
gone back to Belfer. I think it ends up at
Tiana for a bit, And I don't really I don't
want to really go into that too much.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Yeah, I know you don't, But the fact is, Helen Earth,
did it end up at Tian now?
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Ah, I'm not. I'm not entirely sure. I stayed away
from the whole situation really, It's just I don't want
to get involved in that.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
So you guys, even though it's September, you've been keeping active.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Oh, it's been pretty quiet at the moment, obviously, with
lemming and carbon going on. We've only really whereving actually
really had much and on lately.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
Just said toler yere. I suppose do you do you
meet up at all, like for a feed or a
beer or anything during September or are you just waiting
for October? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Yeah, we we had a lemming and carving dinner at
the start of this month. It's sort of just an
opportunity for everyone to get off the farm and that
we don't generally have a meeting this month. It's just
just to catch up and a beer with your mates
and yeah, they're getting on with their lenning.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Do you have like a WhatsApp group running or the
however your young fellows do it these days and fellow
asses snapchat just groups and group chats going at this
time of year.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Yeah, we've got all sorts of group chats, Snapchat and
Messenger and all sorts of things. You can see all
the all the stuff up everyone's head on the farm
or what's going on during.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
The day pretty much. So you're from the South originally, Nick.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Yeah, yep, always always been down the South, grew up
on We were sheep and bee farm up near Milton Waye.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Nice so young farmers for you. What was the driving
force to get involved?
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Ah, it was just the fact that my mates we
were a part of the club and they sort of
pushed me towards coming into Young Farmers And I was
always quite keen on the idea of getting involved in
something and doing stuff in the community in it.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
And it always seems to be there, always seems to
be something different on the horizon too, I suppose.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Yeah, there's always something different. You're always going to a
different event or it's always fun things going on and
the young farmers that you can get involved in.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
You look at young farmers and it was like anything,
you know, you need to get a few funds on
the go. What do you guys do there? Do you
have much on the horizon as far as that goes
for fundraise for fundraising?
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Yeah, well, obviously with the Aussie trip we did a
lot of fundraising towards towards us, sort of cheering and
crutching and all sorts of things. But yeah, we just
look at doing fundraising. We've got a fundraiser coming up soon.
We're doing a tailing fundraiser. Should get the thing account
topped up.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
How many lambs or how many farms do you hope
to tail?
Speaker 2 (04:00):
I think they're only doing one or two at the moment.
I'm not. I'm tirely sure.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
Someways a good fundraiser though, under the end of the day,
you get to connect. Now the district, the district finals
are happening at Batahani this year, I believe.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Yep, yep, that's happening this year. We're just in the
planning stages at the moment. At our first meeting the
other day, having a bit of a think about what
we could do in terms of modules and and that
tope of thing at the district.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
So what dates that?
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Oh, we haven't exactly come up with a date at
the moment, but like I said, we're in the early
stages are planning it, so there'll be more to come
in the future.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
Because it'll come around quicker than not as well, I
mean cheap as Where are we now just about the
end of September for goodness sake, and it's not that
long ago since we're down in the Picago for the
Grand Final.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Yeah well, yeah, yeah, sort of looking at probably being
at the start of starting next year, first couple of
months the next year.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
See how many members would you have active there? Waitani
at the moment, Oh, a.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
Good week crew of about about forty thirty or forty
at the moment.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
That's a really good, not outstanding number of foot thought
for a start you're going to say fourteen, but forty
that's pretty cool. So you're getting a lot of younger
people coming through the rigs.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Yeah, yeah, quite often, especially this time the year, when
you get people coming from overseas, they quite often under
the young farmers over there and quite keen to join
a cob over here for a bit where they're over
overseeing New Zealand.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
Hey, go on your I can. Lastly, I suppose the
obvious meeting dates for Waitani. When do they occur and
where where?
Speaker 2 (05:45):
You can find them on our Facebook page, but it's
usually we're usually at the Materia Bistro on the first
Monday or the second Monday of every month.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
Hey, get on you and I can appreciate of the chat
this afternoon, all the with the busy season, and we'll
chat again. And always got to catch up with young
farmers here on the muster.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Yep the day laugh out loud with ag proud because
life on the land can be a laughing matter.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
Brought to us by sheer Well data working to help
the livestock farmer. Two boys were a wedding when one
of the masks the other one. How many wives can
a man have? And his friends answered sixteen for better,
for worse, for richer for poorer. That's us for the afternoon.
I'm Andy Muller. This has been the Muster on Hakanoi
(06:36):
thanks to Peterson Nix. Enjoy the afternoon. We'll see you tomorrow.
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