1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: Now the fight between Federated Farmers and Green Piece has 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:05,640 Speaker 1: stepped up a notch. Fed Farmers is calling for green 3 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:09,119 Speaker 1: Peace to be stripped of its charitable status immediately because 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:11,920 Speaker 1: last night in Gore someone in green Peace put crosses 5 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 1: over the eyes of the trout and then put up 6 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:16,439 Speaker 1: a sign underneath the Gore town sign that said where 7 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: dirty dairy wrecked the water. Jason Herrick is the Southland 8 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: president of Federated Farmers and with us. Hello Jason, Hello. 9 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 2: Heather, nice to be here. Thanks for providing me. 10 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: It's not that bad in terms of a protest, though, 11 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: is it. 12 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 2: Oh? Hey, look, I mean it's spreading misinformation for a start, 13 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:39,280 Speaker 2: from a charitable organization, you kind of expect a bit 14 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:43,839 Speaker 2: better because there is no direct link to dairy farmers 15 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:47,200 Speaker 2: for the night rate levels and Gore. And to be honest, 16 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:48,840 Speaker 2: I'd like to see green Pieces proof. 17 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 1: Where does it come from? 18 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 2: On there? Where does it come from? Nobody knows in 19 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 2: the point of source. I'm not a scientist, I'm not 20 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 2: a specialist in that field. But for what the regional 21 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 2: or have told us, they don't know where the point 22 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 2: of source is coming from, and they're working hard to 23 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 2: try and locate it. 24 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: But have they said, have they said categorically it's not 25 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:10,040 Speaker 1: dairy farming. 26 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:14,320 Speaker 2: Oh, absolutely they have that. The said they don't know 27 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:16,680 Speaker 2: where it's come from. They can't point the sauce, so 28 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 2: therefore they can't lay blame on anybody. 29 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:22,559 Speaker 1: Okay in terms of I mean in terms of protesting, 30 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 1: though we have seen far worse, haven't we. Like I 31 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: actually want to give some credit degree in peace here 32 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: that what they did was easily removable, don't you think 33 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 1: because the other lot, the handglu is they just spray 34 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 1: paint everything and you have to wash it off. 35 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 2: I agreed. But on the on the other sense, it's 36 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 2: it's good that it come off without any destruction of 37 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 2: private property. Like seriously, they were using cherry pickers and 38 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 2: so forth in the in the dark of the night, 39 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 2: you know, not during daylight. And to be honest, they 40 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 2: had a lot of house and safety implications. But what 41 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 2: they what they were doing, what they were doing, oh 42 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 2: yes and no. But at the end of the day, 43 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 2: what they were doing ahead the potential to destroy, you know, 44 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:08,359 Speaker 2: a pretty important monument and a gore. You know, it's 45 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 2: an identification and to go. 46 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:12,799 Speaker 1: But the thing is, you guys have history with them 47 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: at they're just getting on your tips anyway, aren't they. 48 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 2: Like, seriously, anybody who's a charitable organization should be behaving 49 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 2: a damn sight better than Greenpeace are, to be honest, 50 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 2: And and you know taxpayers are actually funding that because 51 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 2: they do claim back on a lot of that, so 52 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:29,079 Speaker 2: on all funds given to them, if you know what 53 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 2: I mean. So they need to behave better than what 54 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 2: they are. 55 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, fair enough, Jason, listen, I appreciate your time. Enjoy yourself. 56 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:38,640 Speaker 1: As Jason Herrick's Southland President of Federated Farmers. 57 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 2: For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to 58 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 2: news talks. 59 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 1: It'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast 60 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 1: on iHeartRadio.