1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,400 Speaker 1: Jason Wall's out of Vietnam. Coming up after the news 2 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:04,920 Speaker 1: right now, Jamie mckaye is hosted the Country and here 3 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:08,320 Speaker 1: to wrap the real news for us, Jamie Gadain Giday. Ryan. 4 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:10,559 Speaker 1: So we've got drought. We'll get to that soon, but 5 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: we'll start with the good news. The Golden Shares is on. 6 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:16,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, sixty third Golden Shares has started the day in 7 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:22,599 Speaker 2: Masterton and the magnificent Masterton War Memorial Stadium. And I 8 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,400 Speaker 2: can tell you on Saturday night, Ryan, when that big 9 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 2: open final design and I've been lucky enough to be 10 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 2: there a couple of times, the roof literally gets lifted. 11 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 2: So it's all on for Saturday Night. But I think 12 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 2: one of the really good things about the Golden Shares 13 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 2: this year is the number of entries in the Novice 14 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:43,319 Speaker 2: and Junior Sharing and Wool Handling events. They make up 15 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 2: forty four percent of the nearly five hundred entries in 16 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 2: the nine Golden Shares Sharing and Wool Handling Championship titles 17 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 2: that will be decided by Saturday night. Now, just by 18 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 2: way of going back in time a wee bit, because 19 00:00:58,000 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 2: bearing in mind, we've lost a hell of a lot 20 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 2: of shit sheep in this country over the past forty years. 21 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 2: Sharing entries across all grades peaked in nineteen eighty at 22 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 2: five hundred and eighty six and that was when we 23 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 2: had the World Champs on at the same time, without 24 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:17,960 Speaker 2: the World Champs five hundred and forty two years later 25 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:20,479 Speaker 2: in nineteen eighty two. But just to put that into 26 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 2: some context for you, Ryan, we had seventy million sheep 27 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 2: in nineteen eighty two. We've now got less than twenty 28 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:30,040 Speaker 2: four million. Now when it comes to that big final 29 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 2: on Saturday night, the tab I had to look at 30 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 2: the odds a wee bit earlier this afternoon. They won't 31 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 2: have changed. Leon Samuels out of Southland. He's the current 32 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 2: title holder. He's at four bucks, but watch out for 33 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 2: Roland Smith, eight times champion at four dollars. This is 34 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 2: a guy who could almost win it blindfolded. He doesn't 35 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 2: do much sharing these days. He farms and he loves 36 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 2: driving a tractor and a digger. He gets on the 37 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 2: handpiece a week or two before Golden Shares and watch 38 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 2: out for him. Incidentally, Sir David Fagan holds the most 39 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 2: titles sixteen one between eighty six and two thousand and nine. 40 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 2: The local farmer David Buick is a bit of a 41 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 2: favorite at four dollars fifty. Tower Henderson out of Northland 42 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 2: the hottest share of this year's at six fifty, and 43 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 2: Gavin Much, the Scotsman who won in twenty fifteen, is 44 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:22,119 Speaker 2: paying six dollars fifty. Wall Handling Joel Hanari an absolute 45 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 2: hot favorite at a dollar eighty. But if you want 46 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 2: the kiss of death from me, Ryan, go and put 47 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 2: twenty bucks on Roland Smith to make it nine open titles. 48 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 1: Roland Smith, you reckon sounds like it sounds like a 49 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: great time in Marterton. Hey, I'm not such a great 50 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 1: time in Tartanuki though, And it's been about what a 51 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 1: year and a half of lower than average rainfall and 52 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: then it's gotten really bad in the last couple of months. 53 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:46,079 Speaker 1: But the government is coming to the party here. 54 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, they've declared a medium scale adverse event across the province. 55 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 2: And I guess Taraniki is one of those provinces that, 56 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 2: yes they can get a bit summer dry, but they're 57 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 2: not a traditional sort of summer drought region like the 58 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 2: Wire Wrapper or Hawk's Bay or even the east coast 59 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:05,519 Speaker 2: of the South Island. So look that've had way lower 60 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 2: than average rainfall. The locals are saying they haven't seen 61 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 2: it this dry so early in more than fifty years. 62 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 2: You've got to go back to the nineteen seventies to 63 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:19,920 Speaker 2: have it so bad in Taranaki. They're having to not 64 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 2: only truck and feed, but they're also having to truck 65 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 2: in water. And that is the killer Ryan because if 66 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 2: you run out of water on your farm, you basically 67 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 2: run out of moves on the chessboard. So this adverse 68 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 2: event declaration means extra funding from rural supports, counseling and 69 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 2: advisory services, with flexibility around tax payments, particularly provisional tax payments. 70 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 2: And it's also it also opens up the potential for 71 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 2: the rural assistance payments from the Ministry of Social Development. 72 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 2: You know, where it's been applicable. Dairy herds have dried off. 73 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 2: You know, normally they wouldn't dry off until April or May. 74 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 2: They've dried those off early. Any exit stock that won't 75 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 2: be needed next year have taken an early trip to 76 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 2: the works. That's bad news for them, but we just 77 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 2: hope for the Taranaki. In fact, the wider North Island 78 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 2: especially it's the West and the North dry, as you'll 79 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 2: know in Auckland, Ryan, everywhere, we're really hoping for some rain. 80 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 2: But my guy at weather Watch, Phil Duncan, says don't 81 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 2: hold your breath for the next week. I hope he's wrong, 82 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 2: and weather man have been known to be wrong. 83 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:28,039 Speaker 1: They certainly have. 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